Ranking The 20 Best Arrowverse Costumes

When Oliver Queen first returned to Starling City after five years stranded on an island, he sought to seek out injustice and avenge his father's death. In order to right the wrongs of his past, he had to channel the person he became when he was trapped in that purgatory known as Lian Yu. This pain, anger and aggression manifested itself as The Arrow.

As this morally corrupt alter-ego, Oliver donned a Kevlar-lined green suit, along with his mentor Yao Fei's hood, and took to the streets with nothing more than a bow and arrow, and as this was long before the era of masks, he concealed his identity by smearing dark green grease paint across his face.

From the beginning, it was clear that this was not the same Green Arrow from the comic books. This was a troubled avenger who desperately wanted to atone for his father's sins - and he was even willing to kill to do it. All of this was reflected in his grim, grounded suit that was undoubtedly the perfect tattered look for this rough-around-the-edges vigilante, and quite frankly, none of his upgraded suits have come close to matching this one.

As far as The Arrow was concerned, less was always more.