History Characters / GreenArrow

* HornedHairdo: His haircut.

The Printer's Devil is an identity which has been assumed by to different foes of Green Arrow.

* AmmoBackpack: He apparently carries a large store of ball bearings in a container on his back.

* BattleCouple: With Characters/BlackCanary.
* {{Blackmail}}: In the New 52, he became part of the new JLA assembled by ComicBook/AmandaWaller. Wasn't originally on the team, but he found out that Catwoman's a member and promised not to tell if he becomes a member.

* {{Expy}}: A rare case of evolving into an Expy, Green Arrow and Speedy were transformed into second string versions of Franchise/{{Batman}} and Robin in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks The Silver Age]] after starting out as an AdventurerArchaeologist and [[KidHero Boy Adventurer]] respectively in [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks The Golden Age]].

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Ollie doesn't have a great reputation among the superhero community due to his {{smug|Super}} tendencies and boorish behavior. At his worst moments, he could mainly snag the help of his closest friend [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] strictly because Jordan did a lot worse during his universe-ending stint as Parallax.

** "[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Arrow%27s_Chili Ollie's Stupendous Chili Recipe]]" is too spicy for even ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''. Even with his vaunted willpower [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] (one of Ollie's best friends) couldn't finish it. On the bright side, Franchise/TheFlash was able to adapt it into a weapon for fighting Captain Cold. However, Batman is able to eat it with a smile on his face and just go, "Hrm...it could use more crackers."

* ReallyGetsAround: Oliver Queen has a mostly undeserved reputation for having trouble keeping his arrow in his quiver. While it is true that Oliver was every bit the player [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] pretends to be before becoming a superhero, he was characterized as being downright devout and at times downright possessive regarding then-girlfriend Black Canary throughout the Silver and Bronze Ages of comics. His characterization as a womanizer didn't begin until shortly after his death in the mid-1990s and he never cheated on Black Canary until Creator/JuddWinick started writing the character.

* RedOniBlueOni: He's been the Blue to Ollie's, Eddie's, Roy's, and [[Franchise/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner's]] Reds.

See [[Characters/BlackCanary her relative page]].

* ExpyCoexistence: Season 7 of ''Arrow'' revealed that Diggle was really a case of CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart]]. Obviously, they're not the same guy in the DCU.

[[folder:Chesire Cat (Lian Harper/"Shoes")]]

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Lian was killed by Prometheus and the Electrocutioner during ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''. However, she was later resurrected during the crossover ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''. During ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'', however, it was shown that her father still thought she was dead, but (as shown in in ''DC Festival of Heroes'') she was alive but memoryless, living in Gotham's Alleytown as one of the "Alleytown Strays" and being mentored by Catwoman. She has taken the codename "Chesire Cat," as Cheshire's mask is one of the only things she can remember from her previous life.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Zigzagged. When she debuted in ''New Teen Titans'', she was as red-haired as her old man to highlight the truth in Cheshire's claims about Roy being the father, but in most of her appearances since she's black haired to highlight the connection with her mother. She's a redhead in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' and as Red Hood in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.

** She is currently being mentored by Catwoman and going by the codename "Chesire Cat" in Gotham.

In the New 52, along with never having been Red Arrow, he's also a founding member of the Outlaws, a group of anti-heroes led by Jason Todd, the second Robin. Roy would work with Jason for a while before rejoining his ''other'' Robin friend, Dick Grayson, and the rest of the adult Titans.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Roy has sadly felt like this throughout his life, being behind Oliver, Connor, and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}. Though it's worth noting that Roy has repeatedly proven to a better father than Oliver could ever hope to be. It's also noted out of all five of the founding Titans he's probably a better parent than the rest of them.

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: At Lian's funeral, Roy practically strangled Mia and blamed her for Lian's death. The majority of ''Rise of Arsenal'' seemed to be everyone coddling Mia Deardren, even though A) Mia was supposed to be watching Lian and left her alone to fight the Electrocutioner, and B) Star City's destruction was a freak accident.

* TheLancer: If he's in the Green Arrow comic, he's Ollie's. If we see him in ComicBook/TeenTitans, he's this to Nightwing. Later becomes this to Jason Todd in ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws.

** Continuing the Green Arrow franchise's proud history of cribbing ideas from the Franchise/{{Batman}} mythos, Emiko is basically [[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne]]'s DistaffCounterpart. The hero's mixed-race relative who was raised in secret by assassins? Check. BrattyHalfPint personality? Check. Inflated sense of ego? Check. Doted on by her villainous mother? Check. A big dork? Check.

A socialite who squandered his fortune in an unsuccessful bid to become a GreatWhiteHunter, Thomas Blake instead used the skills he learned to become a thief, becoming a [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] to Characters/{{Catwoman}}. Despite being a ScarilyCompetentTracker with fairly decent fighting skills, his success was somewhat inconsistent until he reinvented himself as a morally ambiguous mercenary. After some time in the wilds of Africa, the now chiseled and badass Catman is one of the more (anti) heroic members of ComicBook/SecretSix... most of the time.

The last descendant of the royal family who once ruled over a small eastern Europe country named Vlatava. After being exiled, he turned to crime with the ultimate goal of reconquering his homeland. A long time foe of Batman and Green Lantern, Vertigo also serves as a [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 Scarecrow]]-style adversary for Green Arrow, as his powers [[KryptoniteFactor effectively void]] Ollie's marksmanship skills.

* GoingColdTurkey: He was left at least partly dependent on the drugs Ivy fed him, just after a lengthy process where the same was done to him by Vlatavan right-wing politicians. Furious and desperate, he had ComicBook/AmandaWaller check him into a metahuman research institute where he was allowed this detox method under strict medical supervision.

A special ops soldier working for the secret program known as Cobalt, Carrie Cutter came back from a mission [[ShellShockedVeteran very disturbed]]. As a result, she volunteered for a program intended to make her fearless. While the treatment was a success, and increased her strength in the process, it also caused her memory loss, and most importantly made her love-related emotions turned UpToEleven. Believing her husband had abandoned her, she tracked him down to Star City and killed him. Green Arrow was involved in this, and she started developing an obsession for him.

* TrickedOutgloves: Wears gauntlets that fire energy blasts.

Limelight is a team of two sisters named Lime and Light. They were members of another villain of Green Arrow's called Rush. They first encountered Green Arrow when the team was rampaging across the west coast is cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and eventually arriving in Seattle, where Green Arrow ended their rampaging by taking the team down. After being arrested, the team went to jail and were eventually recruited into the ComicBook/SuicideSquad. Recently, Light was forced to watch as her sister's head explodes. Due to her sister dying, the team Limelight was disbanded, and Light is now on her own.

* KilledOffForReal: Lime is killed when ComicBook/AmandaWaller [[YourHeadASplode detonates the nanobomb in her neck]].

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Introduced hunting down Connor Hawke, later comes back to take on Batman twice. His game is hunting non-powered heroes, so it's to be expected.

* SerialKiller: Of {{Costumed Nonsuper Hero}}es.

A Yakuza kunoichi skilled in the art of Kyudo (Way of the Bow), Shado is notable for [[DatingCatwoman blurring the lines between antagonist and love interest]].

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: One of the most infamous examples in comics history. She confessed the crime to Characters/BlackCanary, who was oddly okay with Shado deciding that she could give Oliver the baby that Dinah couldn't. What's worse, Shado's raping Oliver Queen was treated as his cheating on Characters/BlackCanary thanks to the CriticalResearchFailure of several writers.

** ''Characters/DCEUBirdsOfPrey'' [[note]]Dinah Laurel Lance / Black Canary[[/note]]

Roy's daughter by Cheshire, an international assassin whom he had a brief relationship with during his time with the C.B.I.. Her father, the Arrow Family, and the Titans are all ''very'' protective of her, so God help you if you do ''anything'' to harm, hurt, or mistreat her in any way.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sees himself this way. No one else is buying it.
-->'''King:''' The city will be better off. That's what this is all about: The greater good.
-->'''Mia:''' [[ShutUpHannibal Pretty sure that's what Hitler kept telling himself.]]

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: She was brutally killed off at the end of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' after a building fell down on top of her and crushed her to death. Lian's death was used to give her father more to angst over besides his missing arm, and was the driving motivation for his descent into drug abuse and violence. Many fans saw this as one of the most unnecessary character deaths to ever occur, and five years later DC tried to rectify the situation by bringing Lian back to life in ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''. However, following ''Convergence'' she was never reinstated into the DC Universe proper until six years later with ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier''. Her father, however, still believes her to be dead, while she has little-to-no memories of him and, instead, goes by the name "Shoes" in Gotham's Alleytown.

* BadassMustache

Leader of the Shield Clan, he is sent to stop Oliver and Shado when they return to the island in order to get the Arrow Totem during ComicBook/JeffLemiresGreenArrow.

* BadassBeard: Well, the beard IS awesome.

* BadassBeard: Spotted a soul patch for most of the late 90s and early 2000s.

See [[Characters/BatmanDeadshot his relative page for more details]].

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Characters/BatmanAnarky Anarky]] (particularly the [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Arkamverse]] version, with some of his Arrowverse counterpart's murderous qualities thrown in for good measure).

!!Oliver Queen[=/=]Green Arrow I
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!!Connor Hawke[=/=]Green Arrow II

* RetCanon: Originally a ''ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}'' supporting character, a version closer to the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' version was introduced into the comics in ''The Kingdom'' arc.

* ''Characters/YoungJustice''
** ''Characters/YoungJusticeJusticeLeague'' [[note]]Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, Dinah Laurel Lance / Black Canary[[/note]]
** ''Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonOne'' [[note]]Clone Roy Harper / Speedy / Red Arrow[[/note]]
** ''Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonTwo'' [[note]]Original Roy Harper / Speedy / Arsenal[[/note]]

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The original Big Game was white. His son Blake is dark skinned, indicating that he is MixedRace and that his mother was probably black.

* MixedRace: Blake is dark skinned. As his father was Caucasian, his mother was probably black (and implied to be African).

* MixedAncestry: His father is Anglo-Saxon and his mother is half-Korean/half-African American. There's also speculation both in and out of universe that Connor [[TwoferTokenMinority might be gay]]. He turns out to be {{Asexual|ity}} or [[SingleTargetSexuality demi-sexual]], depending on how you spin Dixon's contribution.

* {{Blackmail}}: In the New 52, he became part of the new JLA assembled by [[Characters/SuicideSquadAmandaWaller Amanda Waller]]. Wasn't originally on the team, but he found out that Catwoman's a member and promised not to tell if he becomes a member.

* GoingColdTurkey: He was left at least partly dependent on the drugs Ivy fed him, just after a lengthy process where the same was done to him by Vlatavan right-wing politicians. Furious and desperate, he had [[Characters/SuicideSquadAmandaWaller Amanda Waller]] check him into a metahuman research institute where he was allowed this detox method under strict medical supervision.

* KilledOffForReal: Lime is killed when [[Characters/SuicideSquadAmandaWaller Amanda Waller]] [[YourHeadASplode detonates the nanobomb in her neck]].

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: At Lian's funeral, Roy practically strangled Mia and blamed her for Lian's death. The majority of ''Rise of Arsenal'' seemed to be everyone coddling Mia Deardren, even though A. Mia was supposed to be watching Lian and left her alone to fight the Electrocutioner, and B. Star City's destruction was a freak accident.
* DatingCatwoman: He had an affair with supervillainess Cheshire, who he even had a child with. Said child was however killed during ''Cry for Justice'', and the relationship was undone after the ''New 52''. [[spoiler:However, ''Comicbook/{{Convergence}}'' sees his pre-''New 52'' self being reunited with his daughter.]]

** To his ex-lover Cheshire. Whereas Roy's a multifaceted individual who tries to learn from his mistakes to be a better person, Cheshire desperately tries to live solely as "Jade" and "Cheshire" while using her alter ego as a crutch to avoid her guilty conscience. Both of them love their daughter, but while Roy tried his hardest to be a good father and let Lian know she was loved and valued, Cheshire's unwillingness to curb her homicidal tendencies cost her having Lian in her life and have even led to her forsaking Lian.
** To Dick Grayson. While both were taken in and raised as the sidekick and ward of a playboy billionaire, Dick is presented as being a much better rounded person and a more effective superhero, as a result of his better upbringing under Bruce and Alfred and his better relationship with them. Meanwhile, Roy's relationship with Ollie has mostly been presented as troubled at best, and he's much more self-destructive than Dick.

