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After two major replacement that led to some adequate controversy, it seems like the Doctor Strange sequel is ready to take off. The filming had to face some considerable delaying, and now we have some significant details about the film.

Doctor Strange in The Multiverse Of Madness is all set to be a part of the fourth film of Marvels fourth phase. The sequel is scheduled to arrive in theaters on May 7, 2021. The film is going to be out after two big projects Black Widow and The Eternals.

Although Scott Derrickson is no longer going to be behind the cameras for this film, he earlier hinted towards the fact that this film is the first scary MCU movie and that it will embrace both the Gothic and the horror. This is the unusual feature that made Scott fall in love with the sequel.

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As far as the antagonist of the sequel is concerned, fans are speculating that the unleashing evil of the sequel might be the Nightmare. He can appear as the main villain in Doctor Strange 2. There was a big rumor that hint towards the possibility of a big MCU return. So, something big is yet to come. Nightmare is also related to Wanda, so he might be appearing there as well.

Scott Derrickson will continue to be the executive producer of the film; however, he had to step down from the role of the director due to some creative differences. There are no hard feelings between him and the studios, and he still continues to hype the upcoming new Marvel films as well. The studio has also replaced the writer as per the latest rumors go.

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City Theatricals Multiverse Receiver Cards are products that any lighting user can use to implement wireless DMX/RDM into entertainment projects or lighting equipment in a simple way. Multiverse Receiver Cards are now available in either the 2.4GHz or 900MHz* band through City Theatrical distributors worldwide.

Multiverse Receiver Cards (City Theatrical Part Numbers 5906 for 2.4GHz band or 5907 for 900MHz band) are full Multiverse wireless DMX/RDM receivers without the housing, XLR connectors, and user interface as used in wireless DMX receiving products like the Multiverse Node and Multiverse SHoW Baby. Multiverse Receiver Cards include an internal antenna and a connection to an optional external antenna. Configuration for Multiverse Receiver Cards is done via RDM with DMXcat Multi Function Test Tool, or with City Theatricals USB Configuration Program for PC/Mac.

In addition to receiving wireless DMX and outputting wired DMX, the Multiverse Receiver Card can output 0-10V, and has four PWM control outputs.

While Multiverse Modules require a full circuit board level implementation by professional lighting manufacturers, Multiverse Receiver Cards can be used by any lighting user to implement wireless DMX/RDM into their lighting equipment, whether props, costumes, or lighting fixtures. Multiverse Receiver Cards can be used as part of a full Multiverse wireless DMX/RDM system to connect up to 10 universes of wireless DMX/RDM to a single Multiverse Transmitter. Lighting manufacturers can use the 0-10V and PWM output capabilities to quickly add wireless DMX control to their products.

Multiverse marks the fifth generation of City Theatrical's engineering development for wireless DMX, with the mission of being able to deliver more data using less radio energy. Multiverses patent-pending wireless DMX/RDM technology allows larger and larger systems to be scaled up without producing harmful amounts of radio energy that could disrupt other wireless systems in the venue.

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One of the DC Universes greatest projects in recent years came in the form of the Arrowverses recent crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths. The story brought in several projects for DC Comics both past and present, from the days of Smallville and Birds of Prey to the DCEU and shows like Titans.

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Yet with all of the changes that came with the crossovers finale and Oliver Queens sacrifice, the newly remade multiverse including Earth-Prime is not without more dangers. As new threats emerge, lets take a look at five villains who could appear on Earth-Prime, and five who could appear in the new multiverse.

One of the most destructive, unstoppable and dangerous villains of the DC Universe who should appear in the Earth-Prime universe is Doomsday. With Superman and Lois set to premiere in the Arrowverse, the show is the perfect way to begin laying down the seeds of ideas that Doomsday now exists on Earth-Prime.

The infamous Death of Superman storyline involves the Justice League failing to stop Doomsdays path of destruction, with only Superman able to stop him at the cost of his life. Adapting this into the Arrowverses newly created Justice League would be great for a new crossover in the future.

One thing that would make sense for multiversal villains to appear is using characters that have come and gone from the Arrowverse and introducing new iterations of these characters in the shows of the multiverse. A show like Titans, for example,would be the perfect place to introduce Brother Blood into the multiverse.

A major foe of the Titans, Brother Blood appeared in Arrow season 2 as a political figure who worked and was later slain by Slade Wilson. This new iteration can take more inspiration from the comics, as the leader of a cult who battles the Teen Titans on several occasions.

After the events of Crisis, it is apparent that now Earth-Prime is the lynchpin of this new multiverse created by Oliver Queen. With that in mind, there is no better villain to introduce into the Arrowverse than Imperiex. The villain is the embodiment of entropy and is pure energy housed within a suit of armor.

