Arrow Arrow General Discussion Thread - - - - Part 13

[Sawyer]

http://www.tvguide.com/News/DC-Arrow-Comics-1084098.aspx

Exclusive: DC Entertainment Launches New Arrow and The Flash Digital Comics
Jul 9, 2014 12:00 PM ET
by Rich Sands

The CW's Arrow and its spinoff The Flash won't premiere until October, but DC Entertainment is giving fans some comic relief while they wait. The Arrow digital comic series, which has been on hiatus since last year, is set to return with an all-new chapter in the life of Oliver Queen, while The Flash: Season Zero will bring us up to speed on the life of Barry Allen, a.k.a. the Fastest Man Alive. Both books are being written by the series' showrunners, guaranteeing the stories are in sync with what we see on TV.

Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim is thrilled to be expand the show's universe with Arrow: Season 2.5. Unlike the original comic's self-contained chapters, this version will "tell one continuous story that I've separated into two-different arcs," says Guggenheim, who is penning the series with Keto Shimizu, an Arrow staff writer. "It will take us from the end of Season 2 right up to the beginning of Season 3."

Season 2.5 is being designed to fit seamlessly into the TV series' storyline. "We've tried to put in all the elements that people like about the show, so there will be Oliver and Felicity banter," Guggenheim promises. "We're going to see what's happened to Detective Lance after he collapsed in the season finale. A good chunk of the burning questions left over will get answered in the tie-in comic."

The comic, which features art by Joe Bennett with inks by Jack Jadson, will also set the stage for new elements to be seen on TV. "Particularly towards the latter half of the series, we're going to start introducing characters who you'll see in Season 3," Guggenheim teases. "If everything goes according to plan you'll start to see characters in the comics before they show up on TV."

Guggenheim's fellow Arrow exec producer Andrew Kresiberg, who is now also showrunner on The Flash, is excited to give readers more of Barry Allen's backstory as he settles into his new identity as the Scarlet Speedster. "Flash: Season Zero takes place between the pilot and episode 2," Kreisberg says. "Barry will [already] be the Flash, he will have his team, everyone will be in that world, and we'll introducing a new set of villains that we won't be seeing on the TV show. It'll feel like the same heart, humor and spectacle that you get watching Flash."

Season Zero, which is being co-written by Brooke Eikmeier and Katherine Walczak and features art by Phil Hester and Eric Gapstur, will showcase the entire TV cast, plus these new rogues, a group of circus performers who gained super powers as a result of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion that also transformed Barry (as seen in the Arrow episode "Three Ghosts," as well as The Flash's pilot). This "freakshow gallery," as Kreisberg calls them, are lead by Mr. Bliss, a character who first appeared in DC's Starman comic series: "He has the ability to manipulate peoples' emotions. He and his cadre of circus folk have decided that they've been pushed around long enough and are going to take it to society."

Though The Flash (like Arrow) will be have a real world feel, the comic companion will embrace the franchise's colorful roots. "The villains are a little bit more costume-y and a little bit more outlandish," Kreisberg says. "They don't necessarily have to be as grounded as on the TV show."

The first chapter of Arrow: Season 2.5 is scheduled for a digital release on Monday, Sept. 1, followed by the first chapter of The Flash: Zero Year on Monday, Sept. 8. The series will alternate releases every Monday at readdcentertainment.com and via the DC Comics app, the iBookstore, Nook Store and Kindle Store.

The first printed collection of The Flash goes on sale Wednesday, Oct. 1, while the initial Arrow book reaches comic book stores on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

 

[Crossvale]

It worked so well the first time...

