CW Crossover Promo Poster

Just a few days ago, the CW released a teaser pic to this season's four way crossover event and frankly there is so much to love. Here is a link to the coverage at EW: http://ift.tt/2xtGNyB

That is a Phil Jimenez poster completely evocative of the old JLA/JSA covers. The title is Crisis on Earth-X, also leaning on those old stories' titles. And Earth-X, the world where the Nazis won WWII, is a  perfect sort of villain to comment on current events, a CW bonus!

 And this poster is just comic joy! I love Barry and Iris in the foreground with the action behind. I love that it is a brawl that interrupts a superhero wedding, a classic trope. And I love the heads of the characters surrounding the action and looking on. And that is a boatload of characters! It's truly like a Crisis event ... just lve action. Young Anj never dreamed this possible. It is just too awesome.

I am still amazed that such comic goodness is in the mainstream!

But let's face it, for me the big thing was seeing Supergirl squaring off against Overgirl. Melissa Benoist had said that Supergirl wears a different costume at one point this season. Maybe she meant this? The mask makes me think we'll see a scarred Earth-X Kara, perhaps with the Cable/Magog deadeye? And maybe the mask will allow our Kara to infiltrate? This made me squeal a bit with happiness.

Overgirl appeared in Grant Morrison's Final Crisis, dying in her first panel. So I am looking forward to seeing her in action fighting our Supergirl. And it will be fun to see Melissa Benoist get her mean on like she did in the Red K episode of season 1.

Lastly, I just have to again give Jimenez credit for creating this poster, such an homage to the past and therefore beloved by old timers like me.

I just can't wait for this new season to start!

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