Eight seasons ago, Arrow opened with an audacious tease—a strange island, and on it, an arrow through the black-and-orange mask of Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke. In 2012, it felt audacious. A villain from the comics? Being teased this soon? Impossible. Superhero TV couldn’t just do that, let alone in the very first…
Source: io9 – Arrow’s End Began With a Reminder of How Far the Arrowverse Has Come