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John Barrowman at Comic Con 2014 (Photo By: Rueben)

Actor-singer John Barrowman is a fan favorite at Comic Con (not that dissimilar to the regard that fans have for actor Nathan Fillion); and Saturday afternoon of the 4-day event last month found a legend of his fans hitting up one of the ballrooms in the nearby Bayfront Hilton Hotel to hear him regal them with stories.

The energetic actor was on fire that afternoon, answering question after question by his adoring fans, sharing interesting stories about his many TV and stage roles as well as some of his favorite things. The following is just a sample of the things he shared:

• He hopes that fans will get to see Captain Jack again despite the fact that he was told “Torchwood is dead”; he would also love to see Captain Jack return to the world of Doctor Who, but he has “not been asked to come back”;

• He would love to appear in the stage play Hedwig and the Angry Inch, but he just doesn’t have time right now, but he does have his “eye on other musicals in the future”;

• He knew he would be back on Arrow because it’s “hard to kill Malcolm Merlyn”, joking that he is “the Lex Luthor of that world” and he revealed that it was actually his husband Scott’s idea of Malcolm being Thea’s dad;

• When he read the script of Arrow, he “loved it’ and he shared that the third season will open in the limo with Malcolm and Thea (just where the second season left off); and that they were to start filming on August 6;

• He is very proud of the “Hollow Earth” books he has published with his sister Carole and he would love to see those stories adapted to the screen someday;

• He shared that his favorite comic book character to play if he had the chance would be either Captain America, Robin (from Batman and Robin) or “truth be told” Wonder Woman;

• While the play “Anything Goes” changed his life, he doesn’t like to pick a favorite musical, but he did say that Cole Porter has been a big influence in his life;

• He did, however, pick a favorite Doctor when asked, sharing that David Tennant is his favorite and he also made the choice when asked that he would “kill 9, marry 10 and shag 11” [he also joked that he wouldn’t want to make these choices except he was asked];

• He shared that there will be some kind of “fan thing” coming up with the Arrow cast, but he could not elaborate what that would be; and,

• The entire audience recorded a “Happy Birthday” message to his nephew who was celebrating his special day overseas, making John a very happy man.

All too soon the panel came to an end after having a great experience with the song and dance man who will be seen as a series regular on Arrow starting this fall when the show returns for its third season on The CW starting on October 8 at 8/7c.