* GoodIsNotNice: {{Deconstruction}}. While Oliver is ultimately a force for good, he has never been particularly nice about it. On his best days, he's rude, arrogant, and is always convinced that his idea is better. On most days, he's a sanctimonious, elitist JerkAss. At his worst, he's a complete asshole. Oliver's personal and professional lives are a wreck because of his behavior and actions. His relationship with his friends and family is strained, with him constantly cheating on his long time girlfriend Black Canary (Dinah Lance), neglecting his sidekick and ward Speedy I/Arsenal/Red Arrow I (Roy Harper), abandoning his biological son Green Arrow II (Connor Hawke) at birth and lying to Connor that he did not know he was his son when they met and Connor became his sidekick. Oliver also doesn't have a great reputation among the superhero community due to his smug tendencies and boorish behavior. While Oliver generally tries and usually manages to do the right thing, there are times were even his teammates at the Justice League barely tolerate him. While he made a genuine effort to be a better boyfriend and husband to his girlfriend/wife Dinah, and reconnect with Roy and Connor while being a better father to them, and was able to repair his relationship with them and become a better superhero, things went crashing down in the ''Cry for Justice'' & ''Rise and Fall'' storylines where Oliver murders Prometheus for destroying Star City and causing the death of his adopted granddaughter Lian Harper. His family washes their hands of him, with his wife returning her wedding ring and declaring their marriage over and Roy and Connor telling him they are through with him. It's implied that Oliver killing Prometheus is the last straw for his family and his mistreatment of them was the main cause of them leaving him.

'''Oliver Queen:''' Roy, listion—\\

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hal Jordan since when they teamed up in a series of socially relevant stories in which the "by-the-book" Hal a"plays by his own rules" Ollie deal with issues like racism, political corruption, pollution and overpopulation.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Ollie doesn't have a great reputation among the superhero community due to his {{smug|Super}} tendencies and boorish behavior. At his worst moments, he could mainly snag the help of his closest friend [[Characters/GreenLanternHalJordan Hal Jordan]] strictly because Jordan did a lot worse during his universe-ending stint as Parallax.

** "[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Arrow%27s_Chili Ollie's Stupendous Chili Recipe]]" is too spicy for even ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''. Even with his vaunted willpower Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan (one of Ollie's best friends) couldn't finish it. On the bright side, Franchise/TheFlash was able to adapt it into a weapon for fighting Captain Cold. However, Batman is able to eat it with a smile on his face and just go, "Hrm...it could use more crackers."

* RedOniBlueOni: He's been the Blue to Ollie's, Eddie's, Roy's, and [[Characters/GreenLanternKyleRayner Kyle Rayner's]] Reds.

* BattleCouple: With ComicBook/BlackCanary.
* {{Blackmail}}: In the New 52, he became part of the new JLA assembled by ComicBook/AmandaWaller. Wasn't originally on the team, but he found out that Catwoman's a member and promised not to tell if he becomes a member.

* CoolCar: The "[[TropeMobile Arrowcar]]" that was similar to Batman's "Batmobile". The Arrow-Car was introduced during the time when Green Arrow comics mostly followed a similar formula as Batman (sans the depth and tragedy). However, it was in use for many years and there were several versions of it, all with various upgrades and re-designs. After Oliver lost his fortune, the Arrow-Car became too expensive to keep and he decided to destroy it.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Ollie doesn't have a great reputation among the superhero community due to his smug tendencies and boorish behavior. At his worst moments, he could mainly snag the help of his closest friend Hal Jordan strictly because Jordan did a lot worse during his universe-ending stint as Parallax.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Ollie has a history of not practicing what he preaches and condemning people for things he himself had done if he hasn't done worse. Case in point, he spent most of the first issue of ''ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier'' trying to force ComicBook/WallyWest to quit being the Flash after the events of ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' and while [[spoiler:he's unaware that Roy was among those who came back after ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', this still ignores that one: Wally wasn't in control of himself with the cover-up (Thawne screwed with his mind), two: Ollie had a history of HandsOffParenting and Roy was only in Sanctuary due to Ollie's crappy parenting, and three: Ollie himself has killed people -- and unlike Wally, Ollie often did it on purpose. Barry calls him out on this. To make matters worse, the arc in question sees Wally was ultimately revealed to be innocent in the deaths themselves; the true killer was Savitar, who attempted to hijack the Speed Force, so not only Ollie was being a hypocrite, he was revealed to be blaming an innocent man.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: {{Deconstruction}}. During the Cry for Justice & Rise and Fall storyline where Green Arrow I (Oliver Queen) murders Prometheus for destroying Star City and causing the death of his adopted granddaughter Lian Harper. During Oliver's capture and trial, his family washes their hands of him, with his wife Black Canary (Dinah Lance) returning her wedding ring and declaring their marriage over. His adopted son Speedy I/Arsenal/Red Arrow I (Roy Harper) and biological son Green Arrow II (Connor Hawke) tell him they are through with him. It is implied that Oliver killing Prometheus is the last straw, with Oliver constantly cheating on Dinah, his neglect of Roy, and his abandonment of Connor and lying that he did not know he was his son was the main cause of them leaving Oliver. However, before that storyline Oliver Queen works hard to repair his relationships with them, and they had forgiven him before. It is also implied that they had been traumatized by the events of the story, Star City being destroyed for Dinah, the lost of his daughter for Roy, Connor being in a coma and losing and regaining his memories, and with the resentment they have for Oliver despite forgiving him, they all lash out at Oliver.

* TrickArrow: The TropeMaker. The miniseries ''Green Arrow: Year One'' actually shows how he came up with the boxing glove or "stun" arrow. He had to incapacitate a guard without killing him so he simply took the head off of a regular arrow (this doesn't actually work, but it's a comic book).

* VitriolicBestBuds: With [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] since when they teamed up in a series of socially relevant stories in which the "by-the-book" Hal a"plays by his own rules" Ollie deal with issues like racism, political corruption, pollution and overpopulation.

* MixedAncestry: His father is Anglo-Saxon and his mother is half-Korean/half-African American. There's also speculation both in and out of universe that Connor [[TwoferTokenMinority might be gay]]. He turns out to be {{Asexual}} or [[SingleTargetSexuality demi-sexual]], depending on how you spin Dixon's contribution.

* RedOniBlueOni: He's been the Blue to Ollie's, Eddie's, Roy's, and [[Franchise/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner's]] Reds.

* WorldsBestWarrior: While he is a peg below Lady Shiva, Richard Dragon, and Cassandra Cain, he is, along with Batman, Bronze Tiger, Black Canary, and Catman, one of the single best non-augmented or superpowered (Black Canary notwithstanding, though she seldom if ever uses her abilities in direct combat) physical combatants in the mainline/non-Elseworlds DCU.

See [[ComicBook/BlackCanary her relative page]].

* RememberTheNewGuy: Described as working with Ollie during very early his Green Arrow career, before leaving after a disastrous encounter with ComicBook/RichardDragon.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Zigzagged. When she debuted in ''New Teen Titans'', she was as red-haired as her old man to highlight the truth in Cheshire's claims about Roy being the father, but in most of her appearances since she's black haired to highlight the connection with her mother. She's a redhead in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' and as Red Hood in ComicBook/KingdomCome.

* LittleMissBadass: She has the makings of one despite being so young. In one instance, she was being held hostage by ComicBook/VandalSavage. Black Canary told Lian to show Vandal "the finger trick" she was taught. Lian then innocently snapped Vandal's thumb in two.

* StuffedInTheFridge: She was brutally killed off at the end of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' after a building fell down on top of her and crushed her to death. Lian's death was used to give her father more to angst over besides his missing arm, and was the driving motivation for his descent into drug abuse and violence. Many fans saw this as one of the most unnecessary character deaths to ever occur, and five years later DC tried to rectify the situation by bringing Lian back to life in ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''. However, following ''Convergence'' she was never reinstated into the DC Universe proper until six years later with ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier''. Her father, however, still believes her to be dead, while she has little-to-no memories of him and, instead, goes by the name "Shoes" in Gotham's Alleytown.

* WhiteHatHacker: Eventually.

* TheAloner: Tried to be this after ''Rise of Arsenal'' until Cheshire manipulated him into joining ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'s team under false pretenses.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:After being turned into a zombie during ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', by ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'' Roy's inexplicably fully healed and alive but has no idea how or why it happened.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: After repeated browbeating about his former addiction while the fact he was already getting counseling for his problems is ignored, Roy checks in to Sanctuary... and is killed in the first issue of ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis''. ]]

* FatalFlaw: Self-depreciation. Roy has terrible self esteem born out of the abandonment issues he suffered through when he was a kid. As an adult, Roy is constantly worried about slipping back into his drug addiction and fears he's neither a good person, superhero ''or'' a good father to Lian. Things got worse [[spoiler: after Lian died, when he went back to using heroin after the pain in his right arm became too unbearable because of the infection and the horrible prosthetic Cyborg made. He started blaming himself for Lian's death, compounded by hallucinations telling him it was his fault she died and people like Cheshire and Deathstroke manipulating him by telling him it ''was'' his fault. Even when ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' showed Roy now logically understood her death wasn't his fault, he still has nightmares where he fails to save her.]]

* IgnoredEpiphany: Via StatusQuoIsGod. A notable mini arc in the first ''Titans'' series was about Roy coming to terms with Cheshire being tried for her wanton genocide of Qurac and finally putting his lingering feelings of her behind for good after realizing she'll always be a murdering psychopath. However, most writers tend to ignore that for the sake of milking more {{Wangst}} out of their not-a-relationship, especially in ''Rise of Arsenal'' and the second ''Titans''.

* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: While he didn't have to make Mia cry, Roy had every right to be mad at her for Lian's death. He left Lian in Mia's care and Mia just left the girl all alone while she went after a supervillain.]]

* {{Misblamed}}: In-universe, people like Cheshire and Deathstroke enjoy blaming Roy [[spoiler: for Lian's death. Mainly as a means to manipulate and browbeat him into doing what they want.]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:After the death of Lian, though she was thankfully brought back.]]

--->'''[[ChickMagnet Nightwing]]:''' Is there ''anyone'' you won't sleep with?
--->'''[[HandsomeLech Arsenal]]:''' You mean among the [[LampshadeHanging pool of women super heroes with the bodies of Olympians]]? ''No'', dude.

* WhatDoesHeSeeInHer?: Regarding Cheshire. While she is rather attractive and seductive, pretty much everyone lacks the ability to understand why Roy still holds some form of emotional attachment towards her given she's a sociopath, though Roy seems to believe it's because he doesn't want Lian to see her mother in jail or executed.

* LovelyAngels: She usually fights with ComicBook/BlackCanary.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Was saddened and guilt-ridden after the death of Lian happened on her watch.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:She left Lian by herself to go after the Electrocutioner, and Lian was then killed when Star City was destroyed and Ollie's house fell down on top of her. Had Mia been with Lian or left her with someone else, there's a chance she wouldn't have died. While it's not the same as killing Lian herself, Mia's neglect still made her indirectly responsible for Lian dying, so Roy ''does'' have justification to blame her -- not necessarily for lashing out at her like he did and making her cry, though.]]

* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler: When it came time for she and her mother to kill Oliver, she used a tranq arrow and left a homing device on him, hoping that his friends would be able to find and save him. She even admits in hindsight that there was a very good chance this plan would fail and that he'd really die.]]

* HellbentForLeather: Dresses in red leather.

A socialite who squandered his fortune in an unsuccessful bid to become a GreatWhiteHunter, Thomas Blake instead used the skills he learned to become a thief, becoming a SpearCounterpart to ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}. Despite being a ScarilyCompetentTracker with fairly decent fighting skills, his success was somewhat inconsistent until he reinvented himself as a morally ambiguous mercenary. After some time in the wilds of Africa, the now chiseled and badass Catman is one of the more (anti) heroic members of ComicBook/SecretSix... most of the time.

A rookie cop frustrated by wealthy criminals using their political connections to avoid criminal charges, Joseph Stranz became the masked vigilante calling himself the Citizen to impose a justice that the law could not. Feeling that heroes like Batman and Green Arrow do not go far enough, the Citizen kidnaps offenders and subjects them to a kangaroo court, [[MurderDotCom allowing followers on the internet to decide whether his victims live or die]].

* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Anarky}} (particularly the [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Arkamverse]] version, with some of his Arrowverse counterpart's murderous qualities thrown in for good measure).

* GadgetWatch: Uses weaponized clocks and watches to attack his victims.

The last descendant of the royal family who once ruled over a small eastern Europe country named Vlatava. After being exiled, he turned to crime with the ultimate goal of reconquering his homeland. A long time foe of Batman and Green Lantern, Vertigo also serves as a [[ComicBook/TheScarecrow Scarecrow]]-style adversary for Green Arrow, as his powers [[KryptoniteFactor effectively void]] Ollie's marksmanship skills.

* BerserkButton: Brainwashing and drugging. First a group of Vlatavan nationalists drugged him so he could serve as a LivingProp and a weapon to drive the Soviets from the country, and then [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Poison Ivy]] found him and kept feeding him drugs to keep him subservient.

