Connor Hawke

History

 Father and Son

Not His Father's Son

As the result of a one night stand, Connor Hawke was born the son of a young Oliver Queen and Sandra "Moonday" Hawke. Oliver was not ready to be a father, though. He was there on Connor's first day of life but fled after that, leaving Sandra to raise Connor alone.
 
Connor's mother was not the most responsible individual either, and he spent a lot of time moving around with his mother as she moved on to her next thing. The most stable period he ever had was likely staying at his grandfather's cattle ranch in Idaho. He was become something of a problem child, being impulsive and undisciplined. Eventually, his mother told him who his father was. He was not only told about Oliver Queen, but he was told about Green Arrow too. Soon, his mother left him at the same ashram his father once stayed at to find some inner peace.

 Meditating

Growing Up a Zen-Buddhist

From then on, Connor was raised in the ashram, mostly by Master Jansen. It was there that he discovered he possessed an extraordinary natural ability for martial arts, which he then studied for many years. He changed drastically from the troubled and unruly child he had been into a quiet and disciplined young man.
 
One day, Oliver Queen returned to the ashram in search of solace after believing he killed Hal Jordan. Connor finally met his father, but he did not say anything to Oliver about it. As far as he knew from his mother, Oliver had no idea he even existed. He had no idea Oliver knowingly abandoned him. So he played himself off as Green Arrow's biggest fan, which was perhaps not far from the truth. He was able to help Oliver find some peace.

Leaving the Ashram

When Oliver left the ashram, Connor decided to leave with him. He did not only want to spend more time with his father. He wanted to be Green Arrow's sidekick. He had spent years training himself to use the bow and even fashioned a costume. Along the way, he met Eddie Fyers, an associate of Oliver's and former federal agent. Eddie had no problem figuring out Connor's true connection to Ollie.
 
Ollie was confronted with the truth by the spirit of Hal Jordan and took it out on Connor. He rejected Connor for lying to him and took off, going undercover in the Eden Corps. Ollie did not survive this. He died over Metropolis, trying to stop a bomb. Connor saw it happened, because he never gave up on his father and was still trying to help.
 

 His Father's Bow

Connor personally broke the news of Ollie's death to Black Canary, and she gave him one of Ollie's prized possessions. It was a bow used by Errol Flynn as Robin Hood. He then found he could not return to the ashram. Master Jansen was having to sell it because they had lost their tax exempt status.
 

 The New Green Arrow

Picking Up Where His Father Left Off

Connor Hawke was now the world's Green Arrow, and he set out to do his father's work of helping the little guy, which included trying to save the ashram from being turned into a corporate theme park. But he did not do it alone. He was joined and aided by Eddie Fyers in his travels.
 
As Green Arrow, Connor had many strange adventures. He fought the avatar of a jaguar god, secret cults, alongside dopplegangers of Bruce Lee and Elvis, dinosaurs, a mystical rainmaker and evil spirits. He even lost his virginity to a ghost.
 

 In Action

Connor made good friends with the Green Lantern of the time, Kyle Rayner. They were able to bond over how they both did not have fathers there for them growing up. This friendship led to Connor being nominated for and recruited into the Justice League. On the day he was supposed to be interviewed for League membership, he rescued the Justice League from the Key. He later went undercover in Lex Luthor's Injustice Gang, proving crucial in bringing the Justice League's enemies down. He eventually demoted himself to reserve status with the League, feeling that he did not fit in well with their huge adventures despite proving himself more than capable.
 
One of Connor's most persistent adversaries was Milo Armitage, his new stepfather. His mother had gotten married to an arms dealer whow as anything but reformed. This often left Connor in the uncomfortable position of having to bring Milo to justice but also safeguard his mother's happiness. 
 

Lady Shiva and the Brotherhood of the Fist

As a martial artist, Connor met his first great defeat at the hands of an assassin called the Silver Monkey. They fought in a challenge to win the rights over the ashram, and he was unable to win, much to his own shame. Later, the Silver Monkey returned to fight Connor again. Milo Armitage had hired the man to get Connor out of his life for good. It was this time that Connor found the will within him to defeat the SIlver Monkey, but this only brought more trouble.

 One of the Great Fighters

The defeat of the Silver Monkey brought shame to the secret cult of fighters he belonged to, and Connor soon found himself being assaulted by other themed monkeys seeking to elevate themselves by defeating the one who beat the Silver Monkey . Other martial artists were targeted as well. Connor defeated all comers and teamed up with Batman, Robin and Nightwing to get to the root of the problem, the Paper Monkey.

The Paper Monkey turned out to be Lady Shiva, who wanted to test Connor's skill herself in a fight to the death. In this battle, Connor Hawke proved himself to be one of the very few martial artists who could hold his own against Lady Shiva and give her as good as he received. Robin's interference caused the fight to end in a draw, and Batman warned Connor that his status as the number two martial artist in the world would only bring more trouble.

Coming Full Circle

After some self-reflection on his time as Green Arrow, Connor returned to the ashram to challenge again for the rights to the monastery. His confidence in himself had been renewed, and he soundly defeated the chosen fighter placed before him. The ashram returned to Master Jansen, and Connor asked to return their as a student. He felt he still had more to learn and more to consider. He had no intention of giving up his life as Green Arrow, but he needed time to consider how to be his own Green Arrow and not his father's.

 Meet Richard Dragon

Enter the Dragon

When Richard Dragon returned to the United States and began causing trouble in Detroit, word of it traveled through the martial arts community and Connor heard. He and Eddie Fyers immediately made their way to Detroit. Connor knew well of Richard's skill and believed that he might be the only one who could stop Richard if necessary.
 
