Oliver Queen (Earth-88)

* Civilian
* Green Arrow

**Oliver Queen** is a vigilante from Star City who operates as Robin Hood type as the **Green Arrow**. He is a member of the Justice League, though prefers to focus on the "little guys". He is in a relationship with Black Canary.

## Biography

### Early Life

Oliver "Ollie" Queen came from a wealthy background but held left-wing views from an early age. While in college, he joined protests against nuclear power. While on a South Sea cruise, he was knocked overboard and washed ashore on Starfish Island. In order to survive, Queen fashioned a crude bow and arrow. He was eventually rescued and returned to his home in Star City. During a costume party, he dressed like Robin Hood and stopped a robbery in progress. Queen realized how restless he had become with crime and violence in the world and became Green Arrow. He later took on a partner named Speedy.

### Justice League Rollcall

Green Arrow was summoned to enlist in the new expanded Justice League. However, as he failed to reply, John Stewart showed up when he was thwarting a grocery store robbery and teleported him into the JL Watchtower. There, Green Arrow saw the assembled superheroes, but he was still skeptical about joining such an organization. His main concern was helping the underprivileged in society which, according to him, tended to be forgotten by heroes whose main goal is fighting even bigger threats. Batman attempted to persuade him to be the team's conscience, but Green Arrow remained unconvinced. Not wanting to be teleported again, he insisted on going with Lantern, Supergirl, and Captain Atom, so that they could drop him off at home following a mission.

   Green Arrow was involuntarily dragged into the mission which involved investigating a radioactive accident in Chong-Mai. The authorities insisted that the incident was under control and the Leaguers depart. Naturally distrustful of authority, Arrow set off to track the root of the problem on his own. He came upon a gigantic flaming creature that blazed everything that crossed its path. Green Arrow attempted to repel it with his explosive arrows, but all in vain. Upon Captain Atom's failure to shut down the behemoth's reactor, Green Arrow attached a containment rod to an arrow, and hit the target with great dexterity. Subsequently, Green Arrow decided to join the League, in part to keep them honest, but also due to a sudden infatuation with Black Canary.

### Acquaintances

Following the mission in Chong-Mai, Green Arrow befriended Supergirl, and the two started to hang out. As a result, Green Arrow assisted Kara in unraveling the mystery behind her eerie dreams.

Some time later, Black Canary sought his help with a secret mission. Green Arrow was reluctant at first, but eventually accepted, if only to get to know her. They broke into the Meta-Brawl fight arena to bail Wildcat out, but they failed to convince him. After Black Canary proposed to defeat Wildcat in the arena, in exchange for his freedom, Green Arrow knocked her out with a gas arrow and took her place to fight Wildcat. Green Arrow taunted and provoked Wildcat into beating him to a pulp. Right about when Wildcat delivered the coup de grâce, Green Arrow staged his death by using a metabolic stunner on himself. This maneuver not only caused Wildcat to relinquish the arena, but it also won him Black Canary's affection. Arrow and Canary became an item from that point on.

### Protecting Mandragora

Green Arrow and Black Canary were assigned to assist Agent Danvers in guarding crime lord Steven Mandragora from the Huntress and ensure that he made it to the intended grand jury hearing. A series of verbal exchanges as well as Canary punching Mandragora resulted in Danvers putting them on perimeter watch.

Coincidentally Mandragora's thugs, as well as Huntress, arrive at the safe house at the same time. Huntress did not come alone, she brought Question. Arrow and Canary were already alerted to the possibility that they might encounter Huntress as the latter had personal history with Mandragora. The four heroes fight, leaving Mandragora free to escape with his thugs Tony and Cecil.

Arrow and Canary overcame Question and Huntress, but not in time to prevent Mandragora's escape. Now with Mandragora on the loose it became urgent to recover him. Thinking Question knows where he has gone, Arrow pressed Question for information. Question turned over a key, but Green Arrow saw through the misdirection.

