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How does John Constantine earn a living?
The easiest way to reply is by his nickname that his friends call him:
Con-Job
In his illustrious career John "Helllblazer" Constantine had quite a few sources of income:
Performing in a ...
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What are the Aerodynamic Advantages for a Superhero Flying with a Cape?
Since the speaker didn't expound at all on what he meant by aerodynamics, an explanation has to come from two places:
What happened on-screen just before he says this
How a cape would affect flying ...
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In what order should I watch Flash and Arrow TV Shows?
Ideally, you should watch them in the order they aired. That is, if you want to get the most coherent story from both shows, you should watch Arrow up through the end of Season 2, then watch alternate ...
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What's written on the wall?
Not only does it not say anything intelligible in braille, but it would appear that Reverse-Flash decorated his super-secret "vault" with $3 room tiles from allmodern and spray painted them silver to ...
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What is the viewing order for CW's DC shared universe?
You only have to have a viewing order when there is a multi-part episode that spans a show.
There are multi-part crossovers that span multiple shows that won't make complete sense if you watch one ...
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How does Supergirl get her ears pierced?
Update: According to the show's producer Ali Adler (via twitter), Kara got her ears pierced on Krypton. This clearly fails to explain why she doesn't appear to have pierced ears in the escape pod (!!!)...
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The Flash healing factor (new TV series)
Barry Allen, in The Flash, doesn't have a healing factor in the sense that the term is typically used in comics. He is not able to heal wounds or injuries that normal humans could not.
What he has is ...
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Is Oliver Purposely Referring to Bruce Wayne or Just Coincidence?
It's not a coincidence, but it's not an in-universe reference. It's an "inside joke" of sorts.
Stephen Amell has gone on record multiple times as saying that he tries to get the writers to work as ...
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Where is Starling City located?
tl;dr: We don't know where it's located, and apparently, neither do the writers. We have gotten a ton of contradictory information, but based on the information we've seen and heard on screen, it's ...
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What is Barry Allen's aka The Flash's top speed?
In the comics, Barry Allen has been shown to run faster than light, as per @Keen's answer to this related question. Exactly how fast has never really been measured -- as far as I know, they've never ...
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Why could Supergirl not breathe in space?
why could Supergirl not be able to breathe in space?
Because no-one can...there's no air.
She can't breathe in space unless she stores solar energy and holds her breath.
In the modern version of ...
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Why the different colors of speedster’s lightning?
In the comics, yellow is a pure form, and red is the negative form of the Speed Force, and blue is from doping. This seems to basically translate over into the show:
Yellow/Gold lightning is from the ...
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Does Sheldon Cooper exist in the Flash universe?
Most likely, yes, Big Bang Theory, as a fictional television show, exists in the Arrowverse.
On the show, Cisco often makes pop culture references to television shows, movies, etc. that really exist. ...
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What are the Aerodynamic Advantages for a Superhero Flying with a Cape?
Absolutely none, the cape would be ridiculously detrimental to any aerodynamics. There is a reason why professional cyclists and other speed athletes wear skintight suits with no pockets or extra ...
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Why does Thea forget who the Arrow is in season 3?
Thea does indeed learn the secret of both her mother and her brother at the end of season 2, in fact she does so in episode 18 of season 2, called Deathstroke. Oliver looks definetely panicky when she ...
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In the 2015 Supergirl pilot, why do they avoid saying "Superman"?
Out-of-universe, it's likely just a technique used to prevent viewers from dwelling on the humongous 'elephant in the room' (e.g. where's Superman and why aren't we watching him instead?).
They do ...
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Can the Flash be held liable for Flash-related property damage?
Yeah, probably...
Legally, it seems pretty cut-and-dry. He could argue that the damages were unavoidable in the pursuit of saving lives, but then if I floored it to a crime scene in my car and ...
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What is Barry Allen's aka The Flash's top speed?
Strictly from the TV show up to the point of Legends of Today, Caitlin Snow mentions his top speed quite accurately:
What's the fastest Barry's run? Little over Mach two, when he ran back in time.
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Are Rory Williams And Rip Hunter the same person?
Probably not
There are a few reasons that Rory and Rip are unlikely to be the same person.
Rory Williams is from Doctor Who, whereas Rip Hunter is from the Arrowverse.
Just because two characters ...
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Is Oliver Purposely Referring to Bruce Wayne or Just Coincidence?
Is it an in-arrowverse reference?
No
IGN Article 2014
...Arrow and Flash executive producer Andrew Kreisberg stressed that anything you see referencing Batman on the show is “a tease.”
Explained ...
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Is there a batman in arrowverse?
Batman has been referenced in three of the universes
Earth-1 (main universe)
Bruce Wayne exists in this universe, is will known, and lives in Gotham. There is no confirmation of him engaging in ...
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Do I need to watch Arrow before I watch The Flash?
No. It is not an absolute requirement.
The two shows are definitely entwined, and there are a number of crossovers between the shows, but you will not have any real problems feeling lost or confused ...
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How does Supergirl get her ears pierced?
I spent quite a while looking through all of the Supergirl-based comics I could find, and I don't see any evidence that she ever wore earrings. (Full disclosure: in most panels, her hair is covering ...
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Where is National City located?
National City, in the TV show, is located somewhere on the west coast of the United States. Most likely, it's located in southern California, just south of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
As you ...
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What does Oliver Queen say in Russian?
UPDATED:
Если вы выстрелите (alternate: их застрелите), мои люди выследят вас и и ваши дети ... станут сиротами
If you shoot (them down), my people will track you down and your children ... will ...
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How can this fall in Arrow plausibly be survived?
Actually, he did die. The show tends to gloss over the details of
but the sword wound alone would have killed him, even without the fall, not to mention the exposure. By the time his body is found ...
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What Hanna-Barbera cartoon is the 'Legion of Doom' from?
The "Legion of Doom" was originally created for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Challenge of the Superfriends, which aired in 1978. This was the third series in the Superfriends franchise, which were ...
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Is Black Lightning part of the Arrowverse?
As of now, no.
According to this io9.Gizmodo article, Black Lightning will not be part of the Arrowverse, at this time.
“We do not aim to do a five-way crossover,” Pedowitz said. “Black Lightning, at ...
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How could nobody recognize Oliver Queen as Arrow
There's a famous scene in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon in which Lex Luthor has taken over Flash's body, and he triumphantly stands before a mirror declaring, "Now I'll learn the Flash's secret ...
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