First look at Burt Ward – and friend – from The CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths… and who he may be playing

It looks like we have our first look at Burt Ward, he of Robin fame from the 1960s Batman series, as he will appear in The CW’s big Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event.

Ward’s role in the series has so far been kept hush-hush  and it still is to all intents and purposes, however we now may have an idea of his role going but the first image:

Burt Ward filming crossover #CrisisonInfiniteEarths premiere in downtown Vancouver.
Burt Ward was Robin to Adam West’s Batman. pic.twitter.com/aGmR7TSON9

— Hollywood North Buzz – YVRShoots (@yvrshoots) October 11, 2019

Now, the image is almost certainly a link to this:

This means that Ward is likely playing himself in the series, but an alternate superhero version and, yes, that’s pretty much Ace: The Bathound with him.

This all said, I still believe he may still be an older version of Dick Grayson/Robin as we last met him in the 1960s as the set dressing, although not clear in these images, was reportedly very 1960s… I think that would be perfect – imagine if, on his earth, Batman died and Robin became Gotham’s saviour – maybe even Nightwing?

Let me know your thoughts.

Crisis on Infinite Earths kicks off Sunday, December 8th on Supergirl, then continues with a Monday episode of Batwoman and that Tuesday’s The Flash. After a month-long holiday break, it concludes with the Jan. 14 episode of Arrow and a special instalment of Legends of Tomorrow.