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Now that the “Crisis on Earth-x” has been averted (somewhat), it’s time to refocus our concerns on the immediate dangers threatening the superheroes of The CW. Let’s begin in National City, shall we?

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“I think Reign is going to surprise people,” Melissa Benoist says of Supergirl‘s fall finale (Monday, 8/7c), which finally pits the Girl of Steel against the long-gestating villain. “She’s pretty spectacular to behold, and she will give Supergirl the fight of her life. What sets her aside from the...

There was much ado just as Barry and Iris went to say “I do” during Night 1 of the Arrowverse’s “Crisis on Earth-x” crossover event.

Part 1 | Following a cold open in which Dark Arrow killed Earth-x’s Guardian/James Olsen while in the pursuit of tech needed for a Wmd, much of Monday’s opening hour was otherwise light and breezy and fun, fun, fun, starting with the Flash duo’s scattered superfriends (very) belatedly committing to their RSVPs amid melees with ninjas, medieval grunts and, yes, a Dominator. After besting said alien (who is “so last year”), Kara commiserated...

Mon-El finally re-enters Supergirl‘s orbit on Monday (The CW, 8/7c), but before you get too excited, you might want to heed this warning from star Melissa Benoist: “It won’t be the reunion you expect.”

As recently revealed in first-look photos from the episode, Mon-El returns accompanied by Saturn Girl (played by Bollywood actress Amy Jackson), a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in DC Comics lore. According to Benoist, this creates “a brand new set of problems that you’ll see pretty quickly.”

And Kara isn’t the only character with reservations about Mon-El’s new squad.

Do you think Chad Lowe ever imagined himself donning a flowy white shirt, standing before a crowded room and declaring, “In the name of Supergirl, our savior, we give thanks”? Because it happened.

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TV’s Byron Montgomery guest-starred in Monday’s Supergirl as Thomas Coville, the leader of a religion cult devoted to the Girl of Steel. And while his intentions may have been pure, his methods — convincing people to throw themselves in harm’s way in order to be “saved” by Supergirl — were a little wonky.

Make way for Supergirl's newest big bad, Reign.

TV Guide has your first look at Odette Annable suiting up as the villainous alien set to square off against the Girl of Steel (Melissa Benoist) later this season. In the photo released on Monday, she has traded in her civilian clothes for something more

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Bridget Lamonica Oct 20, 2017

Season 13's second episode slows things down while developing new plot threads and characters. Spoilers ahead in our review...

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13.2 The Rising Son

The second episode of season thirteen took things at a little slower pace, giving us a look at Jack’s development while also teasing us about Mary and Lucifer’s interaction in the alternate reality.

Jack is going to be an interesting yet challenging character to develop throughout this season. His parentage is certainly unique. Jack’s seemingly unlimited range of power will certainly be difficult to tackle and keep the audience interested if his character isn’t developed, and luckily it seems we’re getting that development as we travel from episode to episode.

We see glimpses of his personality, from unapologetically loving...

Marc Buxton Oct 20, 2017

Tonight's episode of Gotham ushered in the arrival of a classic DC villain and a huge step in the evolution of Bruce Wayne...

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4.5 The Blade's Path

It’s been a while since I’ve done a full Gotham review, but I have been following the season with footnotes and Gotham Easter eggs. So even though I watch Gotham every week, I’ll still ask - since when has Gotham become an anthology series?

I mean, how else to explain the weird, sort of wonderful disjointed chaos this series has become? First you have the main story of Bruce Wayne confronting an imprisoned Ra’s Al Ghul. Ra’s wants Bruce to kill him for some reason. I guess the whole tired of being immortal and seeing...

Delia Harrington Oct 20, 2017

Arrow retreads old ground and set up new conflicts in its latest season 6 episode. Spoilers ahead...

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6.2 Tribute

Tribute sputtered out of the gate with a main storyline that even the characters admit we have all seen before. It also serves to remind us of how ridiculous it is that anyone in Star City ever bought that the Hood and the Green Arrow were separate vigilantes – I mean come on, the suits weren’t even that different. On the positive side, this episode set up or built upon several points of conflict between Oliver and people who are fundamentally good (or at least not evil), which will likely be richer in the long run.