The story involves Imperiex trying to restart the universe with a new big bang after the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. As it destroys planets in its way, the survivors and the heroes of Earth band together to fight the threat to the universe.

One thing that season 3 of the multiverse level show Titans could do is introduce more villains into shorter story arcs or perhaps long-running arcs along with other villains in the season. One villain who has recently had encounters with team leader Dick Grayson in the comics that would be perfect for the show is Scarecrow.

Dr. Jonathan Crane, the man obsessed with fear, is driven to find Nightwing after Robin refused to give in to fear while fighting the villain years earlier as Robin. This would be the perfect villain to introduce into Titans now that Dick has accepted his role as a hero and the team leader Nightwing.

One major story component being explored in the series Supergirl right now is the evolution of Brainiac 5, who has struggled not to become like his mother and his ancestor, Brainiac, who had an obsession with collecting cities and not holding life as valuable to preserve. With that in mind, one villain that would be great to introduce into the larger Earth-Prime universe would be his ancestor, Brainiac.

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A major foe of Superman, Supergirl and the heroes of Earth, Brainiac has nearly brought Earth to the brink of destruction many times. He would be great on shows like Supergirl, Superman and Lois, and of course a larger crossover.

One villain who had a brief appearance on The Flashs second season but hasnt had a full-scale storyline or appearance in a live-action setting is Atomic Skull. Both iterations of the villain have a connection to STAR Labs in one way or another, but the basic outline for these villains taking on this mantle is that some sort of accident or explosion causes them to gain superhuman strength and translucent skin, showing their skulls.

Battling Superman and other heroes, the Atomic Skull appeared on Earth-2 as one of Zooms soldiers of metahumans, but he could make an appearance on Doom Patrol or Titans in a new setting.

One powerful alien threat that the new Justice League of Earth-Prime could face now that the heroes are united is Despero. An alien tyrant and warlord, Despero becomes obsessed with conquering Earth and destroying the Justice League after rebel forces contact the league to help free them from Desperos grip of tyranny.

A very power villain with a third eye that gives him mental control over people, he has battled the entirety of the Justice League and held his own, with Martian Manhunter, in particular, having many battles with the villain, becoming instrumental in one of his defeats by tricking his mind into believing hed gotten his hearts desire.

One villain that would be great to see explored in the new multiverse is Monarch. This villain is unique in that he is a villain from a dystopian future in the DC Universe. It is revealed that he is a mystery hero from the present-day DC Universe who grows to become the villain one day.

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It is eventually revealed Hank Hall has become this villain in the future. Considering the troubles Hank has faced on Titans in the last couple of seasons, it would be interesting to see a future version of Hank force the hero to examine his choices and future as a whole.

The villain who deserves a live-action debut and would fit in perfectly on Earth-Prime is Poison Ivy. A longtime Batman foe, the character has undergone many changes over the years, going back and forth between villain and hero. Obsessed with protecting nature from humanity whom she views as a threat, the scientist turned metahuman with connections to the green is a powerful force of nature.

The villain could appear on Batwomanand it would be great to see her evolution from villain to possibly an anti-hero as she and Batwoman come to some delicate understanding of one another.

One villain who has a major connection to the Titans universe of the new multiverse who would be great in the shows third season is Psimon. A physicist named Simon Jones who was transformed by Trigon while experimenting with contacting other dimensions to become a powerful telepath with telekinetic powers.

Eventually, he became the leader of the villainous team known as the Fearsome Five, a group founded by Doctor Light, another villain who appeared on Titans. The third season could be shown setting up the Fearsome Five, one of the Titans' most powerful foes to face in the comics overall.

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The last few years of the Arrowverse concluded a long growing storyline that saw one of the multiverses greatest threats, the Anti-Monitor, finally reveal himself and nearly destroy all of reality. Thanks to Oliver Queen and the heroes of the multiverse, a new multiverse was born, with the Anti-Monitor defeated and a new Earth-Prime built in the process.

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With this powerful foe defeated finally, the question now remains: what villain can replace the Anti-Monitor and influence the stories of the remaining heroes of Earth-Prime? Lets take a look at ten villains who could replace the Anti-Monitor in the Arrowverse.

While the majority of the major crossover storylines in the last couple years focused on multiverse travel, destruction and rewriting reality itself, a concept that could be explored further in a crossover setting would be time travel. One DC villain that could embody that perfectly would be Monarch.

Now there have been a couple of different versions of Monarch. The first was a futuristic villain who had once been the hero Hank Hall, aka Hawk of Hawk and Dove, but there was also the Nathan Adam version of Monarch as well. The futuristic villain created out of a former hero would be an interesting concept to explore.

