History ComicBook / GreenArrow

Green Arrow was originally created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 (November, 1941). Along with his sidekick Speedy, Green Arrow was essentially treated as a more light-hearted version of Franchise/{{Batman}}.

Green Arrow and Speedy's adventures changed very little in terms of tone during MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, sticking to short, fun stories in which he used trick arrows to thwart criminals and save lives. It was during this time that Green Arrow also became a member of the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueofAmerica JLA]] while Speedy went joined the ComicBook/TeenTitans. Strangely enough the only thing that changed during this time period was Oliver and Roy's backgrounds.

Toward the end of Winick's run, Green Arrow and Black Canary reconciled and got married. Roy Harper, who had also reconciled with his old mentor during this time, changed his hero name to "Red Arrow" and joined the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} with Ollie's blessing.

Green Arrow was a major, if secondary, character in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' animated series, where in his first appearance, he defeated a giant, radioactive robot that cleaned the clock of Franchise/GreenLantern, Captain Atom, and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}. He stayed on as the conscience of the Justice League, echoing the politically relevant series from the 1970s. He was voiced by Creator/KinShriner there.

* AcademyOfEvil: Professor Merlin's crime school, from More Fun Comics #75, where students are taught to steal cars.
* ActionGirl: Black Canary and Mia.

* AnnoyingArrows: Sometimes played straight and sometimes averted.
** There was a reason he used boxing glove arrows - it annoyed the villains far more than all of the other ways he could incapacitate them.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: A favored Arrow Family technique.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Get stranded on a desert island for a while, and you too can develop near-superhuman archery skills.

* CompanyTown: A a crossover issue with the Franchise/GreenLantern had a mining town in the Rocky Mountains called [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Desolation]], which was a really bad place to live. As discussed [[http://lawandthemultiverse.com/2013/01/28/green-arrow-77/ here]], the story is not very realistic in regard to the town existing in the 1970s.

** Walter Emerson, the CEO who attempted to take over Ollie's company in The ComicBook/New52 Universe. More notably, Komodo, who actually ''does'' take over Queen Industries, [[WhamEpisode and liquidates it]], and after framing Ollie for murder, sets on hunting him down now that he's without any form of aid.

* DeadpanSnarker
* DefectorFromParadise: The titular character was resurrected without a soul, as well as any memories of his past during his [[DarkerandEdgier more cynical]] years. He seemed to get along fine without it and his soul rested peacefully in Heaven. However, his lack of a soul made him [[DemonicPossession a gateway for possession by powerful demons]], which would be a very bad thing for the entire world. He eventually convinced his soul (still in Heaven at the time) to come back to his body to save his son from being killed by demonic conjurers.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: The Shado incident, which was only just recently officially acknowledged as being rape and was treated by many writers (particularly Creator/JuddWinick) as having been an example of Oliver Queen cheating on Dinah Lance. Thankfully [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Black Canary was discussing marrying Oliver Queen with Oracle, Oracle brought up Shado, and she angrily rejects the notion that he was to blame. And outright said Shado rape him.

* {{Expy}}
** Obviously, he's one of Myth/RobinHood.
** During the Golden Age, Green Arrow could be seen as an archery-themed version of Franchise/{{Batman}}, right down to the Arrow-Car, an underground garage where it is stored, a teen partner in Speedy (who occasionally makes bad puns like Robin) and a trophy case containing mementos of their cases. In 1947, Green Arrow even acquires the arrow-signal and a recurring villain named Bullseye (who dresses as a clown, making him almost an expy of the Joker).

** The Ninth Circle from ''ComicBook/GreenArrowRebirth'' has drawn comparison to The Court of Owls from Franchise/{{Batman}}, being a criminal gang built around an AncientConspiracy, obsessed with ruling a city.
* FakingTheDead: In the New 52, [[spoiler:Robert Queen]] did this, to keep his family safe from Komodo, and be free to plot against him.
* FalseFlagOperation: In #49 of the New 52 series, [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic the Patriots]] (an anti-Warg group) help a murderous Warg to escape from prison - killing several guards in the process - and leave behind evidence that other Wargs were responsible to give them an excuse to start a full-scale hunt for the Wargs.

