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139-412: Green Arrow enjoyed moderate success in his early years, becoming the cover feature of More Fun , as well as having occasional appearances in other comics. Throughout his first twenty-five years, however, the character never enjoyed greater popularity. In the late 1960s, writer Denny O'Neil , inspired by the character's dramatic visual redesign by Neal Adams , chose to have him lose his fortune, giving him

278-425: A Justice League member, Green Arrow will also appear in crossovers with stories featuring other DC flagship characters from time to time. Of his Justice League colleagues, classic stories depict Ollie as having an ongoing feud with Hawkman owing to their differing outlooks on life, and more recently, he has been depicted as a good friend of his Justice League United colleague Animal Man . Green Arrow has also been

417-569: A kung fu character named Richard Dragon , and later adapted those novels to comic book form for DC. O'Neil wrote a four-part column series for Marvel's 1978 The Hulk! magazine, under the pseudonym Jeff Mundo . "Jeff Mundo's Dark Corners" ran from issue #21 through issue #24 and covered various pop culture topics. O'Neil wrote a column for ComicMix. Joining Marvel's editorial staff in 1980, O'Neil edited Daredevil during Frank Miller's run as writer/artist. He fired writer Roger McKenzie so that Miller could both write and pencil Daredevil ,

556-453: A 'black ops' super-team as the team's tactical consultant. His time in the Elite is notable for showing a brief affair with Dawn , the wife of the team's magical expert, Manitou Raven . Judd Winick took over as Green Arrow 's writer and made many changes. Mia Dearden , the new Speedy, was revealed to be HIV positive and attempts were made to expand Green Arrow's Rogues Gallery with Merlyn

695-633: A Green Arrow story published in Green Lantern (vol. 2) No. 87, was Green Arrow's writer for the next several years. In 1976, the Green Lantern/Green Arrow title was re-launched, without the socially conscious themes of the original series, with O'Neil writing and Mike Grell drawing. After the title moved to solo Green Lantern stories, solo Green Arrow stories appeared in World's Finest Comics . In his solo series, Oliver landed

834-479: A Supergirl story written and drawn by Mike Sekowsky . As of #425 (December 1972), the book's theme changed from superhero adventure to fantasy/supernatural adventure. That issue debuted one new feature along with three non-series stories, the pirate saga "Captain Fear". The next edition added a semi-anthology series, "The Adventurers' Club". Soon, editor Joe Orlando was trying out horror-tinged costumed heroes such as

973-600: A box that seemingly makes him regain his memory. It is revealed that Martian Manhunter realized Amanda Waller's plans to make the world hate metahumans, so he agreed to create a telepathic implant which will make Ollie fully believe in Waller's goals. Oliver helps disable the Amazon bots and the heroes regain their powers. In the aftermath, Oliver explains he had to do it because the Justice League disbanded so quickly when

1112-399: A character O'Neil created be killed off. O'Neil instead left Azrael's fate vague, preferring to let readers decide what happened to him. O'Neil wrote several novels, comics, short stories, reviews and teleplays, including the novelizations of the films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight . Under the pseudonym Jim Dennis with writer Jim Berry, O'Neil scripted a series of novels about

1251-429: A companion of necessity when Green Arrow was forced to leave Seattle after false accusations of aiding terrorists. Grell's run ended with Green Arrow vol. 2 No. 80, shortly after Dinah dumped Oliver. During this period, the writer also redefined the character's origin in the four-part 1992 limited series , Green Arrow: The Wonder Year . Grell portrayed Oliver Queen as a thrill-seeker who inherits his family business at

1390-540: A couple of years. ... Deteriorating marriage, bad habits, deteriorating relationships with human beings – with anything that wasn't a typewriter, in fact. It was a bad few years there." O'Neil and Adams also created the Green Lantern character John Stewart , who debuted in Green Lantern vol. 2 #87 (December 1971/January 1972). O'Neil's 1970s run on the Batman titles, under the direction of editor Julius Schwartz,

1529-600: A cover story for what transpired, referencing the original Green Arrow origin story, as well as Mike Grell's version. After the end of the ongoing series, DC Comics published a four-part bi-monthly Black Canary miniseries in which Green Arrow teamed up with Black Canary to help get Sin into school and establish a new life. This series concluded with the Black Canary accepting his proposal. This resulted in DC Comics publishing three interconnected specials revolving around

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1668-433: A cross-country road trip to pick up old possessions of Oliver's, most notably a spare Green Lantern power ring entrusted to him by Hal Jordan many years earlier. The story also revealed that Oliver knew all along that Connor was his son and was even present at his birth, but that Oliver ultimately abandoned Connor and his mother, because of his fear of the responsibilities of fatherhood. Meltzer's storyline would continue into

1807-515: A decision which then-Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter says saved the series from cancellation. O'Neil encouraged Miller to develop a believable fighting style for Daredevil, and according to Miller, this directly led to his incorporating martial arts into Daredevil and later Ronin . In the early to mid-1980s, O'Neil edited such Marvel titles as Alpha Flight , Power Man and Iron Fist , G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero , and Moon Knight . According to Bob Budiansky , O'Neil came up with

1946-482: A horde of demons, the body of Oliver having made contact with his soul and convincing him to return to save their son. Dover is defeated and actually consumed by the Beast, who then leaves of his own accord. Oliver also finds himself independently wealthy again, as Dover had transferred all his financial assets to Oliver in anticipation of taking over his body. He also picked up a new sidekick, Mia Dearden , who would become

2085-494: A job as a newspaper columnist, which allowed him to articulate his political beliefs in a more public field. In World's Finest No. 255 (1979), Queen unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Star City. In May through August 1983, Green Arrow appeared for the first time in his own comic book, a four issue limited series . This miniseries introduced a running rivalry between Green Arrow and the supervillain Count Vertigo . In 1985,

2224-415: A job. O'Neil had never considered writing for comics, and later said he'd done the test "kind of as a joke. I had a couple of hours on a Tuesday afternoon, so instead of doing crossword puzzles, I did the writer's test." He had intended to only work in the comics industry for six months to make some extra money, but soon found enjoyment from creating comic book scripts, and abandoned his plans to move back to

2363-610: A journal of everything Superman has done as a costumed hero, going down a checklist titled, "What Did Superman Do?" He and the also recently returned Bart Allen supposedly rejoin the Teen Titans , and Conner symbolizes the team being "stacked" again by destroying his memorial statue outside of Titans Tower West. After the Johns and Manapul run, writer Paul Levitz took over the series. It was renumbered with its previous numbering and highlighted Clark Kent's years as Superboy as well as

2502-439: A lot more weight than the hero of a popular sitcom that lasts maybe four years. They have become postindustrial folklore, and part of this job is to be the custodian of folk figures. Everybody on Earth knows Batman and Robin. O'Neil said that he saw editing as a support role which should be invisible to the reader, and that if it were his choice his name would not appear in the credits when working as an editor, only when working as