One powerful foe that would make for an interesting story arc across multiple shows in the newly formed multiverse would be Superboy-Prime. The original Superman of Earth-Prime in the comics, his world was destroyed during Crisis on Infinite Earths, and he stayed behind in a paradise dimension after the Anti-Monitors defeat alongside Kal-L of Earth 2, his wife Lois and Alexander Luthor Jr. of Earth 3.

However, his sanity begins to crumble in the paradise dimension and is convinced to break into the Post-Crisis reality. His pounding on the barrier of reality alters many events, which would be interesting to see play out here.

One villain who would work really well in a plot to possess and cause havoc across the new Earth-Prime in a crossover event would be Eclipso. Originally thought to be simply the dark half of a man named Bruce Gordon, Eclipso was retconned to be a vengeance demon bound to the black crystal known as the Heart of Darkness.

Seeking to possess powerful beings, he has been known to attempt corrupting the heroes of the DC Universe, from Superman to Captain Marvel and even during the Rebirth era the entire Justice League. This would make for an interesting turn for the Arrowverse heroes.

A villain who is fairly new to the DC Comics universe but would be an interesting follow-up to the actions of the Anti-Monitor and Crisis on Infinite Earths as a whole would be Perpetua. Perpetua is a powerful entity that was one of several entities made to create new life in various multiverses in the greater Omniverse.

However, Perpetua was considered the bad seed of the entities in charge of making the multiverses and tried to take over. Her sons betrayed her, however, including the Monitor, and had her sealed in the Source Wall. She broke free in the modern-day DC Universe.

After battling villains with dreams of multiversal dominance and destruction, taking a step back to fight a foe who seeks nothing but global dominance would be a refreshing take on the crossover events of the Arrowverse. One such foe that the heroes of Earth-Prime could face would be Mongul.

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Mongul is a longtime Superman and Justice League foe. The tyrannical ruler of a planet, his goals have tied into possessing the world-sized superweapon known as Warworld and using it to assert his control over the universe, including Earth. With Superman taking a larger role in the Arrowverse, this would be a good villain to step up.

Aside from Brainiac himself, one interesting villain who comes from the same line of the Coluan people would be Brainiacs son/clone, Vril Dox, aka Brainiac 2. The great-grandfather of Brainiac 5, Vril was originally adopted to be Brainiacs son, but in later retcons, he has become Brainiacs clone and son back and forth.

Vril has an interesting storyline, constantly coming back and forth between being a hero and anti-hero to becoming an outright villain. He has led rebellions against the Computer Tyrants of Colu and has seen himself become a ruthless tyrant in the future thanks to the hero Waverider, so his story could be multilayered in the Arrowverse.

After all of the sacrifice and loss that came with the rebirth of a new multiverse and Oliver Queens passing, one villain who would represent the most emotional and physical threat to the heroes of Earth-Prime would be Imperiex. A villain who is the physical embodiment of entropy, this being of energy housed inside of a powerful suit of armor sought Earths destruction.

For what purpose? To restart the universe with a new big bang of course. Something the Arrowverse just went through. The plot of this villains appearance includes the entire universe banding together to stop this threat altogether.

One villain who is tough to know whether or not hed be available for an appearance in the Arrowverse is the all-powerful villain Darkseid. The grand leader and tyrant of Apokolips and the villainous New God at war with New Genesis and High Father, he is also a longtime Superman and Justice League foe.

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With powerful Omega Beams and an army of parademons and evil generals, Darkseids quest for the Anti-Life equation would be interesting to see play out in the Arrowverse, possibly leading into Final Crisis itself. However, it is unclear what his status is with teases for the villain seen in the DCEU over the years.

One powerful foe that would be great to see and could possibly tie into John Diggles transformation into Green Lantern would be Despero. A powerful tyrannical ruler from space, Desperos powerful third eye allows him to take control over the heroes of Earth and others as well and has become a powerful foe of heroes like Martian Manhunter, The Flash and Green Lantern over the years.

With so much chaos and upheaval in the world now that Earth-Prime has formed, Despero would be the perfect powerful threat to prey upon the heroes as they adjust to this new reality.

The one villain who would have the greatest presence and ties to the Arrowverse at the moment would be Brainiac. An all-powerful AI/Bio-organic machine with the desire to obtain all knowledge and collect entire cities and miniaturize them into glass domes, Brainiac is not only a longtime foe of Superman and his allies but is the ancestor of Brainiac 5 that the hero has feared becoming for the last few seasons of Supergirl.

A truly powerful threat to the DC Universe, his attempts at destroying Earth and collecting cities, and possibly introducing the bottled city of Kandor in the process, would make for great crossover potential storylines.

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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for "Grodd Friended Me," the latest episode of The Flash.

