Show News: Elseworlds And Lex!

How amazing are the CW crossover events?
First we had a take on Invasion.
Then we had Crisis on Earth X .
Now we have Elseworlds.

I have always been impressed with these arcs just for the scope. It must be crazy to get the casts of multiple shows together at the same place to film at the same time.

But I have very much been impressed with how deep these lean into comic history, stuffing the episodes with Easter Eggs for the astute comic reader.

The Network has been cranking up the publicity for this year's by releasing some pictures to whip up people's interest.

It starts with this poster where we see that in this Elseworld, Barry has become Green Arrow and Ollie has become the Flash. Now that is an Elseworld. I do wonder if this is how we will see Batwoman; she is the Batman on this world. It isn't as if we haven't seen such gender flops in Elseworld's before in comics.

Seriously, this poster alone made me giddy. But the best was yet to come.

We got this shot of Kara, Clark, and Lois all relaxing on the Kent Farm. And, to double down on geekiness, the farmhouse is the same one that Smallville was shot on.

It is great to see Tyler Hoechlin again as Superman. (We have seen another shot of him in a black and silver 'Return of Superman' outfit.) But how awesome is it to see Bitsie Tulloch as Lois finally! And rocking a purple sweater! I love it.

Perhaps best of all was the leak or rumor that the Elseworlds story here is Superman dropping Kara off with the Kents to be raised in Kansas as opposed to bringing her to the Danvers!

I mean, haven't Supergirl comic fans wondered why Superman in the Silver Age would bring his relative and sole other survivor of Krypton to an orphanage? Why not see what would happen when she is in the presence of Kent-wisdom?

I love this picture!

And we get John Wesley Shipp in his 90's Flash uniform too!!!

But the news about the show, outside of the crossover, wasn't done. It was announced that Lex Luthor will appear on the Supergirl show this season. Here is one of many links:
https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2018/10/18/breaking-news-lex-luthor-will-appear-on-supergirl

 Given all the Lillian/Lena/Bruno Mannheim talk in the premiere, I'm not surprised that Lex makes an appearance. I hope they get someone who can bring a cold, dangerous, but calm aura to the proceedings.

So much goodness expected for this season.

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