Oliver is cleared but Agent Watson isn’t convinced. We finally have Bruce Wayne’s name being dropped,...

Delia Harrington Oct 17, 2017

Supergirl faces down her demons in a slow, cerebral episode. Spoilers ahead in our review...

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3.2 Triggers

When they broke Supergirl for the season, the show's staff would have had no way of knowing that the episode Triggers would air during what has been a very triggering time for many of their viewers. As women and girls share their stories of harassment and assault using #MeToo, there are no doubt some Supergirl viewers who have struggled with their own panic attacks, just like the woman from Krypton did in this episode.

Like many people, Kara mistakenly conflated mental health struggles with physical weakness. Luckily, she had her friend Winn around to set her straight and remind her that anyone can struggle with...

Supergirl might be back for season 3 but Kara Danvers is not the same. The season 3 premiere, "Girl of Steel," presented a radically different Kara from the one that fans left at season 2. Following Mon-El's exile to save his own life, Kara took all her grief and built a hardened emotional shell. While the premiere eventually had Kara let her guard down slightly, it's clear that the emotional scars of the Mon-El "break-up" aren't going away any time soon and that's very worrying for the quality of season 3.

Delia Harrington Oct 10, 2017

Spoilers ahead in our look at the Supergirl season 3 premiere, which got off to a slow start...

Supergirl season 3 starts on Sky One in the UK on Monday the 16th of October at 8pm.

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3.1 Girl Of Steel

The girl of steel is back but Kara Danvers is still on hiatus in this slow Supergirl season 3 premiere. The episode balanced out the catch-up inherent to an opening episode with some action, but that couldn't make up for the uneven tone. Luckily the set up for longer story arcs is promising, including a pro-capitalist villain and new cloaking technology that can hide a nuke.

Since the Daxxamite attack on National City, Supergirl has helped clean up the...

The Girl of Steel was feeling pretty down on herself atop Monday’s Supergirl premiere, with only daydreams of Mon-El and her mother — literally underscored by a song called “Daydreaming” — as an escape from her heartache and guilt. And no amount of tough love from Alex (“Your pity party has gone uninterrupted!”) or desperate pleas from Lena (“I miss you!”) could snap Kara out of her super-funk.

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Kara’s rage against her own humanity even extended to her professional responsibilities; after a heated exchange with James, she decided,...

Supergirl brings The CW's Arrowverse (and much of the rest of the network's fall line-up) roaring back to life. While it's very good to have Supergirl back, Kara Danvers probably doesn't feel the same way. Although she saved the day at the end of season 2, it wasn't without a cost.

Kara's boyfriend, Mon-El, was forced to leave Earth, and Kara, to save his life. The Supergirl season 3 premiere, titled, "Girl of Steel," focuses heavily on Mon-El's departure, but they might go just a tad too far with the misery.

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Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer may recall season 2 premiere “When She Was Bad,” in which our hero sports a particularly bad attitude as she processes the traumatic events of the previous season’s finale. Given the near-destruction of National City in season 2 of Supergirl and the ultimate exile from Earth imposed on Mon-El (Chris Wood), Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) is understandably in a similarly troubling place. It’s quite a change of pace for the bright-eyed Girl of Steel to suddenly find herself at such an emotional crossroads, but that’s precisely where season 3 of The CW series begins.

Much like Arrowverse sister series The Flash, Supergirl received some flack last year for going a bit too dark with its storytelling, despite the introduction of Tyler Hoechlin as a hopeful vision of Superman. So, it’s telling that the showrunners here are...

From the looks of these first images of Supergirl's Season 3 premiere, "Girl of Steel," the show is coming back hot! Not only do we already get an introduction to new villain Reign (Odette Annabel) who is a "Worldkiller" and thus an enemy to Supergirl, but there is a new threat to National City that Kara is already embroiled against. For her part, Kara is also looking to deal with the emotional fallout from having to send Mon-El out to space, and a few of the images suggest that we might be getting a dream sequence of some …...

From VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek new images from the Season 3 premiere episode of "Supergirl" titled "Girl Of Steel", written by Andrew Kreisberg, Robert Rovner, Caitlin Parrish and directed by Jesse Warn, airing October 9, 2017 on The CW:

"...'"Kara' (Melissa Benoist) deals with the loss of 'Mon-El' (Chris Wood) by focusing all her energy on being 'Supergirl' and taking care of a mysterious new threat against 'National City'.

"'Alex' (Chyler Leigh) confesses a secret to 'Maggie' (Floriana Lima) about their impending nuptials.

"Then a citizen of National City has a connection to 'Kara', while 'Lena' (Katie McGrath) makes a bold move..."

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Supergirl season 3 looks to be the most dramatic run of the show yet. In the wake of losing Mon-El at the end of season 2, Kara Zor-El will be in a dark place which leads her to ditching her everyday Kara Danvers persona and focusing on her life as Supergirl. Which is probably for the best, too, as new dangers are heading to National City this season – some of which can be glimpsed in these new promo images (below) from the upcoming season premiere, “Girl of Steel.”

The photos reveal that the episode will feature some kind of Supergirl Celebration Day hosted by Lena Luthor. However, it looks like things go awry, as Kara and Martian Manhunter are pictured standing in the middle of a scared-looking crowd. Kara’s sister Alex and her fiancee Maggie Sawyer are also caught up in the chaos. As is a new important face in Supergirl’s world…...

The CW has released a new trailer for Supergirl Season 3 called "Hero's Journey." It includes some new footage from the upcoming season and it looks like it's going to have a bit of darker tone as Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) struggles with her secret identity. Regardless, we know that she will find her way and figure out how to juggle the dual lives that she leads.

Supergirl also stars Mehcad Brooks as James Olsen, Laura Benanti as Alura Zor-El, Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, Chyler Leigh as Alexandra “Alex” Danvers, Jeremy Jordan as Winslow “Winn” Schott, Jenna Dewan Tatum as Lucy Lane (sister of Lois), David Harewood as Hank Henshaw, Peter Facinelli as Maxwell Lord, with Dean Cain and Helen Slater.

Here are some additional details on the newcomers to the series and the roles they will be playing in the series.

Odette Annable as DC Worldkiller Reign; Adrian Pasdar (Heroes,...

Supergirl is putting seven rings on it in Season 3 with the addition of a “strong-willed hero” by the name of Saturn Girl, TVLine has learned.

The character, who also answers to Imra Ardeen, will be played by British-born Bollywood actress Amy Jackson. According to her official description, Saturn Girl “uses her telekinetic ability to help those in need. She was born on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, and arrives on Earth to help Supergirl battle one of her biggest threats.”

Jackson joins a number of new additions to Supergirl in its third season. Other fresh faces include Odette Annable...

It looks to be chaos as usual when Supergirl returns to The CW for its third season on Monday, Oct. 9 (8/7c).

The first batch of photos from the long-awaited premiere finds the citizens of National City fleeing — which is pretty much their natural state at this point — from an unseen enemy during what appears to be a ceremony celebrating the Girl of Steel. We also get a little “Sanvers” action in these new photos, with Alex and Maggie rushing in to help save the day (and/or watch helplessly from a distance), as well as another peek at Erica Durance’s Alura.

Melissa Benoist stars as the "Girl of Steel"

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The CW has released a new minute-long trailer for the upcoming season 3 premiere of Supergirl, featuring some exciting footage of The Girl of Steel in action. We also have a batch of new promo stills...

With the next “super season” set to commence in just under three weeks, it’s only understandable that The CW pulls out all the stops in order to assure that viewers come back for another helping. And usually when we’re that close to any specific episode airing, synopses are bound to surface online, effectively bringing some minor spoilers along with them. In this case, that rule applies to fan favorites Supergirl and The Flash.

First, let’s talk about Supergirl, since that particular show will be the first from the Arrowverse to make its fall debut. In “Girl of Steel,” we’ll see the titular heroine face the existential crisis we’ve been expecting ever since the first footage from season 3 was shown at San Diego Comic-Con back in July. Still, we don’t expect her to be down in the dumps for too long since more recent promos...

