Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a comic book character that first appeared in More Fun Comics #73
Green Arrow is the resident billionaire of Star City, husband of Black Canary, teacher of Red Arrow, father of Connor Hawke, member of the Justice League, fighter for the "little guys" and one of the finest archers from the DC Universe.
The Origin of Green Arrow
Green Arrow
Using his vast fortune, he began to create various trick arrows to use under his new mantle. These include the rope arrow, the electric arrow, the explosive arrow, etc. Later on, But Ollie did not stop there in his early time he also built an Arrow car and an Arrow Plane, he even used the idea of the Bat signal for his own use but changed it to the Arrow Signal that Star City could use to call him when he was needed. Green Arrow was joined by a younger counterpart named Speedy. Also a skilled archer, the two were a formidable team and worked together for quite awhile. Eventually, Speedy joined up with the Teen Titans East coast, and became their leader.Green Arrow became a much darker character after he lost his fortune and became more in tune with the streets he protected, even growing a goatee that is now famous, it was during this time that Ollie became very left winged in his political views and became very out spoken in his views. Unlike Batman Green Arrow had no problem with telling the world his points of view and as such the two find it very to agree or work with each other, but do so when the time is called for. while Green arrow stayed with the Justice League. He was given the name, Green Arrow, by the press and soon became a member of the Justice League of America. His political views also brought him into direct conflict with a soon to be friend, Hal Jordan. While Green Arrow demanded changed on a massive scale, Hal wanted order and was a Liberal figure and wanted to work with the government rather then against it. Ollie saw Hal as a man trapped within his role as a Green lanterns Corp member and that he could not see those who really needed help. So the two of them set out around America and the two witnessed crimes that affected the day to day life’s of Americans. It was Hal who had to show Ollie the truth about Speedy and why he had become so distant and angry. While Ollie had traveled Amreica he had not been paying attention to his own problems, Hal showed Ollie Roy shooting up on speed was an eye opener for the hero and with the help of Black Canary they helped Roy beat the addiction.
Green Arrow Kills
The Long Bow Huntress
Green Arrow fell in love with Black Canary during his time in the justice league and the two began a relationship that has spanned the decades. A love that would lead to Green Arrow killing a man. Black Canary is captured as she tries to stop a group of drug dealers, Green Arrow starts the hunt and soon comes into contact with Shado, a deadly archer who is hunting the men who killed her family. Ollie at first is shocked by her ways but teams up with her in order to find Black Canary. They finally find her, Black Canary is tied up and has been beaten and tortured a man in front of her lifts her chin and implies that he is about to “have some fun with her” a green shafted arrow explodes out of his throat. The two men that have been holding her are killed and Green Arrow unties the woman he loves, his anger getting the better of him as he leaves the dead drug dealers behind. Green Arrow moved from Star City and relocated to Washington. His old gadgets left behind as Green Arrow became a lot more dangerous, willing to kill rather then so mercy to the scum that lurked the streets. It was now that Ollie met Eddie Fyers who would become a close friend to Ollie. Ollies actions caught the attention of the police who would hunt him due to his violent actions towards criminals. Ollie was forced out of Washington when he is accused of helping terrorists, all of this became to much for Black Canary who during this time had lost her powers and was now unable to have children, Canary broke up with him over everything that had changed him.
One year after Ollie would once again meet Shado. Ollie was blackmailed into hunting her down to find a tressure map by CIA Agent Osborne, Ollie finally caught up with her in but as soon as he found her, she shot him in the chest with her own arrow. Shado went on to nurse him back to health, we also discover that while he was healing and drugged from the medication that Shado had given him that he was raped by Shado and conceived a son called robert. Ollie would not discover this till years later.After she had healed him she said that she mistaken him for one of her attackers and he left without the map. When they met years later Shado showed Ollie his son Robert and went on to tell him how she had raped him. She then told him she wanted him to have nothing to do with his son.
Zero Hour
Ollie Takes The Shot
The Return Of Hal.