2641-468: A master archer, and Count Vertigo , a foreign dignitary with the power to disrupt his enemy's balance and perception. Other recurring villains have included China White , Clock King , Cupid , Brick , and Constantine Drakon . Since the 2000s, the longstanding DC supervillain Deathstroke has often been depicted as having a particular grudge against Green Arrow. Two versions of Green Arrow exist in

2780-406: A mature, realistic tone through stories such as " Snowbirds Don't Fly ", in which Green Arrow 's young ward Roy "Speedy" Harper is revealed to have become addicted to drugs. They also created and introduced the Green Lantern character John Stewart in 1971. As an editor, he is principally known for editing the various Batman titles beginning in 1986 after returning to DC. In 1989, O'Neil launched

2919-629: A member of the Outsiders , both in its incarnation as a covert superhero team led by Batman and in its New 52 form as a secret society based around various weapon clans, including an Arrow Clan which Oliver is the rightful head of. In the Golden Age of Comic Books , Green Arrow and Speedy were also affiliated with the superhero group the Seven Soldiers of Victory . Recurring Green Arrow villains of course include his archenemies Merlyn ,

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3058-554: A near-fatal attack during the events of the Infinite Crisis, as well as used his recuperation time to retrain. He works with several expert instructors including a sensei known as Natas , who also trained Deathstroke , and becomes proficient in several martial arts including the use of swords, which he makes use of on occasion during this time, and proves that he and his family are now formidable combatants when battling Deathstroke and later Batman's rogue protégé Jason Todd . He

3197-621: A new Green Arrow series following Oliver's disappearance at the end of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths , with Sean Izaakse illustrating and launching in April 2023. On April 25, the day of the first issue's release, it was announced that the initial six-issue miniseries would become a twelve-issue maxiseries. Oliver eventually reunites with Connor Hawke , Roy Harper , Black Canary , Red Canary, and Liam Harper after defeating Merlyn . Oliver has seemingly worked with Amanda Waller and starts arresting his family. During his work with Waller, he digs up

3336-558: A new character, Oliver's son Connor Hawke . Connor, however, proved a less popular character, and the original Oliver Queen character was resurrected in the 2001 "Quiver" storyline , by writer Kevin Smith . In the 2000s, the character has been featured in bigger storylines focusing on Green Arrow and Black Canary , such as the DC event The Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding and the high-profile Justice League: Cry for Justice storyline, prior to

3475-453: A new owner of Queen Industries, the result of a hostile takeover, arrives to enforce peace and rebuild the city. This self-proclaimed 'Queen' has a connection to Green Arrow's father and claims to be upholding the Queen family legacy where Oliver failed. In 2011, DC chose to relaunch its titles with new No. 1 issues and a refreshed continuity and called this initiative The New 52 . Green Arrow

3614-590: A previous relationship. In Green Arrow (vol. 2) #100–101, Queen infiltrated a group of eco-terrorists known as the Eden Corps and sacrificed his life to prevent the group from detonating a bomb that would destroy the city of Metropolis . Superman attempted to intervene, but ultimately did not after Queen rebuked him for suggesting that Queen allow him to sever the arm attached to the bomb. The exchange between Queen and Superman pays tribute to Frank Miller's 1986 work The Dark Knight Returns . Queen later admits in

3753-486: A quest in a beat-up pickup truck to "find America", along the way witnessing the problems of corruption, racism, pollution, as well as overpopulation confronting the nation. One story (in issues #78-79) was even widely interpreted as an allegory for the Manson Family cult murders, though O'Neil has emphasized that the story was about the authoritarian left and not Manson. In Green Lantern (vol. 2) #85–86 , it

3892-643: A racist serial killer using drone-like security technology in Seattle to systematically target criminals and potential criminals based on computer profiling and police data. In 2016, DC relaunched its entire line of titles once again with the DC Rebirth event, this time intending to restore elements from the DC Universe prior to Flashpoint , while also maintaining the continuity of the New 52. Ben Percy remained

4031-591: A result, he avoided being revived and "re-imagined" for the Silver Age, as the Flash , Green Lantern , and others were. Aside from sharing Adventure Comics with him, issue No. 258 featured an encounter between a younger Oliver Queen and Superboy. The Green Arrow and Speedy feature during this period included a short run in 1958 written by Dick and Dave Wood and drawn by Jack Kirby . For much of this period, Green Arrow's adventures were written by France Herron , who

4170-496: A screwball trio of incompetent supervillains that also includes the Mastermind (a caricature of Mike Carlin ) and Mr. Nice (a caricature of Archie Goodwin ). The Perfesser is depicted as a tall, pipe-smoking genius who often gets lost in his own thoughts; his name is likely derived from Cosmo "Perfessor" Fishhawk of Shoe , which O'Neil was a known reader of. In 2013, O'Neil was among the comic book writers interviewed in

4309-686: A series starring a new hero, the Creeper , created by artist Steve Ditko . From there, DC moved O'Neil to Wonder Woman and Justice League of America . With artist Mike Sekowsky , he took away Wonder Woman's powers, exiled her from the Amazon community, and set her off, uncostumed, into international intrigues with her blind mentor, I Ching. These changes did not sit well with Wonder Woman's older fans, particularly feminists, and O'Neil later acknowledged that de-powering DC's most well-known superheroine had unintentionally alienated readers. In Justice League , he had more success, introducing into that title

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4448-513: A special issue of Adventure Comics was published, titled Adventure Comics Special Featuring the Guardian #1 (cover dated January 2009). Jimmy Olsen continues to delve into the mystery surrounding the American government's safeguards against the new Kryptonian population. The five-issue miniseries Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds led into an all-new volume of Adventure Comics , featuring

4587-721: A team of super-powered teens from the future. The group became popular, and would replace " Tales of the Bizarro World " as the Adventure backup feature with #300, and soon be promoted to its lead. Lightning Lad , one of the Legion's founding members, was killed in Adventure Comics #304 (January 1963) and revived in issue #312. Issue #260 (May 1959) saw the first Silver Age appearance of Aquaman . In Adventure Comics #346 (July 1966), Jim Shooter , 14 years old at

4726-465: A unique rogues gallery of villains. His supporting cast has changed wildly over the course of the series, but has tended to include his sidekick Speedy ( Roy Harper and Mia Dearden ) and his fellow superhero and main romantic interest, Black Canary . His son Connor Hawke has also been a part of the Arrow vigilante family, along with Black Canary's adopted daughter Sin . For a brief time, Green Arrow

4865-506: A very young age. Changed by his sojourn on the island, Oliver decided to take up crime fighting as a means of rebelling against his responsibilities. During his first adventure in Star City, Oliver meets an old flame, Brianna Stone, a former college radical who warns him if he continued to carry his bow, he would one day have to use it for real. Grell's limited series also established Queen's attraction toward dangerous women. Once Grell left

