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140-555: Roy Harper may refer to: Roy Harper (character) , DC Comics character Roy Harper (Arrowverse) , the Arrowverse version of the character Roy Harper (footballer) (born 1929), Australian footballer Roy Harper (referee) (died 1969), English football referee Roy Harper (singer) (born 1941), English musician Roy Winfield Harper (1905–1994), American judge See also [ edit ] " Hats Off to (Roy) Harper ",

280-425: A Justice League member, Green Arrow will also appear in crossovers with stories featuring other DC flagship characters from time to time. Of his Justice League colleagues, classic stories depict Ollie as having an ongoing feud with Hawkman owing to their differing outlooks on life, and more recently, he has been depicted as a good friend of his Justice League United colleague Animal Man . Green Arrow has also been

420-449: A 'black ops' super-team as the team's tactical consultant. His time in the Elite is notable for showing a brief affair with Dawn , the wife of the team's magical expert, Manitou Raven . Judd Winick took over as Green Arrow 's writer and made many changes. Mia Dearden , the new Speedy, was revealed to be HIV positive and attempts were made to expand Green Arrow's Rogues Gallery with Merlyn

560-427: A Black Lantern ring. Deciding to use it on practice, the ring then showed a construct of his now teenage daughter Lian. Realising that she is alive. Roy demanded the ring to find her, but in doing so, using the ring with such force nearly rendered Roy in a zombie-like state with an Omega symbol on his chest, revealing the ring was controlled by Darkseid . Roy ended up in space where he was captured by Hector Hammond who

700-612: A Green Arrow story published in Green Lantern (vol. 2) No. 87, was Green Arrow's writer for the next several years. In 1976, the Green Lantern/Green Arrow title was re-launched, without the socially conscious themes of the original series, with O'Neil writing and Mike Grell drawing. After the title moved to solo Green Lantern stories, solo Green Arrow stories appeared in World's Finest Comics . In his solo series, Oliver landed

840-540: A band tattoo on his left bicep, to honor to his Navajo heritage. Shortly after, Roy joined the rest of the original five Titans (now known as Nightwing, Arsenal, Troia, The Flash, and Tempest) in reforming the Titans team for a new generation. He resided in Titans Tower , with his daughter Lian. Roy took on a mentorship role to Grant Emerson, the younger hero known as Damage, who Roy recruited in his tenure as leader. He became

980-585: A box that seemingly makes him regain his memory. It is revealed that Martian Manhunter realized Amanda Waller's plans to make the world hate metahumans, so he agreed to create a telepathic implant which will make Ollie fully believe in Waller's goals. Oliver helps disable the Amazon bots and the heroes regain their powers. In the aftermath, Oliver explains he had to do it because the Justice League disbanded so quickly when

1120-403: A brief fight, Dick realized that he wasn't in any place to lead right now and agreed to hand over leadership, and take a leave of absence from the team as well, realizing that was what was best for him at the time because of everything that had happened recently. That was when Roy, with his new superhero identity as Arsenal, took over as leader of the Titans, much to his own dismay. As leader, Roy

1260-473: A calmer place to learn how to raise Lian, Roy left the CBI and briefly moved to Northern Ireland , where his birth ancestors came from. Despite his attempt to avoid his work as a superhero there, he found that he could not avoid it as he found himself in the middle of a mystery. He then moved to Los Angeles , where he took up work as a private detective , balancing that job with being Speedy and raising his daughter. It

1400-754: A clown-like arch foe named Bull's Eye, similar to Batman's arch-foe, the Joker . His and Speedy's first origin stories were told in More Fun Comics No. 89. Green Arrow began as a back-up feature in More Fun Comics , but within four months the Green Arrow and Speedy replaced Doctor Fate and the Spectre as the cover feature. In Superhero Comics of the Golden Age , Mike Benton writes that "their front cover star status

1540-429: A companion of necessity when Green Arrow was forced to leave Seattle after false accusations of aiding terrorists. Grell's run ended with Green Arrow vol. 2 No. 80, shortly after Dinah dumped Oliver. During this period, the writer also redefined the character's origin in the four-part 1992 limited series , Green Arrow: The Wonder Year . Grell portrayed Oliver Queen as a thrill-seeker who inherits his family business at

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1680-589: A cover story for what transpired, referencing the original Green Arrow origin story, as well as Mike Grell's version. After the end of the ongoing series, DC Comics published a four-part bi-monthly Black Canary miniseries in which Green Arrow teamed up with Black Canary to help get Sin into school and establish a new life. This series concluded with the Black Canary accepting his proposal. This resulted in DC Comics publishing three interconnected specials revolving around

1820-433: A cross-country road trip to pick up old possessions of Oliver's, most notably a spare Green Lantern power ring entrusted to him by Hal Jordan many years earlier. The story also revealed that Oliver knew all along that Connor was his son and was even present at his birth, but that Oliver ultimately abandoned Connor and his mother, because of his fear of the responsibilities of fatherhood. Meltzer's storyline would continue into

1960-501: A deadly heat beam directly through her chest, killing her. Roy, with help from Tim Drake , managed to reprogram Indigo, who arrived and shut down the Superman android, leaving Arsenal and Nightwing to mourn the fallen Troia. Shaken by these losses, Nightwing decided to officially end the Titans as he did not want to put the people he loved in the face of danger anymore, despite Roy's protests against this decision, saying they had to honor what

2100-401: A deal: that he would return Lian if Roy betrayed his friends Donna Troy and Starfire. Roy outsmarted him and managed to get Lian back without harming anyone, revealing that he had weaponized Gotham in case something like this ever happened. With that, Lian was back to life and Roy was reunited with his daughter once more. In DC's New 52 reboot Roy's backstory becomes more developed: his mother

2240-447: A father figure to him, seeing a younger version of himself in Grant. It was also during this time that Roy found out he had a living relative in the form of Jim Harper , the clone of his great uncle. A mysterious conglomerate known as Optitron offered to sponsor the Titans and Young Justice after summoning them to San Francisco . Before any decisions could be made, a cybernetic girl from

2380-509: A final coming-of-age for him to become the hero he was always meant to be. While on the league, Roy developed a romantic relationship with Hawkgirl . As Red Arrow, Roy found himself to be fully settled for the first time in a while, happy that he was fully embracing his legacy. He bought a house in Star City, to give Lian more room as she grew up, and even began giving her archery lessons, realizing that one day, she would probably want to take on

2520-544: A founding member of the Teen Titans along with Robin , Kid Flash , Aqualad and Wonder Girl , a group they formed so they as sidekicks could come out of their mentors' shadows and become their own. Roy developed a crush on Donna, and the two eventually began dating. As Roy spent more and more time with the Teen Titans, Oliver left to travel the country with Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) after Oliver had lost his fortune. When