* GoingColdTurkey: He was left at least partly dependent on the drugs Ivy fed him, just after a lengthy process where the same was done to him by Vlatavan right-wing politicians. Furious and desperate, he had ComicBook/AmandaWaller check him into a metahuman research institute where he was allowed this detox method under strict medical supervision.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: A subtler example than most, and due almost entirely to his manic depression. Devoutly religious, Vertigo would go from believing himself the savior of humanity purging it of its sins, to a damned soul worthy only of death for his pride. This only got worse when his Vlatavan handlers drugged him to keep him in his manic state, and then again when ComicBook/PoisonIvy co-opted him for her own ends. His cold turkey withdrawals from these drugged states actually stabilized him, and while he was far from heroic, he's since been stable and uninterested in criminal behavior.

* WhosLaughingNow: During the ''War of the Gods'' crossover, Poison Ivy (his once-enslaver) fell in a DeathTrap, and desperately started promising to become the slave of anyone who freed her. The only one who heard her was Vertigo, who walked away laughing.

See [[ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} his relative page for more details]].

* TrickBomb: Carries spade shaped explosives grenades.

See [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} his relative page for more details]].

The ''femme fatale'' using alias the Executrix was a well trained assassin who hired herself out as a bodyguard to the highest bidder. One of her employers were the elitist group of corporate leaders calling themselves the Wall Street Irregulars. This group of men were all at one time caught committing various financial crimes including such things as inside trading. As the Wall Street Irregulars sought to attempt to seize economic and political control of Star City, and saw the the Green Arrow as a deterrent to that success.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Carries a pair of pretty effective pen sized lasers.

Hyrax was an international eco-terrorist and the leader of The Eden Corps. Green Arrow was sent by the National Security Agency to infiltrate her organization, and he developed a romantic relationship with her. She planned on using a bomb called the Mutajek 9-9 to destroy Metropolis and rid nature of its blight upon the Earth. Flying over the city in a plane, she took a bullet in a shoot-out and died right after insuring Arrow's demise. Her brother, Bengal, took over leadership of the group after her death.

* AnimalWrongsGroup: Leads Eden Corps, a group dedicated to protecting endangered species to extent that they willing to wipe out entire cities to do so.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Introduced and killed on the same issue.

* SummonBiggerFish: This works both ways; King hires Merlyn when his own Mooks seem ineffective against Team Arrow; Ollie turns to Batman, Green Lantern, and ComicBook/{{Katana}} to help him take down King.

* TheHeavy: To Golgatha, the leader of the Spear clan and BigBad of the ''Outsiders War'' arc, at least until [[spoiler:Komodo [[KlingonPromotion kills Golgatha]] and assumes leadership of the Outsiders.]]

* BigBadWannabe: He's Ollie's most personal foe throughout the Lemire/Sorrentino run, but Richard Dragon gradually usurps Komodo's BigBad status and becomes the TrueFinalBoss.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: When he finally acquires the Arrow Totem he has been seeking, it shows him that everything he has done to get there ultimately served no purpose, aside from turning Emiko against him. This happens about five seconds before he is killed by one of Emiko's arrows.]]

* KilledOffForReal: Lime is killed when ComicBook/AmandaWaller [[YourHeadASplode detonates the nanobomb in her neck]].

An enigmatic character that seems claims to be an immortal. Not much is know about him. It is still uncertain whether Magus is his name or a title. At first he told Green Arrow that the 7th clan of the Outsiders was long lost forgotten, but he was later revealed to be the leader (or possibly only member) of the mask clan.

* PoisonousPerson: Magus is capable of emitting a red gas from his body, whether from his hands or his mouth, that appears to either kill combatants, disorient them, or knock them unconscious.

* MasterArcher: He's a member of ComicBook/RasAlGhul's League of Assassins and one of the few who can match or even best Green Arrow in an archery contest. In some continuities, he's Green Arrow's mentor-turned-rogue.

* SadisticChoice: Nix kidnapped Mary, a woman Green Arrow thought responsible for the two murders. She was about to kill her when Green Arrow stopped her. To escape Nix fatally wounded an innocent bystander so that Green Arrow had to make a hero's choose save the man or chase Nix.

* MadeOfIron[=/=]NighInvulnerable: It's one or the other. Whether he's a "normal" person with a ridiculously high tolerance for pain, or a metahuman with low-level invulnerability has not been revealed. Oliver turns him into a HumanPincushion by the end of their encounter, but it doesn't slow him down much. Neither does [[DisneyVillainDeath falling off a roof]] after dangling by an impaled foot.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real is never revealed.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His hatred of the colour green causes his capture in his first appearance, when Green Arrow is using green signal arrows to direct the police his location, and he suddenly realises that he does not have a green arrow he can use to misdirect them.

* MurderDotCom: Rush and his gang kill metahumans live on the internet.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: One of the most infamous examples in comics history. She confessed the crime to ComicBook/BlackCanary, who was oddly okay with Shado deciding that she could give Oliver the baby that Dinah couldn't. What's worse, Shado's raping Oliver Queen was treated as his cheating on ComicBook/BlackCanary thanks to the CriticalResearchFailure of several writers.

* ShooTheDog: [[spoiler: She sends Emiko back to Oliver after realizing Team Arrow will do a better job of protecting her than she ever could.]]

* TrickArrow: Miniature arrows of many types, including smoke-bomb, pheromone, and others.

* IAmAHumanitarian: Has been known to attack and eat other humans

Vengeance was a professional BountyHunter. He worked with a mask, costume and guns. Whilst tracking down a wanted criminal he irrupted onto a class reunion party that Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) was attending.

** ''Characters/DCAUJusticeLeagueTheLeague'' [[note]]Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, Dinah Laurel Lance / Black Canary, Roy Harper / Speedy[[/note]]

!!!'''Heroes'''

[[folder:Speedy I[=/=]Arsenal[=/=]Red Arrow I (Roy Harper)]]
!!Roy Harper[=/=]Speedy I[=/=]Arsenal[=/=]Red Arrow
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->'''Debut:''' ''More Fun Comics'' (Vol 1) #73

->''"I've made a '''lot''' of mistakes in my life, because life is '''messy'''... Simple '''right''' and '''wrong''', I can handle. I know where I '''stand''' and what needs to be '''done'''. Less opportunity to '''screw up''', you know? A good cause, a good fight...'''that's''' what works for me."''

A troubled boy, Roy Harper was taken in by Oliver Queen as his ward. Using his own skill with a bow, he fought alongside his mentor as Speedy. Speedy would go on to be a founding member of the ComicBook/TeenTitans. After a falling out with Oliver, Roy would go off on his own, remaking himself as Arsenal. Even later, after joining the Justice League (and a brief sort-of screw-up by Hal Jordan), he'd go by Red Arrow.

In the New 52, along with never having been Red Arrow, he's also a founding member of the Outlaws, a group of anti-heroes led by Jason Todd, the second Robin. Roy would work with Jason for a while before rejoining his ''other'' Robin friend, Dick Grayson, and the rest of the adult Titans.

!!!'''Supporting Characters'''

[[folder:Black Canary (Dinah Lance)]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Flash Comics'' (Vol 1) #86
See [[ComicBook/BlackCanary her relative page]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:John Diggle]]
!!John Diggle
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #24

->''"Sure, I stayed in the shadows. I didn't have a codename or a gimmick. But together we made a difference."''

A former Green Beret who served two tours in Afghanistan, John Diggle began working in private security after retiring from the army. During the events of ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'', while he is working for Queen Industries, he crosses paths with Green Arrow, and they work together for several months in a campaign to dismantle Seattle's criminal underworld. Six years later, Diggle reenters Ollie's life, rejoining Team Arrow on an intermittent basis.

* BadassNormal: He's made it his thing, see the folder quote.
* BaldOfAwesome: His head is shaved.
* CanonImmigrant: Originally unique to the TV series, the New 52 introduced him to the comics.
* DecompositeCharacter: As mentioned with ExpyCoexistence, season 7 of ''Arrow'' retroactively made him this by revealing he's the Arrowverse version of John Stewart.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Although he wasn't particularly happy with Ollie at the time, he was still disgusted with those who abandoned Ollie when he lost his fortune.
* ExpyCoexistence: Season 7 of ''Arrow'' revealed that Diggle was really a case of CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart]]. Obviously, they're not the same guy in the DCU.
* IOweYouMyLife: Merlyn saved his life once.
* PowerTrio: Serves as part of one alongside Green Arrow and Black Canary, particularly during the first Ninth Circle arc.
* RedBaron: "The Franchise/JamesBond of Private Security."
* RememberTheNewGuy: Described as working with Ollie during very early his Green Arrow career, before leaving after a disastrous encounter with ComicBook/RichardDragon.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Ollie.

[[folder:Chesire Cat (Lian Harper/"Shoes")]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''New Teen Titans'' (Vol 2) #21

->''I have no memories of a childhood. No visions of an early birthday, candles or cake. No idea what the world looks like from up on my father's shoulders. No memories of paper lanterns or of lions dancing to the rhythm of fireworks. All I have is a recurring dream. And a mask.''


Roy's daughter by Cheshire, an international assassin whom he had a brief relationship with during his time with the C.B.I.. Her father, the Arrow Family, and the Titans are all ''very'' protective of her, so God help you if you do ''anything'' to harm, hurt, or mistreat her in any way.

