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The CW’s Arrowverse franchise is getting some new members: characters from its superhero series Black Lightning will be part of a major crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths, which will see its other DC superhero shows Arrow, Batwoman, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl team up this fall.
The CW says that show itself won’t take part in the crossover event (the existing Arrowverse shows will each contribute an episode), but some of Black Lightning’s characters will join the ranks of its other superheroes when the event kicks off in December and January 2020. The CW also announced that the show’s third season would debut a bit earlier than expected, on October 7th.
The crossover event will be loosely based on the 1985…