* FileMixup: In a [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] story, GA takes a bad fall and has his chest X-rayed (without removing his mask.) The doctor calls on the Arrowline to tell him that there's an inoperable tumor and he has at most a few days to live. Halfway through the story, the doctor calls back--he mixed up Green Arrow's X-rays with those of millionaire playboy Oliver Queen! Turns out Ollie had spilled some mildly radioactive material on himself that fouled the x-ray film.

* ImplausibleDeniability: That beard really should be a dead giveaway. Justified once when its established the look is actually rather popular in Star City, possibly because either one of his identities popularized it.

* LampshadeHanging: Creator/GrantMorrison did this in the tenth issue of JLA, by having the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} be berated by a loud-mouthed blond guy with a Van Dyke in Star City over their failure to save lives at the expense of preventing property damage. This occurred at a time when Oliver Queen was dead. Morrison later admitted that he was having fun with the idea that Star City has a larger-than-average number of mouthy blond guys with Van Dykes, explaining indirectly just how Ollie was able to maintain a secret identity for so long.

* LongLostRelative: In the New 52 volume, he discovers that he has a younger Japanese half-sister sister named Emiko.

* MasochistsMeal: [[http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2007/09/ollie-queens-stupendous-chili-recipe.html A very funny page]] from a ''ComicBook/GreenArrow Secret Files'' issue shows Ollie's famous chili recipe (which is not only an actual recipe, but apparently a very good one, if not really as hot as depicted). The JLA all have horrified reactions to it (including J'onn comparing it to fire and freaking out)... except Franchise/{{Batman}}, [[UnaffectedBySpice who just thinks it needs more crackers]].
* MasterArcher: He is most definitely the DCU's best archer, and has trained many younger characters to follow in his footsteps. His first origin story was that of an archaeologist who studied Native American fighting techniques before it was retconned into getting stranded on a deserted island and teaching himself archery to survive. The end result is a nigh-superhuman ability at shooting arrows that strikes fear in the hearts of supervillains and allows him to keep up with his superpowered peers.

* {{Multishot}}: Of course he can do this.
* MurderDotCom: The first storyline in the 2011 relaunch has Rush stream his gang hunting a captured Green Arrow live onto the internet.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Wargs. They're carriers of the Blood disease Lukos, a degenerative disease that gives them increased adrenal glands and causes swelling of the frontal lobe, while also causing their fingers and teeth to sharpen and their muscles to grow. The longer they stay unmedicated, and the more emotionally charged they are, the worse they mutate, some gaining fur, glowing eyes, and in some cases even wolf-like snouts. The medication available seems to regress these physical developments, but as a result, the infectee becomes extremely fatigued, leaving them unable to do much physical work.

* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The Patriots in the New 52.

* 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).

** Sometimes with Barry Allen, Franchise/TheFlash.

A fourth volume of Green Arrow began publication in September 2011 as part of the ComicBook/New52 relaunch. The new book is set in Year One of the new DC Universe and has taken Oliver Queen back to his roots as a wealthy adventurer, traveling the world and going wherever a hero is needed. After several creative team changes in its first year did little to garner interest in the series, the book was [[ComicBook/GreenArrowJeffLemire taken over by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino]].

For the rest of The ComicBook/New52 era, the book would be written by urban fantasy author Benjamin Percy. Percy would remain on the series as it became ComicBook/GreenArrowRebirth. The new series has proved popular, restoring many elements of the classic series -- primarily the romance between Green Arrow and ComicBook/BlackCanary, Oliver's status as a social-justice warrior and his trademark goatee. The new series has also discarded [[PutOnABus most of the supporting cast]] introduced during The ComicBook/New52 run, save for the characters created by Jeff Lemire like Emiko Queen and hacker Henry Fyff. The new series is focused on Oliver and Dinah's efforts to fight the Ninth Circle -- an [[TheSyndicate uber-capitalist cabal]] tied to an AncientConspiracy, with designs on taking over America through [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil human trafficking]] and CorporateWarfare.

