Felicity Smoak

Felicity Smoak
Felicity Smoak, as she appears in Green Arrow (vol. 5) #36
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	The Fury of Firestorm # 23 (May 1984)
Created by	Gerry Conway (writer) Rafael Kayanan (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Felicity Megan Smoak
Partnerships	Firestorm Green Arrow
Notable aliases	Overwatch

Felicity Smoak is a DC Comics character. Her first appearance was in The Fury of Firestorm #23 (May 1984), created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Rafael Kayanan. She was originally the manager of a computer software firm who opposed the superhero Firestorm because of his recklessness, eventually becoming the second wife of Edward Raymond and stepmother to Ronnie Raymond, one-half of the integrated dual identity of the superhero.

A re-imagined Jewish version of the character is portrayed by Emily Bett Rickards in the television series Arrow, who later operates under the alias Overwatch, with a similar version of Felicity introduced briefly as the New 52 incarnation of the character in Green Arrow (vol. 5) #35.

Portrayed as the supervisor of a New York computer software firm in her 1984 debut appearance, Firestorm first encounters her in the course of one of his battles with a villain, where he inadvertently magnetizes and effectively destroys several of the computers storing the software programs in development. This results in millions of dollars in property damage, which threatens to ruin the software firm and leads to a heated confrontation between Felicity and Firestorm where she threatened to organize a class action lawsuit against him. Felicity would make recurring appearance, often taking an adversarial role against Firestorm and making a point of explaining what the collateral damage of his battles cost her and other civilians. On one occasion, a frustrated Firestorm lashes out against Felicity's confrontational behavior by using his molecular transmutation powers to transform her clothes to soap suds, a tactic he previously used on the supervillain Plastique. Humiliated from being rendered nude in public, Felicity retaliates by filing a lawsuit against him.

At some point, Felicity develops a romantic relationship with Ed Raymond. She has no idea that Ed's son Ronnie is the other half of Firestorm. When Ronald discovers that Felicity is seeing his father, he is uncertain how to treat her due to their past interactions. Over time, Felicity and Ed fall deeply in love and are married. After the wedding Felicity learns the truth about Ronnie's secret dual identity, but by this point she had forgiven him for his past transgressions and stopped berating him, although she would still insist on reminding him about the importance of using his superpowers in a responsible manner.