Shadow Thief is the name of three fictional supervillains published by DC Comics . The first is a recurring foe of Hawkman named Carl Sands.
83-694: Shadow Thief appeared in the seventh season episode of the Arrowverse television series Arrow , portrayed by Carmel Amit. The Carl Sands version of Shadow Thief first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #36 (July 1961) and was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Joe Kubert . The Carl Hammer version of Shadow Thief first appeared in Vigilante #14 (February 1985) and was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Trevor Von Eeden . Carl Sands
166-565: A "good version of A.R.G.U.S." Meanwhile, Rene confronts Dinah, Roy, and Zoe, revealing that Galaxy One plans to blow up Star City to rebuild it like the Glades, but the city will be evacuated beforehand. The three discover that a terrorist organization named Eden Corps , that uses Galaxy One as a front, paid the SCPD to fake Felicity's death. Mia, William, and Connor enter the headquarters' sublevels, where they find an imprisoned Felicity who claims that
249-400: A baby bird falls out of its nest and dies, but Boston resurrects it. The ring then takes him to everyone that was resurrected and he (while being invisible) sees how they are celebrating their new leases on life. Boston then asks the ring why it is showing him this; its answer was - it needs help. It then takes him to the destroyed Star City and creates a forest. Brightest Day #7 reveals that
332-508: A bug in her belt. Diaz slaughters the Bratva and tortures Anatoly Knyazev in order to get in contact with one of his former KGB associates. Team Arrow rescues Anatoly and discovers that Diaz plans to level Star City with aerial explosives obtained from the associate. Team Arrow foils the plan and finally captures Diaz with help from the new Green Arrow. Meanwhile, in Slabside, Stanley Dover
415-564: A costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp , and is set in the Arrowverse , sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series. The showrunner for this season was Beth Schwartz . Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen , with principal cast members David Ramsey as John Diggle , Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak , Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt , Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez , Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake , and Katie Cassidy Rodgers as Laurel Lance also returning from previous seasons. Colton Haynes ,
498-401: A deal with Agent Watson . Meanwhile, Laurel Lance and Dinah are forced to put their feud aside and work together, while Oliver tries to get rid of a prison guard in exchange for info on Diaz from Brick. In prison, Oliver is tortured both psychologically and with the use of drugs and electrical devices, in order to "reprogram" his brain. In Star City, Dinah arrests Rene when she learns that he
581-622: A device known as a Dimensiometer and a pair of ebony gloves that allows him to hold objects while in shadow form. Hawkman eventually defeats him, but Shadow Thief would come into conflict with him many times after that. He would later become a member of the Injustice Gang which came into conflict with Hawkman and his allies, the Justice League of America . Eventually, the Phantom Stranger had him permanently stripped of
664-567: A documentary titled The Hood and the Rise of Vigilantes . A new vigilante, named Chimera by Curtis, begins attacking vigilantes in Star City, including Ragman , Huntress , and the new Green Arrow. William returns from witness protection and tells Felicity he was expelled from school, while Oliver debates Mayor Pollard about vigilantism but is interrupted by Chimera. During the attack, Dinah saves Pollard using her Canary Cry, revealing her identity as
747-465: A female-dominated writing staff, with new writers being introduced this season. Schwartz said the seventh season would not be based on David S. Goyer 's scrapped film Green Arrow: Escape From Super Max , which would have featured Oliver Queen being arrested, exposed as the Green Arrow, and attempting a prison escape . Amell reported that the season would employ a new storytelling technique. This
830-681: A member of the Injustice League , and was one of the villains featured in Salvation Run . He is a member of Libra 's Secret Society of Super Villains . He later joins forces with Starbreaker , and uses the Shadow Cabinet 's "Shadowslide" teleportation system to temporarily increase his powers. Prison only temporarily stops him as he uses the shadows created by the interior of his mouth to escape by blinding and muffling Doctor Light when she comes to interrogate him. He
