20 Greatest Arrowverse Villains
11. Dark Arrow
Take audience reactions to Black Siren and double them for the effect that the Dark Arrow - the Nazi overlord of Earth-X - had during the winter 2017 crossover, Crisis On Earth-X.
By now the show’s fans were kind of used to seeing alternate versions of their favourite heroes pulled in from parallel worlds. But to see a twisted doppelganger of the Green Arrow himself, Oliver Queen, as the Fuhrer of a Nazi-dominated Earth-X: that was the icing on the cake.
True, Crisis On Earth-X also brought us the Nazi-alternate of Supergirl - but Overgirl’s just a sadistic might-makes-right type, villainy by numbers, and Melissa Benoist only really offered a little extra sarcasm and bitchiness by way of contrast with her apple-pie girl next door version.
Dark Arrow, on the other hand, is a buff ninja Hitler, played with brilliantly implacable contempt by Stephen Amell as a coldly fascist demagogue with a barely suppressed violent streak. Everything about his performance - body language, tone, phrasing, even posture - suggests an Oliver Queen born and raised to be someone else. Something else.