The main enemies of the arrow. Green Arrow (DC Comics)

Debut More Fun Comics #73(November, 1941) Authors) Mort Weisinger
George Papp Characteristics Alter ego Oliver Quinn Aliases Emerald Archer
combat shooter View Human Occupation entrepreneur, adventurer, hero Teams/
groups Justice League
Black Lantern Corps
outcasts
Queen Industries Allies Green Lantern
Red Arrow
black canary Enemies Brick, Count Vertigo Special
strength

Excellent physical condition
Professional Archer
martial arts master
Sword and fencing skills

Equipment

Arrows with various effects

Green Arrow (English Green Arrow), also known as Oliver "Ollie" Queen (Eng. Oliver "Ollie" Queen) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by Martin Weisiger and George Papp and first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941.

Comic biography

Oliver Quinn is a billionaire former mayor of Star City. Quinn is an excellent archer, master of martial arts, swordsmanship, and, more recently, swordsmanship. Oliver hides his identity while living in Star City as a billionaire, industrial tycoon, partygoer and woman. He is the leader of the World Gun Team and was also a member of the Justice League and the Outcasts. Initially, Green Arrow was created as an archer counterpart to Batman, but over time they almost ceased to be similar.

For the first 25 years, Green Arrow was not a significant DC Comics character. However, in the late 1960s, writer Danny O'Neill chose him as a new hero - a street fighter for justice, a supporter of the working class and a helper to the needy. In 1970 he appeared in new series comic book paired with another superhero - the Green Lantern. From then on, his popularity began to gain momentum and he became the model for a new image of the hero, with a firm and radical approach. Oliver Queen was killed in the 1990s and replaced by a new character, his son, Connor Hawke, the second Green Arrow, however, Hawke did not achieve the same popularity and the original Oliver Queen was revived in 2001 in the Quiver storyline. (English "Quiver"). In the 2000s, Green Arrow was most often paired with the superhero Black Canary, whose relationship was shown in storylines: Justice League: Cry for Justice and "Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding", which culminates in Green Arrow becoming a morally unstable anti-hero.

Television and film appearances

Green Arrow in Smallville

Green Arrow appeared in one of the episodes of the series "Super Friends" (English "Super Friends") in 1973, but became popular thanks to the animated series

"Justice League Unlimited" (eng. "Justice League Unlimited") in the early 2000s, as well as several DC Comics animated films.

In the cinema, Green Arrow first appeared in the sixth season of the television series Smallville, which tells about the early years of Superman. He was portrayed by actor Justin Hartley. He was present in seven episodes. Here, his image is close to the image of Robin Hood, since in addition to saving people, he robs museums, after which he gives the stolen goods to charity. He becomes a friend of Clark Kent and creates the Justice League from his old friends.

In the seventh season, he appears in one episode, where he recruits Black Canary into the League.

In the eighth season, Oliver became one of the main characters of the series. It turned out that in the past Oliver ended up on a desert island, where he mastered archery. He then had an affair with Tess Mercer, which rekindled during the season. Oliver's parents were killed by Lionel Luthor, the father of Lex Luthor, whom Oliver subsequently kills. In the ninth season, he begins an affair with Chloe Sullivan, and in the finale they marry and have a son.

In May 2011, Green Arrow ranked 30th on the list. "The 100 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time" according to IGN.

Notes

Links

Green Arrow at the DC Database Project
Green Arrow's secret origin at DC Comics.com

« You failed this city! growls the hooded vigilante and kills a man in cold blood with a green-tipped arrow. Good superhero, huh?

Last time about the wonderful series The Flash, which beats all the records of The CW channel, but the DC Comics TV universe did not start with it at all, but with " Arrows". If the creators Smallville”, a teenage series about the youth of Superman, they still tried to somehow tie him to films with Christopher Reeve (the ending of the series testifies to this), then here the universe is completely different, and this is clear from the very first minutes. No funny goatee or comic book mustache, just the gloomy alleys of Starling, suffering, pain and death.

Becoming a hero

Immediately after the first trailers, many critics wrote that the creators of "Arrow" followed the path of Christopher Nolan, the creator of " dark knight". But this is still not the case: The Dark Knight" was infinitely far from the Batman comics (even further than the Tim Burton films), and " Arrow”is very careful with the canon. There is only one problem here: it is not entirely clear that in the adventures of the Green Arrow can generally be considered canon.


The arrow from the series gravitates more towards modern look- after the restart of The New 52. We hope that Stephen Amell will not grow any mustache for himself.

Oliver Queen's past has been rewritten more than once or twice. In one version, he lost his parents on a hunt, in another he was thrown off the yacht by a traitor bodyguard, and in The New 52, after the last restart, Oliver was thrown into the sea during the explosion of an oil rig, which is why he ended up on the infamous island. The explosion was staged by his father, Robert Queen, to harden his son and turn him into a vengeance machine.

IN " Arrow This story went, perhaps, the most interesting way. Local Oliver Queen, major and clumsy, found himself on the island as a result of the wreck of the family yacht: the father sacrificed himself to save his son, and the girl with whom the womanizer Oliver sailed on a trip died (actually not, but we won’t talk about that) . In part, this story intersects with what was in the comic. Green Arrow: Year One, - armed people also turned out to be on the island, and drugs were involved in the case (the main villain then successfully migrated to the series), only of a slightly different kind. Oliver, however, was not the only famous character on the island: Shado and... Deathstroke helped him in his training.


What is a major boy to do on an island full of unfriendly mercenaries? Learn to fight and shoot a bow, of course! What’s more, the teachers here are great.

Deathstroke

Slade Wilson is one of the most dangerous villains in the DC Comics universe. An unsurpassed tactician with an amazing mind and lightning-fast reaction, he is equally good with rifles and swords. In a detective thriller identity crisis» Deathstroke single-handedly defeated the Flash, Green Arrow, Zatanna, Sprawling Man, Hawk, Atom, and even Green Lantern in seconds. A delicate calculation helped: first blow everything up, then give it to Zatanna's liver so that she could not cast spells, then cut off the wings of the Hawk, break the fingers of the Green Lantern ... If Oliver Queen had not stuck an arrow in his already empty eye socket at the last moment, this the fight would have ended sadly.

Few mortals can almost defeat half of the Justice League.

Deathstroke used to be called the Terminator (by the way, this was even before the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie came out): the perfect killer, the best mercenary in the world, the man who does not lose. And he deserved these nicknames not so much for his abilities, which appeared to him thanks to the experiment of the military, but for his innate cruelty and firmness of character. Problems with the family are to blame, of course.

Supervillain Wilson called, however, the language does not turn. Beautiful illustration - a global event from The New 52, " Eternal Evil". A crime syndicate (superheroes from a parallel, evil, universe) has brought the world to its knees and tamed the local supervillains, including Deathstroke, by dumping a bunch of "crunchy cash" on him. But soon it dawns on Wilson that the mercenary's business will suffer in the long run, so he takes the side of good. Everything is simple. Money. Here is the deciding factor for Slade Wilson. And a little more - family.


Deathstroke from Arrow can hardly be called an enterprising and cold-blooded mercenary. The local Slade is more of an obsessed maniac.

Slade Wilson at Arrow"- perhaps one of the most charismatic villains in comic book series. The action takes place in two times at once, in the past and the present, and everywhere Deathstroke is magnificent. In the past, on the island, this is a fair and generally kind warrior, in the future - a madman whose mind is clouded by revenge and Mirakuru. The writers of the series very elegantly rethought the birth of Deathstroke, who was experimented on by the military in the comics. It turned out at least not worse.

In the comics, Green Arrow, however, has almost nothing to do with Deathstroke - his formation is generally not connected with anyone. But all the most important heroes and villains for Oliver Queen in three seasons " Arrows' have already lit up.