913-459: A more powerful shadow suit which is tinged with magic and has vastly augmented abilities to enact greater criminal schemes. Taking his newfound power out for a spin which he would spread chaos mayhem, all while enacting revenge that brings him into conflict with The Flash and Captain Marvel . Shadow Thief has entered into the employ of St. Roch art trader Kristopher Roderic. Sands has been sent to
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#1732794396205996-570: A mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City (later renamed "Star City") to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow. In the seventh season taking place five months after Oliver's imprisonment, Diaz has recruited the Longbow Hunters , consisting of Kodiak (Michael Jonsson), Silencer (Miranda Edwards), and Red Dart ( Holly Elissa Dignard ) for
1079-446: A new criminal agenda, including seeking revenge on Oliver's loved ones and allies. After Oliver is released from prison while taking down Diaz in the process, he and the former members of Team Arrow are deputized and begin working alongside the police. Another hooded archer, later revealed to be Oliver's second half-sister Emiko Queen (Sea Shimooka) emerges as the new Green Arrow, seemingly to fight crime on Oliver's behalf. However, Emiko
1162-587: A newly DC exclusive artist, illustrated the covers for the entire series. Brightest Day event was also used to introduce Jackson Hyde , the new Aqualad created for the Young Justice animated series, into the DC Universe. Similarly, the final issue reintroduces Swamp Thing and John Constantine into the mainstream DC Universe after their extended time in DC's Vertigo Comics imprint. In June,
1245-482: A normal life, chooses to go live with his grandparents. Curtis accepts a job in Washington, D.C. and leaves Star City, signing sole ownership of their Helix company over to Felicity. Meanwhile, a medical checkup discovers something important about Felicity. Felicity and Laurel continue growing closer, with Felicity revealing to her that she is pregnant with Oliver's child. John and Lyla successfully locate Dante with
1328-496: A principal cast member for seasons two and three and a special guest actor for seasons four and six , was reinstated as a series regular for the seventh season as Roy Harper . They are joined by Kirk Acevedo as Ricardo Diaz , who was promoted to a series regular from his recurring status in the previous season, and new cast member Sea Shimooka. The series follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen ( Stephen Amell ), who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu ,
1411-445: A scenario where his vendetta against Emiko leads to the deaths of his teammates. Team Arrow locates Oliver and saves him. Meanwhile, the SCPD raids Smoak Tech, accusing Team Arrow of both the cover-up and the biological weapon, which was traced to Archer. Felicity and Alena escape to the bunker, where they are confronted by Emiko, who leaves after Felicity reveals she is pregnant. Emiko is revealed to have stolen Oliver's arrows and attacks
1494-536: A springboard for an Atom story to co-feature in Adventure Comics with the same creative team. The Green Lantern series featured more of the characters Atrocitus , Larfleeze , Saint Walker , and Indigo-1 in a story arc titled "New Guardians". Johns said that Firestorm is a "main character" in Brightest Day . The first issue, issue #0, was penciled by Fernando Pasarin . David Finch ,
1577-590: A suit of armor called the Shadow Skin that gives her powers. She became Shadow Thief to kill alien invaders, making her a dangerous foe for Hawkman. When Steve Trevor heads to the White House to find the President, he encounters Shadow Thief, Deathstroke , and Copperhead . Carl Sands uses a Dimensiometer, Thanagarian technology which enables him to transform into an intangible, shadow-like state. While
1660-638: A three-issue miniseries involved the return of John Constantine to the DC Universe and his attempt to convince Superman and Batman that the choosing of Alec Holland (the new Swamp Thing ) as the Earth's new protector is inevitable and the resurrected Alec Holland will have to die, so that his soul can merge again with the Green. [1] Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine The series
1743-637: Is "nothing about [Oliver] that's heroic" in the season premiere. While Schwartz confirmed that other characters would be influenced by the season's theme, she stated that after Black Siren committed several murders during her partnership with Diaz, she still has "a large way to go to redeem herself from last season." The previous season also left off with Team Arrow fractured and divided. This season sees its members redefining their roles and what it means to be heroes to an anti-vigilante Star City , while honoring "the sacrifice Oliver made for them." The showrunner named Felicity's storyline as one of her favorites for
