Arrow Season 4 to Introduce New 52 Weapon Clans?

With production recently starting onSeason 4of The CW’sArrow, a number of new characters have already been announced, such as the season’s main villain, Damien Dahrk (Neal McDonough). Naturally, there are still a slew of characters from the comics that haven’t been brought in quite yet, including the Weapons Clans, seven separate groups who align themselves with one particular weapon. DuringComic-Cona few weeks ago, the web seriesDC All Accesscaught up withArrowexecutive producerMarc Guggenheim, who teased that the Weapons Clans may certainly come into play in the near future.

“We’ve talked about it. We’ve absolutely talked about it. It comes up in the writers room all the time, andKatanawas introduced. We’re just waiting for the right story to tell. We never approach it from the standpoint of, ‘We’ve gotta get that in, we’ve got to get that character in, we have to name-check that character.’ It’s always organic. We love the Weapon Clans, and eventually I’m sure they will end up on the show.”

InArrow Season 3,Rila Fukushimaguest starred as Katana, who, in theNew 52 comics, was part of the Sword Clan. It isn’t known if this character will return quite yet, especially given the character’s connection to next year’ssuperhero movie,Suicide Squad. The CW series had planned on using theHarley Quinncharacter on the show, but they weren’t allowed to by DC because of the character’s affiliation withSuicide Squad. Katana is also featured in that movie, played by Karen Fukuhara, but we’ll have to wait and see if the character will come back toArrow.

The other Weapons Clan groups include Arrow, Spear, Fist, Shield, Axe and Mask. It isn’t known if there are plans to include any of these Clans in the upcoming season, but we do know thatSeason 4will delve into mystical elements more than ever, and there is plenty of mysticism surrounding the Weapons Clans. The Mask Clan, for instance, have the ability to disguise themselves as anybody. This certainly could be an intriguing element for TeamArrowto deal with in the future.

Season 4ofArrowhas already confirmedNeal McDonoughasDamien Darhk, Alexander Calvert as Anarky,Echo Kellumas superhero Mister Terrific,Jimmy Akingbolaas the villainous Baron Blitzkrieg andJR Bournehas come aboard to portray DC comics villain Double Down.Jeri Ryanhas also signed on to play Jessica Danforth, a character who doesn’t originate in the comics, who is a friend to Oliver Queen’s family. What do you think about the possibility of the Weapons Clans inArrow? Chime in with your thoughts, and check out the latest episode of DC All Access.