The CW has released the first official look at "Crisis on Infinite Earths" part one, as The CW's promotional photos for Supergirl's December 8 episode have been released. The images give a lot of information about the nature of the first episode, including the reveal that several of the heroes from Earth-1 are traveling together to Earth-38, where Batwoman, White Canary, The Flash, and Green Arrow will all meet Supergirl, Superman, Lois Lane -- and the newborn Jonathan Kent. The first appearance of the Super-baby, alongside a behind-the-scenes photo from the DEO that shows all of the current series leads posed alongside Kat McNamara, Tyler Hoechlin, and Bitsie Tulloch, makes this a pretty cool batch of photos for anybody interested in the Arrowverse.
"Crisis on Infinite Earths" has loomed over the Arrowverse for years. The series premiere of The Flash featured an allusion to the hero disappearing amid red skies in the year 2024. During the original comics event, red skies were a sign of doom to come to a world during the Crisis. At the end of last season, a couple of things happened: The Monitor (LaMonica Garrett), who had appeared in "Elseworlds," reappeared and revealed that Oliver Queen was destined to die in the Crisis...and the future newspaper at STAR Labs rolled back the expected date of the Crisis from 2024 to 2019.
In the comics, Crisis on Infinite Earths centered on a battle between the combined superheroes (and even some villains) of the DC multiverse and an immortal, cosmic threat known as the Anti-Monitor. Like The Monitor, the Anti-Monitor will be played by LaMonica Garrett in the Arrowverse. As the Anti-Monitor destroys realities, he replaces their positive matter energy with antimatter, growing his own power and sphere of influence. He was eventually stopped by the sacrifices of several heroes, including The Flash and Supergirl, as well as the merging of multiple universes to save reality by becoming a single, unified timeline. Fans have long wondered whether the events of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" might bring Supergirl and even Black Lightning to Earth-1, where the rest of the series take place. The crossover will also feature guest appearances by Tom Welling as Clark Kent, Erica Durance as Lois Lane, John Wesley Shipp as the Flash of Earth-90, Johnathon Schaech as Jonah Hex, Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne, and Ashley Scott as The Huntress.
"Crisis on Infinite Earths" kicks off on Sunday, December 8 on Supergirl, runs through a Monday episode of Batwoman and that Tuesday's episode of The Flash. That will be the midseason cliffhanger, as the shows go on hiatus for the holidays and return on January 14 to finish out the event with the midseason premiere of Arrow and a "special episode" of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, which launches as a midseason series this year and so will not have an episode on the air before the Crisis.
Behind the Scenes
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That's a lot of smiles, considering how many of these characters might not make it out of the story alive. Thank God for behind-the-scenes shots.
Based on their expressions here, we're going to assume this isn't good news. Could they be talking to The Monitor, or Oliver? Both of those guys have been hiding quite a bit so far this season...!
Even though he has been in the present day for quite a while, Braniac-5 technically means that the Legion of Super-Heroes is represented in this Crisis, right?
