Arrow Midseason Finale: Easter Eggs and DC Comics References

Tonight’s midseason finale of Arrow had an awful lot to do, so it was frankly not quite as chock full o’ DC Comics nuts as usual.That doesn’t mean there weren’t a handful–and that some of those weren’t both major and also potentially laying the groundwork for a Flash series.Barry Allen came up with the maskIn the comics, Barry Allen…well, he reads comics. When he got speed powers, he didn’t become The Flash (at least in the original mythology) because he had a score to settle or a great tragedy that haunted him. It was because he’d read the 1940s adventures of The Flash–Jay Garrick–in comic books growing up and saw the similarities to his own abilities.So it it really that surprising that he’s the one who told Ollie to get a mask?(We cover this and some related trivia at more length in the link.)Big Belly BurgerThe burger joint where Barry and Felicity head off to when Oliver wants a little privacy is a DC Universe staple. it’s not the first time it’s been referenced on the series, but it’s also been a while, so we figured it was worth a mention (like Kord Omniversal’s quiet reappearance last week as the designer of the supercollider).