Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Oliver Queen
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
His father was noted to had given him his first bow when he was a child one Christmas morning. (Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)
Oliver went with his parents on a safari trip to Africa where they were to hunt for sport with them being accompanied by a guide named Congo Bill. However, he could not do so as he did not want to kill an animal due to his experience with his first accidental kill. This saw his father to convince him that hunting helped the environment by culling excess population. Despite this, Oliver refused and joined his mother when they were ambushed by a pride of lions. This saw Moira Queen being killed and Robert Queen being fatally wounded with this forcing Oliver to pick up a bow which he used to kill a lion. He survived but his parents were dead with the incident scarring Queen for life as he felt responsible for their deaths after hesitating in using a bow. Congo Bill then had Oliver Queen sent back to Star City where he came to stay with his uncle. (Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)
He was approached by a probe made by Batman as part of a contingency to be used in case the Justice League were ever killed. The protocol was designed to seek out specially chosen recruits to replace them as the new Justice League as the Earth always needed its protectors. Oliver Queen was among the heroes chosen where he joined his new teammates on-board the Watchtower where they were joined by Nightwing who was selected to lead the group. (JLA v1 #69)
The badly injured Oliver was left near dying from his injuries when tenants of the building rushed to the roof to find him and they did their best to save him. They managed to get him to one of the nearby medical camps set up after the explosions that affected the city. When Oliver regained consciousness, he attempted to rush to help his loved ones only to find himself on a remote island with his son Connor taking him and Mia there to a piece of land that was one of the Marshall Islands. They had been given refuge but one of Connor's friends Frederick Tuckman with Oliver then finding about the devastation done to his city. He then decided that the three of them needed to train to be better in order to fight their foes where they called martial arts masters from around the world to the island to begin their training regimen. This included everything from martials to making the ideal food to assembling equipment but Oliver felt that these people were all righteous individuals. Instead, he wanted someone to train him to fight the likes of Deathstroke leading him to seeking out the services of Natas who had been Slade's mentor. (Green Arrow v3 #66)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
It was shown that during a battle with Clock King that he and Roy were catapulted back in time to the Golden Age of superheroes. Rather than alter the timeline, they came to instead operate during that era as they sought a way back home. In this time, they came to make a group of friends among the earliest known superheroes where they became the Seven Soldiers of Victory. They had many adventures where they fought numerous villains like Iron Hand and the Nebula Man. During their adventures, several of their younger members were noted to had died including the Star-Spangled Kid and Wing. Eventually, they sought to stop a ship containing a time machine built by Per Degaton that catapulted Oliver Queen and Roy Harper back to the present. (Stargirl Spring Break Special v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In one instance, he took a masked identity of a villain where he went under the name of Swashbuckler. (Justice League of America v1 #173)
As a child, he was given his first bow and pretended to be Robin Hood where he fired it on instinct. This saw an arrow accidentally hitting and killing a rabbit with this horrifying the young Oliver who never wanted to pick up a bow again. This affected him in later years as he refused to kill animals during a hunting trip with his family. (Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)
He had lacked killer instincts which this the reason why he did not engage in hunts as a child. This also impacted him in his life as the head of a corporation as he came to run it into the ground. (Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)
According to one account, his parents were Robert Queen and Moira Queen with two having married during World War II. His father was said to had been a naval officer in the Pacific and was the founder as well as CEO of Queen Industries. (Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)
It was said that he never liked to talk about his parents as he felt responsible for their deaths. Oliver would not say much about his grandparents as they left when he was just a child. (Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)
An affair between Robert Queen and Shado resulted in Oliver Queen having a younger half-sister named Emiko Queen. (Green Arrow v5 #22)
The Queen family was said to had been from old money and were descendants of of Sir Robert Queen, the Earle of Dornee who was a hot-headed Scottish chieftain that was rumoured to had been the offspring of Robin Hood. (Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
Oliver later wanted to improve his fighting skills and called grand masters in the art of physical combat and teachers willing to impart their skills to others. Each had their own set of skill and specialty with training noted to had been particularly hard. However, he came to find that these mentors were all righteous people and he wanted more than that in order to prepare him for his foes. This led to him seeking out Natas who was a master assassin that had taught Deathstroke. (Green Arrow v3 #66)
He was once part of a club of archer-themed superheroes known as the Green Arrows of the World. (Adventure Comics v1 #250)
It was said that his father was the founder of Queen Industries. Initially, it was responsible for construction work but over time it expanded into rocket program and provided composite material for experimental aircraft. (Green Arrow Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)
Notes
- The Oliver Queen Green Arrow was created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp where he made his first appearance in More Fun Comics v1 #73 (November, 1941).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Justice League Unlimited, Green Arrow appeared in the setting of the animated television series set in the DC Animated Universe where he was voiced by actor Kin Shriner.
- In Smallville, Oliver Queen appeared in the setting of the live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Justin Hartley.
- In Arrow, Oliver Queen appeared in the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse where he was portrayed by actor Stephen Amell.
Films
Video games
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Green Arrow appeared in the setting of the fighting video game where he was voiced by actor Alan Tudyk though an Arrowverse skin of the character was voiced by actor Stephen Amell.
Appearances
- More Fun Comics v1: (1941)
- Adventure Comics v1:
- Justice League of America v1:
- Green Arrow v1:
- JLA v1:
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- Justice League v2:
- Justice League of America:
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- Justice League:
- Stargirl Spring Break Special v1: (2021)
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