Legends Of Tomorrow ended its first season with a big ol hint of things to come.
With spoilers, heres what it meant… Vandal Savage is dead; murdered at three different points in time.
(Even some serious ashes-tampering by Malcolm Merlyn surely couldnt undo that… could it?)
But the story of Rip Hunter and The Waverider crew now sans Kendra and Carter is far from finished.
Legends Of Tomorrowwill return for a second season as part of The CWs fall 2016-2017 line up.
As such, season 1 ended with a standard-issue tease of things to come.
Arthur Darvills Rip Hunter admitted he had no idea what was going on.
A hooded man appeared from the smoke and wreckage, and shouted Is this 2016?
Is this May 2016?
Jax cautiously responded Yeah and the hooded chap said Youre exactly where you said youd be.
Everyone but this random newcomer looked baffled.
Do not get on that ship, he added while pointing to Rips Waverider.
If you do, youre all dead.
Everyone looks, again, confused.
Heres our primer to explain what that was all about…
Who is Rex Tyler?
may well be the question on your lips right now, and we have the answer.
In the comics, hes the first of three people to hold the superhero mantle Hourman.
He was a biochemistry expert who developed a miraculous vitamin allowing him to possess exceptional abilities for one hour.
After that, he turns back to normal until he takes another dose of Miraclo.
Rip Hunter, if you were wondering, showed up in 1959 during The Silver Age.
Adams costume doesnt seem to have this, unless hes hiding it a layer or two beneath the surface.
Maybe hes upgraded and got a watch instead.
Rexs stories took on a cautionary tale element, as he tried to battle both of these addictions.
Or it could be a mix of all three options.
Falk Hentschel popped up throughoutLegends Of Tomorrowseason 1 as Carter Hall AKA Hawkman.
And Brandon Routh has played the Atom albeit the wrong version for years acrossArrow,The FlashandLegends.
It seems likely that those three could pop up.
Since these posts were shared, Jonah Hex and Hourman have both turned up in the show.
And, quite possibly, so has Sgt Rock.
Remember that World War II soldier whose helmet Kendra hid a note in?
(and possibly Spectre and Green Lantern, if they really want to follow the comics to the letter.
But those guys would require a lot of special effects.)
How does this all fit together?
A 1940s superhero called Hourman has just crashed a Waverider in 2016 and namedropped The Justice Society Of America.
Mick sends Hourman back to May 2016 to stop the gang from getting in The Waverider.
Because theyll all die if they do.
Its pretty clear that were seeing a screwed up timeline here.
In the future, things must have gotten very out of hand.
Only time will tell exactly how this plotline shakes out.
Apparently, unless Vandal Savage is there to stop them, the Earth will be destroyed.
Thanagarians traditionally have elongated life spans and heightened durability.
A full-scale Thanagarian invasion, then, could prove quite a struggle for any group of superheroes.
Well have to wait and see.
