''Arrow'' Season 3 first episode stills: The Calm

Official stills from Arrow Season 3 Premiere: "The Calm"

Arrow Season 3 premiere it's so close. The CW released amazing photos for the first episode "The Calm". New characters, new villains and new love interests will arrive in Starling City:  

Ted Grant/Wildcat (J.R. Ramiraez): DC Comics superhero

Ray Palmer/The Atom (Brandon Routh): Business man, Felicity's love interest 

Donna Smoak (Charlotte Ross): Felicity's mother 

Cooper Sheldon (Nolan Gerard Funk): Felicity's ex boyfriend

Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana and Maseo Yamashiro (Rila Fukushima and Karl Yune): Oliver's Hong Kong mentors

Ra's al Ghul (Matt Nable): The leader of the League of Assassins

Werner Zytle (Peter Stormare): The new Count Vertigo

Mark Shaw/Manhunter (David Cubitt): A.R.G.U.S. agent 

Thea's new love interest (Austin Butler)

Carrie Cutter/Cupid (Amy Gumenick): A villainess obsessed with Arrow

Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang (Nick Tarabay): A supervillain

Arrow season 3x01 "The Calm” will premiere on October 8, 2014 on The CW.