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#17327943962051826-506: Is about second chances. I think it's been obvious from day one that there are major plans for the heroes and villains from Aquaman to take center stage in the DC Universe, among many others, post-Blackest Night. Brightest Day is not a banner or a vague catch-all direction for the DC Universe, it is a story. Nor is Brightest Day a sign that the DC Universe is going to be all about 'light and brighty' superheroes. Some second chances work out…some don't. Brightest Day also crossed over into
1909-463: Is accused of murdering a guard, but proclaims his innocence. Oliver finds the knife used in the attack, which belonged to Brick's associate Ben Turner . Released from solitary confinement, Stanley thanks Oliver, but inadvertently reveals knowing that the knife belonged to Turner, information he could not have gotten in solitary. At Star City Police Department (SCPD), Laurel orchestrates a deal which will see Oliver walk out of prison in exchange for helping
1992-611: Is also a trained martial artist. The Carl Sands incarnation of Shadow Thief appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . Arrow season 7 The seventh season of the American television series Arrow premiered on The CW on October 15, 2018, and concluded on May 13, 2019, with a total of 22 episodes. The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow ,
2075-436: Is blameless in his father's death. Alena copied Archer's root code and suggests a partnership with Magnus Labs to expand it, but Felicity refuses to rebuild it. Oliver is trapped one floor below his team. The physical and psychological trauma causes him to hallucinate Tommy Merlyn talking to him about how to deal with Emiko. Oliver refuses to listen to Tommy about using the best parts of himself to save her until he envisions
2158-610: Is personal. Laurel goes on the run and partners up with a former associate named Shadow Thief . Felicity discovers that Emiko framed Laurel, but Dinah informs her that Laurel has gone back to committing crime as Black Siren. After failing to convince Laurel to come back, Felicity recruits Sara Lance to come to her and Dinah's aid. The three confront Laurel about what she wants to be, which leads to her turning on Shadow Thief. Dinah clears Laurel's reputation by claiming she went undercover. Laurel decides to return to Earth-2 to right her wrongs as Black Canary. Meanwhile, Oliver and Diggle track
2241-491: Is providing support to the new Green Arrow but, when the vigilante saves Zoe Ramirez 's life, she has a change of heart. Working together, Dinah, Rene, and the vigilante are able to capture a group of arsonists plaguing Star City. Elsewhere, Felicity enlists the help of Laurel to torture the Silencer for information on Diaz, but to no avail. Felicity allows her to escape in the hope that she will lead them to Diaz, having planted
2324-783: Is revealed to be the leader of the Ninth Circle , a terrorist group that begins launching several attacks upon Star City, and is seeking to destroy Oliver's legacy as the Green Arrow ever since she was raised by them. Green Arrow defeats the Ninth Circle at the cost of a repentant Emiko's life. The season features flash-forwards twenty years into the future to Oliver's now adult son William ( Ben Lewis ) who seeks out Roy Harper on Lian Yu where they discover instructions left by Felicity leading them back to Star City. There they discover more secrets, including Oliver and Felicity's hidden daughter Mia ( Katherine McNamara ) while they work to save
2407-454: Is the first not to feature original cast members Willa Holland and Paul Blackthorne , who play Thea Queen / Speedy and Quentin Lance , respectively, as series regulars following both actors' departures during the previous season. They did, however, reprise their roles for the series' 150th episode. On April 9, 2018, it was announced that Colton Haynes would return as a series regular for
2490-535: Is ultimately defeated by Light, and is rendered powerless after Firestorm uses his powers to seal his mouth, thus preventing him from conjuring shadows from within his body. During Brightest Day , the cosmic entity known as the Starheart begins taking control of metahumans who possess magical or elemental abilities. Shadow Thief is among them and is driven insane by the Starheart's power. In " DC Rebirth ",
2573-522: The Blackest Night storyline that depicts the aftermath of the events of that storyline on the DC Universe. At the end of the 2009–2010 Blackest Night storyline, 12 deceased heroes and villains are resurrected for an unknown purpose. The events of Brightest Day follow their exploits as they seek to learn the secret behind their resurrection. The story begins the day after Blackest Night showing Boston Brand smashing his tombstone. Nearby,
