Tag: DC Comics

Why I’m Excited: Gotham Season 5

Ever since Batman: The Animated Series I’ve been fascinated with Batman on TV. Yes, the 60s TV show was its own kind of awesome, but it was the animated show that really lit the fires of my imagination. So when I first saw the headline that Fox was developing a Batman TV, show my mind began &hell...

REVIEW: Arrow – Season 7, Episode 4 “Level Two”

Just who is the Demon? In week 4 of this season of Arrow, Oliver Queen hopes to learn just that. What he finds instead is that he is being held in a cell on the prison’s Level Two. And what exactly does a level two incarceration entail? For Ollie at least, it means a litany …

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Friday Flash Facts: The Speed Force’s Importance to the Multiverse

In a prior Flash Facts discussion, we talked about the origins of the speedster-power-gifting energies known as the Speed Force. We also mulled over some other related topics where the Speed Force is concerned. such as some of the various powers it may bestow upon those who tap into its mystical ene...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 4 “News Flash”

The Flash changes course in the fourth episode of this season, “News Flash.” From a “villain-of-the-week” perspective, it feels like your average, “person with a pre-existing penchant for being a jerk (or insert female-specific equivalent thereof) gets ahold of some metahuman power...

REVIEW: Arrow – Season 7, Episode 3 “Crossing Lines”

*Spoilers* Arrow is determined to turn up the heat, and it showed this week with a measurable ramp-up in the intrigue and action in “Crossing Lines.” While season-specific story setup is obviously a matter of significant import, Arrow has been a series that prides itself on its action fr...

Friday Flash Facts: The Speedster Villains of the CW Flash

Flash faithful have been acutely cognizant of the liberties the hit CW television show has taken with the comic stories and characters. In many ways, the show, now in its fifth season, is asymmetrical with the comic book source material in nearly every facet beyond the name of the protagonist and hi...