Lian was killed by Prometheus and the Electrocutioner during ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''. However, she was later resurrected during the crossover ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''. During ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'', however, it was shown that her father still thought she was dead, but (as shown in in ''DC Festival of Heroes'') she was alive but memoryless, living in Gotham's Alleytown as one of the "Alleytown Strays" and being mentored by Catwoman. She has taken the codename "Chesire Cat," as Cheshire's mask is one of the only things she can remember from her previous life.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Zigzagged. When she debuted in ''New Teen Titans'', she was as red-haired as her old man to highlight the truth in Cheshire's claims about Roy being the father, but in most of her appearances since she's black haired to highlight the connection with her mother. She's a redhead in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' and as Red Hood in ComicBook/KingdomCome.
* AgeLift: When she died, she was around five or six years old, but her appearance in ''Catwoman'' as "Shoes" shows her to be a young teenager.
* BackFromTheDead: Was revived by Dreamslayer during ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', or as he puts it, she was plucked out of time just before she was killed. Unfortunately, when she's finally restored in the main DC continuity through ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'' she's dead again. Except that's only what he ''thinks'', as she's actually alive, although without her memories ang going by the name "Shoes" as one of the Alleytown Strays being mentored by Catwoman.
* BreakTheCutie: Subverted. In one memorable arc, Lian was kidnapped by a child sex ring and branded with their mark. While Roy and the Outsiders managed to rescue her before anything else happened, it seemed Lian suffered some permanent trauma from the experience. However, in her later appearances she seemed just as happy and well adjusted as she did before.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Slightly subverted when her dad was helping Grant Emerson deal with the sexual abuse Grant's foster dad inflicted on him. While she's too young to know all the explicit details, Lian still recognizes Grant's truly unhappy and genuinely reaches out to him alongside Roy in a way that helps Grant finally talk about the pain he's in.
* TheCutie: She's often considered one of the most adorable and precocious kids in the [=DCU=], and is frequently doted on by her many surrogate aunts and uncles as well as by her father.
* DaddysGirl: To say she's this is an understatement. Roy and Lian absolutely love each other, and while their family life isn't perfect, they're widely considered to have one of the best father-daughter relationships in the [=DCU=].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Or rather, dropped a ''house'' on her.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Her speech patterns in ComicBook/{{Titans}} included this.
* GreenEyedMonster: While living with her father and the other Titans, she started to get jealous of the [=DEOrphans=] and Tempest's baby son Cerdian living at the Tower because she wasn't used to sharing the attention she was getting from Roy and the others. She later gets over this and is much more friendly when she's with Jai and Iris West.
* LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter: Don't get her wrong, Lian loves her mom very much, but even as a child Lian has far more empathy then Cheshire and expresses disgust at her mom's horrific actions.
* LittleMissBadass: She has the makings of one despite being so young. In one instance, she was being held hostage by ComicBook/VandalSavage. Black Canary told Lian to show Vandal "the finger trick" she was taught. Lian then innocently snapped Vandal's thumb in two.
-->'''Arsenal:''' Oh daddy's proud right now, angel. Daddy's ''very'' proud!
** ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' showed a future where Lian grew up to be an archer crime fighter, Red Hood, like her father.
** She is currently being mentored by Catwoman and going by the codename "Chesire Cat" in Gotham.
* MoralityPet: She ''was'' considered one to her mother Cheshire, as many people felt the love she had for Lian was quite possibly her only redeemable feature. That is, until Cheshire conceived Lian's baby brother as a replacement when she was being blackmailed into joining the ComicBook/SecretSix.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Whenever she stops being happy and sweet it's a sign something's deeply wrong. After learning her babysitter Chandra lost her grandparents in the nuclear explosion Cheshire caused which destroyed Qurac, Lian angrily threw her mother's picture at the wall screaming "Bad mommy!"
* ParentalAbandonment: ''Not'' on Roy's part. ''Festival of Heroes'' revealed Cheshire allowed everyone to think Lian was still dead and then left her amnesiac daughter in some random church in Gotham City, thinking this would be better for Lian. Lian then spent several years as a homeless orphan who had to learn pickpocketing in order to survive.
* RaceLift: Subverted. When she first appeared in the 1980s as a baby, she had red hair and more resembled her father. When she appeared in the alternate universe comic ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', she was also sporting freckles while her eyes now resembled her mother's. Then at some point in the 1990s Lian's hair changed to black and she now looked more like her mother. In at least one gag interview, Roy has acknowledged the way her hair shifted but doesn't know why nor does he see what the big deal is.
* {{Retgone}}: ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' erased the events of her death from happening... by erasing her entire existence from ever happening in the [=DCnU=]. After over a decade she's finally restored in ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier''. But still dead...except not really, she's alive, but without her memories.
* StuffedInTheFridge: She was brutally killed off at the end of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' after a building fell down on top of her and crushed her to death. Lian's death was used to give her father more to angst over besides his missing arm, and was the driving motivation for his descent into drug abuse and violence. Many fans saw this as one of the most unnecessary character deaths to ever occur, and five years later DC tried to rectify the situation by bringing Lian back to life in ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''. However, following ''Convergence'' she was never reinstated into the DC Universe proper until six years later with ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier''. Her father, however, still believes her to be dead, while she has little-to-no memories of him and, instead, goes by the name "Shoes" in Gotham's Alleytown.
* TagalongKid: Averted. Just because her dad's a superhero and they lived with the Titans didn't mean Roy was going to bring her along on missions. The few times she's ever involved in hostile situations (the Hangmen trying to abduct her, Cheshire getting attacked by ninjas, Cheshire trying to escape from prison), it was never because she was consciously put ''into'' those situations by her dad or because she actively inserted herself into them.
* TookALevelInJerkass: For a brief while near the end of Jay Faerber's run on ''Titans'' she was growing increasingly nasty towards the [=DEOrphans=] because of how much attention they were getting, and also seemed to be getting jealous of Cerdian. The latter could be viewed as a side effect of her traumatic experience with her Jokerized mother, while the former is often interpreted as Faerber expressing his dislike for how the [=DEOrphans=] took too much focus away from the stories he ''wanted'' to tell. When the orphans were PutOnABus, Lian returned to her usual self.
* TwoferTokenMinority: On her father's side she's Irish-American plus Roy's Navajo upbringing, while on her mother's side she's Vietnamese, French-Canadian, and a little Australian too.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: There were a few times when Lian wasn't exactly happy with how often her father was away, but it wasn't a problem that occurred too often with them.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears:
** She's still very much a child, but has an affinity for keeping up with the many identity changes her superhero aunts and uncles go through, and once answered the question "Who leads the Justice League" by answering "[[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Owacle]]."
** By age 4 Lian has retained a lot about the Navajo culture which she learned from Roy and shows more respect to the nation than most adult white people. She helps Roy reach out to Grant Emerson and the two get him to verbalize the abuse his foster dad put him through by discussing and applying Navajo beliefs about tears and songs used to express emotions.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: As "Shoes," she has dyed blue hair.

[[folder:Felicity Smoak]]
!!Felicity Smoak
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #35

->''"How about you take down the hoodie? I already know who you are."''

A hacker hired by John King to bring down Oliver Queen. Unfortunately for King, Smoak was inspired to turn over a new leaf and offer her services to Queen, after she determined that he was Green Arrow.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Not discussed in any detail, but she did a lot of bad things and apparently double-crossed The Cheetah at one point.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: It is never confirmed if she dyed her hair like her television counterpart, but she is still depicted as a blonde who didn't quite have it in her to be a hacker mercenary for hire.
* HeelFaceTurn: She admits to having committed a lot of crimes in the past but wants to make up for it by helping Green Arrow.
* PutOnABus: She completely disappeared from the Green Arrow comics (along with Mia Dearden and all of Oliver's support team apart from Emiko Queen) after the conclusion of ''The Kingdom''.
* RetCanon: Originally a ''ComicBook/{{Firestorm}}'' supporting character, a version closer to the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' version was introduced into the comics in ''The Kingdom'' arc.
* WhiteHatHacker: Eventually.

!!!'''Villains'''

[[folder:Bad Penny]]
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->'''AKA:''' Unknown
->'''Debut:''' ''Detective Comics'' #543

->''“I’m cutting off the juice… but if you try to rush us… back it goes, and you're all fried !”''

The woman known as Bad Penny worked for a copper-working factory in Star City. When Star City began to rely on optical fibre rather than traditional copper cable for the city's World's Fair, the factory went out of business after failing to bid for a key contract and Bad Penny was among those were laid off. Furious at the loss of her job, Bad Penny acquired a pair of gloves with circuitry in them that enables her to give strong electrical shocks to anyone she touches, which she used to commit more daring criminal acts.

* EvilLuddite: Strikes out against automation putting people out of jobs.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her real name was never revealed.
* ShockAndAwe: Wears a pair of TrickedOutGloves with circuitry in them that enables her to give strong electrical shocks to anyone she touches.
* TrickedOutGloves: Wears a pair of gloves with circuitry in them that enables her to give [[ShockAndAwe strong electrical shocks]] to anyone she touches.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Big Bad Wolf]]
!!Big Bad Wolf
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->'''AKA:''' Dolph Marrock
->'''Debut:''' '''Green Arrow Annual''' (Vol 5) #1

->''"I'm the Big Bad Wolf. A.K.A. Dolph Marrock, unmedicated warg, frequent felon, and President of the Berserkers Bike Club."''

Dolph Marrock, also known as Big Bad Wolf, is The founder, creator and leader of The Berserkers a criminal gang based out of Seattle. Beside being a frequent criminal felon and president of his bike club he is also unmedicated warg with powers.
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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Marrock leads the Berserkers: a biker gang of werewolves.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Marrock suffers from Lukos; a sexually transmitted form of lycanthropy. The disease causes deformation of the frontal lobe and swelling of the adrenal and pituitary glands, increasing anger, hunger, and impulsivity. When the infected is excited or enraged, they bled from their eyes, nose, fingernails, and gums, thereby spreading the disease to those they hurt. The longer the infection, the more extreme the change, to the point of appearing akin to werewolves.
* SuperSenses: Because of his infection, Marrock has senses akin to those of a wolf.

[[folder:Big Game]]
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Big Game was a super-villain and enemy to Green Arrow. He models himself as a big game hunter. Eventually he was murdered by Cupid, who was eliminating all of Green Arrow's old enemies. His son Blake took over the legacy to take revenge on Green Arrow and Cupid.
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The original Big Game was white. His son Blake is dark skinned, indicating that he is MixedRace and that his mother was probably black.
* EgomaniacHunter
* LegacyCharacter: Bug Game's son Blake adopts his father's identity and becomes the new Big Game.
* MixedRace: Blake is dark skinned. As his father was Caucasian, his mother was probably black (and implied to be African).
* OverlordJr: Big Game's son Blake steps into his father's shoes and becomes the new Big Game.

[[folder:Blood Rose]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #3

A former lover of Oliver Queen, Blood Rose was at one point turned into a robot, and fell in love with Midas. Fighting against Green Arrow numerous times in revenge against Queen, she was eventually defeated, and caused her own self-destruct mechanism to activate. She was later rebuilt by Midas.
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* HellbentForLeather: Dresses in red leather.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her name was actually never revealed.
* OutlawCouple: With Midas, teaming up against Green Arrow.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Despite being a {{Cyborg}}, she outwardly looks completely human.
* WeCanRebuildHim: Midas rebuilt her after her first destruction.

[[folder:Brick]]
!!Brick
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->'''AKA:''' Daniel "Danny" Brickwall
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 3) #40

->''"You getting a full grasp of the situation? I'm not like the rest. I'm not like those whacked out freaks who want to run the world through mind control and blow the JLA to Hell. I was raised here in Star City. I ate the crap it fed me and I grew. Now, here I am, just a working man. And for me, it's all about business. And you -- superhero -- have found your way into my business!"''

A stone-skinned crime lord who gained a major influence in Star City following a power vacuum created after a demonic power had cut the city from the outside world for a while. While he technically is a metahuman, he actually owes his success less to his power, and more to his intelligence and brilliant criminal mind.

* TheChessmaster: Undeniably one of Green Arrow's smartest opponents.
* TheDon: Best-known as a major crime lord in Star City, and at one point was the leader of its entire criminal underground.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Started out as a low-level enforcer and street gang leader. Following a demonic attack on the city, he used the ensuing power vacuum to expand his gang's influence, and ended up not only uniting most of the gangs in Star City under his leadership, but also killing the mayor.
* GeniusBruiser: He is a metahuman with stone-like skin, making him both super-strong and NighInvulnerable. He also happens to be a criminal mastermind.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Uses a katana as a weapon during the Lemire/Sorrentino era.
* LargeAndInCharge: Guy is ''huge'', and a major crime lord to boot.
* NighInvulnerability: His stone skin makes him capable of shrugging off ''missiles''.
* ScaryBlackMan: Well, at least he ''used'' to be black. His transformation into a metahuman caused his skin to turn reddish.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to outmatch Green Arrow in a fist fight.
* TakeAThirdOption: When his influence started to grow, he was invited to a meeting of the various mafiosi and gang leaders who led Star City's criminal underground, and offered the choice of either continuing his activities on the condition of giving them a cut, or being killed. His answer was to have the entire house leveled by a missile, killing them all but leaving him unharmed because of his powers, and making him the lone gang leader in the entire city.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Was at some point killed by Cupid, before being inexplicably brought back later.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His hair is white, and he definitely isn't a good guy.

[[folder:Bulls-Eye]]
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->'''AKA:''' Leapo the Clown
->'''Debut:''' ''World's Finest'' #24

->''"Congratulations on surviving my little joke! And now, if you'll excuse me, I must rob this store!"''

Character who butted heads with Green Arrow. He used to be Green Arrow's arch-enemy before Merlyn. He's Green Arrow's version of the Joker as many of Green Arrow's early equipment and environment is similar to Batman's. Leapo is a crack shot firearmsman and was able to deduce the science behind the Green Arrow's weaponry.

* MonsterClown

[[folder:Camorouge]]
!!Camorouge
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 2) #93

->''“A pity the contract does not include his death. I might include it gratis… but that would not be… professional.”''

Camorouge is an international thief and assassin-for-hire who is able to turn invisible thanks to a stolen military stealth suit.

* {{Invisibility}}: Via her stealth suit.
* ProfessionalKiller: An international assassin who moves in the same circles as Deathstroke.
* SpyCatsuit: When not invisible, her stealth suit is a form-fitting bodysuit with removable hood.

[[folder:Catman]]
!!Catman
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->'''AKA:''' Thomas Blake
->'''Debut:''' ''Detective Comics'' (Vol 1) #311

->''"Ah, the thrill of the hunt -- there's no feeling in the world like it!"''

A socialite who squandered his fortune in an unsuccessful bid to become a GreatWhiteHunter, Thomas Blake instead used the skills he learned to become a thief, becoming a SpearCounterpart to ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}. Despite being a ScarilyCompetentTracker with fairly decent fighting skills, his success was somewhat inconsistent until he reinvented himself as a morally ambiguous mercenary. After some time in the wilds of Africa, the now chiseled and badass Catman is one of the more (anti) heroic members of ComicBook/SecretSix... most of the time.

See Characters/SecretSix page for more info.

[[folder:Citizen]]
!!Citizen
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->'''AKA:''' Joseph Stranz
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 6) #43

->''" You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in '''my public court of law...'''"''

A rookie cop frustrated by wealthy criminals using their political connections to avoid criminal charges, Joseph Stranz became the masked vigilante calling himself the Citizen to impose a justice that the law could not. Feeling that heroes like Batman and Green Arrow do not go far enough, the Citizen kidnaps offenders and subjects them to a kangaroo court, [[MurderDotCom allowing followers on the internet to decide whether his victims live or die]].

