Arrow Season 8 Premiere: 12 Easter Eggs & References You Missed In 'Starling City'

11. Batman's Mask

Arrow Season 8 Batman Mask
The CW

The sight of Batman's mask on Lian Yu is one that simply must be celebrated for the fact that the Arrowverse was once never allowed to reference the Dark Knight.

That aside, it was also a reference to the pilot episode in which we saw the original Deathstroke mask with an arrow through its eye. While the arrow through Batman's cowl suggests he suffered the same fate as Slade Wilson, it's likely more of an Easter Egg designed to make us fans go crazy - and it's particularly effective given that Deathstroke is, first and foremost, a Batman villain.

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