5004-731: A wealthy playboy, the use of an Arrow-Signal to summon him, as well as a clown-like arch foe named Bull's Eye, similar to Batman's arch-foe, the Joker . His and Speedy's first origin stories were told in More Fun Comics No. 89. Green Arrow began as a back-up feature in More Fun Comics , but within four months the Green Arrow and Speedy replaced Doctor Fate and the Spectre as the cover feature. In Superhero Comics of

5143-560: A writer. After graduating college, O'Neil taught English in the St. Louis public school system for one year. O'Neil spent several years in the late 1990s teaching a Writing for the Comics course at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts , sometimes sharing duties with fellow comic book writer John Ostrander . O'Neil was married to Marifran O'Neil, until her death. He was the father of writer/director/producer Lawrence "Larry" O'Neil, best known for

5282-457: A year and a half from Charlton's editor Dick Giordano . In 1968, Dick Giordano was offered an editorial position at DC Comics and took a number of Charlton freelancers with him, including O'Neil. O'Neil's first assignments involved two strategies for bolstering DC's sales. One approach centered on the creation of new characters, and O'Neil scripted several issues of Beware the Creeper ,

5421-436: Is a rich, thrill-seeking activist who is attacked, thrown overboard and washes up on an island where he learns of a smuggling operation. Upon witnessing the inhabitants' slave-like living conditions, he begins to take down the smugglers' operation. He eventually returns to civilization changed by his experiences. In the final part of the story, Oliver claims that a mutiny or the actions of a group of heroin dealers could be used as

5560-416: Is eventually forced to resign from his position as mayor after a scandal where he learns that he had been secretly funding the Outsiders , essentially a bounty hunter team at this point in their history, coupled with his uncertain position with the voting public, having never had much more than 50% of the city on his side at a time. Queen is convinced to resign his position in exchange for his successor leaving

5699-481: Is eventually used by the grandfather of Stanley Dover in an attempt to gain power over the monster that Dover accidentally bound to his grandson, Dover intending to take Oliver's body- possible only due to his lack of a soul- and use his access to the JLA's resources to find the monster. At the climax of the story, Oliver's soul returns from heaven, re-inhabits his resurrected earthly form and helps his son Connor Hawke fight

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5838-411: Is perhaps his best-known endeavor, getting back to the character's darker roots after a period dominated by the campiness of the 1960s TV series . Comics historian Les Daniels observed that "O'Neil's interpretation of Batman as a vengeful obsessive-compulsive, which he modestly describes as a return to the roots, was actually an act of creative imagination that has influenced every subsequent version of

5977-541: The Amalgam universe : Denny O%27Neil Dennis "Denny" Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement. His best-known works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams . For Batman ,

6116-911: The Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series, and was the writer for the "Shaman" and "Venom" stories. O'Neil led the Batman creative teams for the Batman: Knightfall (1993–1994) story arc. O'Neil co-created the antihero Azrael ( Jean-Paul Valley ) in 1992, who temporarily became the new Batman during Knightfall . After the storyline's conclusion, O'Neil was the writer for an Azrael monthly series that had 100 issues. His other notable work includes creating Richard Dragon with Jim Berry , and runs on The Shadow with Michael Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan . While working for Marvel, O'Neil scripted issues for The Amazing Spider-Man , Iron Man , and Daredevil during

6255-840: The Arrow TV series were also adapted into the comic books in 2015 (though Felicity was later removed from the continuity). The archer Shado , though not part of Oliver's unit of heroes, has also been a recurring character in Oliver's life. Additionally, Green Arrow has been regularly paired with his fellow superhero Green Lantern ( Hal Jordan ) in comics, as the two co-starred in the series Green Lantern/Green Arrow together for many years. The Arrow version of Team Arrow include Roy Harper/Arsenal , Sara Lance/White Canary , Thea Queen /Speedy, Laurel Lance/Black Canary , Curtis Holt/Mister Terrific , Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog , Rory Regan/Ragman , Evelyn Sharp/Artemis and Dinah Drake/Black Canary . As

6394-729: The Arrowverse . Green Arrow and Speedy first appeared in More Fun Comics No. 73 ( cover-dated November 1941), which was illustrated by artist George Papp . When Mort Weisinger was creating the character, aside from the obvious allusions to Robin Hood , he took inspiration from a movie serial, The Green Archer , based on the novel by Edgar Wallace . He retooled the concept into a superhero archer with obvious Batman influences. These include Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy, his use of an Arrowcar and Arrow-Plane for transportation, his use of an Arrow-Cave as his headquarters, his alter ego as

6533-533: The Black Orchid , and then the Spectre . Before long, conventional superheroes returned to the book, beginning behind the Spectre, first a three-issue run of Aquaman (issues #435–437, an early assignment for Mike Grell ) and then a newly drawn 1940s Seven Soldiers of Victory script (issues #438–443). Aquaman was promoted to lead (issues #441–452), and backing him up were three-part story arcs featuring

6672-612: The Clock King , Richard Dragon , as well as John Diggle, a character originally created for the TV series Arrow . When Oliver meets Shado, he learns she had a daughter from Oliver's father (Robert Queen) named Emiko, whom Komodo has raised as his own daughter. When Oliver returns to the island as part of his investigation into the Outsiders, and in search of a relic known as 'the green arrow', he discovers that his father had survived to

6811-625: The Creeper (#445–447), the Martian Manhunter (#449–451), bracketed by issue-length Aquaman leads. He was awarded his own title and Superboy (#453–458) took over Adventure with Aqualad (#453–455) and Eclipso (#457–458) backups. Following this was a run as a Dollar Comic format giant-sized book (issues #459–466), including such features as the resolution of Return of the New Gods (cancelled in July–August 1978), " Deadman ", and

6950-649: The Earth-Two Green Arrow died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths , still wearing red boots and gloves. The Golden Age Earth-2 character had been retconned as a time-lost member of the original Seven Soldiers of Victory superhero team, recovered by the Justice League and Justice Society. After the Crisis, the Earth-Two Green Arrow and Speedy were retconned out of existence altogether, given

7089-599: The Joker in "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!" in Batman #251 (Sept. 1973), a landmark story bringing the character back to his roots as a homicidal maniac who murders people on a whim and delights in his mayhem. O'Neil and Giordano created the Batman supporting character Leslie Thompkins in the story "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley" in Detective Comics #457 (March 1976). O'Neil and artist Don Newton killed

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7228-641: The Marvel Family and the Challengers of the Unknown including a new five-issue retelling of their origin. The long-running title was discontinued with the September 1983 issue. An Adventure Comics 80-Page Giant was released in 1998. DC published an Adventure Comics #1 as part of the company's Justice Society Returns event in 1999. As part of the 2008 " Superman: New Krypton " story arc,