What’s coming to The CW the week of October 9? It just so happens to be the official start of the network’s new season, with basically every show premiering, including Supernatural, Arrow, The Flash, Crazy Ex-girlfriend, Supergirl, Dynasty and much more. Monday, October 9 Supergirl 3.01 “Girl of Steel”: Kara (Melissa Benoist) deals with the […]...

Chad Lowe is heading to The CW. Entertainment Weekly reports the Pretty Little Liars star will direct and guest star on season three of Supergirl.On the DC Comics drama, he'll be playing "Thomas Coville, a charismatic religious leader with a surprising connection to Supergirl — his cult basically worships the Girl of Steel." The regular cast includes Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Jordan, David Harewood, Floriana Lima, and Chris Wood.Read More…...

From VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from the "Supergirl" Season 3 premiere, airing October 9, 2017 on The CW:

"...'The Girl of Steel' (Melissa Benoist) does battle with 'Robert Dubois' aka 'Bloodsport'..."

Debuting in DC Comics' "Superman" Vol. 2 #4 (April 1987)...

...Robert DuBois has a mental breakdown...

...and becomes obsessed with the Vietnam War...

...after learning that his brother 'Micky' had gone to fight in his place and became permanently injured. 

The psycho DuBois then adopts the name 'Bloodsport'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Supergirl" Season 3...

Chad Lowe will steer the cult of Supergirl.

The Pretty Little Liars alum will guest-star on the CW drama as Thomas Coville, the charismatic religious leader of a group that worships the Girl of Steel, EW.com reports.

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Lowe will also direct a separate episode of the CW series, which returns for Season 3 on Monday, Oct. 9 at 8/7c.

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* AMC has renewed Ride With Norman Reedus for a third season, to air in 2018. The second season premieres Sunday, Nov. 5 at...

As any superhero can tell you, secret identities are a real bitch. And in Supergirl’s official season three trailer, the Girl Of Steel appears to be ready to be done with hers. Her stern voiceover informs us that she’s been Kara Danvers for 15 years, but that’s not who she really is. Lena Luthor may be closer to…

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Even though we were treated to a hearty helping of new footage and information a couple months ago at San Diego Comic-Con, The CW has been somewhat mum when it comes to releasing individual promos for its various DC TV shows. Luckily, that’s now changing as we’re four weeks removed from the commencement of the next “super season.”

Titled “I Got This,” the first real TV spot for Supergirl season 3 has a considerably lighter tone than what was shown in San Diego, instead playing up the series’ action-packed nature and featuring a more uplifting feeling that you’d expect to receive from the Girl of Steel.

In it, we see one of the first threats to present itself this season in the form of Robert DuBois Aka Bloodsport. Normally thought to be an enemy of Kara Zor-El’s cousin, this villain has a history of being associated with...

In case there’s any doubt, let’s make one thing clear: National City belongs to Supergirl.

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That’s what Kara declares in the first promo for the CW drama’s upcoming third season (Oct. 9, 8/7c), which finds the Girl of Steel going through a bit of an identity crisis.

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Following her separation from Mon-El, Kara decides that “the cost of being human is too much for her to handle,” executive producer Robert Rovner tells TVLine, adding that she starts throwing...

A few short years ago, Arrow was merely but a standalone show on The CW – and superpowers didn’t exist in that universe. Obviously, that changed before long when Barry Allen was introduced in season 2, thereby serving as a springboard to his own hit series, The Flash. And, in the time since, what’s been appropriately dubbed the “Arrowverse” has expanded with the likes of Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. Well, the latter is technically part of a broader multiverse, but that truly illustrates just how far we’ve come.

Something else about this shared continuity that’s delighted a multitude of viewers is that of the crossovers it’s lent itself to. Each fall, the heroes of the Arrowverse unite to take on a threat too big for any one of them, with each subsequent year’s offering becoming even more grandiose than the one that preceded it. And...