 

[Orb]

Official Season 3 description:

In the aftermath of this victory, Season Three opens with Arrow now a hero to the citizens of Starling. Crime is down, people feel safer, and Captain Lance even calls off the Anti-Vigilante Task Force. Basking in his success, Oliver believes he can finally have a private life and asks Felicity out on a date. But the second Oliver takes his eye off the ball, a deadly villain reappears in Starling, forcing Oliver to realize that he can never be Oliver Queen – not as long as the city needs The Arrow.

http://www.cwtvpr.com/the-cw/shows/arrow/about

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

wow that description is so great! congrat on Lance on his big promotion

 

[chamber-music]

wow that description is so great! congrat on Lance on his big promotion

Every other senior officer dying last season probably opened up the field for him

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

Every other senior officer dying last season probably opened up the field for him

perhaps but if majority of senior officer are killed........wouldn't he be chief? I guess they need someone experience to run a unit/task force

 

[The_Mighty_Thor]

Not if the cheif didn't die. The cheif of police isn't really a field position.

 

[kguillou]

That synopsis sounds great but UGH, why are they pushing Oliver/ Felicity? I'm sorry but I just do not see those two being together. They are great friends/partners but lovers? Sigh....

 

[The_Mighty_Thor]

So Robbie Amell is going to play Ronnie Raymond, future Firestorm, on the Flash. That would be an interesting cross over at some point. No word on whether he'll actually become Firestorm on the show but it's been pointed out that he's dating Caitlin Snow, the future Killer Frost who's played by Danielle Panabaker.Kind of a big coincidence. In anycase Amell is playing a maintnence worker who has something to do with Barry getting his powers so he could be involved in a cross over either way.

 

[Prison Mike]

That description sounds more like a fan's wish...

 

[king666]

Official Season 3 description:



http://www.cwtvpr.com/the-cw/shows/arrow/about

I can only imagine a 14yo girl riding Andrew Kreisberg's back, hitting him with a whip and going like "I WANT OLIVER TO KISS FELICITY! DO IT! THEY SHOULD LOVE EACH OTHER!"

 

[Naked Shia]

I don't like that description.

 

[Loki882]

Considering that they're bringing in Ray "welcome to pain" Palmer as a possible love interest for Felicity, I think that people might be jumping the gun a bit. It says that Oliver asks her out, NOT that they're a full-on couple. It could be that the date doesn't go well, or that he has to leave to go do GA stuff, or that it's just too awkward for both of them, etc. The point is, we don't know how it's going to play out yet.

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

That synopsis sounds great but UGH, why are they pushing Oliver/ Felicity? I'm sorry but I just do not see those two being together. They are great friends/partners but lovers? Sigh....

I doubt they be together as the last line of the description said as long as he is the arrow they can't be together........so forget the two of them being lovers....just really close friends

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

That description sounds more like a fan's wish...

probably but Oliciity is unlikely to continue for rest of the season for obvious reason and we know Felicity will have a new love interest

 

[specialc_15]

probably but Oliciity is unlikely to continue for rest of the season for obvious reason and we know Felicity will have a new love interest

Just another way for them to draw out the "slow burn" that producers and executives of the show have been mentioning for the past year. At least we know the action starts pretty much immediately, as opposed to the beginning of season 2.

 

[DrCosmic]

Ollicity will-they-wont-they will continue until Laurel surpasses Felicity. So... forever, I guess.

 

[Nathan]

And I'm completely fine with that.

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

so the emmy are out but yet again Arrow get rob of stunt coordination nomination

 

[Rorschach2012]

description is great. is vertigo/stormare the villain returning to starling?

 

[allthingsuper]

I actually like Seth Gabel as the Count, but It'll be cool to get a more comic accurate one. BTW, Gabel would make an awesome Carnage.

 

[flash13]

Description sounds awesome, I am a fan of Oliver/Felicity, but I like the slow progression.

 

[Dr Lee]

The fact they're bringing in a potential love interest for Felicity, this synopsis shows they're looking at 'Olicity' becoming the main 'ship' of the show.

While I wouldn't call myself an 'Olicity' fan... It's far better than the alternative, aka demolish Laurel further by having her still pine for the guy that ****ed her sister...

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

description is great. is vertigo/stormare the villain returning to starling?

yep he return to Starling and he probably even more deadly than the first court vertigo.....

 

[Nathan]

The first Count was basically a punk with a gun. He should have ended up with an arrow in his chest way sooner.