Green Arrow

Characteristics:

Height: 6'2''
Weight: 195 lbs.
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Blond
Citizenship: American
Place of Birth: Star City, America
Marital Status: Separated
Education: Unknown
Occupation: Adventurer, Mayor

Creation:

Green Arrow was created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp and made his first appearance in More Fun Comics issue 73 in 1941. It was said that Mort Weisinger was inspired by a series of movies called The Green Archer, which were adapted from a series of books by Edgar Wallace. Weisinger took his inspiration and created a new hero, borrowing ideas from the Batman series round the same time. The early similarities between the two are obvious; both had similar modes of transportation (the Arrow Car and the Batmobile), both had young sidekicks and were billionaire playboys. Green Arrow and Speedy were mainly used as back up features up into the sixties where they became more of a main feature and grew into a fan favorites. Green Arrow became one of the more mature features in DC comics in later years, dealing with social issues such as drug abuse and male rape. Green Lantern/Green Arrow #5 even received a letter of applause from John Lindsay, then mayor of New York City.

Origin:

A playboy who inherited millions of dollars when his parents died, Oliver Queen never gave much back to society and lived his life how he wanted; of course he made many rivals and enemies. After being pushed overboard by one of his own employees on his boat, Oliver was presumed dead and lost at sea, but, unknown to the world, he had survived and was lost in a deserted island. Oliver had a talent for archery and using his own initiative built a bow made out of spare parts of a broken generator; using his makeshift bow Oliver began hunting in order to eat. Spending weeks alone on the island, Oliver began to search and found a small settlement with no people. He soon tried to retrieve water from the well but found that the people of this village had been killed and their remains thrown in. Oliver was shocked by the horror of this action and knew that those responsible needed to be brought to justice. Later a plane came towards the island and Ollie began to signal it; they opened fire. Using his bow Ollie managed to gain the upper hand and downed the plane. He was able to get off the island when some drug smugglers mutinied and took over a cargo ship. Dressed in a leafy disguise he had made his way on the island, and covering his eyes with a mask of grease from the anchor chain, he managed to capture the mutineers and save the crew. It turned out that they were the drug smugglers who had killed the islanders, picking up his bow Ollie began fighting back and overpowered them. His first taste for crime fighting came when he handed the drug smugglers over to the police and returned to a world he was set on changing for the better.

Using his vast fortune, he began to create various trick arrows to use under his new mantle. These include the rope arrow, the electric arrow, the explosive arrow, etc. Ollie did not stop there. Later on in his early years, he also built an Arrowcar, an Arrow Plane, and he even used the basic idea of the Bat-signal, appropriating it into the Arrow Signal. Green Arrow was joined by a younger counterpart named Roy "Speedy" Harper. Speedy was also a skilled archer and the two were a formidable team and worked together for quite awhile. Green Arrow became a much darker character after he lost his fortune and became more in tune with the streets he protected, even growing a goatee that is now famous; it was during this time that Ollie became openly left-wing in his political views.

Character Evolution:
Golden Age
Post-Flashpoint / Earth 0

Major Stories:
The Longbow Hunters
Zero Hour
Quiver
Identity Crisis
A New Speedy
One Year Later
Cry For Justice
Blackest Night
Into the Woods
Kill Machine
Shados
Justice League Unlimited
Young Justice
Brave and the Bold

Powers and Abilities:

Master Archer
Fighting Skills
Peak Human Condition
Aviation

Weapons and Equipment:

Costume:

Green Arrow's "jacket" is a form body armor. If he was shot in the chest or from behind, the bullet would not hit Oliver's vital organs due to the armor being bulletproof. The New 52 version of Green Arrow incorporates thermal goggles into his mask.

Trick Arrows:

Green Arrow has a wide variety of specialized arrows, ranging from EMP arrows to poison dart arrows and everything in between. Ollie has also developed arrows to combat specific individuals, such as the Kryptonite arrow.

                                                                                    Some of his arrows include:

Standard Arrows
Boxing Glove Arrows
Flash Grenade Arrows
Glue Arrows
Tear Gas Arrows
Grappler Arrows




Vehicles:

Green Arrow possesses numerous vehicles that allow him to travel to anywhere in Star City, such the Arrow Car. Many of these vehicles were directly inspired by those used by Batman. He also had an Arrowplane.