GA And Kyle
Identity Crisis
The Fued Starts
A New Speedy
Mia The New Speedy
One Year later
Ollie Retrains
After this the world changed and Star City much like Gotham during No Man's Land when it was cut of from te rest o the world, Green Arrow teamed with the mob and local Gang's to help protect the streets when mutated creatures where realised. After this the world changed and Star City much like Gotham during No Man's Land when it was cut of from te rest o the world, Green Arrow teamed with the mob and local Gang's to help protect the streets when mutated creatures where realsed.
As Mayor Ollie began forcing the world to see the trouble that Star City was in, forcing the media to report on the gay weddings he conducted, in one series we see Ollie marry over 140 couples on the steps of city hall, in order to be married they had to stay in Star City for more then fourteen days, forcing them to spend money in his city and helping bring revenue into the city. He later went on to keep taxes back from the government once again helping his city to be strong. Hal offers to remove the Wall around Star City but Ollie says no, it was not time and his city was not ready. A attack on Ollie was put out by a group trying to gain money and control over the city, Ollie uses an inside man to black mail the company into actually helping him.
Bruce wayne steps in to help the city rebuild and for once Ollie thanks him and the two later go on to face off against Brick and Jason Todd who is pretending to be the Red Hood. It was also here that Roy took up the mantle of Red Arrow and joined the Justice Leauge, Roy took the name out of respect for his former role model and wanted to continue the family name. Red Arrow is now a strong part of the Justice leauge but something happend to him that would shake the Arrow Family to it's core.
Drakon
During his time as mayor he was confronted by Deathstroke once again, It later turned out that this was a trap set up by Ollie to catpure Deathstorke, In the end Slade had no choice but to surrender. But all was not what it seemed with while in prison deathstroke set up a meeting between himself and Constantine Drakon, Slade wanted to know what had happened to Green Arrow in the year that he Vanished, Drakon had been keeping tabs on Ollie and told Slade everything This meeting of course lead to thier escape after making a deal with the warden and tlling him that they would make him Mayor. Afterwards Ollie went on to hand over his mayor title to his closet aid during the above events and went back to being Green Arrow.
Green Arrow Ties the Knot…Finally
Green Arrow & Black Canary
It had been along time coming but it finally happened, after helping Black Canary save her little sister Sin and adjust her to life as a normal child, Ollie even managed to get her into school. But before he could do that he had to make it look like Sin was dead and without telling Black Canary he came up with a plan. Pretending to kill Sin in front of the League of Assassins, when in fact she was saved by speedy in Black Canary went into a rage and attacked Ollie, only to discover the truth, he needed her emotions to be real so that they would believe that Sin was dead. After all of that Ollie finally proposed to her. But it was not the end of their troubles as Deathstroke and Drakon lanuch an attack on the two of them, just as it looks like they have the upper hand and Ollie actually begs that Slade lets Dinah go along with the rest of his family, the justice Leauge arrives only to be stopped by Slade and a gadet desgined with all of their weakness, it only works for a few moments but allows for them to make their escape.
Finally They Get Married
After each had their own bachelor party, they finally tied the knot and on their wedding night Green Arrow went mad and tried to kill her, only for Black Canary to get the upper hand and kill Ollie. It later turns out that this of course was not Green Arrow and in fact an imposter, Ollie was being held hostage Athena. Team Arrow set out to save him, but after they free Ollie, Connor is struck down by a bullet meant for his father and is left in a coma this bullet was fired by a member of the leauge of Assassins who had been tricked by Shado . Even with this tragedy Dinah and Ollie get married, only to discover that Connor has been taken by a shadowy figure, They discover that Shado had infact made a deal with Dr Sivana in order to save their son from dying of Leukemia. Setting out the newly married team find Connor who has come out of his coma thanks to Dr Sivana. But Shado's son was not as lucky and Robert is later aged by Sivana and becomes a mindless drone, Once again Shado has to turn to Green Arrow and family to help save Robert from this fate.
Cry For Justice.
