This year’s four way “Arrowverse” crossover is arguably the most anticipated crossover yet following the “Invasion!” story arc last year. Details for this year’s crossover have been kept under wraps until now, as the CW has announced that the 2017 crossover will be titled “Crisis On Earth-X.”
It’s been confirmed that Barry and Iris will be getting married in the crossover, but the heroes of the “Arrowverse” will have to face their evil doppelgangers from Earth-X who will be coming to crash the party. The official description reads as follows:
“With all of the heroes in town to celebrate Barry and Iris’s wedding, villains from Earth-X crash the festivities with a deadly agenda.”
In the comics Earth-X is a world where the Nazis won World War II.
Executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg released a joint statement explaining what inspired the idea.
“We conceived this year’s crossover to be evocative of the annual Justice League/Justice Society crossovers we grew up with and looked forward to as kids. Phil was the perfect choice to bring the comic book cover iteration of this idea to life. You can count on one hand the number of artists who could compellingly represent so many characters in a single image. Phil is one of them. And his design invokes the cover of Justice League #207, which was the 20th annual JLA/JSA crossover. Our 10-year-old selves are in heaven.”
The 4 part, 2 night crossover event is set to kick off with “Supergirl” and “Arrow” on Monday, November 27, and it will continue with “The Flash” and DC’s “Legends of Tomorrow” on November 28.
Artist Phil Jimenez put together a special comic book cover for the crossover which can be viewed below.