2660-473: A hero that can be an inspiration to people and to Lian. For the next year, Roy worked solo for the most part. During a team up with Dinah Lance and Hal Jordan to help Red Tornado, Roy found himself fighting Amazo alongside several other heroes. After this, he was invited to join the Justice League , where he officially took on the name Red Arrow, wanting to honor his family name and legacy, seeing this name as

2800-453: A hero. Under Brave Bow's tutelage, Roy trained in archery, becoming remarkable at a very young age and a champion in several events. Roy began learning about the superhero Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) and started idolizing him, seeing him as a hero alongside his father and Brave Bow. When Brave Bow learned of an illness that would lead to his death, he contacted Green Arrow, asking him to take Roy in and raise him after his death. After posing as

2940-473: A heroin addiction. After he falls out with Oliver and loses his shares in Q-core he seeks out street fights and violence as a part of a downward spiral. He ends up fighting Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) and tries to provoke Croc into killing him . Jones recognises Roy's suicidal behaviour and demands Roy "get[s] on with his life" and that he will not do his 'dirty work' for him. An unlikely friendship develops between

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3080-478: A horde of demons, the body of Oliver having made contact with his soul and convincing him to return to save their son. Dover is defeated and actually consumed by the Beast, who then leaves of his own accord. Oliver also finds himself independently wealthy again, as Dover had transferred all his financial assets to Oliver in anticipation of taking over his body. He also picked up a new sidekick, Mia Dearden , who would become

3220-488: A job as a newspaper columnist, which allowed him to articulate his political beliefs in a more public field. In World's Finest No. 255 (1979), Queen unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Star City. In May through August 1983, Green Arrow appeared for the first time in his own comic book, a four issue limited series . This miniseries introduced a running rivalry between Green Arrow and the supervillain Count Vertigo . In 1985,

3360-534: A judge in an archery contest, Green Arrow was impressed by Roy's skills as an archer, which prompted him to test Roy's character by rigging his arrows with magnets so they can be deflected, where Roy proceeded to impress Green Arrow as well. After Brave Bow's death, Roy was adopted by Green Arrow and became his sidekick, Speedy . He was given the name Speedy after he stopped a pair of robbers faster than Green Arrow could even put on his costume, and for being quicker than him at shooting arrows and in general. Speedy became

3500-463: A master archer, and Count Vertigo , a foreign dignitary with the power to disrupt his enemy's balance and perception. Other recurring villains have included China White , Clock King , Cupid , Brick , and Constantine Drakon . Since the 2000s, the longstanding DC supervillain Deathstroke has often been depicted as having a particular grudge against Green Arrow. Two versions of Green Arrow exist in

3640-611: A member of the Outsiders , both in its incarnation as a covert superhero team led by Batman and in its New 52 form as a secret society based around various weapon clans, including an Arrow Clan which Oliver is the rightful head of. In the Golden Age of Comic Books , Green Arrow and Speedy were also affiliated with the superhero group the Seven Soldiers of Victory . Recurring Green Arrow villains of course include his archenemies Merlyn ,

3780-530: A mission with the Titans, where he found out he fathered a daughter with her, Lian . Cheshire, however, only allowed Roy to see her once. Desperate to see Lian again on her first birthday, Roy sought the help of his best friend, Dick Grayson , now going by Nightwing . The two of them found Lian and fought off Cheshire, where Dick helped him find Lian and give her to him. It was here that Cheshire realized how much more dangerous her life as an assassin was, and she decided to give Roy full custody of Lian. As he sought

3920-400: A movie serial, The Green Archer , based on the novel by Edgar Wallace . He retooled the concept into a superhero archer with obvious Batman influences. These include Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy, his use of an Arrowcar and Arrow-Plane for transportation, his use of an Arrow-Cave as his headquarters, his alter ego as a wealthy playboy, the use of an Arrow-Signal to summon him, as well as

4060-547: A near-fatal attack during the events of the Infinite Crisis, as well as used his recuperation time to retrain. He works with several expert instructors including a sensei known as Natas , who also trained Deathstroke , and becomes proficient in several martial arts including the use of swords, which he makes use of on occasion during this time, and proves that he and his family are now formidable combatants when battling Deathstroke and later Batman's rogue protégé Jason Todd . He

4200-620: A new Green Arrow series following Oliver's disappearance at the end of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths , with Sean Izaakse illustrating and launching in April 2023. On April 25, the day of the first issue's release, it was announced that the initial six-issue miniseries would become a twelve-issue maxiseries. Oliver eventually reunites with Connor Hawke , Roy Harper , Black Canary , Red Canary, and Liam Harper after defeating Merlyn . Oliver has seemingly worked with Amanda Waller and starts arresting his family. During his work with Waller, he digs up

4340-400: A new costume, now officially calling himself Arsenal. Some time later, the wedding of Dick and Starfire was interrupted by an attack, causing the death of the minister and damage all around. This caused a major uproar from the government and media against the Titans. Because of what happened at the wedding, Sarge Steel turned on the deal he made with Roy, demanding that he take leadership of

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4480-574: A new drug, which caused him to hallucinate ghosts. Roy also received a new cybernetic arm developed by his friend Cyborg . Dealing with his grief, Roy joined Cheshire in Deathstroke's new rogue Titans team, in a secret plan to take out Deathstroke from the inside. However, unbeknownst to him, Slade was drugging Roy to control him. When the drug wore off and Roy came back to his senses, he fought Deathstroke out and vowed to redeem himself in Lian's honor by redeeming

4620-451: A new owner of Queen Industries, the result of a hostile takeover, arrives to enforce peace and rebuild the city. This self-proclaimed 'Queen' has a connection to Green Arrow's father and claims to be upholding the Queen family legacy where Oliver failed. In 2011, DC chose to relaunch its titles with new No. 1 issues and a refreshed continuity and called this initiative The New 52 . Green Arrow

4760-515: A number of DC television properties, including the animated series Justice League Unlimited , Young Justice , The Batman and Batman: The Brave and the Bold , and several DC Universe Animated Original Movies . In live action, he appeared in the series Smallville , played by actor Justin Hartley , and became a core cast member. In 2012, the live action series Arrow debuted on The CW , in which

4900-586: A previous relationship. In Green Arrow (vol. 2) #100–101, Queen infiltrated a group of eco-terrorists known as the Eden Corps and sacrificed his life to prevent the group from detonating a bomb that would destroy the city of Metropolis . Superman attempted to intervene, but ultimately did not after Queen rebuked him for suggesting that Queen allow him to sever the arm attached to the bomb. The exchange between Queen and Superman pays tribute to Frank Miller's 1986 work The Dark Knight Returns . Queen later admits in

