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Season 1 / Episode 10 / CBS All Access
***Spoilers, All the Spoilers Ahead**
Whew. That’s how you come back from a midseason break: confirming recent fan theories, setting up new fan theories, doubling down on both time-travel and alternative universes…oh, and death and sex.
Remember How We Got Here
Refresher: One last jump. That’s what Captain Lorca guilted Lt. Stamets into at the end of the last episode, “Into the Forest I Go.” Don’t pretend like that wasn’t manipulation, because it was. And that manipulation has got the whole crew lost somewhere — the forest I suppose — with no one they can trust but themselves. Nothing is where it is supposed to be. The metal is weird. They’re being fired on by Vulcan ships. The “quantum signatures” are wrong. (Quantum signatures being Star Trek talk for “sciencey science”.)
Is it?
Yes it is!
MIRROR UNIVERSE TIME!
Doctor Culber: The Best Medical Officer in Starfleet
At the end of Episode Nine, Stamets’ eyes went all white and the muttering took over. Now he’s laying catatonic in a hospital bed with his husband/doctor, Hugh Culber, at his side. Things get a little dicey, it appears that catatonic Stamets can still throw a good left punch, but Culber is keeping it together. Well, except that he has become the First Officer of the “Lorca is not fit to be Captain” club (of which we should all be members). He knows for sure that Lorca did his husband dirty and pushed him too far. He makes that accusation, right on the spot. Even with that, he admits that he doesn’t have the emotional distance required to be his hubby’s doctor, so he steps aside when ordered.
I submit that Dr. Hugh Culber, husband of Stamets, is the best medical doctor to ever grace Star Trek. He’s chill, accepts apologies, takes orders. No freaking out. No excess ego. Just pure, actual, doctoring.
The Ash Question
Ash Tyler is still having issues. Icky, yelly, bloody, flashback issues. I don’t care for not one bit of it — it is overused as a shock tactic when just his reaction would be sufficient to tell me something’s wrong. That aside, Tyler continues to fulfill his duty as the local manly man who does risky things that Burnham has to save him from. After retrieving a data core with information about the universe, Tyler heads down to the brig to talk to L’Rell.
Spoilers not spoilers: It doesn’t go well.
L’Rell (played by Mary Chieffo) does a fantastic job of playing simultaneously a sadistic torturer and a concerned lover. I can’t imagine how hard it is to play sexy and hurt with a Klingon head-thing on, but she manages it. Her portrayal makes the whole situation obvious. With just a few lines, she provides the context for Tyler’s flashbacks, all of the actions he’s taken on the ship, and what he does going forward. The fact that it means that our girl Burnham will never be happy aside, L’Rell puts the finishing touches on the Tyler as Voq theory (which I now consider fact) and rules the few minutes of screen time that she has.
But the brainwashing has gone wrong, his memories aren’t coming back like they’re supposed to. Or Tyler, unlike Voq, isn’t cool with just letting L’Rell talk him into anything.
Tyler and Burnham have an honest talk, in which Tyler convinces Burnham to not tell the captain about the flashbacks. I’ll be Got-Damned if every male officer on this ship isn’t a mental time bomb waiting to explode, leaving it to the female officers to save the day.
It Is a Whole New Universe Gang
The Mirror Universe has been a staple of Star Trek since the beginning. We knew sooner or later Disco was gonna go there. But now, in the darker timeline that this Trek has set up, we’re gonna get the mirror universe all the other shows were too happy and upbeat to show us.
Terrans (that’s us) are the oppressive, xenophobic class that rules the galaxy, with the Klingons, Vulcans, and other races allied against us as rebels. In a mad scramble through the captured data cores from an enemy ship, Saru and Burnham together determine the following:
- Our Discovery replaced this universe’s Discovery so the locals don’t know
- While everyone has a double, the roles of those doubles have shifted around
- Silvia Tilly is the captain of the Discovery.
Believe me, they’re all as shocked as you are.