The two men met in the streets of Detroit and fought. Richard commented that Connor's fighting style was too dojo and not enough street, but despite that, the two men were two evenly matched for a victor to emerge. Lady Shiva was watching and realized this, so she ended their fight by having both men abducted. Connor had just been dragged into Richard's feud with Shiva.
 
Connor became a prisoner being forced to fight for his freedom in a martial arts tournament. The winner would get to become a legend by fighting Lady Shiva to the death, and this was a match Richard needed to have. He saw that the tournament was going to come down to himself and Connor, and that he would likely have to kill Connor to move on to Shiva. Rather than allow that to happen, he fooled Connor into a false escape attempt. The escape attempt turned into an ambush where Richard broke Connor's leg to render him unable to fight. Lady Shiva then released Connor and Eddie. The two returned to the ashram.

 The Green Arrows

Father's Day

While in the ashram, Connor had a very startling dream that his dad was in danger, despite the fact that his father should be dead. He journeyed to Star City and confirmed it. Oliver Queen was alive again and about to become some sorcerer's pawn. He fought his way through demons to save his dad, nearly getting overwhelmed and killed before Ollie freed himself and joined his son.
 
After this, Connor got to live the dream he wanted years ago. He stayed in Star City with his father and became Green Arrow's partner, the second Green Arrow. Not only that, he helped out at Ollie's youth center as well.

Blam.

While on a routine patrol of Star City with Ollie, Connor was ambushed by a superhero killed known only as Onomatopoeia and suffered a gunshot to the head. The shot did not kill him, and Ollie was able to get him to the hospital in time. News that Green Arrow had been shot and was being treated made the news, alerting Onomatopoeia that Connor was still alive. The killer came to finish the job, only to be stopped by Ollie.
 
Connor's surgery was a success, and he soon made a complete recovery.
 

 There For Mia

Star City's Two Green Arrows

Connor stuck around as the second Green Arrow, keeping that name. He was not Ollie's sidekick. He was an equal partner. He fought an assassin named Constantine Drakon when the man broke into the Queen home looking to tie up some loose ends. The man had great martial arts skill, but his inhuman speed was the true problem. Connor defeated him with the help of Mia Dearden, blowing up the kitchen with him inside.
 

In the Arrow household, Connor became the lone voice of reason and sanity as tensions rose. Mia was forced to kill a man to free Star City from a curse, and if that was not enough stress put on her and Ollie, she was injured and diagnosed with H.I.V. soon after. Neither were dealing with it well, and neither wanted to talk about it. Connor was the only one who did and wanted them to face these things head on. He eventually confronted Ollie about not dealing with the new reality of Mia's situation and coaxed Mia into talking about it with him. She told him how she felt dirty and that no one would ever want her now, so he kissed her. It was not the start of something. It was simply a moment between two people who cared for each other.
 

 Under Attack

Connor became a target of members of the Secret Society of Super-Villains, who were looking to take some vengeance on Oliver Queen by hurting his loved ones. Connor and Mia were attacked in their house by Dr. Light, who toyed with them until Ollie and Black Lightning arrived. Connor, Black Lightning and Mia were then trapped inside the house as Dr. Light made off with Ollie. Mia was left badly injured, and Connor and Black Lightning were doing all they could to keep her alive until Merlyn destroyed the house with explosives that had been rigged up earlier. Connor was found in the rubble by EMTs and Black Lightning, alive but hurt. When he woke up, he ran back to the rubble to find Mia.
 
Rescuing Mia, he got her the medical attention she needed and then found Ollie, who had also been severely injured in the attack. Knowing they were still in danger from the Secret Society, he waited until they were stable enough to move and took them both into hiding to an uncharted island in the Western Pacific. It was there that they were all able to recuperate and train to become better upon their returns to Star City.

 Hawke vs. Dragon

Dragon's Blood

After the island, Connor returned for a brief time to the ashram to find his center again. It was there he received an invitation to an archery tournament in Beijing being held for the world's greatest archer's by Zhao Industries. Once there, he found himself competing against the likes of Shado and the Bamboo Monkey.
 
However, the entire tournament was a manipulation. Zhao's true aim was to find an archer capable of killing a mythical dragon with a sacred arrow. Connor became the chosen archer and was blackmailed into doing so by threatening the life of Shado's son, who was also Connor's half-brother. Connor succeeded in slaying the dragon and discovered the point of all this was so that Zhao could bathe in the dragon's blood, receiving god-like power. But when Connor caught up to him, Zhao was dead and it was his assistant bathing in the blood. The two men fought in the pool of blood, with Connor receiving just enough of its power to hold his own. In the end, Connor killed the man with the same arrowhead he used to kill the dragon. As he walked away, he remarked that the dragon's blood transformed the man into a god, but it was the man's blood that transformed him into a killer.
 

Skills

Connor is a master of martial arts in such styles as Kyudo archery and Akido. He has been documented as one of the greatest fighters in the world. He can see a fighting style and mimic it and can even fight blind. He has gone up against both Lady Shiva and Richard Dragon and held his own. He is skilled in the use of the bow and the sword

Weapons

• Longbow

• Crossbow

Trick Arrows

• Grenade Arrow

• Sticky Arrow

• Gas Arrow

• Glove Arrow
  
  Powers
  Due to genetic machinations by doctor Sivana, He has a accelerated healing factor, and a much higher resistance to pain. He has shown to be able to withstant multiple gunshots to the chest with minimal injury. He also has demostrated the gift of vision.