The Paragons aren't the only ones who remember life before "Crisis on Infinite Earths." In "Grodd Friended Me," the latest episode of The Flash, the titular gorilla revealed he too was unaffected by the merging of the multiverse.

At the start of the episode, Barry found himself frustrated as he encountered even more changes spinning out of Crisis, including an entirely new Pied Piper with an ax to grind. He returned to STAR Labs, where he asked Gideon to calculate everything that had changed in Crisis' aftermath. She discovered a whopping 3.752 trillion changes to his universe.

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To add to his troubles, Barry found himself pulled into Gorilla Grodd's mindscape after Chester P. Runk tweaked his mobile interactive artificial intelligence unit. When Barry put it in his ear, it enabled Grodd to reach out telepathically, and he trapped Barry in his mind. He begged Barry for understanding and forgiveness. In the process, he also revealed that he wasn't affected by Crisis.

"Nothing could make you change," Barry insisted.

"Not even the Crisis of Infinite Worlds?" Grodd asked.

"How do you know about Crisis?" Barry whispered, stunned.

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"Grodd's mind wasn't affected by the merging of the multiverse," Grodd explained. "But Grodd can still sense changes in this reality -- changes like Gorilla City. City is here now. The gorillas are here now. Grodd knows this. Grodd wants to return home."

When Barry demanded to know why, Grodd pushed on: "That Grodd wanted power. Power didn't bring happiness. It brought pain. New Grodd wants a new path. Grodd wants to live in peace, with his own kind. Gorilla City is the only place Grodd ever, ever felt happy."

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In "Crisis on Infinite Earths," Barry was one of seven Paragons who helped restore the universe after the Anti-Monitor destroyed everything. As a result, the multiverse was merged into one singular world: Earth-Prime. Now, Earth-Prime boasts elements of several different Earths, which has shaken up the Arrowverse heroes' status quo. No one except the Paragons and their friends can remember life before Crisis -- except, apparently, Grodd. It's possible, then, there are other people out there who are aware of this dramatic shift, but they have yet to be seen.

Airing Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/CT on The CW, The Flash stars Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Carlos Valdes, Danielle Panabaker, Tom Cavanagh, Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Nicolet and Hartley Sawyer.

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The encores continue to cause trouble across the time stream, and this week legendary conqueror Genghis Khan is making a play for Hong Kong circa 1997. He also has a secret weapon.

Spoilers ahead for Mortal Khanbat, the latest episode of The CWs Legends of Tomorrow, which aired Tuesday, February 25, 2020.

In a world of straight-laced television, Legends of Tomorrow continues to be just gloriously weird in all the right ways. This week the team faces off against a resurrected Genghis Khan, who spent 700 years digging his way out of his tomb and is now trying to take over the Triad. The Legends try to take him during a Triad meeting, but a massive shootout breaks out, as the Arrowverse gets to do its best John Wick impression and its a ton of fun.

Khan is admittedly a bit shallow when it comes to a Baddie of the Week, but he at least figures out the natural evolution of the horse to form the centerpiece of his modern day world domination: Scooters. Yeah, thats right. Scooters. Nate started up the scooter craze this week with his own scooter (nicknamed Scoots MaGoots, because of course), and Khan takes the idea and runs (err rolls?) with it. When its all over, Charlie gets the drop on him and sends him back to the afterlife with his magical sword.

But the real story this week, honestly, is the character drama wrapped around the Baddie of the Week. With Sara still MIA taking care of business off-screen, Ava gets a chance to once again lead the team, and looks far more comfortable at the helm of this ragtag team of heroes. Charlie also returns this week, and we learn she and B hooked up after the HayWorld debacle (which was right after the timeline was altered and the original Zari was rewritten). They clearly have feelings for one another, and Charlie reveals he secret thats had her on the run most of her existence (and why she most recently ran off without saying goodbye), finally coming clean to the team that shes a "Fate" of the famed loom of fate.

She apparently broke the loom thousands of years ago and scattered the pieces across the multiverse, which was presumably enough to weaken her sisters (the other Fates of the Loom). But with the multiverse no more, al the pieces are now present on Earth Prime and Charlies sisters are out to kill her.

Constantines sudden battle with lung cancer, brought about by Astra having his soul coin prematurely wound to its end, also picks up this week. In classic Constantine fashion, hes bitter and pissed off and trying everything he can to stave off this fate. He even calls in Nora the fairy godmother for an assist, but not even her powerful magic can undo this fate. After raging against the dying of his light, though, Constantine comes to realize hes not the same man he was a few years ago. He has people in his life who care about him, so after pushing away Gary and Ray, he decides to spend the evening bonding with his new mates.