Gifs from Kulo-Ren.Tumblr.com
A passing ship hails the Discovery, requiring Tilly to put in an appropriately awkward turn as the captain. Unable to seal the conversation on “mechanical malfunction” Tilly passes the com over to her chief engineer…whom Lorca impersonates with a vaguely passable Scottish accent. As we all know, all chief engineers are Scottish until proven otherwise. It is a welcome in-joke in the midst of a tense set-up.
Cue montage sequence of the primary crew on the ship getting new uniforms, new badges, and studying up on the history of this new universe. A universe where Cadet Tilly gets her wildest wish: to be captain of the Discovery. But this time, instead of our awkward, funny Tilly, she’s got to play Captain Killy, the Slayer of Sorna Prime. Watching her transform, while even more strongly embracing her gentle personality, is engaging and indicates that Tilly may be the only crew member who doesn’t have to lose her self to get out of this mess.
How Do We Get Out of Here?
Turns out that Burnham is the captain of the I.S.S. Shenzhou in this universe, or was before she attempted to kill Lorca, who had turned traitor to the emperor. Burnham is presumed dead and Lorca on the run for his crimes. What’s the play? The play is the U.S.S. Defiant.
[Deep Nerd Time]
Don’t be confused by the name U.S.S. Defiant. I initially thought they were referring to Sisko’s U.S.S. Defiant from DS9, the one that killerated er’rybody during the Dominion War. But no, they’re talking about the U.S.S Defiant from Enterprise, which features in episodes “Through a Mirror Darkly, Parts 1 and 2” and then later (earlier for us) in The Original Series episode “The Tholian Web” when the ship is trapped in-between universes in a spatial interphase. The use of the U.S.S. Defiant as a plot device here relies on time travel, universe phasing, and mirror universe shenanigans. This is perhaps the most Star Trek thing to ever Star Trek. [end Deep Nerd Time]
The Discovery crew discovers that the Defiant was there in this universe’s past and determine to find out who/what/how. The answers to those questions are on-board the I.S.S. Shenzhou, so a disguise is required. Now not only are they trapped, now they’re digging deeper, with Burnham returning to her home ship with Lorca as her prize, and Tyler as her bodyguard. Sometimes the only way out is through. Nothing bad can happen here now, can it?
The Ongoing Tyler Problem
Tyler now has to manage his brain. He can’t go into another high-pressure situation with flashbacks and, perhaps, a whole ‘nother personality running around in his subconscious. Well, he can, but it isn’t a good idea. He does the right thing and goes to The Best Doctor in Space, Dr. Culber, who, as he isn’t caring for Stamets, has time. They talk Manchurian tests and Ingrams and it becomes clear that Culber is not going to let Tyler go on any missions with his brain all scrambled.
Stamets from across the room screams: Stay out of the palace!
Culber runs over: Don’t worry boo, I got you.
Stamets, his eyes clearing and speaking normally in a moment of terrifying clarity: Be careful, the enemy is here.
That’s not ominous.
The Masquerade
Captain Killy gets the Shenzhou on the phone and plays her part like she was born to it.
Gifs from DiscoverNow.tumblr.com
Double Got Damn Tilly! Don’t get too carried away now!
Meanwhile, down in Sick Bay, Tyler and Culber are talking. Culber reveals that the Klingons didn’t torture Tyler, they remade him. Moved his muscles. Shortened his bones. Gave him a whole new personality overlay…Culber doesn’t know what’s going on, but he sure as hell isn’t letting this Tyler guy, with his underlying personality laying in wait, back on duty.
Tyler can’t have that. He takes matters into his own hands — by which I mean to say he takes Dr. Hugh Culber’s head in his hands and snaps his neck, dropping his body to the floor like… This is the point where I had to pause the show and get a cup of tea. I was shook. Taken aback. Misplaced and misdirected. The sudden violence of it, especially to one of the only characters that has not exercised any violence himself in the show?
Man. Fuck Ash Tyler. I can’t wait for Burnham to find out and kill him.
Stamets says: The enemy is here.
Poor Stamets. He’s a widower now and he doesn’t even know it.
Into the Mirror
Fresh from killing Culber, Tyler joins Burnham and Lorca and they transport over to the Shenzhou, where they meet Acting-Captain Connor. Burnham drops Lorca off in the brig, where he’s placed in an agonizer booth, which is probably about what Lorca deserves, at least for a little while.