5040-480: A quest in a beat-up pickup truck to "find America", along the way witnessing the problems of corruption, racism, pollution, as well as overpopulation confronting the nation. One story (in issues #78-79) was even widely interpreted as an allegory for the Manson Family cult murders, though O'Neil has emphasized that the story was about the authoritarian left and not Manson. In Green Lantern (vol. 2) #85–86 , it

5180-624: A racist serial killer using drone-like security technology in Seattle to systematically target criminals and potential criminals based on computer profiling and police data. In 2016, DC relaunched its entire line of titles once again with the DC Rebirth event, this time intending to restore elements from the DC Universe prior to Flashpoint , while also maintaining the continuity of the New 52. Ben Percy remained

5320-479: A range of trick arrows (in contemporary times, they are referred as "specialty arrows" ) with various special functions, such as glue , explosive-tipped, grappling hook, flash grenade , tear gas , and even kryptonite arrows for use in a range of special situations. Green Arrow enjoyed moderate success in his early years, becoming the cover feature of More Fun , as well as having occasional appearances in other comics. Throughout his first twenty-five years, however,

5460-468: A regular superhero. After the death of Oliver Queen, Roy moved to Metropolis. During a reunion with Dick, Wally, and Garth, Roy faced the villain Haze, who made Roy face an image of his ideal self, which was him in a red version of the Green Arrow suit. To honor Ollie after his recent death, Roy embraced this and took on the red Green Arrow suit fully and went back to using a bow as his primary weapon. He joined

5600-581: A result, he avoided being revived and "re-imagined" for the Silver Age, as the Flash , Green Lantern , and others were. Aside from sharing Adventure Comics with him, issue No. 258 featured an encounter between a younger Oliver Queen and Superboy. The Green Arrow and Speedy feature during this period included a short run in 1958 written by Dick and Dave Wood and drawn by Jack Kirby . For much of this period, Green Arrow's adventures were written by France Herron , who

5740-627: A song about the English musician by Led Zeppelin on the 1970 album Led Zeppelin III [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roy_Harper&oldid=1214721090 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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5880-461: A unique rogues gallery of villains. His supporting cast has changed wildly over the course of the series, but has tended to include his sidekick Speedy ( Roy Harper and Mia Dearden ) and his fellow superhero and main romantic interest, Black Canary . His son Connor Hawke has also been a part of the Arrow vigilante family, along with Black Canary's adopted daughter Sin . For a brief time, Green Arrow

6020-449: A very young age. Changed by his sojourn on the island, Oliver decided to take up crime fighting as a means of rebelling against his responsibilities. During his first adventure in Star City, Oliver meets an old flame, Brianna Stone, a former college radical who warns him if he continued to carry his bow, he would one day have to use it for real. Grell's limited series also established Queen's attraction toward dangerous women. Once Grell left

6160-531: A well-known celebrity in Star City . He uses this position to hide the fact that he is Green Arrow. Partly inspired by Robin Hood , Green Arrow is an archer who uses his skills to fight crime in his home cities of Star City and Seattle , as well as alongside his fellow superheroes as a member of the Justice League . The world's greatest archer, as well as a competent swordsman and martial artist , Green Arrow deploys

6300-562: A zombie by Batman with a Black Lantern ring in Dark Nights: Death Metal . He takes part in the final battle against the forces of The Batman Who Laughs , killing a murderous alternate version of Wally with an arrow through the head. He tells the real Wally that he does not blame him for the Sanctuary disaster and the two fight side by side, jokingly referring to each other by their original aliases of "Kid Flash" and "Speedy". Roy

6440-436: Is a rich, thrill-seeking activist who is attacked, thrown overboard and washes up on an island where he learns of a smuggling operation. Upon witnessing the inhabitants' slave-like living conditions, he begins to take down the smugglers' operation. He eventually returns to civilization changed by his experiences. In the final part of the story, Oliver claims that a mutiny or the actions of a group of heroin dealers could be used as

6580-487: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Roy Harper (character) He was the subject of the award-winning 1971 comic book story " Snowbirds Don't Fly ", which was celebrated for its gritty depiction of Roy's battle with drug addiction; the story is considered a key moment in comic book history as it represented the emergence of mature themes in comics. In 2013, ComicsAlliance ranked Harper as #50 on their list of

6720-416: Is eventually forced to resign from his position as mayor after a scandal where he learns that he had been secretly funding the Outsiders , essentially a bounty hunter team at this point in their history, coupled with his uncertain position with the voting public, having never had much more than 50% of the city on his side at a time. Queen is convinced to resign his position in exchange for his successor leaving

6860-478: Is eventually used by the grandfather of Stanley Dover in an attempt to gain power over the monster that Dover accidentally bound to his grandson, Dover intending to take Oliver's body- possible only due to his lack of a soul- and use his access to the JLA's resources to find the monster. At the climax of the story, Oliver's soul returns from heaven, re-inhabits his resurrected earthly form and helps his son Connor Hawke fight

7000-492: Is known to the Department of Extranormal Operations . He is the subject of one of several reports prepared by Cameron Chase for Director Bones . The report establishes that some aspects of Roy's pre- Flashpoint history have been restored to continuity, most notably the birth and apparent death of Lian Harper. Chase speculates about how Roy is handling his restored traumatic memories and whether he can be an asset or hindrance to

7140-596: Is no longer an unknown, but a forest ranger with his father, who die together in the forest fire. He is adopted into a Spokane tribe in Seattle (instead of a Navajo tribe in Arizona ) by Big Bow (previously named Brave Bow) gaining an adoptive brother, Bird. Big Bow was killed in mysterious circumstances, and for several years Roy believed he was the culprit, as during that time he was so heavily intoxicated his memories were unclear or forgotten. Years later, he would discover Big Bow

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7280-831: The Arrow TV series were also adapted into the comic books in 2015 (though Felicity was later removed from the continuity). The archer Shado , though not part of Oliver's unit of heroes, has also been a recurring character in Oliver's life. Additionally, Green Arrow has been regularly paired with his fellow superhero Green Lantern ( Hal Jordan ) in comics, as the two co-starred in the series Green Lantern/Green Arrow together for many years. The Arrow version of Team Arrow include Roy Harper/Arsenal , Sara Lance/White Canary , Thea Queen /Speedy, Laurel Lance/Black Canary , Curtis Holt/Mister Terrific , Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog , Rory Regan/Ragman , Evelyn Sharp/Artemis and Dinah Drake/Black Canary . As

7420-598: The Clock King , Richard Dragon , as well as John Diggle, a character originally created for the TV series Arrow . When Oliver meets Shado, he learns she had a daughter from Oliver's father (Robert Queen) named Emiko, whom Komodo has raised as his own daughter. When Oliver returns to the island as part of his investigation into the Outsiders, and in search of a relic known as 'the green arrow', he discovers that his father had survived to