A Cry For Justice
Ollie and Hal once again team up and form another Justice league, After the main team get beaten by the Shadow Cabinet. The two old friends discover that Prometheus has been planning something and head off to warn the other Justice League. Prometheus was already one step ahead of them pretending to be Freddy Freeman, from here Prometheus manages to defeat both teams and cuts of Red Arrow’s left arm. This effected Ollie on so many different levels as he watched his protégé’s arm being cut off. What did this mean for Red Arrow! Before Prometheus can escape Donna manages to capture him and he tells them his plan. Using a series of teleporters we was going to send cities to random spots in time. Ollie does not believe him and for that Prometheus sends through one of his portals. With gone Ollie hunts down Prometheus after he has escaped but the villain manages to stay one step a head of him. Ollie becomes obsessed with his hunt and Hal finds him after going weeks without eating, all that is important to him is finding the bad guys and making them pay.
General Comic Data
Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp
First Appearance: More Fun Comics issue 73 1941
First Hero Comic to Deal with drugs addiction in Green lantern vol 2 85-86 the comic received a letter from the mayor of New York John Lindsay
One of the first comics to deal with Male Rape.
Weapons
Green Arrow's Weapons and GadgetsGreen Arrow's weapon of choice is the Longbow, but he has been known to use recurve and compound bows.
Green Arrow's Trick Arrows
- Combat Arrow - Has a razor-sharp three bladed titanium broad-head.
- Grappling Hook Arrow - Has a coiled rappelling cord in its hollow shaft.
- Net Arrow - Unfurls a nylon mesh upon impact.
- Tear Gas Arrow - Distributes incapacitating CS gas (2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile).
- Cryonic Arrow - Contains compartments of Helipolysulficate and Restifreeze, chemicals that encase a target in a sheath of ice on impact.
- Flash Arrow - Quick-burning Magnesium flare.
- Boxing Glove Arrow - Knocks out target (more of a gimmick than anything else).
- Grenade Arrow - Explodes after a set time.
- Sticky Arrow - Sticks to target.
- Rope Arrow - For grappling and use as a flying-fox.
- Impact Grenade Arrow - Explodes on impact with target.
- Glue Arrow - Sticks target to most surfaces. (very similair to the sticky arrow, just different versions of the same thing).
Green Arrow in SmallvilleOn the TV series,
Green Arrow In Smallville
Episodes with Green Arrow:
Sneeze: In his first appearance he is seen as a billionaire playboy and it is implied he has a past rivalry with the Lex Luthor. He even kidnapped Lex Luthor simply to learn of how his rival had gained superhuman abilities. He is confirmed as being the Green Arrow at the end of the episode when he proves his archery skills by shooting his bow from one skyscraper to another, hitting Borneo (as he had planned) on the revolving globe that sits atop the Daily Planet. Wither: His next appearance furthers the idea of him being the Green Arrow when Lois Lane becomes his date at a ball organized by Lex Luthor for billionaires to unite to help those who had suffered from Dark Thursday. Oliver dresses in the costume of an archer, clad in green and when the date comes to an end in the evening he returns Lois to her abode only to attempt to kiss her. She says that he must first show he is worthy and makes a contest for him, saying that he had to hit the pop can that rested on a dumpster not far from where they stood. He smiled and said, "that easy.", and Lois says in her defense, "that hard." Yet instead of hitting the target he instead his arrow tip goes through the tab and tears it from the can, an amazing feat that goes unnoticed by Lois who denies him his reward.
Arrow: Finally, in the next episode, the Green Arrow is first seen when he steals a necklace from Martha Kent, that was given to her by Lionel Luthor. Lois tries to catch the "Green Arrow Bandit" as she calls him but only manages to get a ring bearing his family crest. And as she and Chloe look over the ring, Chloe takes several pictures before the Green Arrow uses an arrow that knocks them unconscious to retrieve the ring. The episode then commences to shown the strains on Lois and Oliver's relationship as she has made everyone believe the Green Arrow is a common thief and hates him while she dates his alter ego. He eventually manages to prove himself, not to Lois, even though he saves her life. But to Clark Kent who realizes that Green Arrow is a hero and proceeds to delete the images Chloe had taken to keep the secret of the Green Arrow's identity. It is then that Green Arrow confesses that he believes stealing is right if the ultimate end proves it to be right, Clark vehemently disagrees seeing himself as the dictator of morality.
