Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 120, the comic book show that’s one nerd short of a barbershop quartet. In this is issue, Oprah Winfrey may be leading the Suicide Squad. Look inside your skulls, because you get a bomb, you get a bomb and YOU get a bomb. ALSO Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast as …
Tag: arrow
Nov 27 2014
The History of Green Arrow Part 7 – Losing the Beard: The New 52, ‘Arrow’ and the Contemporary Age (2011 – )
Following the Flashpoint event, DC Comics did something that very few thought was possible in modern comics: they scrapped everything. Beginning with 52 number #1 issues in September 2011, The New 52 was the first line-wide reinvention of DC’s core characters in over seven decades. More than simply renumbering, it took characters from all of …
Sep 18 2014
TV: ‘Arrow’ Season 3 gets an official poster
It’s only 3 weeks until the premiere of the third season of Arrow, and The CW has released an official poster and synopsis for the next 23 chapters of the Green Arrow saga. In the aftermath of this victory, Season Three opens with Arrow now a hero to the citizens of Starling. Crime is down, people …
Jul 24 2014
TV: First photo of Colton Haynes as Arsenal in ‘Arrow’ Season 3
Green Arrow fans will know that it was only a matter of time before Arrow‘s Roy Harper (played by Colton Haynes) would become the full-time sidekick to the Emerald Archer. Now The CW (via EW) has released the first photo of the actor in his full red hooded costume. It looks like he’s skipped …
Jul 22 2014
TV: First photos from ‘Arrow’ Season 3
It’s not long now until the third season of Arrow, the CW’s terrific adaptation of Green Arrow. While some plot details and casting have begun to leak out, producer Marc Guggenheim has posted one of the first images from the first episode of Season 3 via Twitter. The image (above) appears to show a twin …
Jul 11 2014
Creative changes at DC: New creative teams for ‘Batgirl’, ‘Earth 2’ and ‘Green Arrow’
If there are three DC titles that we have been consistently praising in the last year, it’s been Gail Simone‘s Batgirl, Tom Taylor and Nicola Scott’s Earth 2 and Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino’s Green Arrow. In a slew of announcements this week, DC has indicated that new creative teams will be coming onboard for …
May 15 2014
TV: First clip from ‘The Flash’ – “Don’t Blink”
The moment we’ve been waiting for since Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) was first left in a coma following the events of Arrow‘s “The Scientist” in December last year. The CW has given us our first glimpse of The Flash during the season finale of Arrow. More than living up to its title, “Don’t Blink” offers …
Mar 05 2014
Watch a sizzle reel trailer for the rest of ‘Arrow’ Season 2
The second season of Arrow has arguably been one of the finest examples of comic book adaptation on the small screen to date, and now The CW has released a trailer showcasing the rest of the season. After the shocking reveal at the end of “Time of Death”, a big confrontation is coming between Oliver …
Feb 14 2014
TV: ‘Arrow’ renewed for Season 3
CW president Mark Pedowitz has announced that the series Arrow will be renewed for a third season. Along with Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, its spin-off The Originals and Reign, the CW will take its line-up through 2014 and into 2015. The renewal of Arrow is a testament to the successful formula that the CW has followed in bringing …
Nov 19 2013
TV: ‘The Flash’ set for own pilot, first images of Grant Gustin as Barry Allen in ‘Arrow’
Deadline is reporting that The Flash will now have its own dedicated pilot, rather than the previously announced “back-door pilot” in Arrow. Grant Gustin is set to appear as Barry Allen in the December 4th episode of Arrow, “The Scientist”, and early reports are indicating that the CW bigwigs are pleased with the results. As such …