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2656-709: The Green Lantern series, the Green Lantern Corps , Justice League of America , The Titans and The Flash . Gail Simone returned to a new volume of the Birds of Prey comic book, which also went under the same banner. Other tie-ins included the first issues of a relaunched Green Arrow and the Justice Society of America . Jeff Lemire wrote the one-shot Brightest Day: The Atom Special with artist Mahmud Asrar , which acted as
2739-527: The Legends of Tomorrow 's first season episode " Star City 2046 ". Aiden Stoxx portrays the character as a child in the present. In March 2019, Adrian Paul joined the series in a recurring role as Dante . Production for the season began on July 6, 2018, in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada . In May 2018, Stephen Amell revealed that co-star David Ramsey would direct the eleventh episode of
2822-446: The Longbow Hunters , a villainous organization in DC Comics , would be teased in the sixth-season finale before being introduced in the seventh season. Following the conclusion of the sixth season, which marked the first time in the series' history where the season's main antagonist was still at large, Guggenheim's successor Beth Schwartz confirmed that Ricardo Diaz / Dragon would return and, like his comic book counterpart, establish
2905-470: The "master of darkness", Shadow Thief began to target Shade . When Shadow Thief steals Hawkman's shadow, it resulted in Hawkman having to work with Shade to track down Shadow Thief. Knowing of Shadow Thief's plot, Shade took Hawkman to a room full of light that would prevent shadows from entering. Shadow Thief only breached the room by using the shadow of Shade's mouth. Then he stole Shade's shadow and fled to
2988-520: The Black Canary. When Team Arrow arrives and helps Oliver capture Chimera, Pollard arrests them, prompting Oliver and Dinah to turn themselves in and resulting in Pollard deputizing Team Arrow as part of the SCPD. Members of Team Arrow receive threatening notes and discover a similar note at the murder scene of a councilman who previously worked with Ricardo Diaz. Tracking a drug used to immobilize
3071-703: The Dimensiometer. While growing up in Japan , American Carl Sands learns ninjutsu techniques and becomes a rather undistinguished industrial saboteur, accepting unremarkable sums to hinder and eliminate his clients' rivals. His pre-Crisis history remained canon, including his brief membership in the Injustice Gang. However, he has instead fought with the Golden Age Hawks rather than the Silver Age Katar and Shayera Hol. Sometime after losing
3154-597: The FBI with their case against Diaz. Now free from prison, Oliver tries to readjust to outside life. When a murder occurs at a party honoring Oliver, the new Green Arrow is suspected and Oliver, Dinah, and Rene set out to prove the vigilante's innocence. Meanwhile, Oliver and Felicity struggle to adjust to the changes Oliver's incarceration inflicted upon their lives and relationship. After she helps Oliver arrest Max Fuller for orchestrating Frank Cassady's murders of Sam Hutchinson and Clayton Ford, Dinah authorizes Oliver to work with
3237-674: The Ghost Initiative, identifying A.R.G.U.S. Director Bell as the mole. During the operation to catch Dante, Diaz betrays the team to warn him and he escapes, killing Bell and potential client Quraci Princess Noor in the process. Diaz is taken back to Slabside, where an unseen assailant lights him on fire in his cell, killing him. With the Ghost Initiative exposed, John takes the fall for his wife and hands in his resignation. Oliver and Rene work together with Emiko to find out who killed her mother. In her hideout, Emiko meets Dante, revealing they are working together. Team Arrow works with
3320-530: The Glades. Emiko visits her father's grave, where she is confronted by Oliver. Meanwhile, in order to be able to work without A.R.G.U.S. oversight, Diggle and Lyla restore the Suicide Squad as the Ghost Initiative, recruiting Diaz as its first member and implanting an explosive into his neck to ensure his compliance in tracking down terrorist financier Dante . Oliver allows a camera crew to follow himself and others associated with Team Arrow around and film
3403-468: The Longbow Hunters, "a legendary group of assassins Diaz recruits to get back at Team Arrow for toppling his nascent criminal empire at the end of season 6." Schwartz revealed that "redemption" would be the theme of the seventh season, "since last season when Oliver outed his identity, the city is a little bit mixed about how they feel about the Green Arrow." Stephen Amell commented that there
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3486-598: The Monitor appears, demanding Oliver hold up his part of their deal. Oliver leaves with him to assist in the oncoming crisis, despite learning he will die in it. At the Television Critics Association winter press tour in January 2018, The CW president Mark Pedowitz said he was "optimistic" and "confident" about Arrow and the other Arrowverse shows returning next season, but added that it