!!Tropes seen in this series include:

While never as popular as Batman and Robin in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, Green Arrow and Speedy sold decently, and were members of the ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory, Creator/DCComics' second superhero team. After UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the pair was moved to ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' along with ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and ComicBook/{{Superboy}}. As pet characters of editor Mort Weisinger, they were published continuously as backups to the ''Superboy'' feature all the way from 1946 to 1960. GA and Speedy then jumped to ''World's Finest'' until 1964.

Green Arrow and Speedy's adventures changed very little in terms of tone during UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, sticking to short, fun stories in which he used trick arrows to thwart criminals and save lives. It was during this time that Green Arrow also became a member of the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueofAmerica JLA]] while Speedy went joined the ComicBook/TeenTitans. Strangely enough the only thing that changed during this time period was Oliver and Roy's backgrounds.

** John [=DeLeon=], who stole away Ollie's company in UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks.

* FileMixup: In a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] story, GA takes a bad fall and has his chest X-rayed (without removing his mask.) The doctor calls on the Arrowline to tell him that there's an inoperable tumor and he has at most a few days to live. Halfway through the story, the doctor calls back--he mixed up Green Arrow's X-rays with those of millionaire playboy Oliver Queen! Turns out Ollie had spilled some mildly radioactive material on himself that fouled the x-ray film.

** The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Green Arrow and Speedy "never existed" in the new Earth history post-''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. This has caused some problems for the ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory continuity when it's referenced until 2021. The ''Stargirl Spring Break Special'' did try to fix this by saying that (the "modern day") Ollie and Roy were sent back in time during a fight with the Clock King to the time of the Golden Age to restore their status as founding members of the Seven Soldiers.

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[[caption-width-right:300:We're not a family, we're a quiver.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[ManlyFacialHair Respect the beard.]]]]

The Lemire/Sorrentino run primarily dealt with setting up a MythArc focusing on Oliver's battles with Komodo, a man connected to his father, and an ancient collection of warrior clans known collectively as The Outsiders. (It should be noted that, apart from the presence of Katana, these Outsiders had no relation to [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]] superhero team.) The series was generally well-received by fans and critics, though some felt that Lemire's mythology developed had little connection to the classic series mythos despite reintroducing characters like Count Vertigo and Shado. This run also was notable for introducing Emiko Queen (Oliver's half sister - the product of a tryst between his father and Shado) and bringing [[CanonImmigrant John Diggle]] into the DC Universe.

* CompositeCharacter: In the ComicBook/New52 continuity, Connor Hawke is the Red Arrow of Comicbook/{{Earth 2}} rather than Green Arrow.

** Some of the enemies Ollie goes up against are right-wing strawmen. For instance, the Duke of Oil (originally a villain for [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]] but adopted into Ollie's RoguesGallery, such as it is) is a grotesque representation of oil magnates who looks more than a little like an eight-foot-tall UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.

** Emiko Queen is one for Damian Wayne from ComicBook/{{Batman}}. Both were trained as assassins for the purpose of killing a family member who was a superhero and both wound up becoming snarky teen sidekicks to said hero, who complained about not being allowed to kill. She's developed a personality under Benjamin Percy, though now she's said to be an expy for [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]] from ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, which is ironic considering Kate was said to be an expy for Mia Dearden when the ''ComicBook/Hawkeye2012'' book first came out.

* GrandTheftMe: Attempted in the "Quiver" arc.

