Syfy did a neat article about Arrow's pending cancellation, and what it means for the future of the Arrow-verse. Who would have believed, back seven years ago, that Green Arrow would become the launchpad for what could be arguably called The Golden Age of DCTV?
I mean, this is DC's goofy Batman-knockoff. The guy who survived The Superhero Purge of the 1950s only by hiding out in the back pages of the book Superboy headlined. The character who didn't get an invitation to help form the original JLA, when even Aquaman made the cut (Aquaman for cryin' out loud - at the time, an even goofier knockoff character, that also survived by hiding out in Superboy's book).
So, looking back, what's your opinion? How is it that a theretofore B-lister (on his good days) became such an important multimedia presence for DC? What made Arrow, and the continuity that it spawned, the success it has become?