7367-558: The Midwestern United States to be a journalist. When Marvel's expansion made it impossible for Lee to continue writing the company's entire line of books, Lee passed as much on to Roy Thomas as he could, but still needed writers, so O'Neil took the reins for a short-term run of Doctor Strange stories in Strange Tales , penning six issues. He also wrote dialog for such titles as Rawhide Kid and Millie

7506-522: The PBS documentary Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle . Adventure Comics Adventure Comics is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from New Adventure Comics ), making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics , Action Comics , Superman , and Batman . The series

7645-475: The Quiver storyline (where he is resurrected) that he refused due to both his own issues at this point in his life and the more practical issue that he would be useless as an archer with one arm. Queen's death allowed the writers to shake up the status quo by making Connor Hawke a replacement Green Arrow. The series, now written by Chuck Dixon , would continue with Hawke as the main focus until issue No. 137, when

7784-542: The Wedding Special , but they come home to find Connor has been kidnapped. This storyline led directly into the second arc that followed the rescue of Connor from a mysterious foe. Connor is eventually found, now having recovered thanks to manipulation by Doctor Sivana . With issue No. 15, Andrew Kreisberg took over as the series writer. Oliver is transformed into a Black Lantern Corps member and attacks his former allies, notably his son, wife and sidekick. During

7923-423: The " Justice Society of America ". The standard format returned (issues #467–478), split between a new Starman named Prince Gavyn and Plastic Man . With an increase in the story-and-art page count, the last four issues also included one more run of Aquaman. All three were dropped simultaneously to make way for a new version of an old feature, " Dial H for Hero " (issues #479–490). Issue #490 (February 1982) saw

8062-560: The 100-issue Azrael comic series, chronicling Valley's battles against the Order of St. Dumas, between 1995 and 2003. O'Neil modeled the series on Arthurian legends, comparing Azrael's quest to discover the truth about himself to the Holy Grail . The series was originally intended to conclude with Azrael's death. However, after O'Neil suffered a heart attack in September 2002, editor Mike Carlin decided it wouldn't be appropriate to have

8201-553: The 1930s pulp hero in The Shadow series. In 1975, O'Neil wrote a comic book adaptation of the 1930s hero the Avenger . A revival of the Green Lantern title in 1976 was launched by O'Neil and artist Mike Grell . Reuniting with Adams, O'Neil co-wrote the oversize Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (1978) which Adams has called a personal favorite of their collaborations. Upon O'Neil's return to Marvel Comics in 1980, he took on

8340-518: The 1980s. In the late 1990s, O'Neil taught a comics writing course at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts . He also sat on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and served on its Disbursement Committee. O'Neil was born into an Irish Catholic household in St. Louis , Missouri on May 3, 1939. On Sunday afternoons he would accompany his father or his grandfather to the store for some light groceries and an occasional comic book. O'Neil graduated from Saint Louis University around

8479-501: The 1994 DC Comics mini-series Zero Hour . In Zero Hour , where Hal Jordan seeks to remake the universe after the trauma of Coast City 's destruction drives him to destroy the Green Lantern Corps to gain the power to remake the universe, Queen is forced to shoot his old friend at a pivotal moment. Now tightly integrated in the DC Universe, the character Connor Hawke was introduced and revealed as Oliver Queen's son from

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8618-544: The 1997 film Breast Men starring David Schwimmer . He died of cardiopulmonary arrest on June 11, 2020, at the age of 81. The animated feature Batman: Soul of the Dragon was dedicated in his memory. The following year, Larry O'Neil wrote a six-page tribute to his father, "Tap Tap Tap," which was illustrated by Jorge Fornés and published in Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 (August 2021);

8757-528: The Bold , and several DC Universe Animated Original Movies . In live action, he appeared in the series Smallville , played by actor Justin Hartley , and became a core cast member. In 2012, the live action series Arrow debuted on The CW , in which the title character was portrayed by Stephen Amell , and launching several spin-off series, becoming the starting point for a shared television franchise called

8896-600: The DC Universe; when other DC characters like longtime friend Hal Jordan (also known as Green Lantern ) appeared, they did so in street clothes and used only their civilian names. In place of the superhero community, Grell created his own supporting cast. In addition to Shado, Grell introduced Seattle police Lieutenant Jim Cameron, who was disgusted with Green Arrow's vigilante actions (including killing criminals), renegade CIA agent Greg Osborne, who began to monitor Queen's activities, as well as mercenary Eddie Fyers , initially introduced as Queen's adversary, but later to become

9035-560: The Dark Knight." O'Neil and Adams' creation Ra's al Ghul was introduced in the story "Daughter of the Demon" in Batman #232 (June 1971). O'Neil and artist Bob Brown also created Talia al Ghul . During this period, O'Neil frequently teamed up with his regular collaborator Adams (with Giordano often assisting on inks) on a number of memorable issues of both Batman and Detective Comics . The creative team would revive Two-Face in "Half an Evil" in Batman #234 (Aug. 1971) and revitalize

9174-531: The Earth during " The Final Night ", Hal speaks with Oliver's soul in the afterlife. The two agree to bring back a version of Oliver Queen: one without a soul (so Oliver may properly stay in Heaven) and with no memory of the events of The Longbow Hunters mini-series or of the subsequent events that followed, up until his death, Oliver reasoning that things went wrong for him after the events that drove him to kill for

9313-719: The Golden Age , Mike Benton writes that "their front cover star status was probably due to Speedy's appeal – teenage sidekicks were the current rage." They were also given a spot as one of five back-up features to be promoted in one of the earliest team-up books, Leading Comics , starting with issue No. 1 (Winter 1941). They appeared in More Fun until issue No. 107 (January 1946), and then moved to Adventure Comics from No. 103 (April 1946) to No. 269 (February 1960). Green Arrow and Speedy also appeared in various issues of World's Finest Comics until issue No. 140 (March 1964). He

9452-590: The Green Arrow/Black Canary wedding that tied into that month's " Countdown " stories. These were The Black Canary Wedding Planner , JLA Wedding Special , as well as The Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special . The wedding special worked as a lead-in for a new Green Arrow/Black Canary series. At the conclusion of the wedding special, the Black Canary is forced to kill Green Arrow after he appears to go mad and attacks her. The new ongoing series picked up on this, quickly revealing that Green Arrow

9591-408: The League had been involved in mind-wiping various villains in the past to conceal their secret identities. During this time, the character also appeared in a number of other titles, such as the Justice League , when he is temporarily brought into a 'reserve League' created by Batman after the original League is nearly killed by the powerful Gamemnae , and Justice League Elite , where Oliver joins

