Green Arrow (comic book)

Green Arrow
Green Arrow on the variant cover of Green Arrow vol. 6, #1 (August 2016). Art by Neal Adams.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941)
Created by	Mort Weisinger George Papp
In-story information
Alter ego	Oliver Jonas "Ollie" Queen
Species	Human
Team affiliations	List Justice League Queen Industries The Outsiders Seven Soldiers of Victory
Partnerships	List Speedy (Mia Dearden) Roy Harper Green Arrow (Connor Hawke) Black Canary Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Batman
Notable aliases	List The Emerald Archer, The Battling Bowman
Abilities	List Acute accuracy and dexterity Master archer, bowman and marksman Highly skilled martial artist, escapologist and swordsman Master acrobat and athlete Intelligent tactician Peak human physical and mental conditions Use of high tech vehicles, gadgets, armor, and a compound bow with a variety of trick arrows
Green Arrow
	Cover to Green Arrow (vol. 1) #1 (May 1983). Art by Trevor von Eden & Dick Giordano.
Series publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly (vol. 1-6) Bimonthly (vol.7)
Format	List (vol 1) Limited series (remainder) present
Publication date	List (vol 1) May – August 1983 (vol 2) February 1988 – November 1998 (vol 3) April 2001 – August 2007 (Green Arrow/Black Canary) December 2007 – April 2010 (vol 4) April – June 2010 (vol 5) August 2010 – August 2011 (vol 6) September 2011 – July 2016 (vol 7) June 2016 – present
Number of issues	List (vol 1) 4 (vol 2) 139 (including issues numbered 0 and 1000000), 7 Annuals (vol 3) 75 .../Black Canary 32 (vol 4) 3 (vol 5) 15 (vol 6) 54 (#1–52 plus issues numbered 0, 23.1 and 3 Annuals) (vol 7) #1–present
Main character(s)	List (vol 1, 3–7) Oliver Queen (vol 2) Oliver Queen Connor Hawke (...Black Canary) Oliver Queen Black Canary Supporting characters (vol 2) Black Canary (vol 3) Speedy (Mia Dearden) Black Canary Connor Hawke (vol 3) Connor Hawke
Creative team
Writer(s)	List (vol 1) Mike W. Barr (vol 2) Mike Grell (vol 3) Kevin Smith Judd Winick (vol 5) J.T. Krul James Patrick (vol 6) J.T. Krul Ann Nocenti Benjamin Percy (vol 7) Benjamin Percy
Penciller(s)	List (vol 1) Trevor von Eeden (vol 2) Ed Hannigan Dan Jurgens Michael Netzer Doug Braithwaite (vol 3) Phil Hester Tom Fowler Eric Battle Scott McDaniel (vol 5) Diogenes Neves Agustin Padilla (vol 6) Dan Jurgens Harvey Tolibao Andrea Sorrentino Freddy Williams III Patrick Zircher Szymon Kudranski (vol 7) Otto Schmidt Juan Ferreyra
Inker(s)	List (vol 1) Dick Giordano (vol 2) Dick Giordano (vol 3) Ande Parks Rodney Ramos Andy Owens (vol 5) Vicente Cifuentes (vol 6) George Pérez Rob Hunter

Green Arrow is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mortimer Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His real name is Oliver "Ollie" Queen, a billionaire businessman and owner of Queen Industries, also a well-known celebrity in his locale of Star City. Sometimes shown dressed like Robin Hood, Green Arrow is an archer who uses his skills to fight crime in his home cities of Star City and Seattle, as well as alongside his fellow superheroes as a member of the Justice League. Though much less frequently used in modern stories, he also deploys a range of trick arrows with various special functions, such as glue, explosive-tipped, grappling hook, flash grenade, tear gas and even kryptonite arrows for use in a range of special situations. At the time of his debut, Green Arrow functioned in many ways as an archery-themed analogue of the very popular Batman character, but writers at DC subsequently developed him into a voice of left-wing politics very much distinct in character from Batman.

Green Arrow enjoyed moderate success in his early years, becoming the cover feature of More Fun, as well as having occasional appearances in other comics. Throughout his first twenty-five years, however, the character never enjoyed greater popularity. In the late 1960s, writer Denny O'Neil, inspired by the character's dramatic visual redesign by Neal Adams, chose to have him lose his fortune, giving him the then-unique role of a streetwise crusader for the working class and the disadvantaged. In 1970, he was paired with a more law and order-oriented hero, Green Lantern, in a ground-breaking, socially conscious comic book series. Since then, he has been popular among comic book fans and most writers have taken an urban, gritty approach to the character. The character was killed off in the 1990s and replaced by a new character, Oliver's son Connor Hawke. Connor, however, proved a less popular character, and the original Oliver Queen character was resurrected in the 2001 "Quiver" storyline, by writer Kevin Smith. In the 2000s, the character has been featured in bigger storylines focusing on Green Arrow and Black Canary, such as the DC event The Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding and the high-profile Justice League: Cry for Justice storyline, prior to the character's relaunch alongside most of DC's properties in 2011.