In 2000, writer Creator/KevinSmith (yeah, ''[[Film/{{Clerks}} that]] [[Film/{{Dogma}} one]]'') brought Oliver Queen back to life in a new ''Green Arrow'' ongoing series, which also returned the action to Star City. By the end of the first storyline, Oliver had become a millionaire again. The trick arrows were back too and Ollie began to rekindle his relationship with Black Canary (who in the meantime had recovered her own powers) and began to build a relationship with his son, Connor. He also picked up a new sidekick - teen prostitute Mia Dearden - who eventually took over the name of Speedy.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: As hinted above, many of his rogues gallery were originally [[CListFodder low level enemies]] of Batman or another of Ollie's JLA teammates who gained new life as Green Arrow villains. Case in point, Killer Moth was a rather pathetic as a Batman villain, but New 52 made him Ollie's first supervillain opponent, and a recurring foe thereafter, and he's a little less harmless as Green Arrow villain. ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} and ComicBook/TheRiddler have also had famous rivalries with Green Arrow, though they have not given up their status as Batman villains.

For the rest of The ComicBook/New52 era, the book would be written by urban fantasy author Benjamin Percy. Percy would remain on the series as it became ComicBook/GreenArrowRebirth. The new series has proved popular, restoring many elements of the classic series - primarily the romance between Green Arrow and ComicBook/BlackCanary, Oliver's status as a social-justice warrior and his trademark goatee. The new series has also discarded [[PutOnABus most of the supporting cast]] introduced during The ComicBook/New52 run, save for the characters created by Jeff Lemire like Emiko Queen and hacker Henry Fyff. The new series is focused on Oliver and Dinah's efforts to fight The Ninth Circle - an [[TheSyndicate uber-capitalist cabal]] tied to an AncientConspiracy, with designs on taking over America through [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil human trafficking]] and CorporateWarfare.

** It caused some amusing misunderstandings when [[ComicBook/TheWarlordDC Travis Morgan]] happened to show up.
*** It's worth noting that - by the current timeline, at least -- Travis is several years older than Oliver. Almost old enough to be his dad. But very well preserved.

** Walter Emerson, the CEO who attempted to take over Ollie's company in The ComicBook/New52 Universe.
*** More notably, Komodo, who actually ''does'' take over Queen Industries, [[WhamEpisode and liquidates it]], and after framing Ollie for murder, sets on hunting him down now that he's without any form of aid.

* EgomaniacHunter: Big Game

He also showed up several times in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. He appears as a minor supporting character in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', voiced by Creator/AlanTudyk of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fame. His sidekicks, Red Arrow and Artemis, play far more prominent roles. He also stars in a fifteen minute feature, ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseGreenArrow'' (co-starring Black Canary), that appears as part of the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam'' DVD, along with ComicBook/TheSpectre and ComicBook/JonahHex.

The Emerald Archer. The Battling Bowman. The Modern Day Myth/RobinHood.

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** Emiko Queen is one for Damian Wayne from Franchise/{{Batman}}. Both were trained as assassins for the purpose of killing a family member who was a superhero and both wound up becoming snarky teen sidekicks to said hero, who complained about not being allowed to kill. She's developed a personality under Benjamin Percy, though now she's said to be an expy for ComicBook/KateBishop from ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, which is ironic considering Kate was said to be an expy for Mia Dearden when the Matt Fraction ''Hawkeye'' book first came out.

Quoag gave his life to save Roy and Oliver, after the trio were attacked by tomb raiders. Ollie and Roy fought back using their archery skills, capturing the thieves. Oliver adopted Roy and the two decided to continue fighting crime, taking their [[CodeName superhero code names]] from comments the thieves had made during the fight (i.e. "That guy shoots a mean green arrow!", "That kid is speedy!")

** In ''Green Arrow'' #32, Dinah calls him out for all the problems he caused and driving her away:

** In ''Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal'' #2, Roy calls Oliver out on being a bad father to him:

While never as popular as Batman and Robin in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, Green Arrow and Speedy sold decently, and were members of the ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory, Creator/DCComics' second superhero team. After UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the pair was moved to ''Adventure Comics'' along with ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. As pet characters of editor Mort Weisinger, they were published continuously as backups to the ''Superboy'' feature all the way from 1946 to 1960. GA and Speedy then jumped to ''World's Finest'' until 1964.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: 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, both his wife Black Canary (Dinah Lance) and adopted son Speedy I/Arsenal/Red Arrow I (Roy Harper) cut ties with Oliver, both telling him they're done with him.

