Will Batman ever appear in the Arrowverse?
Will Batman ever appear in the Arrowverse?
Bruce Wayne/Batman is a bit of an enigma in the Arrowverse. He's been referenced across several of the shared universe's shows — namely, Arrow and Batwoman — and Kevin Conroy, who voiced the character in Batman: The Animated Series, even played the Earth-99 iteration during the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover.
Is Gotham set in the Arrowverse?
Tonight on Arrow (The CW, 8/7c), the Arrowverse finally sets foot in the infamous Gotham, after so many years of merely alluding to the gritty metropolis and its resident caped crusader. In fact, there was a time when you couldn't even speak of Gotham if you were a superhero series.
Why is there no Batman TV series?
Near the end of the third season, ratings had dropped significantly, and ABC cancelled the show. NBC agreed to take over the series, but before it could do so, it discovered that hundreds of thousands of dollars of Batman sets had been destroyed. Rather than rebuild the sets, NBC dropped the project.
Does Batman exist in the Arrow verse?
- The Batman's existence in the Arrowverse has been alluded to multiple times in Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and even DC's Legends of Tomorrow. One early and significant name drop of Bruce Wayne occurred in the pilot episode of The Flash , when it showed the front page of The Central City Citizen newspaper from 2024 , which had the headline " Wayne Tech/Queen Inc. Merger Complete ."
How did Bruce Wayne die?
- Technically, Bruce Wayne died for a short time (I think it was like 4 minutes?) after being shot in the Black Glove story arc that lead up to R.I.P. But he never actually died in R.I.P., despite coming very close. After Final Crisis Bruce Wayne is assumed to be dead, but really he's just sent through time by Darkseid .
Will Batman appear on 'Arrow'?
- While it may seem unlikely at this point that Arrow will ever include an appearance of Batman, the series does embrace a far more realistic tone without the superpowers.