Reunion: Oliver's past, with Lex, is expanded upon and it is revealed that they both went to Excelsior Academy together and in this life, Oliver was the bully, backed by his two partners who all bullied Lex Luthor and his friend Duncan Allenmeyer mercilessly. In the end he steals the answers for the mid-terms and Lex tries to use this to become his friend, as he finally has something on his enemy but the circumstances lead to the death of the Duncan. His blood on the hands of Lex Luthor and Oliver Queen.
Rage: Oliver's wish for superhuman abilities, such as Clark has, causes him to become addicted to a drug that will allow him to heal, even from death. The unfortunate side effect is that it also causes increased anger and results in him fighting crime with a more heartless attitude and him deciding to finish his personal vendetta against Lex Luthor. At the climax, he and Lex both kill each other, Lex shooting him with a pistol, him shooting Lex with his crossbow but Oliver planned it to be so, simply using his drug to live yet again. But his morality is tested by Clark and so Lex is given a lease at life again when Clark explains that though Lex deserves death it is not their choice to make.
Justice: In this episode, Oliver is seen as a leader and his hatred for Lex continues. He takes it upon himself to destroy all of Lex's 33.1 facilities and to do so he recruits other super humans that are willing to help him: Arthur Curry (Aquaman), Victor Stone (Cyborg) and Bart Allen (Impulse). Clark feels that they are wrong and goes against working with them, resulting in his near death, his life being saved by Green Arrow. After their battle is won and Green Arrow has once again humiliated Lex he asks Clark to join his team, hinting it shall be named the Justice League. Clark says he hopes to some day but first he must take care of some other things. So Oliver Queen and his team depart, planning to not rest until every 33.1 facility across the globe is destroyed.
Siren: Oliver returns after nearly a year of absence, this time he's working with Chloe Sullivan to get some more info on one of Lex's projects. However, Chloe's efforts are interrupted by Lex's lackey, the Black Canary. Oliver tries to put her out of commission with his arrows but to his surprise her scream shatters them and she escapes with the file Chloe had just stolen. Clark confronts Oliver about putting Chloe in danger, even though he himself does it regularly. He eventually tries to reconcile with Lois and seems to be succeeding only for the two of them to be taken prisoner by the Black Canary, which is when Lois discovers that Oliver is the Green Arrow. Oliver eventually seems to escape after convincing Black Canary that he's the good guy, and the two work together to take out Lex, only surviving thanks to Clark. Oliver and Lois then end their relationship, even though he's willing to try she cannot handle the double identity thing and so they say their farewells. Oliver, Clark and Dinah then meet a top a building where she thanks them and ends up joining Oliver's Justice League, telling him, "Has anyone ever told you that you have bad taste in girlfriends."
Green Arrow in Justice League Unlimited
Animated Green Arrow
Initiation
As the first episode of Justice League Unlimited, the story begins in Star City where some common thugs try to rob a grocery store. However, their plan is thwarted by Star City's protector Green Arrow who seems to winning up until one of them prepares to fire at his back.He is then saved by a blast from a Green Lantern ring as John Stewart shows up and says, "You know, we never heard back from you." Green Arrow seems to be very angry with the Green Lantern and makes several sarcastic remarks. He turns down Arrow's offer but the Justice League Watchtower accidentally takes him up with Green Lantern in the Transporter and Oliver is surprised to see a gathering of nearly a hundred superheroes. While Green Arrow turns a deaf ear to Superman's speech, it is Batman words that hit him after he tells Bruce that he only fights for the little guy. Bruce walks away saying, "Super villains step on the little guys." And within only a short time, Green Lantern, Supergirl and Captain Atom are all assigned to a mission, a massive amount of heat radiation is within North Korea and they need to go check it out. Green Arrow tags along because he doesn't trust the Transporter and he wants to get back to Star City. So he and the team fly down to North Korea in a javelin where they are attacked and then ordered to leave by the government. And it seems like the Justice League is about to do just that (as they are not allowed to interfere) but Green Arrow refuses to and he abandons the team, who are forced to go look for him. He saves a man's life and discovers that the source of the radiation is a giant robot emanating radiation called Brimstone. John Stewart, Nathaniel Adam and Kara Kent all arrive only to fall to Brimstone. John's injuries are so severe that he is forced to be brought back to the javelin where Captain Atom blames Oliver for the injury of their leader.