A few short years ago, Arrow was merely but a standalone show on The CW – and superpowers didn’t exist in that universe. Obviously, that changed before long when Barry Allen was introduced in season 2, thereby serving as a springboard to his own hit series, The Flash. And, in the time since, what’s been appropriately dubbed the “Arrowverse” has expanded with the likes of Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl. Well, the latter is technically part of a broader multiverse, but that truly illustrates just how far we’ve come.

Something else about this shared continuity that’s delighted a multitude of viewers is that of the crossovers it’s lent itself to. Each fall, the heroes of the Arrowverse unite to take on a threat too big for any one of them, with each subsequent year’s offering becoming even more grandiose than the one that preceded it. And...

Much like its other sister shows occupying the Arrowverse, Supergirl has embraced the comic books that have inspired it by surrounding the title character with a rich supporting cast. Aside from Kara’s sister, Alex, fans have come to also love the likes of James Olsen/the Guardian, J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter and Mon-El.

Now, while each of those major players listed undoubtedly hold a special place in the Girl of Steel’s heart, one could argue that it’s actually Alex who keeps Kara tethered to humanity better than all others. After all, we’ve seen what happens when a Kryptonian goes off the rails in the Injustice games and such, so it’s important that our heroine have her rock, as it were.

As viewers of this series know by now, their sisterly bond dates back to when the Danvers family took in Kara at the...

The great thing about the Arrowverse is that with it being so expansive, it hasn’t limited itself to live action television and, in the past few years, it’s also spilled over into the comic book realm as well as animation. When it comes to the latter, much success was found with Vixen, which was first presented as a web series that spanned two seasons before being cut together as one seamless direct-to-video movie.

Having gotten a taste for exploring other characters and possibilities that the TV shows may not have the time or budget for, the producers have since decided to branch out with their next endeavor, that being Freedom Fighters: The Ray.

Basically, it follows the adventures of a group of heroes residing on a Earth-x, a parallel world where the Nazis won World War II. As such, it’s home to its own corrupted version of the Justice League.

Much like its other sister shows occupying the Arrowverse, Supergirl has embraced the comic books that have inspired it by surrounding the title character with a rich supporting cast. Aside from Kara’s sister, Alex, fans have come to also love the likes of James Olsen/the Guardian, J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter and Mon-El.

And speaking of Mon-El, one could say that he was one of season 2’s breakout characters. Aside from the geeking out that came with finally seeing him in live action, he ended up forging a romantic relationship with the Girl of Steel, as well as siding with her and the people of Earth over his mother, Rhea, and the invading Daxamites. Still, all wasn’t peaches and cream for the burgeoning hero as he’s since been whisked to parts unknown, thereby leading to Kara’s coming existential crisis.

Still, one has to wonder...

By now, you’re well aware that The CW is quite open to the idea of crossovers, but normally reserve them for DC TV shows or other series that already exist within the same universe like The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. Well, a mysterious new image has found its way online that seems to suggest otherwise and has given us much to ponder.

Funnily enough, this strange situation technically involves one DC TV show, that being Supergirl, but the other comes as a bit of a surprise. Believe it or not, the series in question is that of Riverdale, another fine live action comic book adaptation, albeit spun from the Archie Comics universe.

Without further ado, here’s the picture that Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa posted on his Twitter page, with the accompanying caption of “Look who dropped in to #Riverdale for a visit! Worlds colliding!! Can a crossover be far behind?...

San Diego Comic-Con is now over, but it brought with it a ton of goodies that fans are still buzzing about as they pick apart and dissect each and every trailer for any clues they can find that may tell them just a little bit more about their most anticipated upcoming releases.

Undoubtedly, one of the films that made the biggest splash last month was Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon’s Justice League. Though the blockbuster has been the subject of much uncertainty and worrying rumors lately, no one can deny that the new trailer Warner Bros. brought with them to Comic-Con was fantastic, showcasing some gorgeous shots, a few sure to be epic set pieces and our very first look at the villainous Steppenwolf.

At over 4 minutes in length, there was a lot to mull over in the preview and to no surprise, fans have already discovered a few very intriguing things.