7560-623: The Earth-Two Green Arrow died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths , still wearing red boots and gloves. The Golden Age Earth-2 character had been retconned as a time-lost member of the original Seven Soldiers of Victory superhero team, recovered by the Justice League and Justice Society. After the Crisis, the Earth-Two Green Arrow and Speedy were retconned out of existence altogether, given

7700-471: The Quiver storyline (where he is resurrected) that he refused due to both his own issues at this point in his life and the more practical issue that he would be useless as an archer with one arm. Queen's death allowed the writers to shake up the status quo by making Connor Hawke a replacement Green Arrow. The series, now written by Chuck Dixon , would continue with Hawke as the main focus until issue No. 137, when

7840-562: The Titans Hunt storyline, Roy, along with several other heroes, found out he was part of the original Teen Titans, with all of their memories being forgotten due to unknown circumstances. When they discovered their memories were erased as a way to defeat the villain Mr. Twister , they defeated him once more in the present. This led to the team being reformed, with the team regaining their memories of each other's relationships. Roy's romance with Donna Troy

7980-535: The Wedding Special , but they come home to find Connor has been kidnapped. This storyline led directly into the second arc that followed the rescue of Connor from a mysterious foe. Connor is eventually found, now having recovered thanks to manipulation by Doctor Sivana . With issue No. 15, Andrew Kreisberg took over as the series writer. Oliver is transformed into a Black Lantern Corps member and attacks his former allies, notably his son, wife and sidekick. During

8120-508: The title character was portrayed by Stephen Amell , and launching several spin-off series, becoming the starting point for a shared television franchise called the Arrowverse . Green Arrow and Speedy first appeared in More Fun Comics No. 73 ( cover-dated November 1941), which was illustrated by artist George Papp . When Mort Weisinger was creating the character, aside from the obvious allusions to Robin Hood , he took inspiration from

8260-432: The " Heroes in Crisis " storyline, Roy, alongside Wally West and various other heroes, was found deceased in the superhero rehabilitation facility known as Sanctuary. It was later revealed that Roy was accidentally killed by Wally West in a Speed Force explosion due to a Sanctuary malfunction. It was later confirmed to be Savitar that cause the explosion. Arsenal is one of the many deceased heroes and villains resurrected as

8400-513: The "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics". The character has been adapted for video games and animation several times, and was portrayed in live action by actor Colton Haynes on the Arrowverse television series Arrow . The character first appeared as Green Arrow 's teenage sidekick Speedy , a name by which he was known for over fifty years, in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941) and

8540-492: The 1994 DC Comics mini-series Zero Hour . In Zero Hour , where Hal Jordan seeks to remake the universe after the trauma of Coast City 's destruction drives him to destroy the Green Lantern Corps to gain the power to remake the universe, Queen is forced to shoot his old friend at a pivotal moment. Now tightly integrated in the DC Universe, the character Connor Hawke was introduced and revealed as Oliver Queen's son from

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8680-601: The DC Universe; when other DC characters like longtime friend Hal Jordan (also known as Green Lantern ) appeared, they did so in street clothes and used only their civilian names. In place of the superhero community, Grell created his own supporting cast. In addition to Shado, Grell introduced Seattle police Lieutenant Jim Cameron, who was disgusted with Green Arrow's vigilante actions (including killing criminals), renegade CIA agent Greg Osborne, who began to monitor Queen's activities, as well as mercenary Eddie Fyers , initially introduced as Queen's adversary, but later to become

8820-454: The DC event The Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding and the high-profile Justice League: Cry for Justice storyline, prior to the character's relaunch alongside most of DC's properties in 2011. Green Arrow was not initially a well-known character outside of comic book fandom: He had appeared in a single episode of the animated series Super Friends in 1973. In the 2000s, the character appeared in

8960-622: The DEA led to him joining the Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI), a fictional federal agency in the DC Universe, where he worked as an agent and spy. While on undercover assignment with the CBI in Japan, Roy was supposed to capture the assassin Cheshire , but they fell in love and had a relationship. His feelings for her made him turn a blind eye and let her go free. About a year later, Roy met Cheshire again on

9100-512: The DEO. At a bar in New Mexico, Roy deliberately antagonizes a man named Bill into a "fight". Roy allows Bill to repeatedly beat him and refuses to fight back, it is implied that he is once again attempting suicide. The bartender, who resembles Lian, steps in to defend him and Bill threatens her. Newly energized by his desire to protect her, Roy easily defeats Bill and steals his motorcycle, riding off into

9240-523: The Earth during " The Final Night ", Hal speaks with Oliver's soul in the afterlife. The two agree to bring back a version of Oliver Queen: one without a soul (so Oliver may properly stay in Heaven) and with no memory of the events of The Longbow Hunters mini-series or of the subsequent events that followed, up until his death, Oliver reasoning that things went wrong for him after the events that drove him to kill for

9380-562: The Fearsome Five, and Roy led them to take out a drug operation for a new drug known as Bliss. Roy also redeveloped his romantic relationship with Donna Troy here, with the two admitting their shared feelings to one another. Roy also fully reunited with Oliver in the Green Arrow title, where the two helped the protestors at Roy's tribe fight against a militia known as the Wild Dogs. During

9520-580: The Green Arrow/Black Canary wedding that tied into that month's " Countdown " stories. These were The Black Canary Wedding Planner , JLA Wedding Special , as well as The Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special . The wedding special worked as a lead-in for a new Green Arrow/Black Canary series. At the conclusion of the wedding special, the Black Canary is forced to kill Green Arrow after he appears to go mad and attacks her. The new ongoing series picked up on this, quickly revealing that Green Arrow

9660-457: The League had been involved in mind-wiping various villains in the past to conceal their secret identities. During this time, the character also appeared in a number of other titles, such as the Justice League , when he is temporarily brought into a 'reserve League' created by Batman after the original League is nearly killed by the powerful Gamemnae , and Justice League Elite , where Oliver joins

9800-529: The Outlaws establish that the pair fell out badly, leading Oliver to expel him from Q-Core, as well as prompting Roy's own downward spiral. He is based once again in Seattle and supported in his vigilante activities by a small team of close friends who are tech geniuses. In addition, his romantic history with the Black Canary, his friendship with Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), and his being a father (to both Connor Hawke and Shado's son Robert Queen II) did not take place as

9940-538: The Teen Titans formed again, Roy rejoined the team. He created a band, Great Frog, with fellow Titan Mal Duncan . Roy also managed the Titans' base of operations under the nightclub Gabriel's Horn, where his band played frequently. After he went solo, Roy started working with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), working as a counselor in various anti-drug programs as well as in helping taking down drug operations and drug lords. His work with