The three then learn the truth of the beast from the locals and try their best to defeat the beast by shoving a carbon rod into the center of its chest. But Captain Atom and Supergirl both fall to the monster's might, but Oliver refusing to give up fires a rod into Brimstone, destroying him once and for all. Returning from the mission, the four heroes recover, Arrow emerges from the shower with a towel around his waist and is approached by Batman who asks him if he has changed his mind about joining the Justice League and tells him that it is someone like him who will keep the team honest. He looks behind Bruce to see Black Canary putting on her uniform. Batman takes notice and smiles, "So, see you soon." to which Green Arrow replies, "You know, you just might..."
Fearful Symmetry
Green Arrow appears to be a much more jovial man in this episode when Supergirl comes to him for help after having a series of "memory-like" nightmares. He seems to still be very attracted to Black Canary and admitted to dreaming about her. However, this joyfulness began to become serious when The Question showed up to tell Supergirl that she had most likely committed the atrocities she now dreamed of doing. So Green Arrow and Supergirl follow The Question to his room where he explains his conspiracy theory to them. He then tells them that he will be coming with them on their trip to S.T.A.R. Labs to learn what is truly going on even though Arrow is utterly against the idea. Green Arrow, Supergirl and The Question then go to S.T.A.R. Labs together where the dream is explained by Dr. Hamilton. After hearing this explanation Oliver is satisfied that all their questions have been answered but The Question does not agree.
Ready to Take A Bullet"
Cat and the Canary
In the JLU Watchtower, Oliver Queen's gloved fists repeatedly strike the punching bag hanging from the ceiling. But a door opens and Black Canary emerges saying, "Most people after they sell a company for three billion dollars would just kick back and relax." To which Oliver replies as his punching exercise stops, "I'm not most people." and adds that after taxes he'll be lucky to see a billion and a half. Their conversation switches topics as they both introduce themselves, as Black Canary and Green Arrow respectively. Arrow says he has seen her around before to which Canary says, "I know." Black Canary then asks Oliver if he wishes to continue punching the bag or would he rather wish to spar with her. They strip down to their recreational clothing and so the fight begins. Dinah rushes forward with her arm outstretched and is easily evaded by Oliver who grabs her arm and pulls her into himself. He then instructs her that she needs to be more centered. She takes this advice to heart and tries to kick him in the face only for him to grab her foot with his hand to stop it. He then flips her over onto her chest on the floor and pulling her arms behind her back seems to have victory. He tells her that she should see him when she's actually trying. Black Canary then begins to say how perfect Arrow would be to help her on a mission that the League can't know about. Arrow thinks its sounds fishy but Canary assures him its for a good cause. So she makes him a wager, if she can get out of the hold he has her in then he has to help her. "Deal." Arrow's famous last words, he is thrown clear across the room as he hits the far wall. Canary walks up to him with her jacket over her shoulder, "I'm driving." On the streets, the two costumed heroes ride a motorcycle, Canary tells Arrow he can hold on to her if he wants, he accepts quite willingly. Then the two talk about Wildcat, who they are heading off to help, the mission needs to be kept secret because he's a JL member yet he fights in the illegal Meta-Brawl. Black Canary tells Arrow she worries for Wildcat and Arrow quickly removes his hands from around her waist and rests them on the back of the bike.
