Back when Merlyn was in the good graces of the League of Assassins, he trained several important figures in Batman's world ironic considering he was originally supposed to kill him. He served as one of Cassandra Cain's tutors, teaching her archery.
The original version of Cassandra was trained to fight since she was a child. Cassandra was being taught to be an assassin, but ran away after killing her first target. She would go on to save Commissioner Gordon's life, proving herself to Batman and becoming the new Batgirl. He's clearly a skilled teacher, as Damian is able to hit a target dead-center while being blindfolded.
His teaching is so effective that Merlyn comments how Damian may even be able to teach him a thing or two. But like it's said in Arrow , you can only truly surpass someone who is your teacher, which is why Arrow and Thea are both trained by Merlyn in order to defeat his own teacher, Ra's al Ghul.
His real name in Arrow may be Malcolm Merlyn, but this was never his name in the comic books. Merlyn's true identity in the comics is Arthur King. The name Arthur is briefly mentioned in the show when Malcolm talks about his son Tommy wanting a puppy and naming it Arthur.
Tommy wanted to name the dog in honor of King Arthur, since they were the Merlyn family, in reference to the great wizard Merlin.
In the comics, Arthur takes on the stage name of Merlyn the Magician. The name is Arabic for "The Magician. Merlyn is a card-carrying member of several villain teams in the comics and television show. He started out as a member of the League of Assassins and became their leader in Arrow , but after failing to take down Batman, Merlyn became their target. Next, he joined up with Queen Bee as part of her Anti-Justice League a name that strikes fear into the hearts of the team, we're sure.
After failing on that team, he joins the in their quest to kill Black Lightening. He went on to join Deadshot's Killer Elite, a team of super assassins. He then joined the Secret Society of Supervillains. In Arrow , Merlyn is a part of the League of Assassins and ends up on their bad side before becoming their leader.
In his upcoming television appearance, Merlyn is also going to be a member of the Legion of Doom in DC's Legends of Tomorrow second season.
Hopefully he won't fail as hard in that team as he has in just about every other time. As long as he gets out of this one without a target on his back, it'll be a welcome improvement.
Cupid, the murderous archer obsessed with Green Arrow, has appeared both in the television show and the comics. However, she has never interacted with Merlyn in Arrow. Thank God for Merlyn, because the results of their meeting in the comic books did not end well for him in the slightest.
During the events of Green Arrow and Black Canary , Merlyn has a run-in with the duo and is thrown in jail. The ensemble make it to a remote island where Prometheus is allied with Nyssa's estranged older sister Talia.
They are ultimately betrayed by Digger, who reveals himself as a mole within the group working for the two villains. After Thea accidentally steps on an old landmine, Malcolm forcibly takes her place rather than lose his daughter once again. As Digger leads a detachment of Talia's henchmen to confront Malcolm, the Dark Archer surprises the assembled killers by triggering the mine, killing himself and all the villains present including Digger as Thea watches from a distance.
A noble villain who values family and his legacy above all else, Malcolm Merlyn is one of the most entertaining villains to appear in the entire Arrowverse.
While he has been dead since Season 5, DCTV's tendency to employ flashbacks, alternate worlds and hallucinations suggest that fans may not have seen the last of the longtime antagonist.
Airing Mondays at 8 p. Sam Stone is a 10th level pop culture guru living just outside of Washington, DC who knows an unreasonable amount about The Beatles. We now know that John Barrowman is headed into the Australian jungle as part of this year's I'm A Celebrity line-up, but will he ever return to Starling City? Barrowman played The Dark Archer Malcolm Merlyn in seasons one to five of Arrow , before his character was seemingly killed off in the season five finale, after stepping on a landmine.
But, according to Spoiler TV, at a Torchwood panel during the Supanova convention in Brisbane this weekend, the actor confirmed that he will be returning to the CW series later this season. Digital Spy has reached out to Barrowman's reps for comment.
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