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Arrow Season 4 Episode 1: Green Arrow
Read the review here.
No, your eyes didnt deceive you.
That was most certainly a flight jacket with the name Jordan on it in the Coast City bar.
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Damian Darhk first appeared inTitans#1 in 1999.
He is an exceedingly minor DC villain.
So minor that he has only made a handful of appearances, and hasnt been seen since 99!
From what we saw of Damian here, he has very little in common with his comic book counterpart.
I have a whole lotmore on Damian Darhk right hereif you want to keep reading.
Needless to say, the comic book version doesnt have mystical powers.
The goggles add to the vibe nicely, dont they?
Kord Industries plays a major part in this episode.
I really need to see Blue Beetle happen.
Its interesting that theyre drawing an additional distinction between standard metahumans and mystically powered superbeings in this universe.
Arrow Season 4 Episode 2: The Candidate
Michael Holt eventually becomes the superhero known as Mr. Holt is a genius level intellect, probably surpassing Ray Palmer and Felicity.
Anarky has very little resemblance to his comic book counterpart.
He was a Batman supporting character and vigilante, originally pegged as a potential new Robin.
It never happened, but interesting things tend to happen when Batman villains show up here.
He was never quite such a looney tune, though.
Reiter, the flashback villain, bears very little resemblance to his comic book counterpart…Baron Blitzkrieg.
As in, hes a nazi.
I dont think well be seeing any of that this year.
He sucked there, too.
Your eyes did not deceive you.
I cant wait to see if they add those lenses to a domino mask.
Were doing better with the version on the show.
Just another way for this season to tease us with a sideways Green Lantern reference, perhaps?
Man, the new Arrow lair is pretty gorgeous, isnt it?
We finally get an indication of Curtis background as the old superhero standby of an olympic class athlete.
But way more importantly…
Hes wearing the Mr.
Terrific Fair Play jacket (and has an FP gym bag to go along with it).
Correct me if Im wrong, but was this the first mention of Pennytown on the show?
Arrow Season 4 Episode 6: Lost Souls
It is Wednesday.
I know, I know…Im pathetic.
4587 has come up before, hasnt it?
This brought a little smile to my face.
In fact, I dig it a LOT more than the armor.
A little headgear, and thats a far cooler, far more practical superhero costume than the full suit.
Using it to uncover a message from the ancients this week sure isnt hurting that little theory.
Speaking of NotBob (see how I rely on my weekly readers to keep me honest?
The only Lawrence Tanner I can find in the DC Universe was some employee of LexCorp who appeared once.
Its probably a coincidental name.
Im good (usually), but I aint that good.
Feel free to correct me if I missed something really obvious.
Cisco makes a reference to Nth Metal as an alloy made from the meteorites.
Nth Metal is what made the original Hawkman and Hawkgirl able to fly.
Could the meteorites have been from or a result of something involving the planet Thanagar?
That might be a fun way to tie things together.
So, Olivers son isnt Connor, but William.
Did we already know this?
Am I just losing my mind?
I know a few of you have voiced this over the last few weeks.
Maybe the special algae in Star City Bay is a harbinger of Starro?
Post your theories down below!
Thats still some lethal tech hes employing, which means its even harder not to kill with it.
It should be pointed out again that the Damien Darhk of the comics never displayed any mystical powers whatsoever.
That was a properly comic book Canary Cry rescue in Darhks HQ.
Fun stuff that could have come right out of the pages of a Justice League comic.
Well start with Anarky, since hes the main focus of this episode.
Anarky was a Batman supporting character, and his heyday was the 90s.
The thing is, he was never really a villain.
At worse he was an anti-hero, and then spent some time working for Batman.
He was pretty non-descript when he showed up earlier in the season.
In Blood Bonds he was a little closer to his comics counterpart.
The mask, for one thing.
The color of his vest also kind of recalled his original comics color scheme.
The character spent the next two decades in a wheelchair as the computer-savvy crimefighter known as Oracle.
I would be shocked if shes still in a wheelchair by seasons end.
But if they were to go that route, it would be a pretty daring narrative choice.
Arrow Season 4 Episode 11: A.W.O.L.
We had previously seen Felicity rock this look in season 3s The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak.
Having her showing up as a kind of apparition in this one made her feel even more Death-like.
Honestly, they might have to give Ms. Rickards a call when thatSandmanmovie finally happens.
And, of course, Felicity finally gets her codename, Overwatch.
Because Oracle is already taken.
I have lots of feelings about this.
First of all, Overwatch is a dopey name.
It should have been Overlord as in this is your Overlord, Felicity Smoak.
But whatever, I can forgive that.
We went a whole season with Ras al Ghul and not so much as a mention of Gotham City.
And if shes doing that, then theres almost certainly a Batman, as well.
Im not holding my breath or anything, but its for real.
He first appeared inDetective Comics#463 in 1976.
The relationship to Felicity Smoak is, of course, purely coincidental and a creation of this show.
Is it seriously possible that there were no additional DC Comics references in this one?
If Im wrong, hey let me know!
Yeah, its not much, I admit, but its a nice proper supervillain lair touch.
I feel like it would be at home on an episode ofVenture Bros, too.
There are two wonderfully meta jokes in this episode.
One is that John Constantine isnt available to help, because he is literally in hell.
If were lucky, its more like Purgatory.
Seriously, somebody needs to sort that out, because we need more of Matt Ryan as Constantine.
Offer me some corrections and Ill gladly add them to this!
He was a dude in the comics, though, with the equally on-the-nose name of Bertram Larvan.
He isnt any cooler on the comics page than she was on the screen.
Its kind of a nice nod to his overall nerdiness.
I do have to note the DA by day, superhero by night joke, though.
That particular trope has been a hallmark of superheroes in general since time began.
Evelyn Crawford was Starling a Birds of Prey teammate of Black Canarys.
Theres very little in common with what we got here, though.
Arrow Season 4 Episode 20: Genesis
Welcome to Hub City!
Holy moley, the Question would be so perfect for this show.
Fortuna doesnt have a direct DC Comics parallel, but she sure does remind me of Madame Xanadu.
For awhile, it operated as the Justice Society of Americas home base.
And did I hear them say that it ended up hitting in Havencroft?
That is indeed a suburb of Monument Point according to the comics.
Thats not necessarily a bad thing, though.
It looks more and more likeArrowis headed to Russia for next years flashbacks.
So Oliver gets to be mayor after all!
Oliver Queen ran for mayor not once, buttwice.