Street Clothes
"Right here will be fine." Black Canary says to Oliver as she begins to take off her suit, revealing her superhero costume. Oliver soon does the same but not after taking a peek back at Dinah as she changes. A few minutes later, inside the Meta-Brawl cage, Wildcat is about to deliver a killing blow to Atomic Skull but his hand is stayed by one of Green Arrow's trick arrows that seemingly comes from nowhere. Ted only becomes angrier and when he sees Oliver and Dinah flying in to stop his "madness" he becomes all the more enraged. Oliver and Dinah find themselves battling countless security guards but manage to take them out with ease. Then it is that the super villains come for the couple, ready to kill them without a thought. And as they fight for their lives it is still evident that Black Canary runs the show and her feelings for Wildcat make her stubborn as she decides to fight him in the cage. Green Arrow believes this to be a lie to buy them some time, because she lied to him in the Watchtower to get him on the mission. She reassures him however that her flirting was not an act, Oliver tells her to look him in the eyes when she says that. So she comes to him, only to be knocked out with some gas from the arrow he holds in his hand. As he holds her limp body, the door opens and Roulette sees Canary unconscious. However, Green Arrow tells her she'll still get her fight because he'll take Dinah's place in the ring. As Wildcat becomes aware of this change in plans he becomes violent, as he sees this Green Arrow guy as being far beneath himself yet the cage is closed and the fight begins. Oliver instantly begins taunting Wildcat who refuses to fight Arrow as he is not a fighter. But Oliver continues to ridicule Ted asking him if he's scared or if the reason he wants to fight Dinah is because he'd rather fight a girl. After hearing this last comment Wildcat explodes in fury and sends a hail of punches upon Arrow who continues to mock Wildcat as he is being beaten to a bloody pulp. Eventually Canary wakes up and runs to the fight, in her fear for and anger at Green Arrow she asks him what he thinks he's doing. Oliver replies, "I'm teaching this guy a lesson." Seconds later he is laying flat on his back, being punched repeatedly in the face. It is then that his taunting finally pushes Wildcat to his limits who lifts Arrow up high off the ground.
Asking for the Killing Blow
Double Date
Green Arrow and Black Canary are assigned to watch Tobias Whale (given a different name in the episode), a criminal they are supposed to protect by orders of the Martian Manhunter. This is because a former Justice League member, Huntress, is out to kill the man. So while on security duty, Arrow gets riled up as Tobias begins hitting on Black Canary and acting as if she's some animal. Arrow knows he is allowed to do nothing but still wants to. Tobias continues to anger Arrow with his comments and asks him to fetch him some more oysters like a good boy. Arrow no longer seems to be able to control himself but he is calmed when Dinah speaks up and tells him to just let the fool talk. Oliver becomes only further enraged as time goes on and has to be held back as he asks for just five minutes alone with the man but Canary once again cools him down. Tobias then directs his comments to Black Canary, resulting in her losing control and punching him. So it is that the two Justice League members are asked to leave the inside of the house and forced to guard from outside. Oliver begins to tend to Dinah's hand after she punched Tobias, all the while romancing her. The two then depart for the tree house on the yard so they can still watch the door. Canary seems angry that a killer is set free just because he rats out other killers but Arrow tells her not to worry about that. The two then embrace and share a kiss only to see two cars pull up, a cop car and another vehicle containing Huntress and The Question. The two, in an effort to perform their duties, block the way of Huntress and The Question, warning them that they should leave. The two groups then meet in combat, Arrow matching up with The Question. The fight is obviously in Arrow's favor throughout and it comes as no surprise when he defeats The Question as Canary does Huntress. But the fight took too much of their time and they learn that Tobias is gone. The four scour the house for evidence of where the criminal may be heading and The Question is seen putting something in his pocket. Arrow demands it be handed over and then he and Canary leave to find the storage container to which the key belongs. However, it turns out they were simply waiting in the tree house as Arrow knew he was being conned and the two follow The Question and Huntress who burst out the door soon after.
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| Super Name: | Green Arrow |
| Real Name: | Oliver Jonas Queen |
| Aliases: |
Oliver Queen Ollie The Emerald Archer Battling Bowman Mr. Green Mayor Queen Auu Lanu Lau'ava Arrow GA |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | More Fun Comics #73 |
| Appears in: | 1420 issues |
| Birthday: | |
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