On the warpath

« Arrow" is less eventful, it is much more measured than " Flash". In the first season, for example, there were no major enemies of Green Arrow: the lion's share of the plot focused on Oliver's moral dilemmas and his relationships with companions - Felicity Smoak and John Diggle. Only the great sniper Deadshot, who later got into the Suicide Squad, Helena Bertinelli (Comic Book Huntress) and Count Vertigo, the main dealer of the drug of the same name that enslaved the disadvantaged areas of Starling, lit up.

Who are Felicity Smoak and John Diggle?

It is noteworthy that the series does not bear the name of the superhero himself, but is simply called " Arrow". On the one hand, this is a tribute to modern trends: today it is fashionable to ignore superhero pseudonyms, this makes the heroes themselves more human. But on the other hand, Oliver Queen has a close-knit team in the series, which, as we saw in the new season, quite successfully manages without him. The name of this team is Arrow.

Felicity Smoak, a sweet, shy and funny hacker girl, first appeared in the old Firestorm comics. He accidentally destroyed her entire business, so Felicity became his enemy and even sued. However, then she married the father of Ronnie Raymond, the young half of Firestorm (read about him in), and became his ally. And-and ... something that doesn't look like a funny clumsy blonde from " Arrows»!


It's hard to even imagine that these two ladies are the same person.

Everything is possible. Perhaps soon Felicity will finally lose faith in Oliver Queen's methods and leave for another superhero team, and there she will meet Ronnie's father? Or maybe it's still a coincidence, or just an "easter egg" for those who read old comics? However, not everything is so simple. Since the last reboot, Felicity has been added to the comics! She was originally ordered to kill Green Arrow, but chose not to complete the task and instead joined Oliver's team.

But this is closer to the point.

With John Diggle, everything is much simpler: he was introduced to the comic book adventures of Green Arrow much earlier. There, he is introduced as a former partner of Oliver Queen, who left his team a long time ago, but is still a good friend.


John Diggle, like Felicity Smoak, turned out to be much more severe in the comics than in the series.

There were rumors that John Diggle is actually John Stewart, one of the Green Lanterns (according to the description and biography, it more or less fits), but recently the creators have denied this rumor, saying that they have other plans for John. So, most likely, this is a completely new hero in the DC Comics multiverse.

The main villain in the first season is, however, not Deathstroke, but the archer Malcolm Merlin, the opposite of Oliver Queen. And once again, the writers elegantly turned the original story around without offending Oliver Queen's loyal fans. In the comics, Merlin is only the pseudonym of the archer Arthur King, who is in the League of Assassins of Ra's al Ghul, but here Merlin is the very real surname of a person who, for the sake of a higher goal, is able to destroy the whole area city with all its inhabitants. But at the same time, Malcolm is not some kind of operetta villain: his motives are clear, and in the third season he generally acts in the interests of the family, for the sake of love.

The fact that Thea, Oliver's sister, will turn into an assistant to the Arrow - Speedy, it seems, no one doubts. One can only hope that no one will infect her with HIV, as it was in the original comics.

But further events began to develop rapidly. Roy Harper (call sign - Arsenal), a student of Oliver Queen, his great love - Canary, was introduced to Arrow, Flash was shown in a couple of episodes and a bunch of villains were added. The past and the present have united, which resulted in unpredictable and terrible consequences for Oliver.


One of the most famous comic book series is the crossover between Green Arrow and Green Lantern. While superheroes were solving minor problems in society, Roy Harper, abandoned by his teacher, became addicted to heroin. In the series, this moment, of course, was also reflected, but in a slightly different way.

In the second season, Shrapnel, the Bronze Tiger, Professor Ivo, the Clock King, Sebastian Blood and even the Red Queen appeared - she, as in the comics of the Brightest Day series, immediately deprived Oliver of business. The League of Assassins also appears, which came to the fore in the third season.

But still, the second season is primarily a family tragedy that should have happened someday. To become the Green Arrow of the comics - perhaps the most determined and psychologically complex superhero, Oliver Queen must lose everything. And Deathstroke will help him with this.

Amanda Waller and the Suicide Squad

Secret government organization A.R.G.U.S. and its leader, Amanda Waller, play a very important role in the DC Comics universe. What is the government of America to do in the world, full of people with superpowers? Of course, use every opportunity for good! This is exactly what Amanda Waller is doing, assembling a squad of supervillains to carry out suicide missions. In parallel, A.R.G.U.S. constantly puts spokes in the wheels of the Justice League and tries in every possible way to protect the world from superheroes, whose actions often do more harm than good.


Amanda Waller before and after the reboot. It was the last image used by the creators of the series. Agree, it's hard to imagine that the obese, vile woman on the left is able to protect the world from the super-threat in the face of Superman and Batman.

Every Suicide Squad adventure in the comics is a stunningly insane and black-and-white spectacle. To prevent supervillains from running away, A.R.G.U.S. implants microbombs in their heads: if you try to escape or do things - goodbye, head. At the same time, Amanda Waller regards her operatives as expendable and spares no one. If someone gets out of control, the button will be pressed immediately, and brains will fly through the back streets. And the Suicides themselves, of course, do not really trust each other (well, how can you trust Harley Quinn, who is crazy about the Joker?), constantly swear, frame and leave each other in trouble.

The squad is constantly changing. Why? Yes, because heads fly apart very quickly and easily!

IN " Arrow"It was not possible to assemble an interesting Suicide Squad: to use Harley Quinn, you need the appropriate rights (they made a cameo, and thanks for that), Captain Boomerang has just appeared in the series, Killerfrost is not yet in the television universe ... But there is Deadshot! But this, of course, is not enough.

However, next year Suicide Squad debuts in the DC Comics universe, which has nothing to do with the TV show. There will be Harley, and Deadshot (Will Smith), and even the Joker performed by Jared Leto! We really hope that it will turn out epic and very, very crazy.

By now " Arrow”, however, successfully adjusted to the pace“ Flash”, and you can safely count on an increasing number of actors. Season 3 already featured Wild Cat, Komodo, Ray Palmer (soon to be the superhero Atom) and Ra's al Ghul, with flashbacks set to China where Oliver met Tatsu Yamashiro and her husband Maseo.

Who are Tatsu Yamashiro and Maseo?

To a person not familiar with comics, it may seem that the Chinese flashbacks in the third season are insignificant. Another thing is the island of the first two: majestic, creepy, mysterious! But in fact, the events in China are important not only for Oliver Queen, who, under the guidance of Amanda Waller, learns to torture and ruthlessly kill people. Much more important here is the story of a young couple - Tatsu Yamashiro and her husband Maseo.

Maceo is needed only for this, in order to die. Of course, the writers of the series tried to give him more importance - included in the ranks of the League of Assassins, for example. But believe me, it will not save him. Soon Maseo would die so that his wife Tatsu could become what she was destined to become - a cold-blooded Katana.

Katana is not the most famous and popular character in DC Comics, but no less interesting than others.

Tatsu was an ordinary Japanese girl until two brothers, Maseo and Takero Yamashiro, fell in love with her. A duel took place between them, and Maseo, whom Tatsu had married by that time, died. His soul was imprisoned in the samurai sword Soul Eater, which Katana now always carries with her (and communicates with him as with her husband).

It is difficult to say which path the writers of Arrow will take, but one thing is clear: soon Maseo will die, and Tatsu will acquire a sword that she will consider the most expensive thing she has.

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The Green Arrow comics, though not the most famous, are definitely the most socially significant. It's all about the typically leftist views of Oliver Queen. In the past, a clear major, a womanizer and a lover to get drunk, Oliver, after the tragedy, as a result of which he found himself on the island, realized that the lower strata of the population of his hometown needed him. That is why the events of "Arrow" revolve mainly around the disadvantaged area of the Glades.

