So how does even a physical specimen of a bowman deal with somebody who could move at Mach 1? Oliver has to use his experience and play on Barry's overconfidence, according to Amell. "Well, Superman would fly him up to space. "It's like that age-old thing, like who would win: Batman or Superman?" Amell says. There's teamwork but also some friction between the heroes. In the crossover, the Flash's crew reaches out to Oliver and his team - Felicity, Diggle (David Ramsey) and Arsenal (Colton Haynes) - to deal with a superpowered threat in Starling CIty, but everybody also convenes to track down Digger Harkness, a character who wields high-tech boomerangs and is based on one of the Flash's Rogues from the comics. Wells (Tom Cavanaugh), Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker) and Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes). The shows have traded characters since then - for example, Queen confidante Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) recently took a train ride to visit Barry and his pals at STAR Labs, Dr. "One of the things I like to do with the shows is to honor the DNA of comic books, and at least in my experience, comic books are the originators of the crossovers and the mash-ups," says Berlanti, executive producer of both shows.īarry Allen (Grant Gustin), Central City's fastest man alive, is no stranger to Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), Starling City's resident vigilante - Barry first appeared on Arrow's second season a year ago, an introduction to the young hero before his own Flash show debuted to record ratings in September.
They were a staple of Greg Berlanti's childhood, too, and he brings his small-screen DC Comics do-gooders together for an adventure that starts in The CW's The Flash Tuesday (8 ET/PT) and then continues on the network's Arrow series Wednesday (8 ET/PT). The superhero crossover has been a staple of comic books for decades, ever since the first young fanboy who wondered if Batman could take down Superman in a fight. Watch Video: Exclusive clip: Heroes don't see eye to eye in 'Flash'/'Arrow' crossover