* BaldOfEvil: Keeps his head shaved so he can alter his appearance more easily.
* CharacterFilibuster: Gives several of them via a video blog.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: His first webcast.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Anarky}} (particularly the [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Arkamverse]] version, with some of his Arrowverse counterpart's murderous qualities thrown in for good measure).
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Has been hit hard by this.
* InTheHood: Paired with an expressionless mask, combining "street protester" with "medieval executioner".
* JustTheFirstCitizen: He named himself after this trope.
* KnightTemplar: Sees himself as purging the city of corruption in the most definitive possible way.
* OffWithHisHead: Executes one of his victims with a guillotine.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: His modus operandi.
* RabidCop: Technically yes, though he at least made a point to keep his identity secret.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Attracts a sizable amount of supporters.

[[folder:Clock King]]
!!Clock King
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->'''AKA:''' William Tockman, Temple Fugate
->'''Debut:''' ''World's Finest'' (Vol 1) #111

->''"New heroes for a new age, eh? Welcome to the FUTURE of VILLAINY!"''

One of the Emerald Archer's oldest foes, Billy Tockman was originally a costumed criminal with clock themed gadgetry. The ComicBook/New52 transformed him into a [[NotWearingTights non-costumed crime boss]] with a fondness for clock motifs.
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* ClockKing: He tries to be one, counting seconds and scheduling, but actually doesn't reach the level to qualify.
* CynicismCatalyst: His invalid sister's death was what drove him to villainy.
* DependingOnTheArtist: The hands on his clock-shaped mask are sometimes drawn static, as if they were just eyeslits shaped like clock hands, but some artists draw them like actual clock hands, changing place depending on the hour of the day. As of ''Rebirth'', however, the mask appears to have been dropped in favor of [[FourEyesZeroSoul mirrored glasses]] and [[TattooedCrook a tattoo of a clock and arrow on the side of his head]].
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: During his time with the Injustice League.
* InsufferableGenius
* KilledOffForReal: The pre-Flashpoint version died in a mission for the ComicBook/SuicideSquad.
** CameBackWrong: This version of the Clock King later showed up alive in Deathstroke's solo comic as a [[BodyHorror vampire-esque temporal paradox that must feed off others to survive]].
* LegacyCharacter: A second Clock King, based largely on the ''Batman: The Animated Series'' incarnation, was a foe of the Teen Titans.
* RaceLift / ScaryBlackMan: The New 52/Rebirth version is an African-American crime boss/inventor who can build bombs disguised as clocks.
* TragicVillain: See below. He only turned to villainy out of despair so he could ensure his invalid sister would have a better future, and then so he could get revenge on Green Arrow for making his initial plan go horribly wrong.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: A particularly cruel subversion in his backstory; he was told by his doctor he only had six month left to live, which led him to try and rob a bank in a last effort to secure his sister's future. It eventually turned out the doctor had made a mistake with his papers, and he ''wasn't'' terminally ill. Which he found out ''after'' being sent to jail and his sister dying in-between. [[TragicVillain Harsh]].

!! Clock King II
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->'''AKA:''': William Tockman

Billy Tockman is a ruthless crimelord in Seattle. He controls the city's waterfront and operates out of the Midnight Lounge. In his spare time, he tinkers with clocks as a hobby. He uses weaponized clocks and watches to attack his victims.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: A villainous version. The original Clock King was white. This version is African-American.
* GadgetWatch: Uses weaponized clocks and watches to attack his victims.

[[folder:Constantine Drakon]]
!!Constantine Drakon
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 3) #27

->''"And you should know that the '''only''' reason you aren't '''dead''' is that I wasn't paid to kill you."''

Committing his first murder at the age of ten, Constantine Drakon discovered that he was a prodigy at killing and decided to become a professional assassin. Considered by many to be one of the greatest non-metahuman martial artists on the planet (not counting Batman and Lady Shiva), Drakon has become one of the Emerald Archer's more formidable foes.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Though he can back it up most of the time.
* ArrowCatch: Does this on a regular basis.
* BadassBoast:
-->"I have killed more people than cancer. I like my work. I am very good at it. It is not just a job, it is a vocation. While some men excelled in athletics or the sciences as children, I was most adept at doing harm to other living beings."
* BadassNormal: [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Not a metahuman]], but can catch five arrows one handed.
* BeardOfEvil: A [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters Roger Delgado]] style goatee.
* CoolShades: Rarely seen without a pair.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: More particularly, he does not like dress shoes. He will pair the most formal of suits with double-strapped sandals.
* EvilWearsBlack: His color of choice.
* KnifeNut: Proficient with knives, both in close quarters and thrown.
* LightningBruiser: Nearly on Batman's level, the guy can dodge arrows like nobody's business, and many of his victims don't see him coming.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Notable for his short stature, which often leads to jokes about his expense.
* SharpDressedMan: When he is wearing a shirt, it's usually part of a nice suit.
* TheSociopath: He claimed that he had nothing strange or traumatic in his upbringing to turn him to murder, he was simply curious to see what he could do.
* TattooedCrook: Has an elaborate dragon tattoo on his back (Drakon being Russian for dragon).
* VillainousFriendship: With Deathstroke after the two of them got sent to the same prison.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His standard fighting attire is usually just a pair of black pants with double-strapped sandals.

[[folder:Count Vertigo]]
!!Count Vertigo
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->'''AKA:''' Werner Zytle, Werner Vertigo
->'''Debut:''' ''World's Finest'' (Vol 1) #251

->''"How can you '''strike''' a man who rewrites the fabric of '''reality''' itself?"''

The last descendant of the royal family who once ruled over a small eastern Europe country named Vlatava. After being exiled, he turned to crime with the ultimate goal of reconquering his homeland. A long time foe of Batman and Green Lantern, Vertigo also serves as a [[ComicBook/TheScarecrow Scarecrow]]-style adversary for Green Arrow, as his powers [[KryptoniteFactor effectively void]] Ollie's marksmanship skills.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: As mentioned above, he's descended from royalty. Having endured mental illness and brainwashing, he prioritized his health above his birthright, and eventually any chance of returning to his throne was ruined when ComicBook/TheSpectre incinerated Vlatava.
* BadassLongcoat: More recently, he's been wearing one of these instead of his original cape.
* BerserkButton: Brainwashing and drugging. First a group of Vlatavan nationalists drugged him so he could serve as a LivingProp and a weapon to drive the Soviets from the country, and then [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Poison Ivy]] found him and kept feeding him drugs to keep him subservient.
* DeathSeeker: Was this for a while in the ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', and almost entered into a duel with Deadshot for the sake of dying. He grew out of it eventually. Ironically, despite welcoming death, he was one of the survivors of the Squad's disastrous mission to Apokolips.
* GoingColdTurkey: He was left at least partly dependent on the drugs Ivy fed him, just after a lengthy process where the same was done to him by Vlatavan right-wing politicians. Furious and desperate, he had ComicBook/AmandaWaller check him into a metahuman research institute where he was allowed this detox method under strict medical supervision.
* HandicappedBadass: Technically, he has a hereditary inner ear defect that affects his balance, and is forced to use a small electronic device implanted in his right temple to make up for it (the New 52 redesign moves it to his forehead, making it look like a ThirdEye). However, the same device allows him to affect other people's sense of balance, so he can use it for fighting purposes.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: A subtler example than most, and due almost entirely to his manic depression. Devoutly religious, Vertigo would go from believing himself the savior of humanity purging it of its sins, to a damned soul worthy only of death for his pride. This only got worse when his Vlatavan handlers drugged him to keep him in his manic state, and then again when ComicBook/PoisonIvy co-opted him for her own ends. His cold turkey withdrawals from these drugged states actually stabilized him, and while he was far from heroic, he's since been stable and uninterested in criminal behavior.
* LodgedBladeRecycling: Backstabs Kanto, a ''New God'', who had the arrogance to leave a dagger on Vertigo's back and presume he was dead.
* NominalHero: When he served under the ComicBook/SuicideSquad.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Until the New 52 changed his surname to Zytle.
* TattooedCrook: The New 52 incarnation sports a hypnosis spiral tattoo on his torso.
* WhosLaughingNow: During the ''War of the Gods'' crossover, Poison Ivy (his once-enslaver) fell in a DeathTrap, and desperately started promising to become the slave of anyone who freed her. The only one who heard her was Vertigo, who walked away laughing.

[[folder:Cupid]]
!!Cupid
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->'''AKA:''' Carrie Cutter
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow & Black Canary'' (Vol 1) #15

A special ops soldier working for the secret program known as Cobalt, Carrie Cutter came back from a mission [[ShellShockedVeteran very disturbed]]. As a result, she volunteered for a program intended to make her fearless. While the treatment was a success, and increased her strength in the process, it also caused her memory loss, and most importantly made her love-related emotions turned UpToEleven. Believing her husband had abandoned her, she tracked him down to Star City and killed him. Green Arrow was involved in this, and she started developing an obsession for him.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Green Arrow isn't really interested in her, though this has less to do with her being ugly and more with her being a completely insane {{Yandere}}.
* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit leaves her stomach bare.
* FallenCupid: She's a mentally and emotionally unbalanced archer who evokes Cupid imagery.
* MadLove: Green Arrow clearly isn't interested in her, but try explaining that to her...
* RedheadInGreen: She's a redhead and dresses in green to imitate Green Arrow.
* ShellShockedVeteran: The trauma from her time as a special ops soldier was what caused her to volunteer for a SuperSoldier program.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Her entire concept is based around the fact she wants to get in a relationship with Green Arrow.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The treatment she went through gave her enhanced strength, but seriously damaged her sanity.
* {{Yandere}}: She is absolutely ''obsessed'' with Green Arrow, and her approach of trying to win his affection involves hunting down and killing members of his RoguesGallery.

[[folder:China White]]
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->'''AKA:''' Chien Na Wei
->'''Debut:''' '''Green Arrow: Year One'' #3


->''"Bring me the head of '''Oliver Queen'''... or end your days in the '''rat cage'''."''
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* ColorCharacter: China ''White''. She dresses always in white and her hair seems to be dyed white.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: While originally an enemy of Green Arrow, in Rebirth she becomes an enemy of the Justice League of China.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her characteristic white hair.

[[folder:Dante]]
!!Dante
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 6) #2

->''"Billions of dollars are stowed in the belly of this ship. Billions more are invested in crime syndicates worldwide. But the patience gathered inside me? It adds up to '''zero'''."''

The leader of the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Ninth Circle]], a supervillain banking firm. Green Arrow becomes their enemy when he learns that Queen Enterprises has been funding their operations.

* BadassInANiceSuit: A red one, keeping with his Satanic motif.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: His followers, due to his purification ritual, but he describes going through the process himself, telling Black Canary that it [[AxCrazy made him what he is today]].
* TheChessmaster: Has to be one in order to lead a Secret Society.
* CoolBoat: The ''Inferno'', a floating fortress, described in-universe as a supervillain Fort Knox.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Pretty much an accountant/broker for supervillains. His client list includes the Yakuza, arms dealers, terrorists, and even a few presidential candidates.
* DeadpanSnarker: Once in a while.
* {{Expy}}: The Ninth Circle are one for the [[ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls Court of Owls]], putting him in the Lincoln March role.
* FacialHorror: His skin is sloughing off his skull.
* {{Gonk}}: He doesn't really have any skin, just charred flesh. And visible bone can be seen.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Black Canary knocks him into the purifying lye that he uses to create his brainwashed followers. [[spoiler: He gets better though.]]
* KickTheDog: Murders Ollie's secretary, blows up his penthouse, and empties all his bank accounts.
* KillItWithFire: His mooks are zombies who incinerate anyone they touch.
* MorallyBankruptBanker: To the extreme. He is absolutely brutal, and is a banker for criminals including supervillains.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Especially during his "baptisms of fire."
* NonActionBigBad: Tends to avoid physical confrontations, after the ''Inferno'' is destroyed most of his interaction with Team Arrow is taunting them via a computer screen.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They retain enough intelligence to speak and use weapons, and seem to have superpowers, like incinerating those they touch.
* SchmuckBait: Ensures that he never runs out of followers; his loans have such high interest rates that borrowers usually need to work off their debts.
* WarForFunAndProfit: The Ninth Circle will sabotage peace talks that are bad for business.

[[folder:Deadshot]]
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->'''AKA:''' Floyd Lawton
->'''Debut:''' ''Batman'' (Vol 1) #59

->''"Life has given me a unique perspective. Some of us are guns. Some of us are targets. And some of us are bullets waiting to be fired."''

The premier ColdSniper of the DCU and one it's top three assassins, Deadshot is a mercenary known for his ImprobableAimingSkills and ([[DependingOnTheWriter occasional]]) [[DeathSeeker unique sense of fatalism]]. A frequent member of ComicBook/SuicideSquad, when he's not on the Squad he's not particular about who hires him, but follows a strict code of honor once he accepts a contract. As skilled with bullets as Ollie is with a bow, Green Arrow and Deadshot have no real animosity. However, a professional rivalry does exist, as each has the distinction of being one of the few people that made the other miss.