And let the show be blamed for being overly dramatic and budget-driven, but the fact remains that Arrow is a successful and significant TV show for the DC Comics multiverse, which is not watched at all because of the special effects.

In the next release: "DC Comics TV Universe" we will talk about the series " Konstantin”, an ambitious project that was ruined by censorship (far from the fact that the show will be renewed for a second season) and a bad script. Everything was supposed to be wrong! Stay with us.

(Green Arrow) his real name is Oliver "Ollie" Queen - a fictional superhero from the DC Comics universe. Created by Martin Weisiger and George Papp and first appeared in a comic More Fun Comics#73 (November 1941). His costume resembled that of Robin Hood. In his battles, the Green Arrow uses a bow and special arrows with a variety of purposes. Arrowheads can contain explosives, a timed bomb, hooks, flash grenades, nets, and there are even unusual variations such as freeze arrows and kryptonite arrows. Green Arrow was originally conceived as a counterpart to Batman with a bow, but the writers of DC made him a leftist and progressive, with many differences from Batman.

For the first twenty-five years of his existence in comics, Green Arrow was not a very significant character. In the late 1960s, screenwriter Danny O'Neill decided that the character would lose his wealth by becoming a street crusader fighting for the working class and the underprivileged. In the 1970s, Green Arrow was paired with the more law-and-order hero Green Lantern, creating an innovative comic book series with a high social conscience. From that point on, Green Arrow became quite a popular character among comic book fans, and most writers began to take a bolder approach to the character. The character was killed off in the 1990s and replaced by Oliver's son Connor Hawke, who became the new Green Arrow. However, Hawk proved to be a much less popular character, and the character of Oliver Queen was resurrected in the 2001 story "Quiver" by Kevin Smith. In the 2000s, the character was featured in several significant storylines focusing on Green Arrow and Black Canary, such as "The Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding" and "Justice League: Cry for Justice", which culminated in Green Arrow being morally ambiguous anti-hero.

In May 2011, Green Arrow ranked 30th on the " Top 100 comic book characters of all time»according to IGN.

Publication History

Green Arrow and Speedy first appeared in a comic More Fun Comics#73 (November 1941), illustrated by George Papp. In addition to the obvious allusions to Robin Hood, Mort Weisinger relied on the television series, The Green Archer, based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, to create the character. He retooled the concept into a superhero archer with obvious Batman influences. This influence has given Green Arrow a partner as well as the Arrowmobile, the use of the Cave of the Arrow as a headquarters, the millionaire playboy alter ego, the use of the Arrow Signal to summon him, and a clown-like main antagonist named Bullseye, similar to Batman's main foe, The Joker.

Another Weisinger-created character, Aquaman, made several initial appearances in the series, and the two characters were then published competitively by More Fun Comics until the mid-1940s, and then by Adventure Comics from 1946 to 1960. Green Arrow and Speedy also appeared in several issues of World's Finest Comics until issue #140 (1964). The Green Arrow and Speedy series was one of five that were featured in an early Leading Comics team series.

Green Arrow was one of the few DC characters to continue to be produced after the end of the Golden Age of Comic Books. Green Arrow was in a relationship with Patty Kotter. The character's longevity came from the influence of creator Mort Weisinger, who kept Green Arrow and Aquaman as back-up characters for the Superboy series, first in More Fun Comics and later in Adventure Comics. In addition to sharing the series with him, issue #258 features a skirmish between a young Oliver Queen and Superboy. There was a short period in 1958 during which the series was written by Dick and Dave Wood, and the artist was Jack Kirby. Most of this period of the Green Arrow adventure was written by Franz Gerron, who was the main writer of the series from 1947-1963.

2004-2008 (Judd Vinick)

In 2004, Judd Vinick became the writer of the Green Arrow series and made many changes. Mia Durden, the new Speedy, has been infected with the HIV virus. Several attempts have also been made to expand the list of Green Arrow's enemies, adding the archer Merlin, Constantine the Dragon, and Danny Brickwell (nicknamed Brick) to existing villains, such as the delusional Count Vertigo and the enigmatic Onamatopoeia, also a recent addition. Other villains in the DC Universe, such as the Riddler, have made cameo appearances in the series.

In 2006, Andy Diggle and Jock's comic Green Arrow: Year One introduced a new official version of the hero's journey. Using concepts from previous versions, Oliver Queen is a wealthy thrill-seeker who is attacked and thrown overboard on a yacht. He was thrown onto the island, where Oliver had to learn how to survive and where he discovers smugglers who have enslaved the island's native population. Seeing the terrible conditions in which the locals are, Ollie begins to act against the criminals. In the end, Quinn returns to civilization, changed by the events he experienced on the island. Oliver states that the anti-smuggler riot he started on the island can be used as a cover for what really happened, which refers the reader to the original Green Arrow origin story as well as Mike Grell's version.

In the same year, the One Year Later event started, telling about the events a year after Infinite Crisis and covering many DC characters, including Green Arrow. Oliver, once again amassing a huge fortune, became the new mayor of Star City. He continues to fight for justice, both on the streets and in politics. He has a new costume, which is a combination of the classic costume designed by Neil Adams and the Mike Grell costume that first appeared in the pages of Longbow Hunters. Flashbacks show that Oliver survived a near-fatal attack during the events of Infinite Crisis and used his recovery time to train.

He works with several expert instructors, including the sensei known as Natas, who taught Deathstroke. The current Green Arrow (vol. 3) series ends with issue #75 in June 2007, in which Oliver resigned as mayor after a scandal and proposed to Deanna Lance, the Black Canary.

Other versions

The character appeared in a Frank Miller comic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and in the sequel, The Dark Knight Strikes Again. Despite his missing arm (apparently due to Superman), Oliver is still an excellent archer (he holds arrowheads with his teeth). The Emerald Archer later receives a cybernetic prosthetic from Batman in the sequel. The death of Green Arrow in Green Arrow #100-101 alludes to Miller's story. Superman's only option to save Oliver is to take his arm, but Oliver won't let him. Later in Quiver, he reveals that he turned it down both because of his problems in life at the time and because he would have been useless as an archer if he did so. In The Dark Knight Knight Returns, Quinn is portrayed as an anarchist, while in The Dark Knight Strikes Again he is described as "a millionaire turned communist".
An older, balding Oliver Queen appeared in Mark Waid and Alex Ross' Kingdom Come, in which he joined forces with Batman to take on Superman's army. He married his longtime love Dinah Lance and they have a daughter, Olivia Queen.

JLA: Age of Wonder

Green Arrow appears in the Lord of the Rings-inspired fantasy story JLA: Age of Wonder, in which the character was renamed Longbow Greenarrow. Here he is a mysterious wizard, reminiscent of Gandalf, the protector of the poor and the enemy of the oppressors.

JLA: Nail/JLA: Another Nail

In JLA: Nail and its sequel, JLA: Another Nail, Oliver is described as a disfigured ex-hero who lost an arm, an eye, and the ability to use his legs in a fight with Emeizo, the same fight in which Katar Hol (Eagle Man) lost his life. Embittered and furious, he is now chained to a chair and spreads fear on The Perry White Show by revealing that the Justice League are aliens and declaring that they are planning to take over the world. In the sequel, Oliver's brain was placed in Emeizo's body, restoring his sanity, allowing him to defeat the universe-threatening entity, albeit at the cost of his own life, after he mended relationships with his former partners.