3569-676: The Ninth Circle can now track. While securing the assets, Diggle and Stewart are captured by Dante. Stewart surrenders codes for a biological weapon called Cygnus X-1 when Dante starts torturing Diggle. The two call in Team Arrow with the Spartan helmet and escape. Team Arrow tracks Archer and the Ninth Circle to Cygnus X-1. While the rest destroy Archer, Oliver confronts Emiko, telling her Dante had her mother killed. Dante exfiltrates Emiko and they escape with Cygnus X-1, after which Emiko kills Dante. Diggle makes amends with Stewart after learning he
3652-610: The Prime-Earth version of Carl Sands appears. He was a low-level threat to Hawkman who utilizes the Shadow Vest that enables him to shift through solid objects. Shadow Thief met with the hologram of Apex Lex (a human/martian version of Lex Luthor) who offered to upgrade his Shadow Vest free of charge so that it would not only enable him to imitate shadows, but also to control them. Shadow Thief accepted as it would come in handy when fighting Hawkman. To target Hawkman and also become
3735-510: The SCPD as a special deputy in order to avoid the anti-vigilante law, much to the annoyance of Mayor Emily Pollard . Diggle and Lyla connect the Dante painting and the Zürich finances to an individual who has a transaction history with multiple terrorist cells, including both the Longbow Hunters and Diaz. Unbeknownst to Team Arrow, they pay Diaz a visit in prison to request his assistance. Meanwhile,
3818-439: The SCPD as the Green Arrow, stealing the weapon back. Oliver tries to reason with Emiko and refuses to take the opportunity to kill her, allowing her to escape. Emiko spreads the virus throughout the city and holds the detonator in the former Queen Consolidated building. Team Arrow, with Curtis, Laurel, and Ben Turner, evacuates it and disables the relay to the other bombs, while Oliver confronts Emiko, pleading for her to abandon
3901-547: The SCPD to take down an operation that is manufacturing poison bullets. When the initial attempt as part of the SCPD fails, Team Arrow goes rogue and successfully takes down the operation as vigilantes, resulting in Mayor Pollard creating a special vigilante task force that is sanctioned by the SCPD and made up of Team Arrow. Dinah, who can no longer fully perform the Canary Cry following her injury, decides to return to
3984-485: The Shadowlands. When Hawkman and Shade entered the Shadowlands, Shadow Thief unleashed his shadow minions on them. Hawkman managed to survive the attacks. The second Shadow Thief is an African-American man known as " Carl Hammer ". Hammer states that he paid more than one million dollars to have the suit made. In The New 52 reboot, a female Shadow Thief was introduced. In Stargirl 's origin story, Shadow Thief
4067-628: The absence of light that is situated all around him, enabling the manifestation of depleted photons to form constructs ranging from weapons to planetoids, creating portals to and from different locations (possibly even across dimensions) and even turn his opponents' shadows into living duplicates of themselves all with the same abilities. The shadow suit Carl Hammer had constructed only allowed him to become invisible in shadows; it did not render him intangible. The Shadow Skin provides Aviva Metula with intangibility, teleportation, flight, and limited shapeshifting, enabling her to turn her arms into weapons. She
4150-451: The beginning of a new era for Arrow , and whether you credit this episode's success to either focus or flash-forwards, it's a promising start." Brightest Day Brightest Day is a 2010–2011 crossover storyline published by DC Comics , consisting of a year-long comic book maxiseries that began in April 2010, and a number of tie-in books. The story is a direct follow-up to
4233-530: The belt to the Phantom Stranger, the Thanagarian criminal Byth Rok hires Sands to steal Hawkman and Hawkwoman 's ship. To help Sands with this job, Byth gives him a shadow suit - a Thanagarian belt device/"shadow vest", which gave Sands the ability to shift his body into a shadow form (based on Thar Dan's Dimensiometer). He sells his soul to Neron for more power. The demon king gave Sands
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#17327943962054316-623: The book to Deegan, who changes reality once more. This time, Oliver and Barry wake up as wanted criminals and are forced to contend with both the police and a black-suited Superman . Oliver discovers blood belonging to the new Green Arrow and Felicity determines that it belongs to a woman named Emiko Queen , Oliver's father's illegitimate daughter and thus his paternal half-sister. Oliver goes through his father's belongings and discovers that his mother knew about Emiko and her mother Kazumi Adachi . After being injured, Emiko goes to Rene for help and reveals that she seeks to avenge her mother's murder in