9730-412: The Legion of Super-Heroes' past. Starting with issue #523, the Legion Academy, by Levitz and Phil Jimenez , became the major feature. The Legion of Super-Heroes appeared as the second feature in issues #504–514 before taking over as the lead feature in issue #515 (August 2010). Following this was the one-shot Brightest Day : Atom , written by Jeff Lemire with art by Mahmud Asrar . The same team

9869-461: The Model , as well as scripting the final 13 pages of Daredevil #18 over a plot by Lee, when Lee went on vacation. O'Neil and artist Neal Adams revived the Professor X character in X-Men #65 in one of the creative team's earliest collaborations. The available jobs writing for Marvel petered out fairly quickly, and O'Neil took a job with Charlton Comics under the pseudonym of Sergius O'Shaugnessy . There he received regular work for

10008-533: The Outlaws establish that the pair fell out badly, leading Oliver to expel him from Q-Core, as well as prompting Roy's own downward spiral. He is based once again in Seattle and supported in his vigilante activities by a small team of close friends who are tech geniuses. In addition, his romantic history with the Black Canary, his friendship with Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), and his being a father (to both Connor Hawke and Shado's son Robert Queen II) did not take place as

10147-532: The Titans were not ready for future loose ends. He then further states that if they all had been more communicative as they did in the past, the events of Absolute Power would never had happened. Batman , Superman , and Wonder Woman begrudgingly agree with Oliver's reasonings and tell Oliver that they are bringing back the Justice League. As with other DC superheroes, Green Arrow has an extensive supporting cast of characters, sometimes called Team Arrow , along with

10286-595: The US government and serve as a defense against the independent Justice League headed by Superman and Batman should they ever go rogue. Following the cancellation of JLA at the conclusion of the Forever Evil storyline, Green Arrow appears in its replacement series, Justice League United , also written by Lemire. Lemire and Sorrentino left Green Arrow after issue No. 34, to be replaced by writers Andrew Kreisberg and Ben Sokolowski, and artist Daniel Sampere. Kreisberg

10425-543: The archer, Constantine Drakon , as well as Danny Brickwell (the Brick ) joining the cast of existing Green Arrow villains such as the illusion-casting Count Vertigo and the enigmatic Onomatopoeia , the latter of whom, himself, was a relatively recent addition. Other DC villains, such as the Riddler , made guest appearances throughout his run. 2006 saw the title (along with other DC comics titles) jump " One Year Later " after

10564-469: The battle, Connor says he never really forgave his father, while Oliver's internal monologue reveals his thoughts, which express concerns for his "family" and disgust at his actions. The team manage to disable Oliver by freezing him with liquid nitrogen . In the Cry for Justice miniseries, JLA foe Prometheus destroys Star City, as part of a grand scheme to "hurt" the Justice League community of heroes. During

10703-467: The book. Lemire's story introduces new mysteries concerning Oliver's original time on the island where he was shipwrecked, as well as a central mythology concerning the ancient Arrow Clan and several other weapon-themed analogues to the Arrow, known as the Outsiders. New antagonists include Komodo, who Oliver learns was his father's archer apprentice and apparent murderer. It has also seen the New 52 debut of several characters, such as Count Vertigo , Shado ,

10842-489: The character Azrael , who was introduced in the four-issue miniseries Batman: Sword of Azrael in 1992. That same year, O'Neil wrote the Batman: Birth of the Demon hardcover graphic novel. Another DC one-shot issue that O'Neil wrote in 1992 was Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow . O'Neil led the Batman creative teams for the Batman: Knightfall (1993–1994) story arc, during which Azrael temporarily became

10981-440: The character's relaunch alongside most of DC's properties in 2011. Green Arrow was not initially a well-known character outside of comic book fandom: He had appeared in a single episode of the animated series Super Friends in 1973. In the 2000s, the character appeared in a number of DC television properties, including the animated series Justice League Unlimited , Young Justice , The Batman and Batman: The Brave and

11120-446: The comic's cancellation. "Dial 'H' for Hero" was moved to New Adventures of Superboy as of that series' issue #28. Adventure Comics was soon rescued. As of the September issue it was revived as a digest-sized comic. This format lasted from issues #491–503, with most stories during this period being reprints (featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes, from the beginning and in chronological order, and others), and with new stories featuring

11259-509: The covers of issues #354–355). Superboy's popularity in Adventure resulted in the character receiving his own title in 1949, when superhero titles in general were losing popularity. Krypto the Superdog debuted in issue #210 (March 1955) in a story by Otto Binder and Curt Swan . In issue #247 (April 1958), by Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino , Superboy met the Legion of Super-Heroes ,

11398-471: The debut of the Sandman in issue #40. Other superheroes who appeared in the early days of Adventure included Hourman (from #48 to #83); Starman created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley in issue #61 (April 1941) (#61–102); and Joe Simon and Jack Kirby 's Manhunter replacing a similarly named business-suited investigator beginning with #73 (April 1942) until #92. A pivotal issue of

11537-456: The elimination of kryptonite . In 1973, O'Neil wrote revivals of two characters for which DC had recently acquired the publishing rights. A new series featuring the original Captain Marvel was launched with a February cover date and featured art by the character's original artist C. C. Beck . Later that same year, O'Neil and artist Michael Kaluta produced an "atmospheric interpretation" of

11676-411: The end of DC's former multiverse. In 1987, DC Comics launched the character into a new ongoing title as part of their mature audience comic line. Written and illustrated by Mike Grell , the revamp was launched with Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters mini-series. In this three-issue prestige format limited series , a routine adventure against a group of drug runners led to tragedy as the Black Canary

11815-418: The episode, the identity of the Green Arrow was nearly revealed by an old friend, Moreno. After tricking the Justice League into releasing him, Green Arrow tracks Prometheus to his hidden lair and kills him with a single arrow right between the eyes. This murder, committed in secret, is what Oliver considers justice for the bombings (which also cost the life of Lian Harper, Roy Harper's (Red Arrow) daughter, who

11954-556: The events in Infinite Crisis . Oliver, having once again amassed a large personal fortune, is the newly elected mayor of Star City, continuing his fight for justice both on the streets and within the political system. He also has a new costume, which appears to be a combination of the classic Neal Adams costume and the Mike Grell Longbow Hunters costume. In flashbacks, it is revealed that Oliver survived

12093-557: The fight: Batman, Arsenal, Emiko, Katana, Onyx, Cupid and even Lex Luthor , at that time a Justice League member. Following DC's Convergence storyline in April–May 2015, the title again received a new creative team in writer Ben Percy and artist Patrick Zircher , whose run was more influenced by the horror genre. Elements from Arrow were removed, and characters created by Lemire, such as Emiko and Henry Fyff, were restored to major roles. Percy's first arc depicts Green Arrow confronting