Batman: Holy Terror

In the Batman: Holy Terror comic, Oliver Queen is mentioned as having been executed on charges of supporting underground Jewish "pornographers". He also has a cameo appearance with Bruce Wayne in Batman: Nine Lives by Dean Motter. Green Arrow appears in a comic book spin-off of Justice League Unlimited. Oliver also appears in Mike Mignola's comic book Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, where he is depicted as a modern-day Templar equipped with magical arrows that have been dipped in Saint Sebastian's blood. He was killed by Poison Ivy in issue #2.
The weekly series DC 52 established a new Multiverse. On Earth-3, the evil variant of Green Arrow is a supervillain and member of the Crime Syndicate of America. In Tangent Comics (Earth-9), the Green Arrow is a type of soda with the slogan, "You just love it." On Earth-15, Roy Harper replaced Oliver as Green Arrow. The Oliver Queen variations from Earth-22 (Kingdom Come) and Earth-31 (Dark Knight Returns) were later merged into a new multiverse. On the gender-mirrored Earth-11, Oliver has been replaced by Olivia Queen, and this world's version of the Black Canary has similar attributes to Earth-1's Oliver.

flashpoint

In an alternate timeline shown in the event comics flashpoint, Oliver Queen is the head of Green Arrow Industries, the main arms manufacturing company, and also manages a group of former military men called the Green Arrows. While Oliver is a genius inventor, he steals advanced supervillain technology for military use. One day, he discovers that his Green Arrows have been killed by a female bandit. Taking his weapons and gadgets to pursue her into battle, Oliver suddenly learns that the woman is his daughter by Vixen, Oliver's former lover. And the reason the woman attacked him is because Green Arrow Industries is building their weapons testing and manufacturing factories in cities that are being targeted by supervillains who want their weapons back. Shocked by this information, Oliver froze and was unable to prevent his daughter from being killed by the Green Arrows reserve team he had previously called in.

Capabilities

Green Arrow does not have any superpowers. However, he has a natural gift for archery. According to the comic Green Arrow: Year One, Oliver Queen is a big fan of Howard Hill, the stunt double who did all the stunts in The Adventures of Robin Hood. As a child, he even met Hill and he taught him a couple of lessons and said that he was a born archer.

In the fight against crime, the Green Arrow mainly uses a bow and arrows, both ordinary and with special tips. For a long time, the Green Arrow's trademark was an arrow tipped with a boxing glove. But there were also a variety of variations - with gas and light bombs, with nets and electric shocks, and many others.

Initially, the Green Arrow was largely written off from Batman, and therefore had its own branded car - the Arrowmobile, the Cave, and many other characteristic features. Later, however, it was decided to abandon this - Oliver Queen lost his fortune, crashed the Arrowmobile and stopped using the cave as headquarters.

In addition to his skillful use of the bow, Oliver Queen is an excellent fighter whose martial arts Backed by many years of experience in fighting crime.

In the media

Animated series

Green Arrow's first appearance was in the animated series " Super Friends He appeared in the 1973 episode "Gulliver's Giant Fool" and was voiced by Norman Alden. He was referred to as "A loyal member of the Justice League of America".

Green Arrow appears multiple times in the animated series " justice league" and was the first new hero to be introduced in the episode "Initiation". In this version, Green Arrow refuses to join the League, as he believes that teamwork will distract him from his main goal: protecting the "little man". Character voiced by Kin Shriner.

Green Arrow appears in the fifth season of the animated series " Batman in an episode called "Vertigo". This version of Green Arrow is mainly motivated by a desire to get revenge on Count Vertigo, a former employee who used technology stolen from Quinn's company. He is also famous in the last episode, which aired as "Lost Heroes". He voiced by Chris Hardwick, Green Arrow's appearance resembles that of his 1970s comic book counterpart.

Batman: Courage and Boldness", is often depicted as a friendly rival to Batman. His design once again resembles his interpretation of the Golden Age and Silver Age. The character was voiced by James Arnold Taylor. In the first episode, "The Rise of the Blue Beetle", Green Arrow and Batman are trapped, but they escape and defeat the villain.He also appears in the episodes "Day of the Dark Knight!", "Return of Deadman", "Inside the Outcasts".

Green Arrow appears as a member of the Justice League of America in the animated series " Young Justice", where he was voiced by Alan Tudyk. In the pilot episode "Independence Day", Green Arrow and Speedy are shown battling Icicle Jr. on their way to a meeting at the Hall of Justice, where the team members' induction ceremony along with Batman, Aquaman, the Flash, and Green Arrow Arrows After realizing that he will not be allowed to become an official member of the Justice League of America (as he mistakenly believed), Speedy angrily denounces Green Arrow and jumped out building, thus leading to Batman's formation of the Young Justice League. Green Arrow later reappears in the episode "The Agent", where he took on a new apprentice in Artemis, who claims to be his niece.

Green Arrow appears in the animated series " Fox", voiced by Stephen Amell.

Green Arrow appears in the Justice League animated series, voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos.

Animated films

Green Arrow appears in " Justice League: The New Barrier", the character's version resembles the Silver Age version.

In the alternate universe, Green Arrow is known by the name "Scarlet Archer", who appears in " Justice League: Crisis of Two Worlds", a character voiced by Jim Meskimen. He was first seen securing a shipment. He fires arrows at The Flash, but is defeated by Martian Manhunter. He is later arrested.

Green Arrow appears in the short " Showcase DC: Green Arrow", the character was voiced by Neil McDonough. In this short film, Arrow became an enemy. Oliver also has to protect the princess, who is in danger.

Oliver Queen appears in the second part of the animated film " Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.

Green Arrow appears in " LEGO DC Super Heroes: Justice League vs Bizarro League", voiced by Phil Morris.

Green Arrow appears in " Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts

Green Arrow appears in " Batman Unlimited: Chaos", voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos.

Series

Smallville", the character was played by actor Justin Hartley. He first appeared as a young Oliver Kuvin in the sixth season, at the end of the episode called "Sneeze".

Green Arrow appears in the series " Arrow", the role of the character was played by Stephen Amell. Oliver Queen, as a result of a shipwreck, ends up on an "uninhabited" island, where he receives various skills. Years later, he returns to his hometown, where he becomes a masked avenger. Throughout the series, the character has experienced some small changes ( put on a mask over his eyes, received the full-fledged nickname "Green Arrow and others").

Green Arrow appears in the series " Flash", portrayed by Stephen Amell. Oliver Kuvin has made multiple appearances in various episodes of the series. In the pilot, Barry Allen returns to Starling City after gaining superhuman speed and is advised by Oliver about whether he can be a hero.

Green Arrow appears in the series " Legends of Tomorrow", the role of the character was played by Stephen Amell.

Firefly

special powers

- Genius-level intelligence, extensive knowledge in many fields of science
- Endurance, speed and agility are at the peak of human potential
- Excellent acrobatic performance
- The peak of the development of human physical capabilities
- Master of multiple martial arts
- Unsurpassed Accuracy
- Master of stealth
- Great financial opportunities
- excellent fencing and archery skills

Equipment

- High tech bow
- Arrows with various effects

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Green Arrow was not originally a well-known character outside of comics; he appeared in only one episode of the animated series Super Friends in 1973. In the 2000s, the character appeared in a number of DC animated series such as "Justice League Unlimited", "Young Justice", "The Batman", "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", and in several DC animated films. He also appeared in the television series Smallville, played by Justin Hartley, becoming one of the main participants in recent seasons. In 2012, the television series Arrow debuted on The CW; here Oliver Queen is played by Stephen Amell.

Publication history

Beginning, 1941-1968

Another Weisinger-created character, Aquaman, made several initial appearances in the series, and the two characters were then competitively published for a long time. More Fun Comics until the mid 1940s, and then "Adventure Comics" from 1946 to 1960. Green Arrow and Speedy also appeared in several issues. "World's Finest Comics" until issue #140 (1964). The Green Arrow and Speedy series was one of five that were shown in an early team series. "Leading Comics".