Connor, no longer captain, escorts Captain Burnham to her ready room. On the lift, he gets talky. His feelings are all hurt b/c the crew doesn’t respect him the way they respected Captain Burnham. He decides to throw hands to prove himself. Captain Burnham shows him, and the crew, why she was in charge in the first place.
Finally, after a long day of pretending to be a blood thirsty fascist, Burnham and Tyler meet up in her private quarters. Tyler is acting twitchy, hoping for a quick resolution to this game. In his attempt to comfort Burnham for having to kill Connor, he gives her one of his creepy oaths — that he’ll protect her, always. Does he mean that as himself? As Voq? Did he say the same thing to L’Rell? Burnham takes him a face value, and they have a final declaration of dedication. Hugging turns to kissing, kissing turns to rolling around in her bed, and we know, once and for all, that Burnham’s heart is gonna be unfixably broken. Like wishing she’d just gone to jail broken. Fuck Ash Tyler. He’s replaced Lorca as my most hated character.
Summary
Ash as Voq makes perfect sense, they share all the same core personality tenants: fierce dedication to their superior officer, needing a single female to support and encourage him, a tendency to oaths, a relaxed, monk-like exterior disposition that can quickly explode into rage and violence. It is a great set-up and reveal. We can only hope that the writers’s room for ST:Disco haven’t shot their only shot with this one and that there are other surprises in store.
On the matter of Dr. Culber, I’m broken up about it for a number of reasons. Yes, one of them is because representation matters and seeing Gay Latinx people in space matters. Another reason is what kind of represenation that character has. Culber and Stamets (#Culmets) are the only stable, mature relationship on the entire show. They model adult, developed love, not young honeymoon phase dating. Their relationship is what helps Burnham take the plunge with Tyler in the first place and it arguably is key to multiple story lines. Plus, Hugh and Paul are just adorable together in their tooth-brushing domesticity. To have this role in the show filled by a gay couple is wonderful to watch. So watching the doctor be brutally killed by Tyler was rough and it stands scarily close to the “Bury the Gays” trope which we see in so much media — where queer relationships are never allowed to develop because one of the partners dies horribly. However, I trust both the showrunners and Wilson Cruz, the actor who plays Dr. Culber, to bring this back around. I believe him when he says:
Well, I think that would be like picking up a book and putting it down after the FIRST chapter. Read the whole book. Experience the whole story. Go on the ride. It would be a really boring story if our heroes didn’t find themselves challenged or didn’t face obstacles. #ItAintOver https://t.co/cIH4nUS74j
— Wilson Cruz (@wcruz73) January 8, 2018
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Season 1 / Episode 10 / CBS All Access
***Spoilers, All the Spoilers Ahead**
Whew. That’s how you come back from a midseason break: confirming recent fan theories, setting up new fan theories, doubling down on both time-travel and alternative universes…oh, and death and sex.
Remember How We Got Here
Refresher: One last jump. That’s what Captain Lorca guilted Lt. Stamets into at the end of the last episode, “Into the Forest I Go.” Don’t pretend like that wasn’t manipulation, because it was. And that manipulation has got the whole crew lost somewhere — the forest I suppose — with no one they can trust but themselves. Nothing is where it is supposed to be. The metal is weird. They’re being fired on by Vulcan ships. The “quantum signatures” are wrong. (Quantum signatures being Star Trek talk for “sciencey science”.)
Is it?
Yes it is!
MIRROR UNIVERSE TIME!
Doctor Culber: The Best Medical Officer in Starfleet
At the end of Episode Nine, Stamets’ eyes went all white and the muttering took over. Now he’s laying catatonic in a hospital bed with his husband/doctor, Hugh Culber, at his side. Things get a little dicey, it appears that catatonic Stamets can still throw a good left punch, but Culber is keeping it together. Well, except that he has become the First Officer of the “Lorca is not fit to be Captain” club (of which we should all be members). He knows for sure that Lorca did his husband dirty and pushed him too far. He makes that accusation, right on the spot. Even with that, he admits that he doesn’t have the emotional distance required to be his hubby’s doctor, so he steps aside when ordered.
