Villain Revealed for The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow Crossover Event

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By 2plus2isjoe

We've known that a four-show CW superhero crossover is on its way for some time - but now we know the reason for all those supers getting together. It ain't a party.

"We’re excited to announce," reads a Warner Bros press release, "that the Big Bad for this season’s 4-way crossover between Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will be DC Comics’ Dominators."

A Dominator in action. [Image credit: DC Entertainment]

"This year, for our mega 'Arrowverse' crossover," explained executive producer Marc Guggenheim, "we’re taking inspiration from a DC crossover from the late 1980s known as Invasion!, which featured an alien race called the Dominators, who’d previously vexed the Legion of Superheroes."

1989's Invasion! event saw the Dominators becoming concerned at the burgeoning number of metahumans on Earth, genetically enhancing their own metagenes to take them on. It's not yet clear if that will be the reasoning for this TV-centric invasion, however.

"We’re using cutting edge prosthetics and computer effects to achieve a feature film-quality look," explained Guggenheim, "which is faithful to Invasion! artist Todd McFarlane’s interpretation of the characters.”

The crossover has been described as "the biggest one ever" by CW head Mark Pedowitz, and is due to air this December.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he looks forward to the scene where Felicity Smoak gets her genes spliced and she can breathe while swimming in blood or something. Follow him on Twitter.

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