Green Arrow was one of the few DC characters to continue in production after the end of the Golden Age of comics. Green Arrow was in a relationship with Patty Kotter. The character's longevity came from the influence of creator Mort Weisinger, who kept Green Arrow and Aquaman as back-up characters for the Superboy series, first in "More Fun Comics" and then in "Adventure Comics". In addition to sharing the series with him, issue #258 features a skirmish between a young Oliver Queen and Superboy. There was a short period in 1958 during which Dick and Dave Wood were the writers for the series, and Jack Kirby was the artist. Most of this period of the Green Arrow adventure was written by Franz Gerron, who was the main writer of the series from 1947-1963.

Neil Adams and Dennis O'Neill, 1969-1983

In 1976 series "Green Lantern" was relaunched alongside Hal Jordan and Ollie Queen in the Green Arrow/Green Lantern partnership, but returned to more traditional superhero stories. Danny O'Neill continued to write the characters, while Adams supporter Mike Grell became the artist. After the series returned to single player - with the Green Lantern, the Green Arrow began to appear in "World's Finest". Elliot S. Maggin wrote various single stories quite often.

In his series, Oliver got a job as a newspaper columnist, which allowed him to express his political views more publicly. IN "World's Finest"#255 (1979) Queen ran for mayor of Star City, but lost, even though he was close to winning. Although there were reasons to suspect that the results of the vote were rigged, Black Canary decided not to formally challenge the results of the vote, essentially losing to her opponent.

Between May and August 1983, Green Arrow first appeared in his own comic book, a four-part mini-series about murder and betrayal that became the basis for a full-fledged comic book series. This was a mini-series in which Green Arrow had his first enemy, Count Vertigo.

In 1985, Green Arrow died during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, wearing red boots and gloves, all that remained of an Earth-2 character, especially since at that time there was no practice of resurrecting characters (his case will be the first).

Longbow Hunters and Mike Grell's ongoing series

Under Grell, Green Arrow abandoned the use of his special arrows and moved from Star City to Seattle, Washington. While the series was part of the adult DC Comics line, it was more gritty, violent, and urban in tone, with Green Arrow using lethal weapons against his opponents quite often. Grell wrote the first 80 issues for the series, leveling off the superhero aspects of the characters; Oliver stopped wearing his mask and was never mentioned as "Green Arrow" and Black Canary never once used his supersonic scream. (This was later explained by the fact that she lost her abilities during the events The Longbow Hunters, although this did not coincide with her appearances in other parallel comic book series). While crossovers were intended to allow other writers (most notably Danny O'Neil, who was writing the series at the time) Batman and more adult comic The Question) to use Green Arrow, Grell described him as more isolated from the rest of the DC Universe. Even when characters like longtime friend Hal Jordan (better known as Green Lantern) appeared in the series, they wore regular clothes and used their regular names rather than superhero nicknames.

Instead of a superhero society, Grell created his own support team. In addition to Shado, Grell introduced the character of Lieutenant Jim Cameron of the Seattle Police Department, who had a negative attitude towards the activities of the Green Arrow (including the killing of criminals); CIA defector Greg Osborne, who began tracking Oliver's activities; and mercenary Eddie Fiers, initially introduced as an adversary to Queen, but then made a companion out of necessity when Green Arrow was forced to leave Seattle on trumped-up charges of aiding terrorists. Grell stopped hosting the entire series after "Green Arrow"#80, shortly after Dina dumped Oliver.

During this period, Grell rewrote Green Arrow's origins in a four-episode limited series, Green Arrow: The Wonder Year. Grell portrayed Oliver Queen as a thrill-seeker who inherited the family business in early age. Changed by his time on the island, Oliver decided to use crime fighting as a way to deal with his duties. During his first adventure in Star City, Oliver Queen meets his former passion, Brianna Stone, a former college radical who comes up with the idea that if he still has a bow, he might one day use it for business. The limited series also defined Oliver's attraction to dangerous women.

After Grell

When Grell left the series, DC immediately began restoring Green Arrow to the global DC Universe. His ongoing series (mostly written by Kelly Pakket with illustrations by Jim Aparo) ceased to be part of the Mature Audience (later the Vertigo imprint) in issue #63, shortly before Grell's departure. Green Arrow also began to appear in other superhero comics, most notably in "Green Lantern"#47, in which Oliver helped Hal Jordan save his girlfriend Carol Ferris and her family from one of Hal's enemies. Another notable appearance was the 1994 mini-series "Zero Hour", in which Green Arrow was forced to shoot his old friend at the climax of the event. Tightly embedded in the DC Universe, the character Connor Hawke was introduced and revealed as the son of Oliver Queen.

IN Green Arrow#100-101 Oliver infiltrated a group of eco-terrorists known as the Eden Corps and sacrificed his life to prevent a bomb that would destroy Metropolis. Oliver's body was almost completely destroyed, such that only Superman was able to identify him. This allowed the creators to shake up the series and make Connor Hawke the new Green Arrow. This series, written by Chuck Dixon, continued starring Hawk until issue #137, when the series was cancelled.

Smith, Hester & Parkes/Meltzer 2000-2004

In 2000, Oliver Queen was revived in a new series, "Green Arrow"(vol. 3), in the "Quiver" storyline, written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Phil Hester and Andy Parks. It turned out that Hal's resurrection of Oliver (on the last page of Green Arrow #137, the last issue of the Oliver/Connor series permanent) didn't go well. In Hal's last hours before he sacrificed his life during the events "The Final Night", Jordan talks to Oliver's soul in the afterlife, and both agree to bring some of Oliver Queen back to life; without a soul (so that Oliver's soul can stay in heaven) and without memory of the events from the mini-series The Longbow Hunters, as well as about subsequent events, up to his death.

For several years, the resurrected Oliver lived in Star City, fighting crime while out of sight of his superhero friends, but was eventually discovered. His resurrection was used by Stanley Dover's grandfather, who attempted to gain power over a monster with a strange connection to Stanley. Dover was going to take Oliver's body and use his access to Justice League resources to find the monster. At the climax of the story, Oliver's soul returns from heaven and inhabits his body, after which he helps his son Connor defeat a horde of demons. Dover is defeated and, in fact, consumed by the Beast, who left after that for his own reasons. Oliver finds himself once again independently wealthy, as Dover transferred all of his financial assets to Oliver as he was about to take over his body. Oliver also chooses a new partner, Mia Durden, who later becomes the new Speedy under his tutelage.

After the resurrection story, Smith wrote a second, shorter one, storyline, which includes a superpowered killer calling himself Onomatopoeia, who targets Connor Hawke as his next victim. Following this, Smith left the series and Brad Meltzer became the series' lead writer.

Meltzer wrote a storyline describing Oliver and his former partner, Roy Harper, teaming up and traveling across the country in search of Oliver's former flames, mostly using a ring entrusted to Oliver by Hal Jordan years ago. The story reveals the fact that Oliver knew all along that Connor Hawk was his son, and was even present at his birth, but then left Connor and his mother because he feared the responsibility of fatherhood. Meltzer's storyline was continued in Green Lantern: Rebirth in which Oliver tried to use the ring.

Meltzer wrote the plot for the mini-series "Identity Crisis", which described Green Arrow in great detail as one of the main characters.

During this time, the character appeared in other series, such as Justice League And Justice League Elite. The most notable event of these appearances is a brief love affair with Dawn, the wife of the team's magical expert, Manitou Raven.

Judd Vinick (2004-2008)

In 2004, Judd Vinick became the writer of the Green Arrow series and made many changes. Mia Durden, the new Speedy, has been infected with the HIV virus. Several attempts have also been made to expand the list of Green Arrow's enemies by adding the archer Merlin, Constantine the Dragon, and Danny Brickwell (nicknamed Brick) to existing villains such as the delusional Count Vertigo and the enigmatic Onamatopoeia, also a recent addition. Other villains in the DC Universe, such as the Riddler, have made cameo appearances in the series.