10080-634: The Teen Titans had their first break up, Roy found himself alone. Trying to find some comfort, he started taking drugs and developed a heroin addiction in the award-winning " Snowbirds Don't Fly " story. When Oliver returned and learned of Roy's addiction and behavior, he reacted angrily and banished Roy from his house. When Hal found Roy on the street later, Roy vowed to fight and end his drug addiction. Hal took him to Black Canary , Oliver's girlfriend, who helped Roy with his drug withdrawal and gave him care. Roy reconciled with Oliver, but he officially ended their partnership with him, going fully solo. When

10220-478: The Titans himself, or else the government will shut them down. Roy refused to do it, not wanting to turn on Dick because he knew he had faith in him as a leader and man, confident that he would turn it around, but he kept receiving further pressure from Steel. The situation was only made worse when the attorney general announced he was planning on prosecuting the Titans and all non-sanctioned superhero teams. When he heard about that, Roy turned to Donna, Wally, Garth, and

10360-618: The Titans name that Slade diminished, deeming it something worth fighting for, as well as making amends with everyone he loved. He decided to start and lead a new Titans team that would redeem the name, and he was joining the recently resurrected Jericho (Joey Wilson), his friend and fellow Titan. During the Convergence storyline, Roy is living in Gotham, where he started a children's home and shelter, Lian's Place. The villain Dreamslayer offered Roy

10500-480: The Titans were not ready for future loose ends. He then further states that if they all had been more communicative as they did in the past, the events of Absolute Power would never had happened. Batman , Superman , and Wonder Woman begrudgingly agree with Oliver's reasonings and tell Oliver that they are bringing back the Justice League. As with other DC superheroes, Green Arrow has an extensive supporting cast of characters, sometimes called Team Arrow , along with

10640-529: The Titans, who had recently been under pressure from the government and the media due to the large amount of damage caused in the battle against the Wildebeests in the Titans Hunt storyline. Roy was asked to convince Dick into having the Titans cooperate with the government, he had also secretly heard that if the Titans did not cooperate, Congress would work on shutting down all superhero teams, so he tried to levy

10780-586: The US government and serve as a defense against the independent Justice League headed by Superman and Batman should they ever go rogue. Following the cancellation of JLA at the conclusion of the Forever Evil storyline, Green Arrow appears in its replacement series, Justice League United , also written by Lemire. Lemire and Sorrentino left Green Arrow after issue No. 34, to be replaced by writers Andrew Kreisberg and Ben Sokolowski, and artist Daniel Sampere. Kreisberg

10920-534: The archer, Constantine Drakon , as well as Danny Brickwell (the Brick ) joining the cast of existing Green Arrow villains such as the illusion-casting Count Vertigo and the enigmatic Onomatopoeia , the latter of whom, himself, was a relatively recent addition. Other DC villains, such as the Riddler , made guest appearances throughout his run. 2006 saw the title (along with other DC comics titles) jump " One Year Later " after

11060-467: The battle, Connor says he never really forgave his father, while Oliver's internal monologue reveals his thoughts, which express concerns for his "family" and disgust at his actions. The team manage to disable Oliver by freezing him with liquid nitrogen . In the Cry for Justice miniseries, JLA foe Prometheus destroys Star City, as part of a grand scheme to "hurt" the Justice League community of heroes. During

11200-467: The book. Lemire's story introduces new mysteries concerning Oliver's original time on the island where he was shipwrecked, as well as a central mythology concerning the ancient Arrow Clan and several other weapon-themed analogues to the Arrow, known as the Outsiders. New antagonists include Komodo, who Oliver learns was his father's archer apprentice and apparent murderer. It has also seen the New 52 debut of several characters, such as Count Vertigo , Shado ,

11340-550: The character never enjoyed greater popularity. In the late 1960s, writer Denny O'Neil , inspired by the character's dramatic visual redesign by Neal Adams , chose to have him lose his fortune, giving him the then-unique role of a streetwise crusader for the working class and the disadvantaged. In 1970, he was paired with a more law and order-oriented hero, Green Lantern , in a ground-breaking, socially conscious comic book series. Since then, he has been popular among comic book fans and most writers have taken an urban, gritty approach to

11480-451: The character. Oliver Queen was killed off in the 1990s and replaced by a new character, Oliver's son Connor Hawke . Connor, however, proved a less popular character, and the original Oliver Queen character was resurrected in the 2001 "Quiver" storyline , by writer Kevin Smith . In the 2000s, the character has been featured in bigger storylines focusing on Green Arrow and Black Canary , such as

11620-412: The end of DC's former multiverse. In 1987, DC Comics launched the character into a new ongoing title as part of their mature audience comic line. Written and illustrated by Mike Grell , the revamp was launched with Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters mini-series. In this three-issue prestige format limited series , a routine adventure against a group of drug runners led to tragedy as the Black Canary

11760-419: The episode, the identity of the Green Arrow was nearly revealed by an old friend, Moreno. After tricking the Justice League into releasing him, Green Arrow tracks Prometheus to his hidden lair and kills him with a single arrow right between the eyes. This murder, committed in secret, is what Oliver considers justice for the bombings (which also cost the life of Lian Harper, Roy Harper's (Red Arrow) daughter, who

11900-539: The events in Infinite Crisis . Oliver, having once again amassed a large personal fortune, is the newly elected mayor of Star City, continuing his fight for justice both on the streets and within the political system. He also has a new costume, which appears to be a combination of the classic Neal Adams costume and the Mike Grell Longbow Hunters costume. In flashbacks, it is revealed that Oliver survived

12040-406: The family legacy herself. Roy was also part of the Titans as they reformed once again. During a fight with Prometheus , Roy's right arm was severed, and he was left in coma. Prometheus unleashed an earthquake on Star City that resulted in the death of Lian as well. When Roy woke up, he was devastated, separating himself from everyone as he grew an addiction to pain medications, before falling into

12180-557: The fight: Batman, Arsenal, Emiko, Katana, Onyx, Cupid and even Lex Luthor , at that time a Justice League member. Following DC's Convergence storyline in April–May 2015, the title again received a new creative team in writer Ben Percy and artist Patrick Zircher , whose run was more influenced by the horror genre. Elements from Arrow were removed, and characters created by Lemire, such as Emiko and Henry Fyff, were restored to major roles. Percy's first arc depicts Green Arrow confronting

12320-422: The first time and feeling that the copy of him was restored at the best point in his life. For some years, this resurrected Oliver lives in Star City as a vigilante hero, completely under the radar of his other superhero friends, but eventually he is discovered and learns the truth of his resurrection, leaving the resurrected Oliver feeling uncertain about his state now that he knows he has no soul. His resurrection

