The US Fall season is almost upon us, and after many hints and costume reveals, the CW and ABC have respectively introduced sizzle trailers for ARROW: Season 4 and AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 3, picking up on some dangling threads and taking both shows deep into comic book territory. We swear we’re not becoming a Green …
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Aug 12 2015
Matt Ryan to guest as Constantine in ‘Arrow’ Season 4, Jay Garrick debuts in ‘The Flash’ Season 2 poster
“The rumours are true,” announced Constantine star Matt Ryan via Twitter. “John is coming to Star City. I’ll see you this Fall.” To the squeeing delight of fans of Constantine, which was not renewed by NBC for a second season this year, the character will be making a cameo this year in the fourth season …
May 26 2015
Behind The Panels Issue 143 – Arrow: Season 3/The Flash: Season 1
Welcome to BEHIND THE PANELS Issue 143, the comic book show that must be someone else, that must be…something else. In this issue, it’s an All-New All-Different Marvel coming soon. Again. ALSO The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman is in the writing room for the next Transformers film. They’ll spend three films looking for Optimus, and …
May 15 2015
The CW’s ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ trailer and featurette unveiled
Last week, it was given a title. Now that Arrow has finished up for the year, and The Flash finale is only days away, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW has dropped its first timey wimey trailer. It is a thing of beauty the likes of which mere mortals dare only dream of. In the new series, Time-traveling rogue Rip …
May 08 2015
The CW confirms ‘Arrow’/’The Flash’ spinoff ‘Legends of Tomorrow’
The long rumoured third CW show, a spin-off featuring characters from both Arrow and The Flash, has been officially greenlit by the network. It’s also got a title: LEGENDS OF TOMORROW. A mixture of heroes and villains from both shows, along with a few that we haven’t seen yet, it expands DC’s television universe in …
Jan 12 2015
CW announces ‘Vixen’ animated series, ‘iZombie’ trailer, ‘Arrow’ Season 4 and ‘The Flash’ Season 2
It’s a big day of announcements for The CW network announcing not only renewals for superhero favourites ARROW and THE FLASH, but a release date and trailer for the long gestating iZOMBIE adaptation and a brand new web series based on DC Comics’ VIXEN. VIXEN, based on the character that first appeared in Action Comics #521 in …
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 …
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 …