As ever, it’s time to look back at tonight’s episode of Arrow and see what the inside jokes, Easter eggs and DC Comics references were that were dropped along the way.And, as ever, if you noticed one that we didn’t, feel free to let us know. Even before we hit “publish,” Parker Johnson on Twitter shared a handful, including one (Blue Devil) that we hadn’t noticed.It’s been a while since we checked in on Arrow, so for the sake of argument, we’ll slip all the Easter eggs into this story, as opposed to our usual practice of highlighting only the ones that haven’t been seen–or haven’t been seen in so long, they’re likely to have been forgotten.By that metric, it’s a heck of a lot of them–from the episode’s villain, a familiar name to DC Comics readers–to the ailment from which he suffers. You can see our rundown below.
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The disease that’s killing William Tockman is the same one that took the life of Nora Fries, the wife of Victor–better known as Mr. Freeze, the Batman villain.Oblivion BarAs pointed out in the comments below and by one of our readers on Facebook, Sara Lance’s college job as a bartender at the Oblivion Bar is a pretty cool nod, as well.Per the DC Wiki: “The Oblivion Bar is a drinking establishment located in a pocket dimension. It has many portals scattered around the United States (and presumably outside it) that are only visible to those skilled at magic. It serves as the home base of the Shadowpact.”How’d I miss that one? I loved Willingham’s Shadowpact…!
