9 Reasons Why Arrow Is Really Just A Batman Show

The Huntress Affair

As long as we can remember, Helena Bertinelli is a resident of Gotham City. She’s another one of the city’s masked vigilante who’s crossed paths with Batman several times because of her questionable methods of justice. But, on a more personal level, we’ve also seen her have an on-and-off relationship with Dick Grayson as one of his many love interests.

While her appearance on Arrow did keep a lot of aspects of her origin intact, she soon got caught in the crosshairs of Oliver’s love gun instead of his bow’s. Surprisingly, the arc was actually rather good before it degenerated into a tribute of My Super Ex-Girlfriend as Helena reacted in anger to Ollie’s interest in Laurel. Worst of all, we never got to see the character become the heroine she is.

Perhaps this storyline pinched more from the pages of Nightwing than a Batman book, but since Dick was the Bat for some time, we’ll chalk this one up as another incident of imitation. By the way, has anyone asked Dick how he felt about the Olilena? Poor guy must not be impressed with Ollie.