I submit that Dr. Hugh Culber, husband of Stamets, is the best medical doctor to ever grace Star Trek. He’s chill, accepts apologies, takes orders. No freaking out. No excess ego. Just pure, actual, doctoring.
The Ash Question
Ash Tyler is still having issues. Icky, yelly, bloody, flashback issues. I don’t care for not one bit of it — it is overused as a shock tactic when just his reaction would be sufficient to tell me something’s wrong. That aside, Tyler continues to fulfill his duty as the local manly man who does risky things that Burnham has to save him from. After retrieving a data core with information about the universe, Tyler heads down to the brig to talk to L’Rell.
Spoilers not spoilers: It doesn’t go well.
L’Rell (played by Mary Chieffo) does a fantastic job of playing simultaneously a sadistic torturer and a concerned lover. I can’t imagine how hard it is to play sexy and hurt with a Klingon head-thing on, but she manages it. Her portrayal makes the whole situation obvious. With just a few lines, she provides the context for Tyler’s flashbacks, all of the actions he’s taken on the ship, and what he does going forward. The fact that it means that our girl Burnham will never be happy aside, L’Rell puts the finishing touches on the Tyler as Voq theory (which I now consider fact) and rules the few minutes of screen time that she has.
But the brainwashing has gone wrong, his memories aren’t coming back like they’re supposed to. Or Tyler, unlike Voq, isn’t cool with just letting L’Rell talk him into anything.
Tyler and Burnham have an honest talk, in which Tyler convinces Burnham to not tell the captain about the flashbacks. I’ll be Got-Damned if every male officer on this ship isn’t a mental time bomb waiting to explode, leaving it to the female officers to save the day.
It Is a Whole New Universe Gang
The Mirror Universe has been a staple of Star Trek since the beginning. We knew sooner or later Disco was gonna go there. But now, in the darker timeline that this Trek has set up, we’re gonna get the mirror universe all the other shows were too happy and upbeat to show us.
Terrans (that’s us) are the oppressive, xenophobic class that rules the galaxy, with the Klingons, Vulcans, and other races allied against us as rebels. In a mad scramble through the captured data cores from an enemy ship, Saru and Burnham together determine the following:
- Our Discovery replaced this universe’s Discovery so the locals don’t know
- While everyone has a double, the roles of those doubles have shifted around
- Silvia Tilly is the captain of the Discovery.
Believe me, they’re all as shocked as you are.
Gifs from Kulo-Ren.Tumblr.com
A passing ship hails the Discovery, requiring Tilly to put in an appropriately awkward turn as the captain. Unable to seal the conversation on “mechanical malfunction” Tilly passes the com over to her chief engineer…whom Lorca impersonates with a vaguely passable Scottish accent. As we all know, all chief engineers are Scottish until proven otherwise. It is a welcome in-joke in the midst of a tense set-up.
Cue montage sequence of the primary crew on the ship getting new uniforms, new badges, and studying up on the history of this new universe. A universe where Cadet Tilly gets her wildest wish: to be captain of the Discovery. But this time, instead of our awkward, funny Tilly, she’s got to play Captain Killy, the Slayer of Sorna Prime. Watching her transform, while even more strongly embracing her gentle personality, is engaging and indicates that Tilly may be the only crew member who doesn’t have to lose her self to get out of this mess.
How Do We Get Out of Here?
Turns out that Burnham is the captain of the I.S.S. Shenzhou in this universe, or was before she attempted to kill Lorca, who had turned traitor to the emperor. Burnham is presumed dead and Lorca on the run for his crimes. What’s the play? The play is the U.S.S. Defiant.