4399-543: The building houses the bombs to be used on Star City. The others reunite with the group before they meet Rene, who has learned that the bombs are already on-site and that there are no plans to evacuate. The group infiltrates a party where Mia destroys an electronic device held by Galaxy One head Keven Dale , disabling the bombs. Dale unveils a helmet that would enable Galaxy One to take the Archer program global. Felicity makes amends with Mia, stating that her grudge with Galaxy One
4482-509: The character. The episode "Emerald Archer" featured appearances from Grant Gustin and Caity Lotz as Barry Allen and Sara Lance , respectively, for the series' 150th episode. Joseph David-Jones reprises his role as Connor Hawke from the Legends of Tomorrow episode " Star City 2046 " where the character becomes the new Green Arrow in an alternate timeline. The main cast of the season as well as executive producer Beth Schwartz attended San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2018, to promote
4565-439: The city from another attack by Galaxy One and the security program Archer. The series was renewed for its seventh season on April 2, 2018, and filming began in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada on July 6, 2018, and ended on April 11, 2019. The season featured the directorial debut of cast member David Ramsey. This season includes the fifth annual Arrowverse crossover with TV series The Flash and Supergirl . The season
4648-502: The dark path. Beatrice informs Emiko that her failure to destroy Star City, while publicly exposing the Ninth Circle, has led to the council turning on her. Oliver and Emiko fight the Ninth Circle together, but Emiko is mortally wounded by Beatrice and tells Oliver to hide Felicity and their baby, before he escapes the exploding building. Oliver and Felicity invent the Mark of Four before leaving Star City for Bloomfield. Following Mia's birth,
4731-514: The doctor to escape by causing a mass breakout. While trying to contain it, Batwoman shows up to help them before telling them to leave Gotham. Returning to A.R.G.U.S., the heroes attempt to unlock the book when the Flash of Earth-90 breaches through to them and warns them of the Monitor . Oliver, Barry, Kara, and Earth-90's Flash go to confront the Monitor, but the omnipotent being escapes and returns
4814-450: The ends of the Earth in service of Roderic's dark aims, and is hopeful that the unscrupulous collector will help him with a problem of his own. During the events of Identity Crisis , Shadow Thief became deranged and began having delusional conversations with the Dimensiometer. He ended up killing Firestorm with Shining Knight 's sword, for which he was prosecuted by Kate Spencer (a.k.a. Manhunter IX ). Shadow Thief later appeared as
4897-428: The field as part of the task force. Laurel visits Slabside, where Ben Turner tells her that he witnessed the new Green Arrow kill Diaz. Laurel confronts Emiko, who states that no one would believe Black Siren, a former criminal. In the flashforwards, Mia and William follow Felicity's coordinates to Galaxy One headquarters. They are almost caught, but are saved by Connor, who reveals himself as an agent of Knightwatch ,
4980-411: The focus." Both Chancellor Agard of Entertainment Weekly and Allison Shoemaker of The A.V. Club gave the premiere a "B" grade and noted a comparison to ABC 's Lost , with Agard praising Amell and Rickards' performances. Shoemaker explained that the episode "revisits a lot of familiar territory, but it breaks new ground for Arrow while having its priorities in precisely the right place. It's
5063-530: The fugitive Diaz. Back in Star City , a new vigilante archer appears on the scene, targeting criminals on their list while also helping the city's poor. After being saved from a group of criminals, Rene Ramirez decides to trust the vigilante, despite not knowing who is under the hood. The rest of Team Arrow do not trust the archer and Dinah Drake is determined to make an arrest. Because the archer's tactics, skills, and appearance parallel Oliver's suited persona,
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#17327943962055146-411: The media dubs the vigilante as the new Green Arrow. After being discovered by Diaz, Felicity leaves witness protection to help capture him. The Longbow Hunters arrive in Star City and the team works together with A.R.G.U.S. to try and stop them from stealing a weapon with incredible destructive capabilities. Felicity and Diggle clash over their priorities in dealing with Diaz, leading Felicity to strike