See [[ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} his relative page for more details]].

[[folder:Death Dealer]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Detective Comics'' #541

Death Dealer is a mercenary that uses playing cards as his motif and employs these cards as weapons and as trick cards. He along with Vengeance, the original Big Game, and Slingshot were apparently killed by Cupid, a new Green Arrow villain who was killing the lesser known Green Arrow rogues to profess her love to him.

* CListFodder: Seemingly murdered by Cupid.
* DeathDealer: Uses razor sharp playing cards and exploding cards as weapons.
* TheGambler: Uses playing cards as his motif and employs these cards as weapons and as trick cards.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Works for the highest bidder.

* ProfessionalKiller: Assassin for hire.
* TrickBomb: Carries spade shaped explosives grenades.
* TrickArrow: Uses trick playing cards, including razor edged cards and exploding cards.

[[folder:Deathstroke]]
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->'''AKA:''' Slade Wilson
->'''Debut:''' ''New Teen Titans'' (Vol 1) #2

->''"Inflict enough damage, take away the things he cares about, and it will all become too much."''

Originally a soldier in the U.S. Army, Colonel Slade Wilson was part of an experimental super-soldier project where he gained enhanced strength, agility and intelligence. After being discharged from the army, he became a mercenary, eventually gaining a reputation as one of the world's greatest assassins. A longtime foe of the Teen Titans, Slade developed an emnity with Green Arrow when Ollie injured one of his eyes. Though Slade had been blind in that eye for years, it was implied that the eye itself was still there until that point. From that point forward, Slade became determined to avenge his defeat and teach Ollie a lesson in humility.

See [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} his relative page for more details]].

[[folder:Eddie Fyers]]
!!Eddie Fyers
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->'''AKA:''' Ironhorse
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters'' (Vol 1) #3

->''"Can't we '''ever''' visit Gotham without tripping over one of these losers? Bat'''man'''. Bat'''girl'''. Bat'''boy'''. Bat'''hamster'''. Can anyone join?"''

A morally ambiguous mercenary who frequently performs wetwork assignments for the CIA, Fyers spent most of his career alternating between enemy and uneasy ally, before becoming a father figure for Connor during the time when Ollie was dead. In the ComicBook/New52 reboot, Fyers became a villain again, a ruthless assassin who could competently spar with Team Arrow.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Battles Green Arrow, Diggle, and Black Canary on a train while disguised as a waiter.
* BadassMustache
* BadassNormal: A normal human with fairly basic fighting skills. But he's as good with guns as Oliver is with the bow.
* ColdSniper: He's no Deadshot, but he can take out ninjas and trained commandos.
* CombatPragmatist: Without a weapon, he's not really particularly useful in a fight, and he knows this.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DragonAscendant: In ''Saga of the Longbow Hunters'', he's working for a corrupt CIA agent named Greg Osbourne. When Osbourne is arrested by the [[CIAEvilFBIGood FBI]], Eddie [[YouAreInCommandNow replaces him]] as Oliver's primary contact with the CIA.
* EvilCounterpart: To John Diggle. Both men have received intensive military training, but Diggle uses his training to protect people, while Fyers uses his skills as an assassin.
* FinalBoss: Is essentially this for ''Saga of the Longbow Hunters'', since he only appears to cause trouble for the penultimate action sequence.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Post ComicBook/New52.
* FriendOnTheForce: Was Oliver's primary contact with the CIA for a long time.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Had a full-fledged HeelFaceTurn during Chuck Dixon's run, but the ComicBook/New52 made him a villain again.
* KnifeNut: Part of his characterization in the rebooted continuity.
* OhCrap: He and Connor right before Oliver dies (he gets better).
* ParentalSubstitute: Became Connor's father figure in Oliver's absence.
* PsychoSidekick: When working with Oliver, he's always eager to go in guns blazing despite Ollie's protests.
* PunchClockHero / PunchClockVillain: As a mercenary, has repeatedly stated that he is only as bad as those who hired him.
* RedBaron: The Weapons Master.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: He's a badass secret agent, but he looks more like a banker.

[[folder:Executrix]]
!!Executrix
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->'''Debut:''' Detective Comics #523

The ''femme fatale'' using alias the Executrix was a well trained assassin who hired herself out as a bodyguard to the highest bidder. One of her employers were the elitist group of corporate leaders calling themselves the Wall Street Irregulars. This group of men were all at one time caught committing various financial crimes including such things as inside trading. As the Wall Street Irregulars sought to attempt to seize economic and political control of Star City, and saw the the Green Arrow as a deterrent to that success.

After failing to kill Green Arrow, she left the services of the Wall Street Irregulars as her employers and went on her own on individual paid hits.

* BodyguardBabes: Originally hired herself out as a bodyguard to the highest bidder.
* DarkActionGirl
* FrickinLaserBeams: Carries a pair of pretty effective pen sized lasers.
* ProfessionalKiller: A highly paid and very effective assassin.

[[folder:High-Rise]]
!!High-Rise
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' Vol. 3 #46

High-Rise was hired by Brick to act as security for an arms shipment earmarked for him. Green Arrow and Speedy broke up the deal, and High-Rise attacked them, spouting off as though he was already a major player in the supervillain world. Speedy took him down with a glue-arrow.

* {{Cyborg}}: Has extendable cybernetic legs.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name was never revealed.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Cybernetic extendible legs that let him reach the height of a building.
* TrickedOutgloves: Wears gauntlets that fire energy blasts.

[[folder:Hyrax]]
!!Hyrax
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->'''AKA:''' Veronica Dale
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' Vol. 2 #97

Hyrax was an international eco-terrorist and the leader of The Eden Corps. Green Arrow was sent by the National Security Agency to infiltrate her organization, and he developed a romantic relationship with her. She planned on using a bomb called the Mutajek 9-9 to destroy Metropolis and rid nature of its blight upon the Earth. Flying over the city in a plane, she took a bullet in a shoot-out and died right after insuring Arrow's demise. Her brother, Bengal, took over leadership of the group after her death.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Of the 'animal alias' variety. (Bonus points for naming herself after a SeldomSeenSpecies.)
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Leads Eden Corps, a group dedicated to protecting endangered species to extent that they willing to wipe out entire cities to do so.
* DatingCatwoman: Developed a romantic relationship with Green Arrow.
* EcoTerrorist: Founder and leader of the Eden Corps: an extreme animal rights activists Team that protected and defended endangered animals all over the world.
* TakingYouWithMe: After being fatally wounded, she attempted to ensure that Green Arrow died with her.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Hyrax's goals are noble. Her methods, not so much.

[[folder:Iron Eagle]]
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee.
* {{Cyborg}}: Appears to be a cyborg.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Introduced and killed on the same issue.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:John King]]
!!John King
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #35

->''"I don't understand you '''masked vigilantes'''. I'm '''saving''' your city '''for you'''. Merely '''without''' weapons or gadgets."''

A wealthy businessman, John King had a public reputation as a humanitarian who used his billions to travel from city to city, rejuvenating and improving their conditions with the goal of saving lives. In reality, much of his fortune has been acquired illegally, and his more philanthropic projects intended to indenture people to his will. When Green Arrow saved him from a mugger, King was angered that the Emerald Archer refused to kill the assailant, and embarked on a crusade to save the city from itself.

* ArcVillain: Of ''The Kingdom''.
* ArchnemesisDad: To Mia post-Flashpoint.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Has ties to TheMafia, particularly the [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Falcone family]], bought off several cops, and tends to make anyone who crosses him disappear.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Thinks that everyone has a price.
* {{Expy}}: Created to provide Green Arrow with an adversary in the mold of post-Crisis Lex Luthor or [[Characters/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesRoguesGalleryPart3 Roland Daggett]]. Though he could also be considered a modern update of John [=DeLeon=], the villain responsible for the loss of Ollie's fortune in the pre-Crisis era.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Puts up a charming facade, but reveals his ruthless true colors with minimal provocation.
* KillThePoor: His urban renewal program in a nutshell.
* LukeIAmYourFather: He's Mia Dearden's father in the New 52 reboot.
* MeaningfulName: The name John King brings to mind [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland King John of England]], who is a BigBad in many versions of the Robin Hood mythos.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bears some resemblance to Creator/JohnBarrowman.
* SharpDressedMan: Befitting his stature, wears some nice suits.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Believes that the deaths of the weak will help to ensure that those who remain are stronger.
-->'''King:''' The sick and diseased are an anchor. Their expedited deaths will help cure the rest of us.
-->'''Mia:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Then what does that mean for me? Because I'm sick, too.]]
* SummonBiggerFish: This works both ways; King hires Merlyn when his own Mooks seem ineffective against Team Arrow; Ollie turns to Batman, Green Lantern, and ComicBook/{{Katana}} to help him take down King.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sees himself this way. No one else is buying it.
-->'''King:''' The city will be better off. That's what this is all about: The greater good.
-->'''Mia:''' [[ShutUpHannibal Pretty sure that's what Hitler kept telling himself.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: His own daughter, no less.

[[folder:Jin Fang]]
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A Chinese business man that tried to take over Queen industries.

[[folder:Kodiak]]
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #26

->''"Shield's stronger'n bow, little man."''

Leader of the Shield Clan, he is sent to stop Oliver and Shado when they return to the island in order to get the Arrow Totem during ComicBook/JeffLemiresGreenArrow.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Leader of the Shield clan and the one who gives Oliver and Shado the most trouble.
* TheHeavy: To Golgatha, the leader of the Spear clan and BigBad of the ''Outsiders War'' arc, at least until [[spoiler:Komodo [[KlingonPromotion kills Golgatha]] and assumes leadership of the Outsiders.]]

[[folder:Komodo]]
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->'''AKA:''' Simon Lacroix
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #17

->''"And to think I came here actually thinking you'd be a challenge. Well, it doesn't matter now. I can see you're just some pampered little child."''

Born into poverty with determination and intelligence as his only resources, Simon Lacroix was nevertheless able to secure an internship at Queen Enterprises. Impressed by the young man's perseverance, Robert Queen takes him under his wing. Simon resurfaces years as the masked assassin Komodo, and the adoptive father of Emiko Queen.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: An evil version, as he continues Robert Queen's search for the Arrow Totem.
* AnimalMotifs: The Komodo dragon.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: A master of kyudo, a Japanese mixture of archery and martial arts. He totally owns Green Arrow in their early fights, and does his fair share of trash talking while he does it.
* BigBadWannabe: He's Ollie's most personal foe throughout the Lemire/Sorrentino run, but Richard Dragon gradually usurps Komodo's BigBad status and becomes the TrueFinalBoss.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In his civilian identity, he's the CEO of Stellmoor International, a rival of Queen Enterprises.
* DarthVaderClone: Dressed in black with a CoolMask. Betrays his mentor. Schools the hero in their first fight, and loses an appendage in the rematch. Has a HeelRealization before he dies.
* EyeScream: Gets blinded in one eye during his second fight with Green Arrow.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: When he finally acquires the Arrow Totem he has been seeking, it shows him that everything he has done to get there ultimately served no purpose, aside from turning Emiko against him. This happens about five seconds before he is killed by one of Emiko's arrows.]]
* LikeASonToMe: Robert Queen thought so for a while, as Ollie was still a BrilliantButLazy teenager at that point. Until Simon got too greedy and turned on him.
* UngratefulBastard: Robert Queen takes him under his wing. Simon returns the favor by betraying him.
* YouKilledMyFather: Emiko turns on him when she discovers this.

[[folder:Limelight]]
!!Limelight
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->'''AKA:''' Lime and Light
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #5

Limelight is a team of two sisters named Lime and Light. They were members of another villain of Green Arrow's called Rush. They first encountered Green Arrow when the team was rampaging across the west coast is cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and eventually arriving in Seattle, where Green Arrow ended their rampaging by taking the team down. After being arrested, the team went to jail and were eventually recruited into the ComicBook/SuicideSquad. Recently, Light was forced to watch as her sister's head explodes. Due to her sister dying, the team Limelight was disbanded, and Light is now on her own.

* AngstySurvivingTwin: It seems likely that Light will become this.
* BareYourMidriff: The twins CivvieSpandex outfits include strapless bustiers that leave their bellies bare.
* BoxedCrook: After being jailed, Limelight were recruited into the ComicBook/SuicideSquad.
* CivvieSpandex: The twins' 'costumes' consist of green bustiers and jeans.
* CoordinatedClothes: Lime and Light wear identical outfits.
* {{Flight}}: Limelight's energy powers allow them to fly.
* KilledOffForReal: Lime is killed when ComicBook/AmandaWaller [[YourHeadASplode detonates the nanobomb in her neck]].
* LightEmUp: Lime and Light have light powers, including the projection of energy blasts.
* MasterOfIllusion: The twins control of light allows them to cast illusions.
* SocialMediaBeforeReason: Obsessed with fame, Limelight would would post their crimes on social media while they were performing them.
* TricksterTwins: A pair of fame (and social media) obsessed twin criminals, with flashy [[LightEmUp light-based powers]], including the [[MasterOfIllusion ability to create illusions]].
* YourHeadASplode: Lime is killed when Waller detonates the nanobomb in her neck and her head explodes.