12232-400: The first socially and politically themed stories, setting the stage for later work on Green Lantern/Green Arrow . He and artist Dick Dillin made several changes to the membership of the JLA by removing founding members the Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman. Following the lead set by Bob Haney and Neal Adams in a Brave and the Bold story that visually redefined Green Arrow into

12371-422: The first time and feeling that the copy of him was restored at the best point in his life. For some years, this resurrected Oliver lives in Star City as a vigilante hero, completely under the radar of his other superhero friends, but eventually he is discovered and learns the truth of his resurrection, leaving the resurrected Oliver feeling uncertain about his state now that he knows he has no soul. His resurrection

12510-496: The first time since 2011. Percy also reestablished Green Arrow as a politically conscious figure, with the writer describing him as a " social justice warrior ". After it was revealed that Emiko was still on Oliver's side, she eventually adopted the codename of Red Arrow . This volume finished in March 2019, with issue No. 50 serving as an extra sized final issue. In November 2022, it was announced that Joshua Williamson would write

12649-495: The mini-series Green Lantern: Rebirth , which featured Oliver's attempts to use the ring against Sinestro - presumed dead for several years- before the ring is reclaimed by the reborn Hal Jordan. Meltzer went on to write the mini-series Identity Crisis , which heavily featured Green Arrow as one of the story's main characters, investigating the murder of Sue Dibny – the wife of the Elongated Man – and revealing that

12788-609: The name for the Transformer Optimus Prime , leader of the Autobots . In 1986, O'Neil moved over to DC as an editor, becoming group editor for the company's Batman titles. Speaking about his role in the death of character Jason Todd , O'Neil remarked: It changed my mind about what I do for a living. Superman and Batman have been in continuous publication for over half a century, and it's never been true of any fictional construct before. These characters have

12927-498: The new Batman. In 1994, O'Neil wrote a novelization of Knightfall . In the opening of the novelization, O'Neil stated that part of the reason "Knightfall" was written was due to the recent popularity of more "ruthless" heroes such as the Terminator and James Bond in films, as editors were starting to wonder if readers would prefer a Batman who was willing to kill his opponents. After the conclusion of Knightfall , O'Neil wrote

13066-426: The new Speedy, under Oliver's tutelage. After the resurrection storyline, Smith wrote a second and shorter arc involving a super-powered serial killer, calling himself Onomatopoeia , who sought to claim Connor as his latest victim. Smith then left the title and Brad Meltzer took over as writer. Meltzer's single storyline for Green Arrow featured Oliver and his former sidekick, Roy Harper , reuniting and going on

13205-426: The original numeration of the series concurrently with the volume 2 numeration. For the variant incentive cover editions, the original numeration was dominant on the cover while the vol. 2 numeration was the watermarked numbering marking. The indicia of the comic book also reflects this dual numbering. The title officially returned to its original vol. 1 numbering with #516 (cover dated September 2010), until #529 when it

13344-487: The original version of Batwoman in Detective Comics #485 (Aug.–Sept. 1979). He wrote a short Christmas story, "Wanted: Santa Claus – Dead or Alive", for DC Special Series #21 (Spring 1980) which featured Frank Miller's first art on a Batman story. When Julius Schwartz became the editor of Superman with issue #233 (Jan. 1971), he had O'Neil and artist Curt Swan streamline the Superman mythos, starting with

13483-417: The pages of Justice League: Rise and Fall Special ; Oliver is tried, but found not guilty as most of the jury sympathise with his motives. He is exiled from Star City's remains as a result, choosing to live in the mysterious forest which has grown at its centre. Following the events of Blackest Night , Deadman was brought to the ruins of Star City by his white ring . Powered by the entity of life on Earth,

13622-670: The political concepts that would define that work. It was during this period that the most famous Green Arrow story appeared, in Green Lantern #85–86 ("Snowbirds Don't Fly"), when it was revealed that Green Arrow's ward Speedy was addicted to heroin . As a result of his work on Green Lantern and Green Arrow , O'Neil recounted, "I went from total obscurity to seeing my name featured in The New York Times and being invited to do talk shows. It's by no means an unmixed blessing. That messed up my head pretty thoroughly for

13761-476: The popular X-Men villain Lady Deathstrike . While working for Marvel, he helped write the original character concept for The Transformers , and is credited as the person who named Optimus Prime . After returning to DC Comics in 1986, he became the editor of the various Batman titles and served in that capacity until 2000. In February 1987, O'Neil began writing The Question ongoing series which

13900-490: The present, and disguised as one of Oliver's torturers on the island, he manipulated Oliver's time there, culminating in Oliver's transformation into the warrior he is today and the hero known as Green Arrow. Disgusted at this revelation, and taking the arrow relic with him, Oliver leaves Shado and his father behind, stranded on the island, before returning to America to take down the Outsiders. Shado and Robert followed Oliver to Prague, and Emiko turned against Komodo after learning

14039-469: The principal writer for the series, with a rotating art team consisting of Otto Schmidt, Juan Ferreyra and Stephen Byrne . During this run, Green Arrow is seemingly betrayed by Emiko as Percy reintroduces Shado , echoing elements from the Grell run, as well as John Diggle . In addition to restoring Green Arrow's trademark Van Dyke beard, the series revisited a romance between Green Arrow and Black Canary for

14178-413: The result of the reboot. The New 52 series was originally written by J.T. Krul , who was later replaced by Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens , who were in turn replaced by Ann Nocenti . None of these writers' runs were well received by critics or fans. Beginning with issue 17, the series received a new creative team in writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino, who brought more positive reception to

14317-489: The revived Conner Kent/Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes . The main creative team of Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul debuted in a backup story in Adventure Comics #0 (April 2009). A secondary feature starring the Legion of Super-Heroes was co-written with Mike Shoemaker and drawn by Clayton Henry . The first issue of the new run of Adventure Comics was released on August 12, 2009, and features watermarked numbering marking it as both #1 and #504, thus continuing

14456-404: The ring created a vast green forest, that instantly grew in the presence of the white light, in much of what remained of Star City. Unbeknownst to the populace of Star City, Green Arrow returns and lives within the new forest, trying his best to protect a city still reeling from the death and destruction of Prometheus's attacks. With the law breaking down and numerous public figures being murdered,

14595-555: The scripting chores for The Amazing Spider-Man , which he did for a year. O'Neil wrote two issues of The Amazing Spider-Man Annual which were both drawn by Frank Miller . The 1980 Annual featured a team-up with Doctor Strange while the 1981 Annual showcased a meeting with the Punisher . He and artist John Romita Jr. introduced Madame Web in The Amazing Spider-Man #210 and Hydro-Man in #212. O'Neil

14734-530: The series was #103 (April 1946), when Superboy , Green Arrow , Johnny Quick , and Aquaman moved to the series from their previous home in More Fun Comics , which was itself converted to a humor format. Starman's and Sandman's series were canceled to make room for the new features, while Genius Jones moved to the comic the new arrivals had just vacated. Superboy became the star of the book, and would appear on each cover into 1969 (counting Superman on