Even though last year’s big DC TV crossover certainly gained a lot of positive feedback, a fair amount of viewers expressed some displeasure with the fact that Supergirl didn’t truly take part in the festivities, only serving as the prologue to what was actually an event shared by three other shows (The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow). Yes, the Girl of Steel herself got to participate, but we didn’t get to see our other favorite heroes venturing to National City.

Having recently learned that Kara Zor-El is primed to play a more significant role in this year’s crossover, it’s good to hear that she’ll be kicking things off this time around. In fact, the four-show extravaganza will actually be contained to two nights this year.

As it turns out, Monday, November 27 will get the ball rolling with Supergirl airing at 8pm, with Arrow...

Last year saw the biggest crossover between the Arrowverse shows yet, as one week’s worth of Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow formed a movie-length alien invasion story. Fans loved it, of course, but if there was one major criticism it was that Supergirl wasn’t part of the core crossover. Thankfully, that will definitely be fixed this season.

Speaking with ComicBook.Com at San Diego Comic-Con, Supergirl showrunners Robert Rovner and Jessica Queller wouldn’t be drawn on the specific plot of the crossover, but they did promise that their show would kick off the event this year.

Rovner: “It’s a true four-part crossover that will start [with Supergirl] and be on this fall. And that’s all we can say about it. It’s going to be super.”

Queller: “It’s going to be awesome! Best crossover ever!”

If you remember, while Melissa Benoist showed up on Earth-1 for the three-part crossover,...

The CW has released the Supergirl Season 3 trailer that they screened at Comic-Con this weekend. With Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) struggling with her secret identity, it looks like this next Season will have a darker tone. There is also a slew of new casting news for the upcoming season! Here are those details:

Adrian Pasdar (Heroes, Colony, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will play the charismatic capitalist Morgan Edge, a ruthless real estate developer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants (and what he feels he deserves). The DC villain’s big plans for National City instantly put him at odds with Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and Lena Luthor (Katie McGrath).Carl Lumbly (Alias, Southland, The Cure for Wellness) embodies the classic DC character M’yrnn J’onzz, the father of J’onn J’onnz, the Martian Manhunter (David Harewood). A pacifist religious leader on Mars, M’yrn...

To date, we’ve seen Supergirl show herself to be one of the kinder, more empathetic heroes that DC TV currently has to offer. Actually, one would say those qualities come with the territory when you’re part of the House of El.

Well, according to the freshly released trailer for season 3 that just came out of San Diego Comic-Con, the Girl of Steel will be facing a bit of an existential crisis when we rejoin her this fall. Truth be told, nobody can blame her as she just had to fend off a full-scale Daxamite invasion and, to her knowledge, just the lost the love of her life in Mon-El.

Taking that into account, distancing herself from her Kara Danvers identity (for the time being, at least) makes a bit of sense when you consider that someone like her feels like they have two separate selves, those being their Kryptonian and Earthling sides.

Supergirl flew into San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday with some fresh scoop on Kara’s hardened state, James’ new love, Mon-El’s return and much more.

* Kara has always tried to balance Kara the journalist with Kara the hero, but this season, “the scales are leaning very heavily on Supergirl,” star Melissa Benoist previewed. “I think that’s how she’s coping with this grief of sending her boyfriend to this giant chasm in space.” The Girl of Steel “really is trusting herself and only herself right now.”

* No surprise here: “Mon-El will return at some point,” executive producer Robert Rovner confirmed.

Some familiar faces are making tracks for Supergirl‘s National City, including a S.H.I.E.L.D. general who’s going to create major problems for Kara and Lena.

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The cast of the CW drama assembled Saturday for its panel at San Diego Comic-Con, during which some juicy new castings were announced for the upcoming third season (premiering Monday, Oct. 9 at 8/7c):

First up, Adrian Pasdar (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Heroes) will appear as DC Comics character Morgan Edge, a “ruthless” real-estate developer with big plans for National City.

Is Supergirl about to shed her secret identity for good?!

Et has your exclusive sneak peek at the first footage from the CW drama's highly anticipated third season, and it seems like Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) is tired of hiding her true Kryptonian identity.