But, growth or not, hes still Constantine. When they toast Constantines life, he instead takes a poison to go out on his own terms. The move brings Constantine face to face with Astra, with just a few seconds left ticking on his life clock. But in that moment he finally gets through to Astra, promising he can bring her mother back to life and fix the mistakes that led Astra to become a jockeying demon of hell in the first place. The way to make that work? He needs a loom of fate. Yeah, its all coming full circle.

Oh, and we also got Prince Charles kicking it with Mick on the Waverider. And it was glorious.

Next up: Legends of Tomorrow returns on March 10. It looks to be a play on Mr. Rodgers, and oh! Damien Darhk is back (somehow?), so that should be wild.

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In the aftermath of the Arrowverese's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, the entire concept of reboots has been effectively nullified in DC films and TV shows. Based on the eponymous DC Comics story line,Crisis on Infinite Earthswould prove to be as sprawling and all-encompassing a crossover as the CW has ever done. It would also mark a pivotal turning point for the Arrowverse itself.

Crisis would see Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow becoming the Spectre and sacrificing himself for the sake ofthe Multiverse. With Oliver's death, it would also bring the launching pad for the whole Arrowverse continuity itself to an end, withArrowwrapping up after two more episodes following Crisis(though the show's prospective continuation, Green Arrow and the Canaries, still hasn't been officially greenlit yet.)However, the effects on DC's various film and television properties wouldn't stop there.

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Put simply, Crisis on Infinite Earthswould establisha massive DC Multiverse by sprinkling references and character appearances from throughout its big and small screen libraries. With the sheer amount ofmaterial incorporated into the crossover,Crisiswould also send an unexpected message aboutthe many individual DC adaptations that have been produced over the years. Specifically, that when it comes to all things DC, the term "reboot" no longer carries any weight.

As it was produced as part of the Arrowverse, Crisis on Infinite Earthsprimarily takes the perspective of the various characters and series therein. With some of theindividual series existing in separate continuities from the others, Crisisalso served to unify all the individual Arrowverse showsinto a single reality (along with the remainder of Arrow's story). However, even this only scratches the surface of just how much DC materialwas featured onthe crossover.

In addition to the Arrowverse shows, Crisis on Infinite Earths also included a wide range of other DCmovies and TV shows, with the most prominent being an appearance by Tom Welling as the Clark Kent seen on the long-running seriesSmallville,Brandon Routh returning as the Man of Steel fromSuperman Returns(with Routh's portrayal itself being a continuation of Christopher Reeve's), and a verysurprisingEzra Miller cameo as the big screen version of The Flash from the DCEU. Other DC properties also received smaller but nevertheless noteworthy shoutouts in Crisis,includingthe 1960sBatmanseries, Tim Burton'sBatman, and the DC Universe streaming showsTitans, Doom Patrol, and Swamp Thing, among others. By including such a huge volume of DC content, Crisis on Infinite Earths served tocommunicate the relevance of all of them to the larger DC Multiverse, but it would send another message with a few of the continuities it featured.

One particularly noteworthy aspectabout Crisis on Infinite Earthsis the number of the DC properties it includes that have previously had the reset button hit on them. The most obvious example isSuperman Returns, whichdebuted in theaters in 2006, only for Superman to be rebooted on the big screen with 2013's Man of Steel. That didn't stop Crisisfrom giving Brandon Routh's Kal-El a significant role on the crossover, right alongside Routh's Arrowverse role as Ray Palmer aka The Atom.

Crisiswould also touch upon other DC films and television series that have also been rebooted or otherwise discontinued, such as inthe early reference the '60sBatmanserieswith Burt Ward's cameo. DC Universe's Swamp Thing was also barely into its run before being canceled, only for Crisisto include it in its final round-up of the various realities within the DC Multiverse, while the early 2000s Birds of PreyTV series was also worked into Crisis. Furthermore, 2005's Batman Beginswould essentially serve as the progenitor of contemporary reboots, yet Robert Wuhl would be seen reprising his role of Alexander Knox from Tim Burton's 1989 Batman movie mere moments into Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Additionally, the crossover would also continue the Arrowverse role of John Wesley Shipp's early '90s Barry Allen, following his appearance in the previous Arrowverse crossover Elseworlds, whileCrisis even managed to work in the'60s animated series Super Friends into its final scene. By featuringreferences big and small to so many disconnected DC adaptations, Crisis on Infinite Earths would not only establish a massive Multiverse umbrella, but it would also make a statement on the very concept of reboots as they now relate to DC.

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By making Crisis on Infinite Earths so incredibly inclusive of such a wide range of previously unrelated DC properties, thecrossover has alsoestablished something significant for DC'slegacy on the big and small screens. Specifically, by resurrecting both films and television shows that had previously had their stories come to a close, and establishing them as existing in a cohesive Multiverse with other DC continuities, Crisis on Infinite Earths has effectively "de-booted" numerous DC properties while positioning them as being relevant alongside those that are still ongoing.In a nutshell, the term "reboot" essentially no longer applies when it comes to DC.

