Elements of this episode, such as Oliver's green hood he wore while on the island, were taken from the recent comic series Green Arrow: Year One.
Ron Selmour also appears in the series Arrow where he plays "The Butcher" and arrives on a ship to the island Oliver Queen is marooned on.
Tess references the projects that Lex has named after constellations. This would include Project Ares, the super-soldier experiments that were made to house the abilities he had harvested during the Level 33.1 experiments, and Project Gemini, the LuthorCorp project dedicated to human cloning, accelerated growth, and memory implantation.
Tess's plate reads "No Mercy" and being Lex's right hand, she is essentially saying she replaced Mercy Graves, Lex's true right hand from the comics and the animated cartoon series as well as the movies.
Lois refers to Oliver as "an icon; the man of tomorrow," and herself as "Lois Lane, the girl who writes about him," a reference to her role in the comics and films as Superman's primary love interest/reporter.