[[folder:Magus]]
!!Magus
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' Vol. 5 #17

->''"You have great potential, but if you continue to be bullheaded and stay here, Komodo will snuff you out before you can ever reach it. That's why you need to go. And your real journey begins in Black Mesa. Just like it did for your father."''

An enigmatic character that seems claims to be an immortal. Not much is know about him. It is still uncertain whether Magus is his name or a title. At first he told Green Arrow that the 7th clan of the Outsiders was long lost forgotten, but he was later revealed to be the leader (or possibly only member) of the mask clan.

* BlindWeaponmaster: Capable of fighting numerous Outsiders at once with little issue, as well as fighting off Komodo despite his eyes seemingly being sealed shut.
* CompleteImmortality: Claiming to be centuries old, Magus is capable of surviving an arrow straight through his head without much problem.
* DeadlyGas: Magus is capable of emitting a red gas from his body, whether from his hands or his mouth, that appears to either kill combatants, disorient them, or knock them unconscious.
* ShapeShifting: Magus is capable of shapeshifting, including disguising himself as others in order to fake their deaths, at least to the degree of his head. Whether or not he can change his clothes this way is unknown.
* PoisonousPerson: Magus is capable of emitting a red gas from his body, whether from his hands or his mouth, that appears to either kill combatants, disorient them, or knock them unconscious.
* {{Teleportation}}: Appears and disappears on a whim (although this might just be an incredibly advanced form of StealthHiBye).

[[folder:Merlyn]]
!!Merlyn
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->'''AKA:''' Arthur King, Al Sa-Her, Malcolm Merlyn
->'''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' (Vol 1) #94

->''"I destroyed your city and it didn't break you, Arrow. I should've kept it simple... and just destroyed your heart."''

Also known as "the Magician" and "the Dark Archer", Malcolm Merlyn [[note]]Prior to New 52, his real name was unknown, but he commonly used Arthur King as an alias [[/note]] is the third greatest assassin in the DC Universe (the top two being Deathstroke and Deadshot, respectively). Originally one of Ollie's former teachers who went rogue, the New 52 revamp gave him a more personal connection to the Queen family.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In his backstory; he was one of the few people who could best Green Arrow with a bow. Ollie improved since then, however, and Merlyn eventually admitted he had been bested by him.
* ArchEnemy: A potential candidate for the title toward Ollie. Notably, their relationship tends to be depicted as less aggressive than how Arch-Enemies usually are; they usually share a strong [[TheRival rivalry]] rather than any real hatred.
* BadassNormal: Let's put it that way; this is a guy who, with nothing but a bow and arrows, almost succeeded in killing ''Batman'' in his first appearance as a supervillain.
* BeardOfEvil: A distinct goatee.
* BigBad: As a mercenary, he's almost never responsible for the circumstances that put him and Ollie into conflict, but he is almost always a more personal foe than the villain who hired him.
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]EvilWearsBlack: Wears a black outfit.
* EvilCounterpart: To Ollie. Both are spectacularly talented Archers, but Ollie uses his skill as a superhero, while Merlyn chose to use it for profit as an assassin.
* HornedHairdo: His haircut.
* LegacyCharacter: Post New 52, there are ''two'' Merlyns running around, Malcolm and his son Thomas, the latter was hired by John King but has otherwise been less prominent than his father.
* MasterArcher: He's a member of ComicBook/RasAlGhul's League of Assassins and one of the few who can match or even best Green Arrow in an archery contest. In some continuities, he's Green Arrow's mentor-turned-rogue.
* MeaningfulName: The alias Arthur King depicts both his fascination to Myth/ArthurianLegend and the fact that he's usually AlwaysSomeOneBetter for Oliver. [[note]] In card games and chess, Kings rank higher than Queens. [[/note]]
* ProfessionalKiller: Initially worked for the League of Assassins, but became this after a failed attempt to kill Batman. While he would later rejoin the League, even being present to instruct Damian Wayne in archery, he still took whatever jobs he wanted.
* PunchClockVillain: He has no particularly dark ambition, no hatred toward Ollie or any other superhero and isn't insane; to him, supervillainy is a job and nothing else.
-->"[[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans Luthor and Grodd do it for power]]. [[ForTheEvulz Cheetah and Sivanna do it for kicks]]. And the Bat-villains... Well, [[AxCrazy they're just fried to begin with]]. Then there are those of us with a more professional interest."
** This extends to his place as the world's third-best assassin. Deathstroke has a warped sense of honor and vendetta. Deadshot's compelled to murder. Deathstroke and Deadshot both eagerly try to murder each other whenever they meet. Merlyn? Merlyn's just fine with not having to deal with that kind of TestosteronePoisoning.
* RetCanon: His real name was changed to Malcolm Merlyn post-''Comicbook/DCRebirth'', as a nod to his [[Series/{{Arrow}} TV counterpart]]. Who, weirdly enough, was born with the name ''Arthur King'', which was revealed in a comic tie-in.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Makes this offer to Ollie in ''Emerald Outlaws'':
-->"My son was a failure. Your father was a failure. Maybe we can work to solve these vacancies and inadequacies in our respective lives? The Justice League won't have you -- but the League of Assassins would -- '''I''' would."
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Post New 52.
* WorthyOpponent: To Ollie.

[[folder:Midas]]
!!Midas
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' Vol. 5 #3

Midas was once a scientist working on a bacterial strain that would be able to revolutionize the treatment of toxic waste. While demonstrating his findings, he encountered a woman who seduced him, but eventually turned out to be an EcoTerrorist hoping to steal the formula. The terrorists botched the job, causing an explosion which killed them, but sent Midas screaming in flames. Burning alive, he leapt into a river of toxic waste, and emerged a monster entirely composed of it. Skilled in mechanical engineering as well as toxic waste studies, Midas constructed the Blood Rose robot, who became the love of his life, aiding him in a life of crime that especially worked against Oliver Queen.

* AcidAttack: Midas' touch is extremely corrosive; capable of slowly melting away at structures and dissolving projectiles (such as arrows).
* BeastAndBeauty: Is partnered with the gorgeous android Blood Rose.
* BerserkButton: Harming Blood Rose will send Midas into an unstoppable rage.
* GeniusBruiser: Retained his original intellect following his transformation, so is strong enough to lift a car over his head, but is also an expert in the fields of chemistry, bio-medicine and robotics.
* ImmuneToDrugs: Due to his physiology, Midas absorbs new toxins, rather than being adversely affected by them.
* PoisonousPerson: Midas' entire body is composed of toxic waste, and he can absorb new toxins.
* {{Robosexual}}: Is in a romantic relationship with Blood Rose; and android he constructed.
* SuperStrength: His strength level is unclear, however, Midas was able to seemingly effortlessly lift a car over his head and throw it, as well as swing the base of a tree as a weapon. Naomi claimed Midas was "way" out of Green Arrow's league and could "give Superman a run for his money."
* SuperToughness: Capable of withstanding an explosion at point blank range.
* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: Burning alive, Midas leapt into a river of toxic waste, and emerged a monster entirely composed of it.

[[folder:Moira Queen]]
!!Moira Queen
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow Annual'' (Vol 2) #7

->''" You've lost your '''pride'''. If you want to succeed in this world, you need to focus on yourself. Somewhere along the way, you fell under the spell of some perverted version of the '''American Dream'''. Not everyone deserves everything. Not clothes, food, not medicine, not even '''life'''. The '''smartest''' deserve to rise. The '''strongest''' ought to survive. That's how a business, a country, a '''family''' advances."''

Oliver Queen's mother who was assumed to have died in Ollie's youth. In the New 52 continuity, it is revealed that she is still alive, having faked her death to join the Ninth Circle, and reenters Ollie's life when Green Arrow becomes the Circle's enemy.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While no saint, there was no doubt she loved her children in the CW show. In the comics, she's perfectly willing to sacrifice Oliver to save her skin.
* BattleCouple: With Malcolm Merlyn.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FreudianExcuse: As the daughter of a waitress with a drug problem, Moira grew up not always knowing where her next meal was coming from so she learned to do anything she could to survive, [[UnreliableNarrator or so she tells Ollie]].
* RetCanon: Similar to Felicity Smoak, she did exist before the TV series, but her characterization was heavily altered to resemble her counterpart there.
* SilverFox: She's aged fairly well, all things considered. And she actually has silver hair.
* TheSocialDarwinist: What sets her apart from her son:
-->"If you want to succeed in this world, you need to focus on yourself. Somewhere along the way, [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids you fell under the spell of some perverted version of the American Dream. Not everyone deserves everything. Not clothes, food, not medicine, not even life. The smartest deserve to rise. The strongest ought to survive. That's how a business, a country, a family advances]]."
* TheStarscream: To Dante.

[[folder:Nix]]
!!Nix
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 4) #4
Nix is an assassin and master of disguise hired by Isabel Rochev aka the Queen to kill Green Arrow.

* MalevolentMaskedMen: Or women on this case.
* MasterOfDisguise: She is able to disguise herself to look like a man or a woman.
* ProfessionalKiller
* SadisticChoice: Nix kidnapped Mary, a woman Green Arrow thought responsible for the two murders. She was about to kill her when Green Arrow stopped her. To escape Nix fatally wounded an innocent bystander so that Green Arrow had to make a hero's choose save the man or chase Nix.

[[folder:Nothing]]
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A young militia leader in Rhapastan.

[[folder:Onomatopeia]]
!!Onomatopoeia
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->'''AKA:''' Baphomet
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 3) #12

->''"Blam. Onomatopoeia."''

A SerialKiller who enjoys targeting {{badass normal}}s, the enigmatic Onomatopoeia is an eccentric murderer who communicates only in sound effects; the last thing most of his victims hear is his impression of the weapon he is about to use on them. Introduced in the pages of Green Arrow, he hospitalized Connor Hawke, and has since tangled with both Oliver Queen and Batman.

* AnAxeToGrind: Used one on Connor.
* BadassLongcoat: Features a trenchcoat along with his mask.
* BatmanGambit: Used against the {{Trope Namer|s}}, even. Backed into a corner, outmatched in close-quarters and with a broken arm, he knifes Joker in the heart knowing Batman would let him escape to save the clown's life, [[ThouShaltNotKill no matter how logical letting him die would be.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: On the face of it, a funny-looking supervillain with a [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud really silly gimmick]]. Under the surface, a scarily competent SerialKiller with a knack for manipulation.
* ColdSniper: Has made use of a sniper rifle and certainly has the personality.
* CoolMask: With a bull's-eye on it.
* GunsAkimbo: Always carries a pair of semiautomatic desert eagle pistols.
* HappilyMarried: Has a wife and children who know nothing of his super-villainous activities. He's seen having a one-night stand in ''Batman Cacophony''... and kills the fling once his "profession" calls.
* HeroKiller: His whole stint as a villain was based on his murder spree of costumed vigilantes that fought crime like Batman and collecting their masks as souvenirs of his victories. He nearly killed Connor Hawke via a bullet to the brain, injured Black Canary, and tried to kill Green Arrow and Batman for good measure but without success. So far he has killed 9 heroes according to the number of masks he has collected.
* ImplacableMan: Nothing seems to keep him down permanently and he always ends up returning from his past hunt ready to kill as usual.
* KarmaHoudini: His Post-Crisis incarnation definitely counts, having escaped from both Oliver and Batman. And he ended his tenure in that era by ''slitting Silver St. Cloud's throat in front of a horrified Batman.'' However, once he makes his reappearance in the ''Rebirth'' era of DC, he [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty was stopped and turned over to the authorities by the Teen Titans]].
* KnifeNut: His go-to weapon at close range.
* MadeOfIron[=/=]NighInvulnerable: It's one or the other. Whether he's a "normal" person with a ridiculously high tolerance for pain, or a metahuman with low-level invulnerability has not been revealed. Oliver turns him into a HumanPincushion by the end of their encounter, but it doesn't slow him down much. Neither does [[DisneyVillainDeath falling off a roof]] after dangling by an impaled foot.
* NervesOfSteel: Stood with a drawn arrow between his teeth and another pierced through his shoulder for ''thirty minutes'' without flinching, Oliver being prepared to kill him if Connor died. He disarms Oliver and bolts for the door the instant Connor is stabilized.
* PaintingTheMedium: The explicit reason he's next to impossible to adapt anywhere outside the comics; his gimmick is so un-translateable from text-to-screen that any attempt to do so would require a complete overhaul of the character. [[WordOfGod The creator commentary for]] ''Batman: Cacophony'' admits as much.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Introduced hunting down Connor Hawke, later comes back to take on Batman twice. His game is hunting non-powered heroes, so it's to be expected.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: The only way he communicates, most of the time. Played for scariness, too, as despite how silly this sounds it's generally handled dead seriously.
* SerialKiller: Of {{Costumed Nonsuper Hero}}es.
* SilentAntagonist: Only speaks in sound effects, the sole exception of which was to tell us his name. [[spoiler: However, he spoke normally in his persona as "Baphomet" as part of his plan to ingratiate himself with Batman to eventually kill him, showing his inclination to speak in sound effects is clearly by preference.]]