--> '''Dinah Lance:''' Stop. I said Stop. Ollie, I didn't come here for any answers or explanations. And I certainly didn't come for any more of your apologies. You've always found a way to put things between us. Now, this glass is making it literally true.\\

* FakingTheDead: In the New 52, [[spoiler: Robert Queen]] did this, to keep his family safe from Komodo, and be free to plot against him.

* 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.

* NewOldFlame: Used to justify Connor Hawke's birth, originally giving Oliver Queen an ex-girlfriend in college who got pregnant and never told him about the child.
** {{Retcon}}-ned to turn Moonday into a one-night-stand who did tell Ollie about his son.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Roy blamed Mia for Lian's death, but most readers just shrugged this off as the anger of a grieving father. But then you realize that while Lian's death was the result of Prometheus' machine malfunction, Mia, who was supposed to be looking after Lian, left a ''child by herself'' to go after a supervillain. She couldn't have taken a minute to ask Ollie's neighbors, or even called someone, to look after the girl while she went out? James Robinson claimed that, due to ExecutiveMeddling, he was asked to kill both Mia and Lian, but managed to spare Mia. He doesn't seem to realize that by sparing Mia he made her indirectly responsible for Lian's death.

** John Diggle and more recently, Felicity Smoak, have been introduced in roles virtually identical to those they had on the show.

** Oliver's parents, Moira and Robert Queen, who were never particularly important in the comics, become [[AscendedExtra more important]], following on from their portrayals on the show. In particular, the latter is [[spoiler: significantly involved in Green Arrow's origin]], much like on the show.

** The [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Green Arrow and Speedy "never existed" in the new Earth history post-ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths. This has caused some problems for the ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory continuity when it's referenced.
** Connor Hawke, Mia Dearden and both versions of Arrowette in The ComicBook/New52 universe.
*** [[spoiler: Mia Dearden]] is now back though.
*** Cissie King-Jones came back in the new Young Justice, but aside from her role in the original Young Justice the rest of her backstory goes unexplained.

** [[spoiler: Subverted with the current Arsenal get up, demoting Roy from the equal Red Arrow back down to Arsenal.]]

** It caused some amusing misunderstandings when [[ComicBook/TheWarlord Travis Morgan]] happened to show up.
*** It's worth noting that - by the current timeline, at least - Travis is several years older than Oliver. Almost old enough to be his dad. But very well preserved.

** Travis Morgan, ComicBook/TheWarlord. It's mostly the beard.

Over the years, Oliver had devolved into a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob and there was no explanation for how he had become a MasterArcher or where Roy Harper acquired his training. An explanation came during a short run in 1958, which featured artwork by Creator/JackKirby. In the new origin story, Oliver Queen found himself stranded on a desert island after his yacht sank. Oliver taught himself archery and basic hunting skills to survive. Eventually a gang of criminals came to the island and Ollie used his archery skills and primitive trick arrows to defeat them, deciding to keep fighting crime with his newfound skills once he returned to civilization.

A fourth volume of Green Arrow began publication in September 2011 as part of the ComicBook/New52 relaunch. The new book is set in Year One of the new DC Universe and has taken Oliver Queen back to his roots as a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, traveling the world and going wherever a hero is needed. After several creative team changes in its first year did little to garner interest in the series, the book was [[ComicBook/GreenArrowJeffLemire taken over by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino]].

'''[[TropeCodifier The]]''' [[TheStraightAndArrowPath Archer Superhero]].[[note]]No, [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} not that one]].[[/note]]

* KillerCop: Green Arrow fought a gang of cops known as the Vice Squad, who got together and used police equipment during their off-duty hours to eliminate what they saw as 'undesirable' elements off the streets. The leader made the mistake of assuming Green Arrow would agree with his crusade. The anarchist-themed vigilante Citizen turns out to be a cop who was fed up with white collar criminals using LoopholeAbuse to avoid prosecution.

