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Why I’m Excited: CW’s Elseworlds Crossover

brettstevens | Nov 24, 2018 | 0

Superman: Red Son, Kingdom Come, Gotham by Gaslight; over the years, DC comics has become well known for the very popular “Elseworlds” titles: one-off stories that envision the company’s most popular heroes in bold new ways. So when the CW announced that their crossover for this ...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 6 “The Icicle Cometh”

AlexGherzo | Nov 21, 2018 | 0

The lineage theme that has permeated season 5 of The Flash once again comes to the fore in “The Icicle Cometh,” a lower-key episode that’s more about character development than superhero action. While Caitlin’s subplot takes center stage, more is still revealed about Cicada, and Nora’s rel...

REVIEW: Arrow – Season 7, Episode 6 “Due Process”

AlexGherzo | Nov 20, 2018 | 0

Things have looked grim for Star City’s heroes throughout the first leg of Arrow season 7, but “Due Process” puts a light at the end of Oliver Queen’s very dark tunnel. In furthering the season’s themes, it also offers hope to some other Team Arrow members dallying with the dark side, as w...

Friday Flash Facts: Flashes in Crisis

andrewrodriguez | Nov 16, 2018 | 0

There is a prevailing phrase known among DC Comics fans for what seems like decades now: “You can’t have a Crisis without a Flash.” Since the series’ first season on the CW network, The Flash has been hinting towards a truly apocalyptic event dwarfing anything that has preceded it. This even...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 5 “All Doll’d Up”

andrewrodriguez | Nov 15, 2018 | 0

*Spoilers* “All Doll’d Up,” this week’s episode of The Flash, is a family affair, centering around Barry and Iris being at odds with their daughter, Nora, after the prior episode’s revelation of Iris using a power inhibitor on her in the future. Nora’s anger was only stoked f...

REVIEW: Arrow – Season 7 Episode 5 “The Demon”

andrewrodriguez | Nov 14, 2018 | 0

*Spoilers* Inmate 4587, Oliver Queen, has gone down the rabbit hole into Slabside Prison’s infamous Level Two. The results of having done so are his coming face-to-face with Dr. Parker (Diet Hugo Strange), whose goal is to rewrite Ollie’s brain and turn him docile, no longer holding “violent t...