In aftermath of Crisis, any DC movie ortelevision production can now be plugged into any continuity ofits choosing, or none at all. Whether one chooses to exist within the Arrowverse or DCEU continuities or go the Joker route and position itself as its own unique entity, the existence of one now doesn't cancel out any others. Additionally, Ezra Miller and Grant Gustin's respective versions of Barry Allen having definitively acknowledged each other opens a world of possibilities all on its own, on top of dovetailing withcomments Miller had made regarding The Flash moviein an interview prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths.

With every individual DC theatrical or televised story line referenced within Crisis, the Multiverse that the crossover has established has given DC movies andtelevisionseries a huge degree of creative license when it comes to continuity. Each individual DC franchise can essentially do its own thing with or without crossing over with or acknowledging the existence of any others. On top of that, by resurrecting numerous DC continuities that had already come to an end and allowing them to intermingle with those that are still ongoing, the notion of reboots, when it comes to DC, is now a completely moot point as a result ofCrisis On Infinite Earths.

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Exercise has phenomenal physical and psychological benefits, from managing weight, strengthening bones, rejuvenating happiness, improving memory, and even lessening anxiety symptoms.

For some people, it does just that: eases anxiety. But for others, it can have the opposite effect: intensifying stress. This isnt a call to eliminate workouts altogether, because everyone has different responses. However, if you have a gut feeling your workouts are causing more harm than good, the first thing to do is tune into yourself.

Before, during, and after a workout, take a deep breath and reach into the corners of your feelings. What are they telling you? Are they saying WERE FREAKING OUT! or Were cool & calm? Once you pin down how your workouts are really affecting you, its time to get into the whys and hows.

Exercise is a form of physical stress, most of the time the good kind. However, occasionally, it can raise our cortisol (stress hormone) levels, escalating anxiety.

This can especially happen as a result of overexercising. But for some people, its just the bodys natural response to that particular form of movement.

If youre in the jinxed group of anxiety-ridden workouts, you have options! Although its best to stay away from strenuous, long-endurance workouts, you can still participate in proven anxiety-crushing workouts like yoga.

Keep in mind the trial and error process.

Whats calming for one person isnt for another, and thats okay! Strut the cakewalk to your exercise individualism. Your body will thank you for finding the perfect combo of movement that doesnt tug so hard on your mental health and throw your hormones into the multiverse.

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The real question: are you exercising to punish yourself? Or to feel good?

This simple mindset switch can do miracles for your movement anxiety levels, even decreasing the chances of overexercising.

When youre tired, rest. When youre energized, move.

Respect yourself enough to take the time to explore what kind of exercises feel good for your unique body ones that dont send you into an anxiety/overwhelm/stress spiral of misery. Theres something for everyone! And once you find what you truly love, the less likely anxiety will make an uncomfortable entrance.

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Dial Ffor finale! On February 27, DCs Dial H For Heros conclusion officially hits comic book stands. In this last story,the fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance as Miguel must face his biggest enemy yethimself. Its an issue that will explore the very definition of heroism not just in the DC Universe, but the comic book medium as a whole.

(No pressure, right Sam Humphries and Joe Quinones?)

How will our heroes, Summer and Miguel, save the multiverse and will they survive the experience? All questions will be answered in this issue, and ahead of that, Newsarama had the chance to talk to Humphries about Dial H for Hero #12. We discuss what fans can expect from the series finale, how Summer became a co-lead, and take a deep dive into the creative process behind exploring the many comic styles displayed in the series.

Newsarama: Sam, Summer and Miguel had a confrontation about what it means to be a hero in Dial H For Hero #11. What can we expect from their dynamic with your finale?

Sam Humphries

Sam Humphries: When we first initially started planning this book, it was Miguel's book, right? He was going to be the main character, and then just in the process of the planning we were like, well, he should have a friend, even just from a craft perspective - just somebody to talk to when we needed Miguel to articulate something, even just for the reader to understand what's going on.

We created Summer as a supporting cast member, but the more that we developed this book, even before we started working on the first issue, we realized that Summer was so strong and her presence. She brought so much to this book that elevating her character made the book even better. It was probably midway through the first arc where we realized that it really is a book with two main characters. That this is not just Miguels book. Its Miguel and Summer's book.

That's something that we ended up retooling from the direction we were going in, some scenes that we had imagined from the very beginning we retooled those so it had both Miguel and Summer on equal footing together. A lot of those scenes are in #12 and I think once people read those scenes there will be no doubt in their minds, or hopefully, theyll just feel it on some level that both Summer and Miguel are the main characters of this iteration of Dial H For Hero.