[Deep Nerd Time]
Don’t be confused by the name U.S.S. Defiant. I initially thought they were referring to Sisko’s U.S.S. Defiant from DS9, the one that killerated er’rybody during the Dominion War. But no, they’re talking about the U.S.S Defiant from Enterprise, which features in episodes “Through a Mirror Darkly, Parts 1 and 2” and then later (earlier for us) in The Original Series episode “The Tholian Web” when the ship is trapped in-between universes in a spatial interphase. The use of the U.S.S. Defiant as a plot device here relies on time travel, universe phasing, and mirror universe shenanigans. This is perhaps the most Star Trek thing to ever Star Trek. [end Deep Nerd Time]
The Discovery crew discovers that the Defiant was there in this universe’s past and determine to find out who/what/how. The answers to those questions are on-board the I.S.S. Shenzhou, so a disguise is required. Now not only are they trapped, now they’re digging deeper, with Burnham returning to her home ship with Lorca as her prize, and Tyler as her bodyguard. Sometimes the only way out is through. Nothing bad can happen here now, can it?
The Ongoing Tyler Problem
Tyler now has to manage his brain. He can’t go into another high-pressure situation with flashbacks and, perhaps, a whole ‘nother personality running around in his subconscious. Well, he can, but it isn’t a good idea. He does the right thing and goes to The Best Doctor in Space, Dr. Culber, who, as he isn’t caring for Stamets, has time. They talk Manchurian tests and Ingrams and it becomes clear that Culber is not going to let Tyler go on any missions with his brain all scrambled.
Stamets from across the room screams: Stay out of the palace!
Culber runs over: Don’t worry boo, I got you.
Stamets, his eyes clearing and speaking normally in a moment of terrifying clarity: Be careful, the enemy is here.
That’s not ominous.
The Masquerade
Captain Killy gets the Shenzhou on the phone and plays her part like she was born to it.
Gifs from DiscoverNow.tumblr.com
Double Got Damn Tilly! Don’t get too carried away now!
Meanwhile, down in Sick Bay, Tyler and Culber are talking. Culber reveals that the Klingons didn’t torture Tyler, they remade him. Moved his muscles. Shortened his bones. Gave him a whole new personality overlay…Culber doesn’t know what’s going on, but he sure as hell isn’t letting this Tyler guy, with his underlying personality laying in wait, back on duty.
Tyler can’t have that. He takes matters into his own hands — by which I mean to say he takes Dr. Hugh Culber’s head in his hands and snaps his neck, dropping his body to the floor like… This is the point where I had to pause the show and get a cup of tea. I was shook. Taken aback. Misplaced and misdirected. The sudden violence of it, especially to one of the only characters that has not exercised any violence himself in the show?
Man. Fuck Ash Tyler. I can’t wait for Burnham to find out and kill him.
Stamets says: The enemy is here.
Poor Stamets. He’s a widower now and he doesn’t even know it.
Into the Mirror
Fresh from killing Culber, Tyler joins Burnham and Lorca and they transport over to the Shenzhou, where they meet Acting-Captain Connor. Burnham drops Lorca off in the brig, where he’s placed in an agonizer booth, which is probably about what Lorca deserves, at least for a little while.
Connor, no longer captain, escorts Captain Burnham to her ready room. On the lift, he gets talky. His feelings are all hurt b/c the crew doesn’t respect him the way they respected Captain Burnham. He decides to throw hands to prove himself. Captain Burnham shows him, and the crew, why she was in charge in the first place.
Finally, after a long day of pretending to be a blood thirsty fascist, Burnham and Tyler meet up in her private quarters. Tyler is acting twitchy, hoping for a quick resolution to this game. In his attempt to comfort Burnham for having to kill Connor, he gives her one of his creepy oaths — that he’ll protect her, always. Does he mean that as himself? As Voq? Did he say the same thing to L’Rell? Burnham takes him a face value, and they have a final declaration of dedication. Hugging turns to kissing, kissing turns to rolling around in her bed, and we know, once and for all, that Burnham’s heart is gonna be unfixably broken. Like wishing she’d just gone to jail broken. Fuck Ash Tyler. He’s replaced Lorca as my most hated character.
Summary
Ash as Voq makes perfect sense, they share all the same core personality tenants: fierce dedication to their superior officer, needing a single female to support and encourage him, a tendency to oaths, a relaxed, monk-like exterior disposition that can quickly explode into rage and violence. It is a great set-up and reveal. We can only hope that the writers’s room for ST:Disco haven’t shot their only shot with this one and that there are other surprises in store.
