1) Heroes vs. Aliens! – Legends Of Tomorrow
They might be behind Marvel on the big screen, but DC’s TV universe has grown exponentially over the past few years. Finally, they put their multi-show shared universe to good use this year with the week-long Heroes vs. Aliens crossover event which encompassed Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.
Every episode of the four-way crossover offered lots of great moments, from the Hall of Justice from old animated series Super-Friends making it to live-action to the comic hi-jinks of Heatwave hitting on Supergirl (“Hey, Skirt… call me”). Still, what fans really wanted to see was all the other Arrowverse heroes to unite in action, which finally happened in the crossover’s final episode over on Legends of Tomorrow. In a possible riff on Civil War‘s airport scene, the proto-Justice League fought hordes of Dominators on a rooftop.
Seeing archers, speedsters, metahumans and Super-people team up to take on alien invaders was the most 100% comic book-y scene found anywhere on television this year. It might not match up to the budget of a blockbuster movie, but that doesn’t stop this scene from being just as entertaining and thrilling.