Crisis On Infinite Earths Killed The Arrowverse

Crisis On Infinite Earths is the biggest crossover event in Arrowverse history but one that also portended the franchise's end. Based on the eponymous 1986 DC comics story, Crisis On Infinite Earths sees the heroes of the Arrowverse uniting to save the multiverse from destruction at the hands of the sinister Anti-Monitor (LaMonica Garrett). Crisis On Infinite Earths is also the first major building block in consolidating the entirety of DC's movie and TV library into a multiverse of co-existing worlds.
While Crisis On Infinite Earths remains a major event for both the Arrowverse and DC properties in general, it also became a double-edged sword for the former. Though it might not have seemed to be the case at the time, Crisis On Infinite Earths stands as the point where the book began to be closed on the Arrowverse. Here are the ways in which Crisis On Infinite Earths effectively killed the Arrowverse as the biggest event in its history.
Crisis On Infinite Earths Was The Arrowverse's High Point The Arrowverse's trajectory has taken it from superhero stories at both the most down-to-Earth scale to the multiverse-spanning saga of Crisis On Infinite Earths. Beginning with Arrow in 2012, the Arrowverse's expansion was gradual, beginning with the introduction of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) in Arrow season two as a backdoor pilot for The Flash. Crossovers between the Arrowverse's multiple shows became an annual event over the course of its run, but Crisis On Infinite Earths took that took the ultimate pinnacle with its plethora of DC multiverse cameos.
With everyone from Brandon Routh's Superman to Ezra Miller's big-screen Flash showing up, Crisis On Infinite Earths stands as the Arrowverse's largest-scale event by far. Indeed, Crisis On Infinite Earths remains quite pivotal in its introduction of the DC multiverse while rendering DC movie and TV reboots meaningless. The problem for the Arrowverse is that Crisis On Infinite Earths was such a big event that it would be quite the challenge to follow up on, while the very thing that teased as the follow-up to Crisis On Infinite Earths never got off the ground.
The Arrowverse Failed To Deliver On Crisis' Justice League Tease At the end of Crisis On Infinite Earths, the heroes of the Arrowverse form the Justice League, consisting of Superman, The Flash, Black Lightning, Supergirl, White Canary, and Batwoman, with Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter established as members via their chairs at the JL's table. Unfortunately, the Arrowverse's Justice League has stayed in the background after their introduction on Crisis On Infinite Earths. To be fair, that can be attributed to a significant extent to behind-the-scenes and real-world issues. In particular, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 brought all movie and TV productions to a halt for months, including every Arrowverse show.
Ruby Rose's departure from Batwoman in May 2020 would lead to Javicia Leslie's Ryan Wilder replacing Rose's Kate Kane, but without Ryan ever being introduced as Kate's successor in the Justice League. Additionally, Superman & Lois would conspicuously keep its distance from the Arrowverse until season 2 revealed it to be set on a different Earth with Tyler Hoechlin playing a different version of Superman from his Arrowverse Man of Steel. All of these factors combined ultimately have left the Justice League tease of Crisis On Infinite Earths an unfulfilled set-up.


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