It wouldn’t be San Diego Comic-Con without the CW Superheroes. The CW featured multiple shows with panels to discuss their new seasons. Of course, as with all new seasons, there were trailers to show off the goods. So let’s take a look at Batwoman, Arrow, Black Lightning, Supergirl, and The Flash.
Batwoman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptX8O4w6Srs
Batwoman is coming Sundays this fall to The CW!
Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, she must first overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope.
LEARNED FROM SDCC
- Burt Ward will have a cameo in the first season.
- The season will feature the origin of Hush (Tommy Elliot)
Arrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reAuYvej_7M
The final season of Arrow premieres Tuesday, October 15 on The CW.
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the South China Sea. Oliver returned home to Starling City, bent on righting the wrongs of his family and fighting injustice. To do this, he created the persona of The Arrow and allied himself with former military man John Diggle, computer-science expert Felicity Smoak, lawyer-turned-vigilante Laurel Lance, billionaire inventor Ray Palmer, and his sister Thea Queen.
After years of denying himself his own life as Oliver Queen in order to be The Arrow, Oliver left Starling City with Felicity and made a home in suburbia. But their newly tranquil lives are upended when an evil new organization, H.I.V.E., takes over the newly-christened Star City. Oliver is forced to don the hood once more…but can he keep his aim as The Arrow without losing the life he has fought so hard to get back?
LEARNED FROM SDCC
- Brandon Routh will be playing Superman for the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. More specifically, the Kingdom Come version of Superman!
- The size and scope of this final season is like nothing they have ever done before.
Black Lightning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj0pmyATG1A
Black Lightning premieres Monday, October 21 on The CW.
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. Nine years ago, Pierce was gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, which he used to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life and his family on the line, he left his Super Hero days behind. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him…or so he thought. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family but also the soul of his community.
LEARNED FROM SDCC
- There apparently has been some talk about a connection to the Arrowverse.
- China McClain has an original song on the soundtrack
Supergirl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_FBPbfkcrk
Supergirl premieres Sunday, October 6 on The CW.
SUPERGIRL is based on the DC character Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, who after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Kara lives in National City assisting media mogul Cat Grant. However, Kara’s days of keeping her talents a secret are over when Hank Henshaw, head of a super-secret agency, enlists her to help protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats.
LEARNED FROM SDCC
- Leviathan will be the big bad this season.
- Lex Luthor will return.
- Supergirl gets a new “skirtless” suit!
The Flash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RCKWBaiUS0
The Flash premieres Tuesday, October 8 on The CW.
Based on characters from DC’s The Flash. After the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator explosion, a dark matter lightning storm strikes Central City C.S.I. Barry Allen, bestowing him with super-human speed. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won’t be long before the world learns that Barry Allen has become…The Flash.
LEARNED FROM SDCC
- Tom Cavanaugh will be playing Pariah as part of the crossover.
- This season will have two arcs with two big bads. The first being Bloodwork (Dr. Ramsey)