On the matter of Dr. Culber, I’m broken up about it for a number of reasons. Yes, one of them is because representation matters and seeing Gay Latinx people in space matters. Another reason is what kind of represenation that character has. Culber and Stamets (#Culmets) are the only stable, mature relationship on the entire show. They model adult, developed love, not young honeymoon phase dating. Their relationship is what helps Burnham take the plunge with Tyler in the first place and it arguably is key to multiple story lines. Plus, Hugh and Paul are just adorable together in their tooth-brushing domesticity. To have this role in the show filled by a gay couple is wonderful to watch. So watching the doctor be brutally killed by Tyler was rough and it stands scarily close to the “Bury the Gays” trope which we see in so much media — where queer relationships are never allowed to develop because one of the partners dies horribly. However, I trust both the showrunners and Wilson Cruz, the actor who plays Dr. Culber, to bring this back around. I believe him when he says:
Well, I think that would be like picking up a book and putting it down after the FIRST chapter. Read the whole book. Experience the whole story. Go on the ride. It would be a really boring story if our heroes didn’t find themselves challenged or didn’t face obstacles. #ItAintOver https://t.co/cIH4nUS74j
— Wilson Cruz (@wcruz73) January 8, 2018
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Cardi says, at the moment, she doesn't see the point in leaving when the next man will probably cheat too. 
In an exclusive revealed by Buzzfeed, Marvel has announced a brand new multimedia animated project called Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors. Starting with a series of animated shorts, the plan is to have a full-length animated feature debut some time in 2018. Think of it as Marvel’s answer to the DC Super Hero Girls franchise.
The Marvel Rising roster will feature some of Marvel’s most diverse characters and thrust their teenage heroes in to the spotlight. Among the heroes included are Ghost-Spider (aka Spider-Gwen) voiced by Descendents’ Dove Cameron, Ms. Marvel voiced by Kathreen Khavari (who originally voiced the character on Disney XD’s Avengers Assemble), Quake voiced by her live action counterpart Chloe Bennet, Squirrel Girl also voiced by her live action actor Milana Vayntrub, America Chavez voiced by The Fosters’ Cierra Ramirez, and 24′s Kim Raver as Captain Marvel.
The Marvel Girls don’t get to have all the fun, however. The diverse cast will also include Booboo Stewart as Exile, Kamil McFadden as Patriot, and Tyler Posey as Inferno. Ming-Na Wen will portray the show’s main baddie, Hala.
For more, check out the trailer and video below:
When a threat no one could have expected bears down on the Marvel Universe, this ragtag, untrained band of teens have no choice but to rise together and prove to the world that sometimes the difference between a “hero” and “misfit” is just in the name.
IT’S SUPER! IT’S HEROIC!
IT’S THE DC IN D.C. POP-UP SHOP FROM
WARNER BROS. TELEVISION GROUP AND DC ENTERTAINMENT
AN EXPERIENTIAL DC POP-UP SHOP FEATURING THE GREATEST GRAPHIC
NOVELS LANDS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AS A COMPANION TO WBTV &
DC’S LANDMARK POP-CULTURE DC IN D.C. EVENT
Located Adjacent to the Newseum in Washington, D.C., the Self-Contained Shop
Will Be Open to the Public MLK Weekend Friday–Sunday,
January 12–14, 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
BURBANK, Calif. (January 4, 2018) — DC fans in the Washington, D.C. area are in for a treat when DC’s greatest Super Heroes arrive for DC in D.C. on Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend. In addition to panel discussions, screenings and more, Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) and DC Entertainment are sponsoring a limited-time DC in D.C. Pop-Up Shop that will be open Friday, January 12–Sunday, January 14, 2018, in front of the Newseum.