14873-531: The series was briefly re-titled New Adventure Comics , Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel introduced the first version of the character Jor-L as a science fiction detective in the far future; the character would eventually become the alien father of Superman , although the first Superman story, in Action Comics #1, would not appear until more than a year after Jor-L's first appearance. The series' focus gradually shifted to superhero stories starting with

15012-512: The series was canceled. Queen is revived in 2000's, Green Arrow (vol. 3) as part of the " Quiver " story arc, written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Phil Hester and Ande Parks . It is revealed that Hal's resurrection of Oliver (seen on the last page of Green Arrow (vol. 2) No. 137, the final issue of the Oliver/Connor ongoing series) was in reality a deliberately flawed one. In Hal's final hours before sacrificing his life to save

15151-435: The series was part of DC Comics' mature audience line, it took on a more gritty, violent, as well as urban tone, with Green Arrow often using deadly force against his enemies. Grell wrote the series for the first 80 issues, downplaying the super-hero aspects of the characters: Oliver abandoned his mask and was never actually referred to as "Green Arrow" and Black Canary was never shown using her sonic scream power (sometimes, this

15290-559: The series, DC almost immediately began restoring Green Arrow to the mainstream DC Universe. His ongoing series (mostly written by Kelley Puckett and drawn by artist Jim Aparo ) was removed from the "Mature Audience" line (which had evolved into " Vertigo ") with No. 63, prior to Grell's departure and Green Arrow began appearing in various super-hero titles as a guest: most notably Green Lantern (vol. 3) #47, which had Oliver aiding Green Lantern in rescuing his longtime girlfriend Carol Ferris and her family from one of Hal's enemies, as well as

15429-519: The space with a series on the revival of the comics industry. This attracted the attention of Roy Thomas , who would eventually himself become one of the great names in the history of the medium. When Roy Thomas left DC Comics to work for Stan Lee at Marvel Comics, he suggested that O'Neil take the Marvel writer's test, which involved adding dialogue to a wordless four-page excerpt of a Fantastic Four comic. O'Neil's entry resulted in Lee offering O'Neil

15568-850: The story summarizes O'Neil's life from childhood to death without any written dialogue, instead using logos and other pictograms to describe his many fascinations and achievements (from the Lone Ranger TV series to his battle with alcoholism). O'Neil's work won him a great deal of recognition in the comics industry, including the Shazam Awards for Best Continuing Feature Green Lantern/Green Arrow , Best Individual Story for "No Evil Shall Escape My Sight" in Green Lantern #76 (with Neal Adams), for Best Writer (Dramatic Division) in 1970 for Green Lantern, Batman, Superman, and other titles, and Best Individual Story for " Snowbirds Don't Fly " in Green Lantern #85 (with Adams) in 1971. O'Neil

15707-524: The team are credited with returning the Batman character to his dark gothic roots, in contrast to the campy Batman television series of the 1960s. However, comics historian Les Daniels considers O'Neil's "vengeful obsessive-compulsive" Batman to be an original interpretation that has influenced all subsequent portrayals of the character. It was during this run that O'Neil co-created the Batman villains Ra's al Ghul and Talia al Ghul . During their Green Lantern/Green Arrow run, O'Neil and Adams introduced

15846-416: The then-unique role of a streetwise crusader for the working class and the disadvantaged. In 1970, he was paired with a more law and order-oriented hero, Green Lantern , in a ground-breaking, socially conscious comic book series. Since then, he has been popular among comic book fans and most writers have taken an urban, gritty approach to the character. Oliver Queen was killed off in the 1990s and replaced by

15985-670: The time, wrote his first Legion story. Shooter wrote the story in which Ferro Lad died – the first "real" death of a Legionnaire (although Lightning Lad had been believed dead for a while before) – and introduced the Fatal Five . The Legion feature lasted until issue #380. With the next issue, Supergirl migrated from the backup slot in Action Comics to the starring feature in Adventure and ran until issue #424. The series reached its 400th issue in December 1970 and featured

16124-487: The truth of her parentage. Robert was killed by Komodo in an attempt to save his daughter, and Komodo was later killed himself by Emiko. From 2013, DC also chose to include Green Arrow as a headlining character in its Justice League of America (vol. 3) series, which runs alongside Justice League (vol. 2) and Justice League Dark . In this book, Queen is part of a crack state-sponsored team assembled by Amanda Waller and Steve Trevor of A.R.G.U.S. to bring in good PR for

16263-607: The turn of the 1960s with a degree centered on English literature, creative writing, and philosophy. From there he joined the U.S. Navy just in time to participate in the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis . After leaving the Navy, O'Neil moved on to a job with a newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri . O'Neil wrote bi-weekly columns for the youth page, and during the slow summer months he filled

16402-459: The underprivileged and the political left wing . The story also turned teammate Black Canary into a love interest for Queen. In the early 1970s, Green Arrow became a co-feature with Green Lantern ( Hal Jordan ) in an acclaimed series of stories by O'Neil and Adams that dealt with various social and political issues. The two co-stars served to represent contrasting socio-political viewpoints: Green Arrow spoke for radical change while Green Lantern

16541-451: The various social aid organisations and resources he had established alone, although Ollie was able to beat his opponent by resigning prior to the election and putting someone he trusted in charge of the city. The series concluded with Oliver proposing to Dinah ( Black Canary ). In 2007, Andy Diggle and Jock 's Green Arrow: Year One presented the newest official version of his origin. Using concepts from previous iterations, Oliver Queen

16680-415: The version that appeared in comics between 1969 and 1986, O'Neil stripped him of his wealth and playboy status, making him an urban hero. This redefinition would culminate in the character that appeared in Green Lantern/Green Arrow (with many stories also drawn by Adams), a socially conscious, left-wing creation that effectively took over Green Lantern's book to use him as a foil and straw man in sounding out

16819-417: Was alive (the dead Green Arrow being an impostor ) and being held hostage by " Athena ". The Black Canary, Connor and Mia launch a rescue mission to save Green Arrow. As the team is united and on their way to safety, Connor is struck by a bullet meant for Oliver and is left in a vegetative state. While Connor rests, Oliver and Dinah go out and are officially married, since they had never actually been married in

16958-421: Was also "assisted" by the aspiring superhero Miss Arrowette , with whom he had a brief affair. The New 52 reboot of Green Arrow has also introduced a number of new supporting characters for Oliver, including ex-Queen Industries technology experts Naomi Singh and Henry Fyff, and his archer half-sister Emiko Queen who later takes up the code-name Red Arrow . The characters of Felicity Smoak and John Diggle from

