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Warner Bros. Television presented panels for its CW superhero dramas "Arrow", "Supergirl", "Legends of Tomorrow" and "The Flash" on Saturday at Comic-Con.

Beth Schwartz's show came on stage at Comic-Con, promising to keep the show rooted in the tone it's already delivered to its debut in its seventh season.

"I'm on the show since the first season," said Schwartz, who has risen through the ranks of writer to executive producer and showrunner. "It's been a long time, so it's not a completely different show, but I'm going to put my own spin on it."

Colton Haynes, who returns to "Arrow" in Season Seven in his role as Roy Harper, congratulated Schwartz. "It's the best show that has ever existed since the show started," he says.

Haynes also talked about the plot of his character this season

"The good thing is that Roy come back". "He's not the same person." He added, "Beth a genius, and she wrote me a version of the character that's so special, it's going to be hard for me to do it, but I'm so excited to do it."

the panel of "Supergirl", transgender actress Nicole Maines joined the actors and executive producers of the series on stage. Maines, who starred in HBO's "The Trans List", will join the cast of CW's action drama in Season Four as Nia Nal, aka Dreamer. It is believed that the character is the first transgender superhero of television.

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"It's crazy, to be honest," said Maines about his Saturday casting. "I have just been doing a lot of auditions lately because a lot of shows really want to tell the story of transgender people and especially young transgender people, because that is such an important issue. "

"Nicole auditioned for us we were completely blown away," executive producer Jessica Queller said, describing Maines, who joins CatCo as a new journalist, adding, "Her eyes are so big. she is so happy to be here, she has this fierce desire to protect people and fight against discrimination. "

In the panel for" The Flash ", it was revealed that star Danielle Panabaker will lead an episode this season – making her the first one

"I am really very excited," said Panabaker. "It's so rare to be on a show for 100 episodes, I'm so grateful."