In the same year, the event started "One Year Later", telling about the events a year after "Infinite Crisis" and covering many DC characters, including Green Arrow. Oliver, once again amassing a huge fortune, became the new mayor of Star City. He continues to fight for justice, both on the streets and in politics. He has a new costume, which is a combination of the classic Neil Adams costume and the Mike Grell costume that first appeared in the pages of Longbow Hunters. Flashbacks show that Oliver survived a near-fatal attack during the events of Infinite Crisis and used his recovery time to train.

He works with several expert instructors, including the sensei known as Natas, who taught Deathstroke. Current ongoing series "Green Arrow"(vol. 3) ends with issue #75 in June 2007, in which Oliver resigned as mayor after a scandal and proposed to Deanna Lance, Black Canary.

Green Arrow/Black Canary

Following the end of the ongoing Green Arrow series, DC Comics released a four-episode Black Canary mini-series in which Green Arrow teams up with Black Canary to help Sin get into school and start new life. This series ended when Black Canary accepted Green Arrow's marriage proposal. The result was the release of three interconnected specials included in the "Countdown" storyline. These were The Black Canary Wedding Planner, "JLA Wedding Special", And "The Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special". These issues were introductory to a new comic book series. Green Arrow/Black Canary. At the end of the wedding special, Black Canary had to kill Green Arrow because he went insane and attacked her.

A new series regular kicked off with this event, quickly explaining that Green Arrow was alive (and the one who was killed was just an impostor) and was being held hostage by Athena. Black Canary, Connor, and Mia set up a rescue mission for Green Arrow. As the team regrouped, Connor was hit by a bullet intended for Oliver and fell into a vegetative state. While Connor was in a coma, Oliver and Dinah officially got married, as they never officially did during the wedding special, but when they returned, it turned out that Connor had been kidnapped.

The storyline shifts to another where Connor Hawke is rescued from a mysterious kidnapper. Connor was eventually found and cured through the manipulation of Doctor Shivana. In issue #15, Andrew Kreisberg became the writer of the series.

Blackest Night/Cry for Justice

Brightest day

Unknown to the populace of Star City, Green Arrow returned and lived in the grown forest, doing his best to keep the city still reeling from the death and destruction brought by Prometheus. With almost no laws and death a large number public people, at the head of "Queen Industries" as a result of a raider takeover, a new person is going to bring peace and restore the city. The self-proclaimed "Queen" had some sort of connection to Oliver's father and states that he will uphold the Queen family legacy, in which Green Arrow failed.

The New 52

After DC's 2011 reboot and the launch of "the New 52", Green Arrow got its own series. Oliver Queen - Green Arrow, head of the Q-Core branch of Queen Industries by day, crime fighter by night.

Alternative versions

Many alternate versions of the character have appeared in DC Comics publications. The original version of the character was set to be the Earth-2 version. This Green Arrow was a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory and the All-Star Squad in the 1940s, along with his partner Speedy. Aside from their origin story - they were both trained on a mesa top - their history is almost identical to the Earth-1 version, up to the point where they traveled through time during the battle with Nebula Man (eng. Nebula Man). He was killed during Crisis on Infinite Earths. In this comic, Earth-2 Green Arrow has brown hair as opposed to Earth-1 Green Arrow - he is blond. Also, Speedy from Earth-2 was blond, while Speedy from Earth-1 was red.

The character appeared in a Frank Miller comic The Dark Knight Returns and in continuation, The Dark Knight Strikes Again. Despite his missing arm (apparently due to Superman), Oliver is still an excellent archer (he holds arrowheads with his teeth). The Emerald Archer later receives a cybernetic prosthetic from Batman in the sequel. Death of Green Arrow Green Arrow#100-101 alludes to Miller's story. Superman's only option to save Oliver is to take his arm, but Oliver won't let him. Later in Quiver he reveals that he refused both because of his problems in life at the time, and because in such a case he would be useless as an archer. IN The Dark Knight Knight Returns Quinn is portrayed as an anarchist, while in The Dark Knight Strikes Again he is described as "a millionaire turned communist".
An older, balding Oliver Queen appeared in a Mark Waid and Alex Ross comic Kingdom Come, in which he joined forces with Batman to confront Superman's army. He married his longtime love Dina Lance and they have a daughter, Olivia Queen.
The Green Arrow appears in a fantasy story inspired by The Lord of the Rings, JLA: Age of Wonder, in which the character was renamed to Longbow Greenarrow. Here he is a mysterious wizard reminiscent of Gandalf, protector of the poor and enemy of the oppressors.
IN JLA: Nail and the sequel JLA: Another Nail, Oliver is described as a disfigured ex-hero who lost an arm, an eye, and the ability to use his legs in a fight with Emeizo, the same fight in which Katar Hol (Eagle Man) lost his life. Embittered and furious, he is now chained to a chair and spreads fear on The Perry White Show by revealing that the Justice League are aliens and declaring that they are planning to take over the world. In the sequel, Oliver's brain was placed in Emeizo's body, restoring his sanity, allowing him to defeat the universe-threatening entity, albeit at the cost of his own life, after he mended relationships with his former partners.
Comic Batman: Holy Terror Oliver Queen is mentioned as having been executed on charges of supporting underground Jewish "pornographers". He also has a cameo appearance with Bruce Wayne in the comic Batman: Nine Lives Dean Motter. Green Arrow appears in a spin-off comic of the series Justice League Unlimited. Oliver also appears in Mike Mignola's comic Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, where it is depicted as a modern-day Templar, equipped with magical arrows that were dipped in the blood of St. Sebastian. He was killed by Poison Ivy in issue #2.
DC's weekly series has established a new Multiverse. On Earth-3, the evil variant of Green Arrow is a supervillain and member of the Crime Syndicate of America. In Tangent Comics (Earth-9), the Green Arrow is a type of soda with the slogan: Hits the Spot. On Earth-15, Roy Harper replaced Oliver as Green Arrow. Oliver Queen Variations from Earth-22 ( kingdom come) and Earth-31 ( Dark Knight Returns) were later merged into a new multiverse. On the gender-mirrored Earth-11, Oliver has been replaced by Olivia Queen, and this world's version of the Black Canary has similar attributes to Earth-1's Oliver.
In an alternate timeline shown in the event comics flash point Oliver Queen is the head of Green Arrow Industries, the main arms manufacturing company, and also manages a group of former military men called the Green Arrows. While Oliver is a genius inventor, he steals advanced supervillain technology for military use. One day, he discovers that his Green Arrows have been killed by a female bandit. Taking his weapons and gadgets to pursue her into battle, Oliver suddenly learns that the woman is his daughter by Vixen, Oliver's former lover. And the reason the woman attacked him is because Green Arrow Industries is building their weapons testing and manufacturing factories in cities that are being targeted by supervillains who want their weapons back. Shocked by this information, Oliver froze and was unable to prevent his daughter from being killed by the Green Arrows reserve team he had previously called in.

Powers and abilities

Green Arrow does not have any superpowers. However, he has a natural gift for archery. According to Green Arrow: Year One, Oliver Queen is a big fan of Howard Hill, the stunt double who did all the stunts in The Adventures of Robin Hood. As a child, he even met Hill and he taught him a couple of lessons and said that he was a born archer.

In the fight against crime, the Green Arrow mainly uses a bow and arrows, both ordinary and with special tips. For a long time, Green Arrow's trademark was an arrow tipped with a boxing glove. But there were also a variety of variations - with gas and light bombs, with nets and electric shocks, and many others. In addition, Oliver trained his body in the most severe conditions that a normal person cannot afford. He turned himself into a weapon. His pain threshold is much higher than that of an ordinary person, for example: he can actively fight with six arrows in his back, his bones are also comparable in strength to steel, in case of fractures they do not need care and are able to grow together on their own. Over the years, Oliver has raised his physique to the limit of human capabilities. Agility, endurance and reaction are also on top. In addition, he studied many martial arts. All this makes Oliver a very dangerous opponent. In terms of strength, he can be compared with Batman, Deathstroke and other characters.