17097-471: Was an establishment liberal figure, wanting to work within existing institutions of government and law. Queen convinces Jordan to see beyond his strict obedience to the Green Lantern Corps , to help those who were neglected or discriminated against. O'Neil explained: "He would be a hot-tempered anarchist to contrast with the cerebral, sedate model citizen who was Green Lantern." The duo embark on

17236-678: Was canceled with issue No. 89 (April/May 1972), and the climactic story arc of the Green Lantern/Green Arrow series was published as a back-up feature in The Flash No. 217 through No. 219. In sharp contrast to the socially-relevant tales which preceded it, this story centered on emotional themes, with Green Arrow struggling to deal with the guilt of having killed a man. Afterwards Green Arrow appeared in solo stories run as backups in Action Comics , starting with No. 421. Elliot S. Maggin , who had made his comics debut with

17375-470: Was captured and brutally tortured. In response, Oliver murdered his girlfriend's attackers. The mini-series also introduced the enigmatic female Japanese archer, Shado , whose family had suffered in a World War II internment camp . Shado later raped Oliver and became pregnant by him, producing a son named Robert after his father . Under Grell, Green Arrow abandoned the use of his trademark gadget arrows and relocated from Star City to Seattle , Washington. As

17514-407: Was explained as having lost it due to the events of The Longbow Hunters , though this was not consistent with her appearances in other titles published during this period). While crossover specials were conceived to allow other writers (most notably Denny O'Neil , who wrote Batman and the mature audience comic The Question ) to use Green Arrow, Grell wrote him as largely isolated from the rest of

17653-527: Was finally ended prior to DC's The New 52 company reboot. The revived ongoing title Adventure Comics features Conner as the headlining character for the first six issues in the story arc entitled, "Superboy: The Boy of Steel". It begins as Conner settles back into his life in Smallville, Kansas . Returning to live with Martha Kent, who is thrilled to take the young boy in after her husband's death, Conner returns to Smallville High School and begins keeping

17792-614: Was given a Goethe Award in 1971 for "Favorite Pro Writer" and was a nominee for the same award in 1973. He shared a 1971 Goethe Award with artist Neal Adams for "Favorite Comic-Book Story" for "No Evil Shall Escape My Sight." O'Neil received an Inkpot Award in 1981 and in 1985, DC Comics named O'Neil as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great . In The Batman Adventures —the first DC Comics spinoff of Batman: The Animated Series —a caricature of O'Neil appears as The Perfesser, one of

17931-607: Was killed in the bombing of Star City) and this immediately leads into the Rise and Fall storyline, in which Oliver obsessively hunts other super-villains allied with Prometheus during the recent events, including Prometheus's former allies who were involved in the bombing. When his JLA comrades learn of this plot, they confront Green Arrow and he realizes he has crossed a line and turns himself in: Black Canary returns her wedding ring and declares their marriage over. The Green Arrow/Black Canary series ends during this story arc, as well as in

18070-540: Was one of 52 titles included in this. In the post- Flashpoint continuity, Oliver Queen is Green Arrow and he balances his own breaking of laws with his efforts to bring outlaws to justice across the globe. In the new continuity, Queen runs Q-Core, a communications technology company that is part of Queen Industries, through which he funds and armors himself as Green Arrow. He makes scarce allusion to his former partnership with Roy Harper , but Roy's memories in Red Hood and

18209-469: Was one of the few DC characters to keep going after the Golden Age of Comic Books . His longevity was due to the influence of creator Mort Weisinger, who kept him as a backup feature to the headlining Superboy , first in More Fun Comics and then Adventure Comics ; since Superman -related titles were all but guaranteed success during this period, Green Arrow endured the 1940s and 1950s relatively unchanged, outlasting most of his Golden Age contemporaries. As

18348-483: Was only the second comic book series published by National Allied Publications , now DC Comics . The series was retitled New Adventure Comics with its 12th issue in January 1937. Issue #32 (November 1938) saw the title changed again to Adventure Comics , which would remain the book's name for the duration of its existence. Originally a humor comic, it evolved into a serious adventure series. In issue #12, while

18487-464: Was primarily drawn by Denys Cowan . Between the years of 1988 and 1990, O'Neil would return to Green Arrow writing the Annual s alongside the main title. Because he was also in charge of The Question , he would appear in all three Annual s that he wrote. The Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series began in 1989 with the five-part "Shaman" storyline by O'Neil and artist Ed Hannigan . The series

18626-438: Was revealed that Green Arrow's ward, Speedy , was addicted to heroin. Speedy overcame his addiction with the help of the Black Canary. This story prompted a massive public reaction, including a congratulatory letter from the mayor of New York, John Lindsay . However, Green Lantern sales had been in a major decline at the time Green Arrow was brought on as co-star, and the O'Neil/Adams stories failed to revive them. Green Lantern

18765-409: Was revived in 2009 through a new "#1" issue by artist Clayton Henry and writer Geoff Johns . It returned to its original numbering with #516 (September 2010). The series ended again with #529 (October 2011) prior to a company-wide revision of DC's superhero comic book line, known as "The New 52" . Adventure Comics began its nearly 50-year run in December 1935 under the title New Comics , which

18904-671: Was the character's primary scripter 1947–1963. In 1969, artist Neal Adams updated the character's visual appearance by giving him a Van Dyke beard and costume of his own design in The Brave and the Bold No. 85 (August–September 1969). Writer Dennis O'Neil followed up on Green Arrow's new appearance by completely remaking the character's attitude in Justice League of America #75 ( cover-dated November 1969), having Oliver Queen lose his fortune and become an outspoken advocate of

19043-488: Was the executive producer of Arrow , and Sokolowski served as a writer for the show. Kreisberg and Sokolowski's first issue featured The New 52 debuts of Felicity Smoak and Mia Dearden. Kreisberg's run saw him face off against the influential magnate John King, who is Mia's father, and his hired gun, Merlyn . At a moment of desperation given King's infinite resources and litany of loyal subjects, Felicity and Diggle recruit some of Green Arrow's allies and old enemies to help in

19182-499: Was the first new Batman title in almost fifty years, and the first issue sold almost a million copies. Armageddon 2001 was a 1991 crossover event storyline. It ran through a self-titled two-issue limited series and most of the Annual s DC published that year from May through October. Each participating annual explored potential possible futures for its main characters. The series was written by O'Neil and Archie Goodwin and drawn by Dan Jurgens . He and artist Joe Quesada created

19321-631: Was the regular scripter for Iron Man from 1982 to 1986 and Daredevil from 1983 to 1985. During his run on Iron Man , O'Neil introduced Obadiah Stane , later the Iron Monger, plunged Tony Stark back into alcoholism, turned Jim Rhodes into Iron Man, and created the Silver Centurion armor. O'Neil's run on Daredevil bridged the gap between Frank Miller 's two runs on the title, usually with David Mazzucchelli as artist. He introduced Yuriko Oyama during his stint, who would later become

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