5229-420: The new Green Arrow is revealed as Robert Queen 's daughter. Oliver, Barry Allen , and Kara Danvers head to Gotham City to find John Deegan , but are quickly arrested. However, they are bailed out by Kate Kane , who tells them Deegan can be found at Arkham Asylum . With some assistance from Oliver and Barry's teams, they break in to confront Deegan and retrieve the book he used to rewrite reality, only for
5312-420: The rifle used to kill Emiko's mother and discover it belongs to Kodiak of the Longbow Hunters. Through interrogation, they find out he was hired by Dante. With the Ninth Circle after a Department of Defense vault drive, Diggle contacts his stepfather, General Roy Stewart , but Stewart refuses to give up classified intel. After they steal Archer from Smoak Tech, Stewart reveals the drive contains an asset list
5395-407: The season's first half. "We played her pretty parallel to Oliver, where she's hiding and not being herself. She's in protective custody, but when someone attacks her family, she can't ignore that, so she has to fight back." Schwartz also said that the season would be "grounded" and have a "dark" tone, similar to that of the first season . The seventh season is the first time the series will employ
5478-405: The season, marking Ramsey's directorial debut. Amell also grew a beard during the filming hiatus to accurately resemble the Green Arrow of the comics. Production wrapped on April 11, 2019. In May 2018, Stephen Amell announced at The CW upfronts that the next Arrowverse crossover would feature Batwoman and Gotham City . The crossover " Elseworlds " is slated to launch a 2019 solo series for
5561-554: The season. In May 2018, it was announced that Arrow would move to Mondays for its seventh season, a first for the series, due to The CW 's programming expansion to Sunday nights. On June 20, the network released its fall schedule, revealing that the series would additionally move from the 9:00 pm time-slot to the 8:00 pm time-slot. The season began airing in the United States on The CW on October 15, 2018, and completed its 22-episode run on May 13, 2019. The season
5644-513: The series during the season, with the episode " Star City Slayer " marking his final appearance as a series regular. Acevedo also exited the series during the season, with the episode " Brothers & Sisters " marking his final appearance as a regular. On March 30, 2019, Rickards posted on Instagram that she would be leaving the series, making the seventh season her last as a member of the main cast. Series co-creator Greg Berlanti and Schwartz confirmed her departure later that day. On July 21 at
5727-424: The series' San Diego Comic-Con 2018 panel, it was announced that the Longbow Hunters had been cast with Holly Elissa as Red Dart , Miranda Edwards as Silencer , and Michael Jonsson as Kodiak . It was also revealed that Michael Jai White , Vinnie Jones , and Cody Runnels would additionally recur as Ben Turner , Danny Brickwell , and Derek Sampson from previous seasons. On September 21, Katherine McNamara
5810-456: The seventh season after previously starring in the second and third seasons and making guest appearances in the fourth and sixth seasons as Roy Harper / Arsenal . On October 11, Kirk Acevedo was promoted to series regular status after previously recurring in the sixth season as main antagonist, Ricardo Diaz / Dragon. Sea Shimooka was introduced as a series regular during the season, playing Oliver's half-sister Emiko Queen . Kellum exited
5893-467: The slammer and letting the series' reliable ensemble blossom into the forefront." Reviewing for Den of Geek , Delia Harrington gave the premiere a rating of 3/5. She opined that Roy's inclusion in the season made his "moving sendoff" with Thea from last season feel "cheap" and that she remained "cautious" about the flashforward structure, but said that the episode was "solid" nonetheless. She concluded, "The Arrow Season 7 premiere manages to both wipe
5976-445: The slate clean and nod in the direction of the show's early glory." IGN ' s Jesse Schedeen wrote, " Arrow ' s Season 7 premiere kicks off the most significant status quo change in the series' history. Some of these sweeping changes are already working in the show's favor." He gave the episode a rating of 7.1/10, adding, " Arrow ' s seventh season has a promising start, though the premiere drags whenever Oliver Queen isn't
6059-464: The twelve resurrected must complete an individual assignment given to them by the Life Entity to be fully resurrected. The series, written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi , was published twice a month for 24 issues (25 if including issue #0) alternating with Justice League: Generation Lost written by Keith Giffen and Judd Winick . Johns has discussed the general theme: Brightest Day