Green Arrow outside the comics

A television

The first appearance of a superhero on television was in the television series Smallville, which tells the story of the adventures of a young Superman. The role of Green Arrow was played by actor Justin Hartley. The character appears in seven episodes of the sixth season, in the seventh season he appears only in one episode, when he recruits the Black Canary to the Justice League, and with the beginning of the eighth season, he has become one of the main characters of the series. In the series, his image is close to the image of Robin Hood - in addition to the routine rescue of people, he robs museums, and donates the loot to charity. As the story progresses, Oliver Queen becomes a friend of Clark Kent, and it also turns out that Oliver's parents were killed by Lionel Luthor, Lex Luthor's father, who is subsequently killed by Green Arrow. In the series, it is he who creates the Justice League, which consists of superheroes who have met before. The series also shows that in the past, Oliver ended up on a desert island, where he first tried archery.

On October 10, 2012, the Arrow series premiered, which is completely focused on Green Arrow. The series has no connection with the "Secrets of Smallville". The role of Oliver is played by Steven Amell. In this series, Oliver spent 5 years on a desert island, fighting terrorists together with Deathstroke and Shado, after which he was found by fishermen and returned to Starling City to his mother and younger sister Thea. Using a list of corrupt businessmen left to him by his father, Oliver became an avenger and started a war with underworld starling city using as cover night club, which also houses his secret headquarters. Unlike the comics, in the series, Oliver initially used very violent crime-fighting methods, killing criminals more often than simply beating them up and turning them in to the police, and rarely fought criminals outside of his father's list. In the first season, Green Arrow is almost never called Green Arrow (he is referred to as either "Vigilante" or "Hood"), but in the second season, Detective Quentin Lance gave him the name Arrow, believing that it suits the night avenger better than "Hood" . In the second episode of the third season, he was first called the Green Arrow, and from the fourth season he officially uses this name all the time (since everyone thinks the Arrow is dead). Since the first episode of the second season, the Arrow has not killed his opponents, with the exception of Count Vertigo, who threatened his assistant Felicity Smoak. In the first episode of the fifth season, the Arrow again began to kill criminals.

Oliver also appeared in five episodes of the series The Flash (“Pilot”, “Flash against Arrows”, “Atmosphere madness”, “Legends of today” and “Invasion!”) and in four episodes of the series “Legends tomorrow day” (“Pilot . Part 1", "Star City, year 2046", "Out of time" and "Invasion!"). The role of Oliver was again played by Stephen Amell. In addition, the actor voiced his character in the web series Vixen.

Movie

Animation

Green Arrow first appeared in an episode of the original Super Friends animated series.
He has made numerous appearances in the Justice League Unlimited animated series.
Appeared in several episodes of the 2004 animated series The Batman.
Appeared in Justice League: The New Frontier, where his appearance is similar to the Golden Age version.
He often appeared in the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold, starting with a promo in the very first episode.
An evil parallel universe version of Green Arrow called the "Scarlet Arrow" appeared in Justice League: Crisis of Two Worlds, voiced by Jim Meskimen.
Became the main character of a solo short cartoon Showcase dc: Green arrow
Green Arrow appeared as a member of the Justice League in the Young Justice animated series.
Appeared in the sketch cartoon series Psych.
In Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Part 2 "helped Batman defeat Superman. Voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.
As a cameo character, he appeared in the animated film Lego. Movie ".
Green Arrow appeared as one of the main characters in Batman Limitless: Animal Instincts, Batman Limitless: Chaos, and Batman Limitless: Robots vs. Mutants.

Games

Playable character in the game Justice League Task Force for Sega Mega Drive and Super NES .
Green Arrow is one of the unlockable characters in the 2006 game. Justice League Heroes. Voiced by Ralph Garman.
Appears in the game Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame. In the Nintendo Wii version, Batman can summon him to help him. A playable character in the Nintendo DS version of the game. Voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
Appears in the game DC Universe Online, voiced by David Jennison.
Playable character in the 2013 game Injustice: Gods Among Us.
Playable character in handheld versions LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.
A playable character in the 2014 MOBA game Infinite Crisis.
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham .
Green Arrow is one of the playable characters in Injustice 2 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

Collector's editions

Soft Collector's Edition The Archer's Quest(#16-21) was released as Volume 4 in the series after straight shooter(#26-31), released as Volume 3. Comic Hardcover Editions Quiver, The Sounds Of Violence, And The Archer's Quest never numbered.

Title	Material collected	ISBN
Beginnings & Team-up with Green Lantern
The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby	Adventure Comics № 250-256; World's Finest Comics № 96-99
Showcase Presents: Green Arrow	Adventure Comics № 250-266, № 268-269; Brave and the Bold № 50, № 71, № 85; Justice League of America № 4; World's Finest Comics № 95-140	ISBN 978-1-4012-0785-4
Green Lantern/Green Arrow Vol. 1	green lantern(vol. 2) #76-82	ISBN 978-1-4012-0224-8
Green Lantern/Green Arrow Vol. 2	green lantern(vol. 2) #83-87, #89; The Flash(vol. 2) #212-219, #226	ISBN 978-1-4012-0230-9
The Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection	green lantern(vol. 2) #76-87, #89, The Flash(vol. 2) #212-219, #226	ISBN 978-1-56389-639-2
Green Lantern: Emerald Allies featuring Green Arrow	Green Arrow(vol. 2) #104, #110-111, #125-126; green lantern(vol. 3) #76-77, #92	ISBN 978-1-56389-603-3
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights featuring Green Arrow	Green Arrow(vol. 2) #136; green lantern(vol. 3) #99-106	ISBN 978-1-56389-475-6
Green Arrow Return
Green Arrow: Quiver	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #1-10	ISBN 978-1-56389-802-0 ISBN 978-1-56389-965-2
Green Arrow: The Sounds of Violence	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #11-15	ISBN 978-1-56389-976-8 ISBN 978-1-4012-0045-9
"Green Arrow: The Archer's Quest	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #16-21	ISBN 978-1-4012-0010-7 ISBN 978-1-4012-0044-2
Green Arrow: Straight Shooter	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #26-31	ISBN 978-1-4012-0200-2
Green Arrow: City Walls	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #32, #34-39	ISBN 978-1-4012-0464-8
Green Arrow: Moving Targets	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #40-50	ISBN 978-1-4012-0930-8
Green Arrow: Heading Into the Light	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #52, #54-59	ISBN 978-1-4012-1094-6
Green Arrow: Crawling From the Wreckage	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #60-65	ISBN 978-1-4012-1232-2
Green Arrow: Road to Jericho	Green Arrow(vol. 3) #66-75	ISBN 978-1-4012-1508-8
Green Arrow/Black Canary
Green Arrow/Black Canary: Road to the Altar	Birds of Prey № 109; Black Canary № 1-4; Black Canary Wedding Planner	ISBN 978-1-4012-1863-8
Green Arrow/Black Canary: The Wedding Album	Green Arrow/Black Canary № 1-5; Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special	ISBN 978-1-4012-1841-6 ISBN 978-1-4012-2219-2
Green Arrow/Black Canary: Family Business	Green Arrow/Black Canary № 6-10	ISBN 978-1-4012-2016-7
Green Arrow/Black Canary: A League of Their Own	Green Arrow/Black Canary № 11-14; Green Arrow Secret Files № 1	ISBN 978-1-4012-2250-5
Green Arrow/Black Canary: Enemies List	Green Arrow/Black Canary № 15-20

Hello defenders!
Today we want to tell you the story of a character that many want to see in IC - Green Arrow. It is known that in the game his costume will be worn by Oliver Quinn.
Green Arrow is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by Martin Weisiger and George Papp and first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His real name is Oliver "Ollie" Queen, he is a billionaire who previously served as mayor of Star City. Dressed as Robin Hood, Green Arrow uses a bow and special arrows with unusual uses to fight crime.
Green Arrow is ranked #30 on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Characters list.