Newseum, located in the heart of Pennsylvania Avenue midway between the Capitol and the White House, will be the center of DC in D.C.’s Friday’s screening and Saturday’s panel sessions. It will also be the location of the exclusive, limited-time DC Pop-Up Shop. Featuring the world’s greatest graphic novels, the fully heated store will be situated directly in front of the Newseum building at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
A fully transportable, high-tech container space that measures 40 feet by 10 feet, the DC Pop-Up Shop will not only support a DC merchandise shop, charging stations and a free Jitters coffee bar, but will also feature interactive displays covering the history of DC — from its earliest origins to the television powerhouses that those Super Heroes represent today. And even though it’s cold outside, the Pop-Up Shop is fully heated. Features of the DC Pop-Up Shop include the following:
- Graphic Novels for Sale: Available for purchase at the Pop-Up Shop will be the Top 50 Greatest DC graphic novels of all-time. Among the many titles will be fan-favorites and cult classics such as The Death of Superman, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Killing Joke, Crisis on Infinite Earths and more. Also available will be a collection of books for young readers (ages 10 and above), including Teen Titans and DC Super Hero Girls.
- Giant Comic Panels: On both sides of the shop will be a series of two dozen 7-by-4-foot flip panels featuring Titan-sized reproductions of some of the most iconic comic-book covers in history. Not only a fantastic photo opportunity, but fans will have the ability to flip their way through the history of DC and how comics are made. There’s even a behind-the-scenes look at the production process with the “How to Build a Hero” station. Imagine standing face-to-face with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and more as they look out from life-sized comic books! Both educational in their scope, they also provide a wealth of social media interaction with Instagrammable moments from the history of comics.
- Talent Appearances & Signings: Visiting talent from both WBTV and DC Entertainment will stop by to meet fans and sign autographs. The casts from WBTV’s Gotham and Black Lightning are currently slated to attend, alongside noted DC writers and artists including Jim Lee (Batman: Hush), Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle) and Geoff Johns (Rebirth,Doomsday Clock).
- Jitters Coffee: Free coffee! Any fan of WBTV’s The Flash (Tuesdays at 8/7c on The CW) will be familiar with CC Jitters, the go-to coffee house of the extended Arrow-verse. Washington, D.C.’s DC fans will be thrilled to learn that Jitters will be open as part of the Pop-Up Shop and serving free coffee for three days (January 12–14). Warm up with a cup in the fully-heated retail space.
- DC Super Hero Costumes: On display, the actual costumes worn by Barry Allen aka The Flash (series star Grant Gustin) and Kara Danvers aka Supergirl (series star Melissa Benoist) in their respective WBTV series (The Flash airing Tuesdays at 8/7c and Supergirl on Mondays at 8/7c on The CW).
- Black Lightning Charging Station: Tying into the Saturday night world premiere of WBTV’s Black Lightning (Tuesdays at 9/8c on The CW), the Pop-Up Shop will also feature a Black Lightning charging station for visitors to “Power Up” their devices on the go.
- LED Megascreen: On the back side of the Pop-Up Shop, facing the Capitol Building, an enormous 15-by-9-foot LED screen will be running living art (motion graphics) of iconic comics and high-impact, super-powered video clips and trailers featuring DC Super Heroes from comics and television.
- Custom T-Shirts: Also available for purchase onsite will be a selection of nine exclusive DC in D.C. themed T-shirts featuring DC’s greatest Super Heroes and imagery of DC’s greatest books. Artwork will include Superman meets JFK, Superman meets Reagan, Action Comics #1, Detective Comics No. 27, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Black Lightning, Freedom Fighters and more.
- Funko Figurines: DC fans will be able to purchase a curated selection of DC Funko Pop! Figures, including fan favorites from the worlds of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Batman, Superman and more DC heroes.
- Hours & Location: The DC in D.C. Pop-Up Shop will be open Friday–Sunday, January 12–14, from 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. and can be found in front of the Newseum at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
About DC in D.C.
Taking place during the MLK holiday weekend, DC in D.C., sponsored by Warner Bros. Television and DC Entertainment, brings together stars and producers from Warner Bros. Television’s DCTV series, as well as DC comic book writers and artists, who will join invited guests from politics, government service, entertainment, business, academia and more. The event will explore the intersection of comic books, culture, entertainment and enlightenment through panel discussions that aim to illuminate the story of America and current issues through the lens of comics and Super Heroes. DC in D.C. will also feature the world premiere of WBTV’s upcoming DC series Black Lightning.
For additional info on the DC in D.C. event, please follow us on Twitter at @warnerbrostv and @DCComics, or visit www.dcindc2018.com. #DCinDC2018
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