"I am not a human -- I tried to be, but I'm not," Supergirl shares in a dramatic voiceover. "Kara Danvers was a mistake."

Yikes!

Exclusive: 'Supergirl' Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood Dish on Karamel's 'Sweet' Relationship!

The two-minute preview, which first debuted at Supergirl's Comic-Con panel on Saturday, features an unusually solemn Kara wresting with the fact that she had to banish Mon-El (Chris Wood) from Earth for his own protection.

"The decision I made, he couldn't have made that sacrifice," she said while images of Karamel's happier times flashed on screen. "But me, I couldn’t have lived with myself if I hadn't. I will always...

The CW’s Arrowverse shows have often played fast and loose with the classic trope of the superhero hiding their nighttime activities from their friends and family. For instance, The Flash currently features a whole host of employees of Star Labs who know that Barry Allen is the Scarlet Speedster.

Likewise, just about every major character on Supergirl knows that Kara Danvers is really the Girl of Steel. Every character, that is, except her close friend Lena Luthor. It hasn’t been entirely clear whether Lex’s little sister had worked out that her pal and National City’s savior are one and the same or not, but while speaking to TVLine in a recent interview, exec producer Andrew Kreisberg confirmed that Lena – as played by Katie McGrath – has not put two and two together yet. “At the moment, Lena definitely thinks they’re two people,” he said.

Though Lena...

National City has a new nemesis, it seems.

TVLine has learned that Odette Annable (Pure Genius) has closed a deal to play the power-mongering big bad known as Reign – a “Worldkiller” of the DC universe – for Supergirl season 3. The actress, best known for roles across Brothers & Sisters, House, The Astronaut Wives Club, along with the first Cloverfield movie, has now been tapped as a series regular for the show’s upcoming third season, and fans are already beginning to dream up the scenario in which Kara Zor-El will go up against Reign in the name of National City.

Word is that the Reign of Supergirl season 3 will be a fairly big departure from the comic book, visually speaking, and given the show’s second season has just bowed off the airwaves, it’ll be some time yet until we catch a glimpse of Odette Annable kitted out as the DC...

As first teased in last week’s Supergirl finale, legendary DC baddie Reign is taking National City — and, if all goes well, the world — by storm in Season 3. And this just in: She’ll look very familiar!

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Odette Annable is joining the CW drama as a series regular, playing its new Big Bad, TVLine has learned — though we hear Supergirl‘s version of Reign, one of several “Worldkillers” in the DC universe, will differ visually from the one you might already know from the comics (pictured...

Supergirl's transition to The CW for its sophomore season has hit a few speed bumps along the way, but it swiftly not only found its footing, but finished off by hitting a full stride. Superman has made a couple of cameos throughout the series, sparking buzz around whether or not the Man of Steel would be too dominant of a presence, overshadowing his cousin, the title character of the show. In the season 2 finale, "Nevertheless, She Persisted," Supergirl shows us just how strongly the Girl of Steel can stand beside, maybe even a step or two in front of, her super-cousin.

In case you didn’t know – and really, how could you not? – Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman is about to storm into theatres. June 2nd is the date for your diaries and with the film generating an overwhelming amount of positive buzz off the back of its early screenings, the hype is definitely real right now. Granted, the first wave of reviews have yet to surface, so we can’t say for sure if it’ll be a hit or not, but those initial reactions from the press screenings definitely sounded promising.

So, imagine for a very brief moment that you’re a Warner Bros. executive. You’re sitting in a plush office, watching as the internet becomes awash with Tweets labelling Wonder Woman to be the “best Dceu movie” to date. What do you do? Crank the marketing machine up to 11, of course. And that’s exactly what WB has chosen to do.

At long last, Monday’s Supergirl finale pit the Girl of Steel against the Queen of Daxam — and there was a lot more at stake than just the fate of mankind.

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Plan A was simple enough, a time-honored fight to the death between Kara and Rhea, to the victor goes the planet. But when Rhea proved — gasp! — less than trustworthy (“My gods only care about my victory,” she declared), Kara was forced to resort to the far-less-desirable Plan B, one which threatened her future with Mon-El.

By recalibrating a...