Nrama: Originally Dial H For Hero was a six-issue series, how did you have to change your approach to the series when the title was expanded to 12 issues?

Humphries: Oh, it really fucked us up. [Laughs[ It really did. I mean it's fantastic news. We got that email from our editors, and they're like, "Oh my God, congratulations. You've been renewed. You're doing 12 issues now." And that was such a thrill because that never happens, right? That never happens in comics. I can't think of the last time that its really happened on this level. So, that was just so gratifying.

And then I was excited. It meant that we're all going to get to work together again for six more issues. Were going to be able to keep the party going. When we knew we had six issues, we really put everything into six issues because we were like we may never get to do these characters again. We may never be able to do this formulation of Dial H For Hero again. So, we got to do it all. I think that made for a really great six issues. But we got renewed pretty late in the game. There's definitely that sense of panic of like, "How can we top that? What are we going to do?"

There were some things that we were only really going to be able to hint at in the first six issues, and one of those things was the fact that the multiverse is in the H-dial. So, that was one of those reveals that we were able to hint in the first six issues, and I go, "Oh my God, we can really expand on this in the next six issues." Also, the backstory of Robbie Reed - how did Robbie Reed go from being the gee wiz kid from Colorado to being not just one, but two, of the most powerful people in the DC universe? So, we were able to do that.

Then we really wanted to show what the experience of using the H-Dial was like for quote, unquote normal citizens, people who werent the subject of a book, and we got to do that beautifully with issue seven with our guest artist, who really just did an amazing job. It was a double edged sword. It really forced us to make the first six issues as amazing as possible, and then it really allowed us to take what we did and elaborate on it.

Nrama: On that note, what made you want to explore the multiverse and other H-Dials?

Humphries: We had a lot of conversations very early on, especially with our initial editor, Andy Corey and Mark Doyle, about what is the H-dial and where does it come from. That's the one thing that has never really been solidly addressed in any of the many iterations of Dial H For Hero. We knew what we didn't want it to be. We were like, well, we don't want this to be like part of the family of Green Lantern rings and yellow rings. We didnt want it to come from specifically - lets say Thanagar. We wanted it to be something that could be all encompassing. We want to be something that people of Thanagar can be in awe just like people from earth are in awe of it.

The nondenominational might be a great way to put it. Right? So, we started thinking really big. Two things happened: one, maybe it's better to not show, at least for now, who created the H-Dial, whose hands created the H-Dial. I had some ideas and there was one idea in particular that in my book, that's who made it, I'm not going to say who it is because I think this iteration of Dial H For Hero is stronger not going into that. But it also just made us think about the nature of heroes and what does it mean to become a hero, whether or not you use a H-Dial or your parents are killed an alleyway and you become a hero. What's the difference between those two methods? What's the same between those two methods? What are the moments that really count?

That got us thinking really big and embracing the underlying structure, the unknowing power that the H-Dial is just the underlying power of heroism, which is bigger than one country, one planet, or one reality within the multiverse. So, once you go there, then you start looking at the map of the multiverse, and then it hit me like a fucking ton of bricks, the multiverse is already shaped like the H-Dial. And once I saw that, I literally just took like a stupid little paint program on my computer and drew the circle, the letter, the numbers and sent it to Joe. He was like thats it, thats what we got to do.

Nrama: What can you tell us about the last issue of your run?

Humphries: I hope the one thing that people will say about our last issue is that it sticks the landing. We've done a lot of weird, crazy stuff. I think in my opinion, Joe, Jordan Gibson, and Dave Sharpe have never done better work. Like nobody slacked off at the very end, everybody had their A-plus, plus, plus game all the way through. So that last final page is one of my favorite pages we've all done together in the series.

Nrama: What do you think fans will enjoy the most about it?

Humphries: Right at the climax of issue #12, which of course is the climax of the whole series, there's a double page spread that is something that I've never seen done before in comics, and it has a lot of great DC Universe history and Easter eggs but it's not just for the sake of Easter eggs. It's a prism almost through which we can connect with the emotional breakthrough, the emotional realization that Summer and Miguel are having on the page.

Thats something abstractly we knew we wanted to do for a long time. Like I had a very amorphous idea of this in my head and Joe and I had talked about it and we knew what we wanted to achieve and we knew what we wanted to feel. But I didn't know quite how we were going to pull it off on a page. And once I did, it just hit me like a ton of bricks and I got so excited I could not text Joe fast enough. "You want to do this? You think you can do this?" I'm just like crossing my fingers that he says yes because you know, across the board, I have a lot of crazy stuff but if Joe didn't want to do it or if he didn't feel like he could be at his best at doing it then it wouldn't go. He has full veto power over anything we're trying to do on the page, but he was immediately so excited and so into it.

