If it wasn’t clear already that The CW and DC Comics were well on their way to creating a shared universe, it should be now that the studio has given up any attempts at secrecy. You may think that The Flash might be building off the success of Arrow. But that’s not the point. The point is that the show runners have their sights set on much, much more. The latest promotional poster for the show teases not just hints at future villains but companies that could span their entire TV universe.
Fans have already had some pleasant surprises in regards to DC’s television properties, with The Atom, Wildcat and Ra’s ul Ghul to appear in Arrow. And Flash joining forces with Firestorm.
It should be clear to those who have seen or heard of The Flash pilot that the tone and attitude of it and Arrow will be quite different. Despite that, the new poster of The Flash revealed that on the streets of Central City, Oliver Queen’s company – and the burger joint that is visited by his friends quite frequently.
Here is a photo highlighting the clearest easter eggs (and hidden ones) in the full size image below.
There may be more, but for now we mention the following. The logo of Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) and his tech company can be seen along with a Bug Belly sign. A graffiti promising that “Grodd Lives”. S.T.A.R. Labs, Kord Industries and perhaps most suspiciously, AmerTek.
With Gorilla Grodd already teased in The Flash pilot, it’s no surprise to see another cryptic message contained here. The same case is with S.T.A.R. Labs, the facility that will help Barry take control of his powers. Kord Industries, the company run by billionaire Ted Kord. The company has already been teased in Arrow a long time ago.
And yet these is AmerTek, a military weapons manufacturer. This is not entirely a shock. The company is also a key player in the origin story of John Henry Irons, better known to comic and Shaquille O’Neal fans as “Steel”.
Casual comic fans may not know the details of the hero known as Steel. Let’s just say that once he got to know that his company was used to do more bad than good, he made a hi-tech armored suit for himself and made a vigilante out of himself. Could Steel be a The Flash spinoff?
So what do you think about The Flash poster and the hidden DC easter eggs? Do you think that this is just fun or all this will really happen?
Here is the Twitter source of the image.