12460-495: The first time since 2011. Percy also reestablished Green Arrow as a politically conscious figure, with the writer describing him as a " social justice warrior ". After it was revealed that Emiko was still on Oliver's side, she eventually adopted the codename of Red Arrow . This volume finished in March 2019, with issue No. 50 serving as an extra sized final issue. In November 2022, it was announced that Joshua Williamson would write

12600-469: The five of them started. Mourning Donna's death, Roy shaved off his hair and donned a new, more advanced suit and got to work assembling a new team of heroes called the Outsiders , this time full of strangers instead of loved ones, in an effort to convince Dick to rethink his decision. Roy began by buying a massive secret underground headquarters beneath New York City. Roy outfitted the shelter with state-of-the-art equipment and began recruiting members for

12740-433: The future known as Indigo invaded the complex, and immediately engaged both teams in combat. With half the group out of commission, the remaining members tried to track down Indigo, but instead encountered a rogue Superman android, which had been activated. Caught by surprise, Lilith had her neck snapped by the Superman android, killing her instantly. Donna Troy tried valiantly to defeat the Superman android, but he released

12880-459: The government, Roy led the Titans on several cosmic missions. He planned to evolve the team beyond just traditional superhero business, wanting to expand the ways they could help. Eventually, he and Donna disbanded the team, when he realized it wasn't functioning as a family like the Titans should. When Checkmate drugged Roy and unsuccessful tried manipulating him into killing someone, Roy severed all ties with them and Sarge Steel, going back to being

13020-497: The heroes returned to their reality. Green Arrow Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp , he first appeared in More Fun Comics No. 73 on September 19, 1941 ( cover dated November 1941), the same issue that debuted Aquaman. His real name is Oliver Jonas Queen , a wealthy businessman, owner of Queen Industries, and

13160-467: The martial art of using any household or random item as a weapon. This was when he stopped being Speedy to focus on his work as Agent Harper full-time. At Checkmate, Roy became friends with a fellow agent, Martin Santos and his wife Erika and their family, who helped him with Lian in her early years. Being a founding member and current reserve member of the Titans, Roy was sent by Checkmate to talk to Dick about

13300-480: The mercenary discovered the bullet scars on Arsenal's chest, he figured Arsenal had suffered enough and gave him a "pass", as a sign of respect for the history between the two with the Titans as well. About the same time, Arsenal was also kidnapped by Constantine Drakon , Green Arrow's nemesis. Drakon was working with the Riddler , and he slit Roy's throat so that he would have to apply constant pressure or die. The Outsiders helped search for and rescue Roy. When Indigo

13440-488: The mini-series Green Lantern: Rebirth , which featured Oliver's attempts to use the ring against Sinestro - presumed dead for several years- before the ring is reclaimed by the reborn Hal Jordan. Meltzer went on to write the mini-series Identity Crisis , which heavily featured Green Arrow as one of the story's main characters, investigating the murder of Sue Dibny – the wife of the Elongated Man – and revealing that

13580-427: The new Speedy, under Oliver's tutelage. After the resurrection storyline, Smith wrote a second and shorter arc involving a super-powered serial killer, calling himself Onomatopoeia , who sought to claim Connor as his latest victim. Smith then left the title and Brad Meltzer took over as writer. Meltzer's single storyline for Green Arrow featured Oliver and his former sidekick, Roy Harper , reuniting and going on

13720-483: The new Teen Titans team, acting as an experienced mentor to the younger new heroes along with fellow first generation Titan Lilith Clay . While in Metropolis, Roy and Lian were also sought out by Vandal Savage . Savage had discovered that both Roy and his daughter Lian were his descendants. Thus, their organs were suitable for him to harvest to prolong his life. Roy was able to save his daughter from Savage. Roy then got

13860-516: The new team. Dick and Roy co-lead this new iteration of Outsiders that consisted of Thunder , Grace Choi , Shift, Jade, and Indigo, with the aim to try to take the lead on crime and take it down before it happens. During a mission, Roy was shot five times in the chest, leaving him out of commission for three months. When he was ready to get back, despite his skills being just as good as they were before, he found it hard settle back in because of his PTSD and fear of his own limitations, finding that he

14000-524: The night. It is revealed in DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration that teenage vigilante and Catwoman supporting character Cheshire Cat, aka Shoes, is Lian Harper, alive and apparently suffering from amnesia. After stopping an argument at a diner, the building came under attack by soldiers led by X-Tract (Cameron Chase of Earth-2) seeking to capture Roy only for a beam of dark energy to blast them away. Roy would realise that he now wields

14140-418: The pages of Justice League: Rise and Fall Special ; Oliver is tried, but found not guilty as most of the jury sympathise with his motives. He is exiled from Star City's remains as a result, choosing to live in the mysterious forest which has grown at its centre. Following the events of Blackest Night , Deadman was brought to the ruins of Star City by his white ring . Powered by the entity of life on Earth,

14280-490: The present, and disguised as one of Oliver's torturers on the island, he manipulated Oliver's time there, culminating in Oliver's transformation into the warrior he is today and the hero known as Green Arrow. Disgusted at this revelation, and taking the arrow relic with him, Oliver leaves Shado and his father behind, stranded on the island, before returning to America to take down the Outsiders. Shado and Robert followed Oliver to Prague, and Emiko turned against Komodo after learning

14420-465: The principal writer for the series, with a rotating art team consisting of Otto Schmidt, Juan Ferreyra and Stephen Byrne . During this run, Green Arrow is seemingly betrayed by Emiko as Percy reintroduces Shado , echoing elements from the Grell run, as well as John Diggle . In addition to restoring Green Arrow's trademark Van Dyke beard, the series revisited a romance between Green Arrow and Black Canary for

14560-455: The rest of the Titans for advice on what he should do. Deciding that the situation was bad and had to be handled, they agreed to ask Dick to temporarily resign leadership until this thing blew over, especially since they agreed that he needed a break from all the pressure he'd been receiving himself recently after the wedding incident. Roy, along with Donna, Garth, Red Star , and Pantha , went over to talk to Dick about it. After some arguing and

14700-413: The result of the reboot. The New 52 series was originally written by J.T. Krul , who was later replaced by Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens , who were in turn replaced by Ann Nocenti . None of these writers' runs were well received by critics or fans. Beginning with issue 17, the series received a new creative team in writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino, who brought more positive reception to

14840-405: The ring created a vast green forest, that instantly grew in the presence of the white light, in much of what remained of Star City. Unbeknownst to the populace of Star City, Green Arrow returns and lives within the new forest, trying his best to protect a city still reeling from the death and destruction of Prometheus's attacks. With the law breaking down and numerous public figures being murdered,

