I first became aware of Arrow's existence through a little blurb in Entertainment Weekly's Fall TV Preview edition in 2012. There was a picture of a shirtless Stephen Amell and a paragraph with quotes from the producers which more or less boiled down to: "Please give us a chance. We're going to be a lot better than Smallville, we swear." I couldn't believe how good Amell's body looked, especially since he's just a year older than flabby ole me. More importantly, I ...