It was really those moments where both Joe and I got that like we were bouncing up and down in our chairs on opposite sides of the country. Like, when we had moments like that together, that's when I knew that we were really on to something.

Nrama: One thing I absolutely love about this book is how you truly dive into the medium. You went into so many different styles: manga, 90s comics, etc. How did you and Joe figure out this diverse palette?

Humphries: Yeah, well we said this before elsewhere is that Joe and I have been friends for a few years and Dial H for Hero is kind of like a fancy, elaborate version of a conversation that Joe and I have had forever. Its Joe and I sitting there going like, "You remember when Tezuka did this in Astro Boy?", "Oh yeah, that was cool." Then just repeat for whatever comic were on our minds. That was basically the foundation for doing this book.

We knew we wanted to celebrate DC Comics and superhero comics, but we knew we wanted to celebrate everything that comics have then, are, and could be. We knew we wanted to cast as wide of a net as possible, not just in terms of different regions of the earth and different comic traditions around the world, but also different styles, genres, and approaches to the page.

We had a lot of crazy ideas that some of them were just physically unfeasible. We would have loved to have a comic transform from like a normal DC Comics format into like a French graphic album format, like in the middle of the book, but that is totally physically impossible. Really what we did was we had a Google Doc where we would throw down all sorts of artists that we loved, books that we loved, traditions that we loved, style that we wanted to just embrace/highlight, and comics that we thought were important and we wanted to celebrate them with our, I guess youd call a pantheon, that we're building with Dial H For Hero.

But it's far from complete in our eyes because there's so many artists that we loved, styles that we loved, and traditions that we loved that just never made it into the book because like I said, Joe had the final veto. If he didn't want to do it, wasn't interested, or think he couldnt do it well than we weren't going to do it.

The final hurdle for any of these to make in the book was did it make sense emotionally for what would happen in the book. So, something like Captain Underpants, we thought was something worth including, but it had to make sense in the emotional context of the book. It couldn't be gratuitous. So, we used Captain Underpants to highlight a moment where Miguel felt talked down to, felt like he was maybe being treated as the baby of the group, felt like he needed power outside of himself to be a quote unquote grownup.

Likewise, theres just so many like - Raina Telgemeier, she was one that we were just burning to include and never found the right place in our story for that. Tons of Japanese and Euro artists, tons of South American artists, tons of webcomic artists and we just had a long, long list of artists. Back before the invention of the modern comic, The Yellow Kid, is one that we wanted to include, but just never quite found that right moment. We packed a lot in there and we're so proud of it, but theres also a part where its like damn I wish we could have gotten the Yellow Kid in there.

Nrama: What was your favorite part about working with Summer, Miguel, and the rest of the characters in Dial H for Hero?

Humphries: My favorite part was the collaboration, getting a chance to work so closely with my friends: Joe Quinones, Jordan Gibson and David Sharpe. I've known Joe and Jordan for a long time, and it was amazing to have the whole crew together.

Dave and I have been working for a long time. He did some work on my Green Lanterns run, and we really started clicking on Harley Quinn. When Andrea Shea recommended him for Dial H For Hero I knew he was the guy to pull this off. He was the letterer who had so many styles to explore, and then our many editors over the course of these 12 issues like Mark Doyle and Andy Corey at the beginning - their insight really took us in a strong direction and it was their willingness. I said the characters are going to change and the whole comic book is going to change. They didnt push back at all. They said you have to do this, you have to do that.

Alex Antone and Andrea Shea really kept us honest, kept this book and Miguel and Summer's emotions really grounded. They very gently, but firmly stopped us from going off in crazy directions that wouldn't resonate emotionally.

And then Brittney Holzherr had the unenviable task to jumping onto a crazy book that was so far out of the norm with only two issues to go, but she just embraced this book so fully and wholeheartedly and really landed this thing, and kept the book so strong where at the end of a run like this its common and understandable for everybody to kind of fall apart, but she kept us so strong and was such a firm believer from the start. When you have such a talented and smart like that who comes in and is still I get this, I get this, keep going it really gives you so much confidence.

Then, of course, being able to do this in conjunction with the mom and dad of Wonder Comics, which are Alisa Bendis and Brian Michael Bendis. Their confidence and their belief in us from the start, their encouragement really meant everything to us. We went into some pretty far, flung directions, and all it took was a nod from them, from our editors, for that confidence to keep going, to let us know what we were doing was right for the book, and worthy for exploration. So, my favorite part has to be the people, collaborating with the whole team top to bottom. Everybody brought so much to this book. I'll miss working with the whole crew.

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