14980-406: The ring taken full control of him and brought Darkseid to Earth-Omega and claim Roy as his slave only to be saved by Jade and Obsidian helping him to break free from the ring's control. Once President Superman managed to open the cracks of the multiverse, the source of the ring's power became depleted allowing Roy to free from it completely. After Darkseid and Bones were defeated, Roy and the rest of

15120-505: The series was canceled. Queen is revived in 2000's, Green Arrow (vol. 3) as part of the " Quiver " story arc, written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Phil Hester and Ande Parks . It is revealed that Hal's resurrection of Oliver (seen on the last page of Green Arrow (vol. 2) No. 137, the final issue of the Oliver/Connor ongoing series) was in reality a deliberately flawed one. In Hal's final hours before sacrificing his life to save

15260-435: The series was part of DC Comics' mature audience line, it took on a more gritty, violent, as well as urban tone, with Green Arrow often using deadly force against his enemies. Grell wrote the series for the first 80 issues, downplaying the super-hero aspects of the characters: Oliver abandoned his mask and was never actually referred to as "Green Arrow" and Black Canary was never shown using her sonic scream power (sometimes, this

15400-559: The series, DC almost immediately began restoring Green Arrow to the mainstream DC Universe. His ongoing series (mostly written by Kelley Puckett and drawn by artist Jim Aparo ) was removed from the "Mature Audience" line (which had evolved into " Vertigo ") with No. 63, prior to Grell's departure and Green Arrow began appearing in various super-hero titles as a guest: most notably Green Lantern (vol. 3) #47, which had Oliver aiding Green Lantern in rescuing his longtime girlfriend Carol Ferris and her family from one of Hal's enemies, as well as

15540-402: The shadows wasn't for him, and that he wasn't meant to blur the line. When Lian told him that she saw him up at night, looking sad, Roy finally made the decision to leave the Outsiders, accepting that he wasn't made for the life of a cloak-and-dagger type hero. He handed leadership of the team officially back to Dick and took his leave, seeking to be a hero more in the light, aspiring to be more of

15680-426: The situation as much as he could, but he knew it would not work out. Roy suggested a compromise to Sarge Steel: that he would return to the Titans full-time and make sure everything was going smooth himself. Since he had not been Speedy for some time, Roy decided to take on a new mantle. With some help and technology acquired from Steve Dayton (whose mansion the Titans have been using as an HQ), Roy built new gear and

15820-487: The truth of her parentage. Robert was killed by Komodo in an attempt to save his daughter, and Komodo was later killed himself by Emiko. From 2013, DC also chose to include Green Arrow as a headlining character in its Justice League of America (vol. 3) series, which runs alongside Justice League (vol. 2) and Justice League Dark . In this book, Queen is part of a crack state-sponsored team assembled by Amanda Waller and Steve Trevor of A.R.G.U.S. to bring in good PR for

15960-588: The two, with Jones seeing his own past as an addict in Roy and becoming Roy's sponsor as a result. After Roy becomes sober, he joins The Outlaws , where he becomes closer with Jason Todd and develops a romantic relationship with Starfire ( Koriand'r). At the end of this arc, Koriand'r returns to her home planet to ensure the safety of her sister, with Roy walking away into the jungle. After this, Roy teams up with Jason ( Red Hood ) again, in Red Hood/Arsenal . During

16100-460: The underprivileged and the political left wing . The story also turned teammate Black Canary into a love interest for Queen. In the early 1970s, Green Arrow became a co-feature with Green Lantern ( Hal Jordan ) in an acclaimed series of stories by O'Neil and Adams that dealt with various social and political issues. The two co-stars served to represent contrasting socio-political viewpoints: Green Arrow spoke for radical change while Green Lantern

16240-453: The various social aid organisations and resources he had established alone, although Ollie was able to beat his opponent by resigning prior to the election and putting someone he trusted in charge of the city. The series concluded with Oliver proposing to Dinah ( Black Canary ). In 2007, Andy Diggle and Jock 's Green Arrow: Year One presented the newest official version of his origin. Using concepts from previous iterations, Oliver Queen

16380-464: Was afraid of being shot again and what that might do to Lian if he were hurt in a worse way. With the help and encouragement of Nightwing, Roy found it in himself to believe in his abilities once more, and to get back out there and face his fears. Not long after his recovery, the Outsiders took on a case which involved a child-slaver and molester named Tanner. One of Tanner's informants recognized Roy from years prior, and led Tanner to Lian. Lian's nanny

16520-417: Was alive (the dead Green Arrow being an impostor ) and being held hostage by " Athena ". The Black Canary, Connor and Mia launch a rescue mission to save Green Arrow. As the team is united and on their way to safety, Connor is struck by a bullet meant for Oliver and is left in a vegetative state. While Connor rests, Oliver and Dinah go out and are officially married, since they had never actually been married in

16660-422: Was also "assisted" by the aspiring superhero Miss Arrowette , with whom he had a brief affair. The New 52 reboot of Green Arrow has also introduced a number of new supporting characters for Oliver, including ex-Queen Industries technology experts Naomi Singh and Henry Fyff, and his archer half-sister Emiko Queen who later takes up the code-name Red Arrow . The characters of Felicity Smoak and John Diggle from

16800-464: Was an establishment liberal figure, wanting to work within existing institutions of government and law. Queen convinces Jordan to see beyond his strict obedience to the Green Lantern Corps , to help those who were neglected or discriminated against. O'Neil explained: "He would be a hot-tempered anarchist to contrast with the cerebral, sedate model citizen who was Green Lantern." The duo embark on

16940-716: Was canceled with issue No. 89 (April/May 1972), and the climactic story arc of the Green Lantern/Green Arrow series was published as a back-up feature in The Flash No. 217 through No. 219. In sharp contrast to the socially-relevant tales which preceded it, this story centered on emotional themes, with Green Arrow struggling to deal with the guilt of having killed a man. Afterwards Green Arrow appeared in solo stories run as backups in Action Comics , starting with No. 421. Elliot S. Maggin , who had made his comics debut with

17080-472: Was captured and brutally tortured. In response, Oliver murdered his girlfriend's attackers. The mini-series also introduced the enigmatic female Japanese archer, Shado , whose family had suffered in a World War II internment camp . Shado later raped Oliver and became pregnant by him, producing a son named Robert after his father . Under Grell, Green Arrow abandoned the use of his trademark gadget arrows and relocated from Star City to Seattle , Washington. As

17220-475: Was corrupted by Lex Luthor and exploded, killing herself in the process and almost killing the Outsiders and Teen Titans, Dick left the team, leaving Roy to assume full leadership of the team. After the return of Donna Troy, Roy began to rethink his position as an Outsider. While leading an effort to take down the Secret Society, Roy realized that working like this was too much for him, and that operating from