Biography (Oliver Quinn)
Initially, Green Arrow was conceived as an analogue of Batman, armed with a bow. They had many similarities. The Arrow had its own Arrowcar, Arrow cave, Arrow signal and Speedy assistant. Green Arrow and Speedy first appeared in More Fun Comics #73. In addition to the obvious allusions to Robin Hood, Mort Weisinger relied on the television series, The Green Archer, based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, to create the character.
In 1969, Neil Adams decided to change Green Arrow's appearance, giving him a goatee and a newly designed suit in "The Brave and the Bold" #85 of America" #75, in which his personality received new, sharper edges. The result of the revision was the loss of Oliver Queen's fortune due to a false accusation of corruption, after which he became a lawyer for the poor, as well as the fact that Oliver became leftist. For example, he once saved the dog of a boy playing near the locomotive depot, but instead of feeling satisfied, he was tormented by the greater problem that there was no safe place for the boy to play.
In the early 1970s, Green Arrow became Green Lantern Hal Jordan's sidekick in a short-lived comic book series by O'Neal and Adams that discussed various social and political situations. Green Arrow stood for radical change, while Green Lantern stood for working to improve existing government structures and laws.
The duo hit the road across America, witnessing the problems of corruption, racism, pollution and overpopulation at the forefront of the nation.
It was during this period that one of the most famous Green Arrow stories was released, appearing in Green Lantern #85-86, in which it turned out that Green Arrow's ward, Speedy, was addicted to heroin. In his zeal to save America, Oliver failed in his personal mission to keep Speedy safe. Later, Speedy is able to overcome his addiction with the help of Black Canary, Oliver's girlfriend. For this story, the creators received a congratulatory letter from the mayor of New York, John Lindsay. Unfortunately, the series did not live up to commercial expectations, and Neil Adams had timing issues, resulting in issue #88 not being released as planned, and the series was canceled after issue #89 (April/May 1972).
The duo was moved to support the Flash series, from issue #217 to #219. Socially significant themes continued to emerge, with the story beginning with Oliver killing a criminal (albeit by accident). After that, he deprived himself of all the symbols of his superheroic activities (including the destruction of the Arrow Flyer) and went to the ashram monastery. There he did not find peace and returned to the outside world in search of Hal and Dinah. The story became very important to the character in the 1990s. After this three-part story, Green Lantern continued his appearances in The Flash, this time alone, while Green Arrow began to appear in Action Comics.
In 1976, the Green Lantern series was relaunched with Hal Jordan and Ollie Queen in the Green Arrow/Green Lantern partnership, but returned to more traditional superhero stories. Denny O'Neill continued to write the characters, while Adams supporter Mike Grell became the artist. After the series returned to single player with Green Lantern, Green Arrow began to appear in "World's Finest". Elliot S. Maggin wrote various single stories quite often.
In his series, Oliver got a job as a newspaper columnist, which allowed him to express his political views more publicly. In World's Finest #255 (1979), Queen ran for mayor of Star City, but lost, although he came close to winning. Although there were reasons to suspect that the results of the vote were rigged, Black Canary decided not to formally challenge the results of the vote, essentially losing to her opponent.
Between May and August 1983, Green Arrow first appeared in his own comic book, a four-part Green Arrow vol. This was a mini-series in which Green Arrow had his first enemy, Count Vertigo.
In 1987, DC Comics launched the character into a new series as part of its adult comics line. Written and illustrated by Mike Grell, the Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters mini-series was the beginning of this new version of Green Arrow. In this 3-part prestige-format comic, an ordinary adventure leads to tragedy when Black Canary is captured by a group of drug dealers who brutally attack her. tortured. In response, Oliver killed everyone who tortured her. The mini-series also introduced the enigmatic Japanese archer, Shado, whose family suffered in a concentration camp during World War II.
Under Grell, the Green Arrow retired from using their specialty arrows and moved from Star City to Seattle, Washington. While the series was part of the adult DC Comics line, it was more gritty, violent, and urban in tone, with Green Arrow using deadly weapons against his opponents quite often.
In Green Arrow #100-101, Oliver Quinn dies saving Metropolis, and his son Connor Hawke takes on the Arrow costume for a while.
In 2000 as part of the Quiver arc, Hal Jordan resurrects Oliver Quinn, but he has no soul and is stripped of all memories until his death.
In 2007, Andy Diggle and Jock's comic Green Arrow: Year One introduced a new official version of the hero's journey. Using concepts from previous versions, Oliver Queen is a wealthy thrill-seeker who is attacked and thrown overboard on a yacht. He was thrown onto the island, where Oliver had to learn how to survive and where he discovers smugglers who have enslaved the island's native population. Seeing the terrible conditions in which the locals are, Ollie begins to act against the criminals. In the end, Quinn returns to civilization, changed by the events he experienced on the island.
In the same year, the One Year Later event started, telling about the events a year after Infinite Crisis and covering many DC characters, including Green Arrow. Oliver, once again amassing a huge fortune, became the new mayor of Star City. In June 2007, Oliver steps down as mayor and proposes to Black Canary.
Following the end of the ongoing Green Arrow series, DC Comics released a four-episode Black Canary mini-series in which Green Arrow teams up with Black Canary to help Sin get into school and start a new life. This series ended when Black Canary accepted Green Arrow's marriage proposal. The result was the release of three interconnected specials included in the "Countdown" storyline. These were The Black Canary Wedding Planner, JLA Wedding Special, and The Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special. These issues were introductory to the new Green Arrow/Black Canary comic series. At the end of the wedding special, Black Canary had to kill Green Arrow as he went insane and attacked her.
A new series regular kicked off with this event, quickly explaining that Green Arrow was alive (and the one who was killed was just an impostor).
During Blackest Night, the Arrow becomes a Black Lantern and Star City is destroyed. Later, Oliver Quinn kills the villain Prometheus responsible for destroying the city.
In the New 52, Oliver Quinn runs Q-core, a division of Quenn Industries that sponsors his Arrow activities. The hero is constantly trying to find a balance between keeping the law and using his methods. who often break the law. He ended his relationship with Roy Harper. The series takes place in Seattle. The series introduces the character of John Diggle, originally created for Arrow.

Abilities and equipment
Green Arrow does not possess any superhuman powers. However, he is an incredibly talented archer (one of the best in the world). He is able to fire 29 bow shots per minute. He is at the peak of his physical form and has excellent hand-to-hand combat skills - he studied judo, karate, kickboxing and taekwondo. The Arrow is capable of taking on up to seven opponents at the same time. Also, Green Arrow fights well with swords. In combat, Green Arrow uses many special arrows in addition to normal arrows, such as stun arrows, freeze arrows, arrows with explosives, a built-in network, or a stun gun. One of the Arrow's frequent tricks is the shot, in which the arrow hits the muzzle of the opponent's weapon.

About the series "Arrow"

The series features a largely non-canonical version of the character.
-Completely changed the history of the origin of the Arrow. According to the comics (Green Arrow: Year One), Oliver Quinn ended up on the island after his mentor betrayed him. On the island, he fought against drug dealers. Neither Shado nor Deathstroke appeared in the comic.
- Deathstroke never trained an arrow. But Oliver's mentor for a long time was the same man who trained Deathstroke.
- In the series, Oliver kills criminals much more often than in the comics.
- In the series, Green Arrow and Speedy (Roy Harper) are just getting along, while in the New 52 their relationship is already over.
- In addition to the series, a small series of Arrow comics was released to complement its events.