‘Arrow’ season 4 spoilers: New armor for Stephen Amell’s Oliver, more Comic-Con updates

Tonight is the massive DC Entertainment – TV panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, and we hope to be your resource throughout the evening! Keep checking back for some more news, and we are kicking things off tonight with a show in “Arrow” that has something rather cool to highlight: A brand-new costume! This is the first chance that you have to see the new suit for Oliver Queen, and it actually has a little bit more in common with the comics than any one that you’ve seen before.

As it turns out, this new look was inspired in part by comments that Stephen Amell himself had about changing things up. Take a look at what executive producer Marc Guggenheim had to say on the subject to E! News:

“Once the design was finished, we shared it with Stephen and Stephen had a really great suggestion … He’s like, ‘I’m probably going to regret saying this when the winter comes, but what about making it sleeveless like the comics?’ And I’ll be honest, I was skeptical. I wasn’t sure. It looks good in the comics, but I wasn’t  sure how it was going to look on Stephen. But man, it’s amazing!”

We have to say that ultimately, we really love this. It is not only a nice homage, but it looks really different than what most other costumed heroes are wearing on TV these days. It looks a little more hardcore, and a little less like a combination of felt and leather. Don’t get us wrong: The first costume was cool too. This is just a nice change.

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