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Arrow alum John Barrowman will evidently return for the show's upcoming final season. 1 / 8

Stephen Amell teased Barrowman's involvement in Arrow Season 8 at Fan Expo Boston. 2 / 8

Barrowman played Malcolm Merlyn, aka the Dark Archer, on the DC TV show beginning in Season 1. 3 / 8

The villain met his demise in Arrow's Season 5 finale. 4 / 8

However, Arrow has known for creatively "resurrecting" dead characters. 5 / 8

In fact, Malcolm was last seen as a hallucination during the Arrowverse's Elseworlds crossover last year. 6 / 8

How the character will return for Season 8 remains up in the air. 7 / 8

Arrow returns for its eighth and final season on Tuesday, Oct. 15. 8 / 8