He faced horrors, got married, and a lot more as each crisis (and relaunch of the DC Universe) changed the course of his life. He then picked up his bow to again fight crime in Star City. Green Arrow quickly found a place alongside the other heroes, and also discovered a son!ĭead for a few years, Green Arrow was revived in 2001. Written and illustrated by Mike Grell, this series was not fully integrated into the DC Universe. Oliver Queen moved to Seattle where he was faced with a lot of violence. In 1987, Green Arrow came back with a series for a mature audience. And then came the Crisis on Infinite Earths that led to a retcon. At that time too, his teammate Black Canary became a love interest and his friendship with Hal Jordan ( Green Lantern) became iconic – also, that’s when it was revealed that Speedy was addicted to heroin! Strangely enough, Green Arrow had to wait until the 1980s to be the star of his own series.

He then lost his money and became an advocate for the underprivileged with a lot of left-wing views to express. That said, he was seriously retooled at the end of the 1960s by Neal Adams and Dennis O’Neil. He is one of the rare Golden Age heroes who survived the 1940s and 1950s without a lot of alterations and entered the Silver Age without much trouble and he even joined the Justice League. Like Marvel’s Hawkeye, he is an extremely skilled archer, but he’s more like Bruce Wayne than Clint Barton, because Oliver Queen is a wealthy businessman and owner of Queen Consolidated.

His real name is Oliver Queen and, with his sidekick Speedy, he fights crime in his home city of Star City – or Seattle at some point.

Appeared in an animated cameo in Superman: Doomsday, where he comments about the Superman clone busting up a mechanical spider, calling it lame.Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, Green Arrow made his first appearance in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941.

Smith had a long running feud with Tim Burton due to Burton rejecting his script for Superman Lives, that he had been working on for ages.

Ben Affleck's character from Jersey Girl was named Oliver after Oliver Queen.

The Sandman (audio drama) Episode: Season of Mists - Chapter I He is more widely recognized however as a comedy movie director, who has helmed such films as Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Jersey Girl. Kevin Smith is a writer for Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

Green Arrow, Vol. 2 by Kevin Smith