6142-469: The vest is activated, he can move quickly and silently across and through most surfaces and materials, all the while remaining impervious to physical contact and attack. Long-term side effects from prolonged use of the vest are unknown although, prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths , it was stated that overuse of the suit would accelerate Earth's climate into an ice age . Shadow Thief would later sell his soul to Neron for augmented equipment. Now his suit, as
6225-401: The victim, they discover the hiding place of the "Star City Slayer," who is revealed as Stanley. He slits Dinah's throat, but Curtis cauterizes the wound, saving her life. Stanley confronts Oliver, Felicity, and William at their apartment, claiming to be the only one who truly understands Oliver. While Felicity distracts Stanley, Oliver subdues him and he is sent back to Slabside. William, wanting
6308-459: Was a career criminal who was conducting experiments on shadow projection while in jail. Because his shadow betrayed him to a policeman while he was robbing the safe in a store at night he was trying to make his shadow work for him. The experiments allowed him to make contact with an alien explorer named Thar Dan from the Xarapion dimension. In return for saving the creature's life, Sands was given
6391-514: Was cast in a recurring role as Maya, though her character was later revealed to be Oliver and Felicity's future daughter, Mia Smoak / Blackstar . Jack Moore returned in the role of Oliver's son William Clayton , with Ben Lewis portraying the character in flashforwards. Joseph David-Jones also recurs as Connor Hawke , John's adoptive son, in flashforwards. David-Jones previously played an alternate future version of John's biological son John Diggle, Jr. , who went by Connor Hawke / Green Arrow, in
6474-465: Was he, had been granted magical abilities which enabled him to convert objects and people into unsubstantiated shadowy material (a process which was inconceivably painful to living things), while transporting himself through shadows as well. Carl's abilities would be augmented further still when Starbreaker gives him the power to draw strength from the darkness within. Now no longer needing the shadow suit to utilize his powers, Sands can literally draw upon
6557-782: Was later revealed to be sporadic flashforwards, as opposed to the weekly flashbacks of seasons past. Schwartz named Westworld and This Is Us as inspirations for the time structure, and Prison Break as an inspiration for the prison arc. Amell also revealed that he requested that the seventh season be written as if it were the series' last. Main cast members Stephen Amell, David Ramsey , Emily Bett Rickards , Echo Kellum , Rick Gonzalez , Juliana Harkavy , and Katie Cassidy Rodgers return from previous seasons as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow , John Diggle / Spartan , Felicity Smoak / Overwatch , Curtis Holt / Mr. Terrific , Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog , Dinah Drake / Black Canary , and Laurel Lance / Black Siren , respectively. The seventh season
6640-421: Was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 20, 2019, with special features including the fifth annual Arrowverse crossover event titled " Elseworlds ". The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 88% approval rating for the seventh season, with an average rating of 7.36/10 based on 211 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "Arrow recovers from a creative rut by throwing Oliver Queen in
6723-716: Was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 20, 2019. The series was renewed for an eighth and final season on January 31, 2019. Five months after being exposed as Green Arrow and into his life sentence, Oliver Queen tries to maintain a low profile in Slabside Maximum Security Prison in hopes of getting a reduced sentence, an effort which is complicated when Danny "Brick" Brickwell tries to coerce Oliver into helping him and by him being stalked by Ricardo Diaz 's associates. Meanwhile, Felicity Smoak and William Clayton try to cope with witness protection while John Diggle and A.R.G.U.S. continue hunting
6806-473: Was taking hostages to draw out a superhero. She managed to rout out Shadow Thief. When Stargirl returned home, she found that Shadow Thief arrived first, killed her brother, and wounded Barbara and Ted. Stargirl used this trauma to become a better superhero. During the Forever Evil storyline, it is revealed that this version of Shadow Thief is a former agent of Mossad named Aviva Metula . Metula wears
6889-447: Was too soon to announce anything just yet. On April 2, The CW renewed the series for its seventh season. Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle stepped down as showrunners at the end of the sixth season, with veteran writer Beth Schwartz taking over as sole showrunner for the seventh season. Guggenheim, the series' co-developer, remains involved as an executive consultant. In May 2018, outgoing showrunner Marc Guggenheim revealed that
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