17360-509: Was created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp . The character's modern-day version was an early member of the Teen Titans who later assumed the identity Arsenal in The New Titans #99 (July 1993), and became a member of the Justice League of America under the guise Red Arrow in Kingdom Come #2 (June 1996) or Justice League of America vol. 2 #7 (May 2007). As an infant, Roy

17500-441: Was during this time that Roy also fully reunited with Oliver after some time of not being on full speaking terms, where he was finally prepared to forgive him and accept him as a father. Roy decided to take up spy work again, and he was reassigned to Checkmate, under the command of Sarge Steel . While at Checkmate, Roy expanded his skills beyond just using a bow and arrow and became a weapons expert, as well as mastering Moo Gi Gong,

17640-407: Was explained as having lost it due to the events of The Longbow Hunters , though this was not consistent with her appearances in other titles published during this period). While crossover specials were conceived to allow other writers (most notably Denny O'Neil , who wrote Batman and the mature audience comic The Question ) to use Green Arrow, Grell wrote him as largely isolated from the rest of

17780-400: Was faced with constant pressure from the government. Eventually, with help from Wally and Garth, Roy managed to turn the situation on the government and take away anything they had on the Titans, making it so they operated on their own terms. As leader of the Titans, Roy brought on new members to the team including and established a satellite base in addition to the Earth base. Once he dealt with

17920-488: Was killed and the girl was branded with Tanner's mark. The Outsiders arrived just in time to save Lian and other children from being flown out of New York. Roy's near-death experience from gunshot wounds saved his life when he faced Deathstroke . Since the Outsiders began, Roy had been collecting intel from Batman , but he found out that it was not actually Batman, it was Deathstroke posing as him. Deathstroke and Arsenal fought, with Deathstroke intending to kill him, but when

18060-403: Was killed by a corrupt sheriff, who Roy then brought to justice with help from Oliver Queen. Roy's relationship with Oliver is only slightly changed in the reboot, with the story of their separation remaining similar and the main change appearing in their reunion which takes far longer. In the New 52, Roy's addiction was retconned into an alcohol addiction, before being retconned back again into

18200-604: Was killed in the bombing of Star City) and this immediately leads into the Rise and Fall storyline, in which Oliver obsessively hunts other super-villains allied with Prometheus during the recent events, including Prometheus's former allies who were involved in the bombing. When his JLA comrades learn of this plot, they confront Green Arrow and he realizes he has crossed a line and turns himself in: Black Canary returns her wedding ring and declares their marriage over. The Green Arrow/Black Canary series ends during this story arc, as well as in

18340-536: Was one of 52 titles included in this. In the post- Flashpoint continuity, Oliver Queen is Green Arrow and he balances his own breaking of laws with his efforts to bring outlaws to justice across the globe. In the new continuity, Queen runs Q-Core, a communications technology company that is part of Queen Industries, through which he funds and armors himself as Green Arrow. He makes scarce allusion to his former partnership with Roy Harper , but Roy's memories in Red Hood and

18480-469: Was one of the few DC characters to keep going after the Golden Age of Comic Books . His longevity was due to the influence of creator Mort Weisinger, who kept him as a backup feature to the headlining Superboy , first in More Fun Comics and then Adventure Comics ; since Superman -related titles were all but guaranteed success during this period, Green Arrow endured the 1940s and 1950s relatively unchanged, outlasting most of his Golden Age contemporaries. As

18620-585: Was probably due to Speedy's appeal – teenage sidekicks were the current rage." They were also given a spot as one of five back-up features to be promoted in one of the earliest team-up books, Leading Comics , starting with issue No. 1 (Winter 1941). They appeared in More Fun until issue No. 107 (January 1946), and then moved to Adventure Comics from No. 103 (April 1946) to No. 269 (February 1960). Green Arrow and Speedy also appeared in various issues of World's Finest Comics until issue No. 140 (March 1964). He

18760-473: Was raised by his father, Roy Harper Sr., a forest ranger . The fate of his birth mother is unknown, something that Roy has questioned his entire life, not sure whether she left them or died. When his father died in a forest fire when Roy was a baby, he was rescued by a man named Brave Bow, a Navajo medicine chief . Brave Bow took Roy into his tribe and raised him as his own son, telling him about how his birth father saved him, which made Roy grow up seeing him as

18900-487: Was rekindled during this time, as the two remembered the years they spent together. As part of DC Rebirth , Roy appeared as a main character in the Titans book, where he and the rest of the Titans were reunited with their best friend Wally West after he reappeared in the timeline. When Lilith encountered an anomaly in the multiverse, the Titans moved to Manhattan to investigate, where they set up Titans Tower once. The Titans took on various villains such as Abra Kadabra and

19040-402: Was restored to life by the reboot of the multiverse after Death Metal , but has so far chosen not to reveal himself. Deciding not to call Green Arrow or any of his friends, he discarded his cellphone, trademark trucker cap and bow at an isolated gas station and began hitchhiking down the highway. Although Roy is believed dead by the general public and the superhero community, his resurrection

19180-441: Was revealed that Green Arrow's ward, Speedy , was addicted to heroin. Speedy overcame his addiction with the help of the Black Canary. This story prompted a massive public reaction, including a congratulatory letter from the mayor of New York, John Lindsay . However, Green Lantern sales had been in a major decline at the time Green Arrow was brought on as co-star, and the O'Neil/Adams stories failed to revive them. Green Lantern

19320-600: Was the character's primary scripter 1947–1963. In 1969, artist Neal Adams updated the character's visual appearance by giving him a Van Dyke beard and costume of his own design in The Brave and the Bold No. 85 (August–September 1969). Writer Dennis O'Neil followed up on Green Arrow's new appearance by completely remaking the character's attitude in Justice League of America #75 ( cover-dated November 1969), having Oliver Queen lose his fortune and become an outspoken advocate of

19460-488: Was the executive producer of Arrow , and Sokolowski served as a writer for the show. Kreisberg and Sokolowski's first issue featured The New 52 debuts of Felicity Smoak and Mia Dearden. Kreisberg's run saw him face off against the influential magnate John King, who is Mia's father, and his hired gun, Merlyn . At a moment of desperation given King's infinite resources and litany of loyal subjects, Felicity and Diggle recruit some of Green Arrow's allies and old enemies to help in

19600-587: Was working alongside X-Tract to take him to Earth-Omega. Roy ended up defeating Hammond and his army and was nearly in Darkseid's control until the missing members of the JSA led by Jade showed up for help. Upon arriving in Earth-Omega, they encountered Director Bones and Psycho-Pirate who also became agents of Darkseid to bring heroes to Earth-Omega in exchange for sparing Earth-0. Roy fought Psycho-Pirate which end up with

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