The Lemire/Sorrentino run primarily dealt with setting up a MythArc focusing on Oliver's battles with Komodo, a man connected to his father, and an ancient collection of warrior clans known collectively as The Outsiders. (It should be noted that, apart from the presence of Katana, these Outsiders had no relation to [[Comicbook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]] superhero team.) The series was generally well-received by fans and critics, though some felt that Lemire's mythology developed had little connection to the classic series mythos despite reintroducing characters like Count Vertigo and Shado. This run also was notable for introducing Emiko Queen (Oliver's half sister - the product of a tryst between his father and Shado) and bringing [[CanonImmigrant John Diggle]] into the DC Universe.

Green Arrow frequently appears in other Creator/DCComics media. He first made an animated appearance in WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} during the "Wendy and Marvin" era, though he didn't make the jump to be part of later series despite having an action-figure in the associated ''Super Powers'' line by Creator/{{Kenner}}.

Green Arrow was a major, if secondary, character in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' animated series, where in his first appearance, he defeated a giant, radioactive robot that cleaned the clock of Franchise/GreenLantern, Captain Atom, and Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}. He stayed on as the conscience of the Justice League, echoing the politically relevant series from the 1970s. He was voiced by Creator/KinShriner there.

He also showed up several times in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. He appears as a minor supporting character in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', voiced by Creator/AlanTudyk of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' fame. His sidekicks, Red Arrow and Artemis, play far more prominent roles. He also stars in a fifteen minute feature, ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseGreenArrow'' (co-starring Black Canary), that appears as part of the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam'' DVD, along with ComicBook/TheSpectre and ComicBook/JonahHex.

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with his former KidSidekick, Roy. At one point after Ollie's death, Roy nearly changed his name to Red Arrow (due to the popularity of ''Comicbook/KingdomCome''), but decided to remain Arsenal instead in order to better forge his own path. Interestingly, while he had no intention of carrying on Ollie's legacy, he expressed disappointment that he wasn't at least ''asked'' to do so.

* SkyPirate: Skylark
* StalkerWithACrush: Cupid

* TheStraightAndArrowPath

* SubmarinePirates: The Sea Scourge

* {{Thememobile}}: The Arrowcar.

Shortly afterward, Green Arrow briefly starred in a third volume of his solo series, which was one of several new Creator/DCComics tying into the ComicBook/BrightestDay storyline. Following the events of ''Cry For Justice'', a seemingly [[LostWoods enchanted forest]] grew up in the middle of the Star City. Oliver Queen has moved into the forest, continuing to fight the various powers trying to take advantage of the recent disaster - [[DirtyCop corrupt cops]], [[SleazyPolitician local politicians who are more interested in building a new Entertainment District in the wreckage than helping all the people left homeless by the recent disaster]] and a CorruptCorporateExecutive who has taken over Queen Enterprises.

After Lemire and Sorrentino left, the book was briefly taken over by Andrew Kreisberg and Ben Sokolowski, who are - in addition to being comic book writers - writers for Green Arrow's TV show adaptation ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Their six-issue run was not well-received - partly due to the trouble anyone would have had following Lemire and Sorrentino and partly because of their efforts to make the book more accessible to fans of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' while simultaneously restoring more elements of the pre-''ComicBook/New52'' ''Green Arrow'' comics. Even the most generous critics agreed they tried to accomplish too much, too quickly, simultaneously trying to [[PutOnABus throwing out]] all of Oliver's support team except for John Diggle, bringing Arrow's BreakoutCharacter Felicity Smoak into the comics, reestablish Oliver's friendship with Hal Jordan, reintroducing homeless teen Mia Dearden as a potential sidekick and setting up a new arch-enemy for Green Arrow in the form of CorruptCorporateExecutive John King.