Arrow Season Three Episode Three Title Reveals a Visit To a Familiar DC Comics Locale

The third episode of Arrow's third season will be titled "Corto Maltese," Green Arrow TV revealed yesterday.

Named after an island off the coast of South America, the locale was created for Frank Miller's classic The Dark Knight Returns. It was referenced in Arrow's first season, when Oliver said that Deadshot had been operating out of the island prior to arriving in Starling City.

That the locale has a connection to Deadshot will of course bring up questions as to whether this could be a Suicide Squad episode. It might also be interesting to see whether it plays a larger role in the present day or the flashbacks.

In The Dark Knight Returns, Corto Maltese was at the center of an event very much like the Cuban Missile Crisis. Since that event involved the Soviets, it could also be that the KGBeast -- who is appearing in the New 52 for the first time soon with stories in Suicide Squad and Aquaman and the Others -- is involved. His alter ego, Anatoli Knyazev, appeared regularly throughout Arrow's second season.

The Corto Maltese revolution was an event referenced in 1989's Batman, repeatedly cited as the news story for which Vicki Vale won international acclaim.