[[folder:Pinball Wizard]]
!!Pinball Wizard
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->'''Debut:''' ''Detective Comics'' #543

->''“Yeah ! They put us out of business, and I’m ready to return the favour – as only the Pinball Wizard can !”''

The Pinball Wizard was a manufacturer of pinball games. He was driven to bankruptcy when the large World’s Fair happening in Star City bought video game arcades instead of pinball machines. Along with two other persons whose livelihood had recently been ruined by technological progress — Bad Penny and the second Printer’s Devil — he attacked the World’s Fair. Their acts of amateur terrorism aiming to draw attention to their problems and those posed by technological progress in general.
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* AmmoBackpack: He apparently carries a large store of ball bearings in a container on his back.
* BallCannon: The Pinball Wizard carries mechanisms that shoot a stream of ball bearings. These are metallic spheres similar to those used in pinballs.
* EvilLuddite: Lashed out at all sorts of automated and robotised technologies to convey the message that they cost jobs and livelihoods.
* FadSuper: Likely inspired by the resurgence of interest in pinball following UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 (the character debuted in 1984).
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real is never revealed.
* WeaponizedBall: The Pinball Wizard carries mechanisms that shoot a stream of ball bearings. These are metallic spheres similar to those used in pinballs.

[[folder:Printer's Devil]]
!!Printer's Devil
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->'''AKA:''' (I) Tommy Doyle; (II) unrevealed
->'''Debut:'''(I) '' Detective Comics'' #539; (II) ''Detective Comics'' #543

->''“You sealed your eternal fate when you took arms against me! For your impertinence you will suffer… eternal damnation!”''

The Printer's Devil is an identity which has been assumed by to different foes of Green Arrow.


The first Printer's Devil was Tommy Doyle: a sports journalist at the ailing ''Daily Star ''newspaper. As the staff learned that a large Australian press corporation was planning to buy the Star, Doyle decided to foil the buyout due to the terrible reputation of the possible buyers. Through unknown means, Doyle procured the gear that allowed him to create the Printer’s Devil identity, including some weaponry. He started a fake campaign of harassment against the ''Daily Star''’s building, complete with faux terrorism and attempted arson. Doyle’s hope was that the press conglomerate would drop buying the ''Star'' after seeing that a costumed terrorist was after it. He was soon stopped by Green Arrow, who as Oliver Queen was working as a columnist for the ''Star''.


Some weeks later, Doyle was threatened and nearly killed by an unidentified man. This person knew that he had been the Printer’s Devil and stole his costume. The new man in the costume was apparently the owner of a printer’s shop. This shop had lost a key contract after his “hot type” press, an older model, were considered too slow.The contract was picked up by a more modern shop with “cold type” presses. Losing this contract apparently sunk the shop, and the printer decided to have his revenge.

* BottomlessMagazines: The Devil's pitchfork holds an impossible amount of ammunition. How it can hold so much fuel and so many bullets is unrevealed.
* FireBreathingWeapon: The central tine of the Devil's trident projects fire.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Doyle hammed it up when it came to projecting a diabolical image. Not because he hoped to trick people into thinking that he was a demon, but to convey the image of being a nutbar and a deluded fanatic.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The real name of the second Devil is never revealed.
* ShootTheBullet: The first Devil was capable of destroying Green Arrow's shafts in mid-flight with a blast of flame from his FireBreathingWeapon.
* SwissArmyGun: Wields a a stylised pitchfork loaded with weapon systems. The central tine can shoot flames (which could even destroy arrows in mid-flight). The lateral tines can shoot a stream of large, heavy, slow bullets.

[[folder:The Queen]]
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->'''AKA:''' Isabel Rochev

Isabel Rochev tried to take Queen Industries away from Oliver Queen, whom she considered unworthy.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her costume is a black mask and a red coat.

[[folder:Rainbow Archer]]
!!Rainbow Archer
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->'''AKA:''' Albrecht Raines
->'''Debut''' ''Adventure Comics'' #246

Albrecht Raines was an unsuccessful artist, who turned to counterfeiting money. He was first tracked down by Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow and Speedy because of counterfeiting, he was later apprehended for his poor use of colour. As a result Raines crafted a set of coloured arrows, sans the green coloured arrow due to his adversary, and became an enemy of the Green Arrow, calling himself the Rainbow Archer.

* BeardOfEvil: Sported a goatee even before Ollie did.
* EvilCounterpart: To Green Arrow.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His hatred of the colour green causes his capture in his first appearance, when Green Arrow is using green signal arrows to direct the police his location, and he suddenly realises that he does not have a green arrow he can use to misdirect them.
* TrickArrow: Carries a quiver full of trick arrows based around colour gimmicks.

[[folder:Richard Dragon II]]
!!Richard Dragon II
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->'''AKA:''' Ricardo Diaz, Jr.
->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #23

->''" From now on, '''nothing''' happens in this city anymore unless I want it to. So he can either follow the new rules, or I'm afraid there '''won't be room''' for him here anymore."''

The son of a powerful mob boss that Green Arrow tangled with early in his career, Ricardo Diaz became obsessed with avenging his father and set out to join the League of Assassins so he could learn the skills he would need to take down the Emerald Archer. Trained by [[ComicBook/RichardDragon the first Richard Dragon]], Diaz eventually [[HeroKiller killed him]] and took the name for himself, returning to Seattle to set up a powerful criminal base.
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: He's Hispanic, his predecessor was Eurasian.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Skilled in Wing-Chun, and likes to make the occasional BadassBoast.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Managed to take control of five gangs by defeating their toughest warlords in initiation fights.
* AvengingTheVillain: His father, who was killed by Diggle.
* BaldOfEvil: Ruthless gang leader, smooth scalp.
* BigBad: Of the Jeff Lemire/Andrea Sorrentino run.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Presumably not empowered, just highly skilled.
* TheDon: His father was one, and Dragon himself manages to bring several gangs under his control.
* GeniusBruiser: Very good at analyzing strengths and weaknesses of rival hand-to-hand combatants and adapting accordingly.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Sports numerous scars from previous battles.
* LegacyCharacter: A dark example which overlaps with KlingonPromotion:
-->"My sensei was a great warrior. He taught me how to leave everything I was behind and become something better... I killed him and took his name to honor the strength he had given me."
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: To the first Richard Dragon. Drakunovski tried to teach Diaz patience and compassion, [[ShutUpKirk but it didn't take]].
* TattooedCrook: Has a dragon tattoo on his head.
* VillainTeamUp: With Clock King, Brick, and Count Vertigo, pairing the latter two with [[CListFodder Red Dart and Killer Moth]] to form a QuirkyMinibossSquad.

[[folder:Red DartI&II]]
!! Red Dart I
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-->'''AKA:''' (I) John "Midas" Mallory,
-->'''Debut'''(I) ''World's Finest Comics'' #95\
The first Red Dart was John "Midas" Mallory, who donned a costume to become Star City's latest hero. He was later revealed to be a villain similar to Deadshot.

* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Dart

!! Red Dart II
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-->'''AKA''' (II) Unknown)
-->'''Debut:''' (II) Green Arrow (Vol. 5) #31

In the rebooted DC Universe, Red Dart is a woman armed with trick darts and a member of the Longbow Hunters, a team of villains assembled by Richard Dragon. She teamed with Brick and Killer Moth in an attempt to collect a three-million-dollar bounty on Green Arrow, which they intended to split three ways. Although the trio put up a considerable fight, they were defeated by Green Arrow and his half-sister, Emiko.
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* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Dart.
* EvilRedhead: Both the original and new Red Darts are redheads and enemies of Green Arrow.
* GenderFlip: New 52/Rebirth's Red Dart is a woman.
* NoNameGiven: The newest Red Dart's real name has not been revealed.
* SinisterShades: The new Red Dart wears shades all the time.

[[folder:Rush]]
!!Rush
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow'' (Vol 5) #1

-->''"Yer fight with Green Arrow is all '''abuzz''' on the web. People are goin' nuts. Wait 'til they watch us '''kill''' him."''

Rush is the leader of a gang that [[MurderDotCom kills metahumans live on the Internet]].
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* MurderDotCom: Rush and his gang kill metahumans live on the internet.
* NoShirtLongJacket: Rush swaggers around in a leather jacket and no shirt showing off his ripped abs.

[[folder:Shado]]
!!Shado
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->'''Debut:''' ''Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters'' (Vol 1) #1

->'''"Try to think of the bow as a '''woman'''. It responds better if you take time to '''know''' it, rather than simply trying to bend it to your will."''

A Yakuza kunoichi skilled in the art of Kyudo (Way of the Bow), Shado is notable for [[DatingCatwoman blurring the lines between antagonist and love interest]].

* AgeLift: After the ''New 52'' reboot, she was revised as a lover of Ollie's father and the mother of his half-sister.
* DarkActionGirl: She's a Yakuza assassin specialized in Kyudo, a Japanese form of archery.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: One of the most infamous examples in comics history. She confessed the crime to ComicBook/BlackCanary, who was oddly okay with Shado deciding that she could give Oliver the baby that Dinah couldn't. What's worse, Shado's raping Oliver Queen was treated as his cheating on ComicBook/BlackCanary thanks to the CriticalResearchFailure of several writers.
* DragonLady: Literally, as she has a dragon tattoo going down one arm.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Quite infamously, she once had sex with Ollie while he was injured and delirious from pain and medication. She claimed not to be aware of his delirium until he called out Dinah's name and then went through with it because she wanted to have his baby and give him a legacy of sorts since Dinah didn't want to have children.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Though normally an ally of Team Arrow, Shado's true loyalty is to the Oyabun of her clan, and he occasionally orders her to side with groups such as the Ninth Circle.
* HonorBeforeReason: Her loyalty to the Yakuza comes from an inherited family debt. She feels honorbound to carry out whatever is asked of her, despite not always seeing eye-to-eye with her employers.
* MafiaPrincess: In her backstory; her father was a Yakuza head who was blackmailed by American soldiers into betraying his group, leading him committing Seppuku to atone for this and her to be trained as an assassin to make up for his failure.
* MamaBear: She genuinely loves her daughter more than anything else, and is willing to put a target on her own back by defying the Yakuza in order to protect her.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The arc where she was introduced had her tracking down and killing the former American soldiers responsible for the death of her family. Though she was doing it to clean her family's honor on the Yakuza's request rather than of her own initiative.
* ShooTheDog: [[spoiler: She sends Emiko back to Oliver after realizing Team Arrow will do a better job of protecting her than she ever could.]]
* {{Tykebomb}}: After the death of her father, she was raised by the Yakuza and trained specifically to kill the Americans who had dishonored her family.
* {{Yubitsume}}: Defied. After their first encounter, Ollie recounts to one of his contacts that Shado's fingers are all intact. The contact balks at this and explains that this is very bad, since a Yakuza member who has never had to make that kind of apology to their superiors is either completely green or a near-superhuman badass, and given the quality of Shado's work, it's definitely not the former.

[[folder:Skylark]]
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->'''Debut:''' Green Arrow (Vol 5) #7

Skylark was the name used by the triplet daughters of King Leer. King Leer told them that whichever showed him the most love would become his heir. In an effort to impress him, they seduced and kidnapped Green Arrow because he was a costumed vigilante.

* NoNameGiven: Their true names have never been revealed.
* SameSexTriplets: They are triplets that complete each other's sentences.
* SingleMindedTwins: They are triplets that complete each other's sentences.
* TrickArrow: Miniature arrows of many types, including smoke-bomb, pheromone, and others.

[[folder:Slingshot]]
!!Slingshot
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->'''AKA:''' David Drayson
->'''Debut:''' ''World's Finest'' #244

David Drayson was a poor young man fixated with slings, who grew up in the area known as Swamp in Star City. Over the years, Drayson grew to hate the police whom he saw as symbol of persecution. After he killed a police officer, he was sentenced to life imprisonment but he escaped and took the name of Slingshot. He has supposedly been killed by Cupid.