    On Black Canary's motorcycle, the Green Arrow and Black Canary tailed Question's Pontiac in the hopes that it would lead them to Mandragora. Question spotted them with ease, so he tried to lose them by using a car trailer ramp to launch his vehicle up to the tracks above street level and Canary followed suit. Question and Huntress in the car narrowly dodged the oncoming train. It was only due to Arrow requesting an emergency transport that he and Canary beam out just before the train crushed Canary's motorcycle. The loss of her bike infuriated Canary, but at least they were able to catch up to Question and Huntress in the docks.

Arrow and Question engaged the voluminous Mandragora first, but he fended them off with ease. Canary took her shot by using her sonic cry on him, which similarly failed to do anything except shred his jacket and shirt. Canary was soon drained and fell to the ground.

Mandragora seized her only to have Huntress emerge aiming her crossbow at him. He dropped Canary and turned to face Huntress. If not for the Question then Huntress might have killed her parents' murderer yet it was also the appearance of Mandragora's son, Edgar, that further turned her away from killing the crime lord.

### Political Views

During the Project Cadmus affair, Green Arrow's place as the team's conscience proved invaluable in preventing the League from succumbing to the same kind of violent temptation that created the tyrannical Justice Lords. When Superman was resolute to bring down Cadmus by force, Green Arrow advocated a more diplomatic approach. As one of the few non-powered heroes, and with strong left-wing convictions aided by an eloquent sophistication, Green Arrow rationalized the existence of Cadmus as a necessary means for the government to protect the people in case the League went rogue. This perspective was pivotal to dissuade the heroes from taking a more drastic course of action, which could lead to war with the government and likely the world.

When Superman announced the disbandment of the Justice League, Green Arrow acted once again as the voice of the people ― coming full circle with Batman's original intentions for him ― and stepped up, declaring how the world needed them. Now he understood their purpose and the good they could do for the people. He refused to quit and asserted that the League would go on with or without its charter members, which was enough for Superman to reconsider.

### Later Adventures

Green Arrow carried on as an active member of the Justice League. He was part of the team that prevented the Legion of Doom from stealing the Viking ship. In this mission, he single-handedly broke into their submersible and released the towed ship. Green Arrow later attended a commemorative parade in Metropolis in Superman's place, alongside Stargirl, S.T.R.I.P.E., Vigilante, and Shining Knight. When an empowered Wade Eiling crashed into the parade and engaged the heroes, Green Arrow faced him with all his might, spending all his arsenal of trick arrows. He called Mr. Terrific for backup and got the Crimson Avenger and Speedy, his old sidekick. Green Arrow and Speedy seemed to have some unresolved issues, but given the circumstances, they postponed their squabble and combined their last resort, two quantum arrows, to unleash a concussion blast. However, their effort was ineffective in the face of Eiling's superior strength

Green Arrow maintained a friendly relationship with Supergirl. She would often hang out with him and Black Canary — something that Arrow brought to Superman's attention, as he noted that the Man of Steel was neglecting his foster cousin. By now, the two men had themselves become close since they referred to each other as "Ollie" and "Clark".

On her 21st birthday, Supergirl, Arrow and Lantern were abducted by Brainiac-5 to the 31st century. The last standing members of the Legion of Super-Heroes needed help to defeat the Fatal Five and free their mind-controlled colleagues. After they succeeded, they were made honorary member of the Legion and Arrow and Lantern went back to their own time — without Supergirl who, with Arrow's encouragement, had started a romance with Brainiac 5. In the present, Arrow assured Superman that Kara knew how proud he was of her.

During Darkseid's last invasion of Earth, Green Arrow and Black Canary fought side-by-side against the invading forces in Rome.

### Crisis on Infinite Earth

During Crisis on Infinite Earths, Oliver as well as everyone in the multiverse, except for the seven Paragons, were killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor, only to be restored a month later, after the Spectre created a new multiverse, restoring Earth-24.

## Abilities

* **Peak of Human Physical Condition:** As a trained superhero, Oliver is in top physical condition. His strength allows him to take on and swiftly incapacitate much larger adversaries. His conditioning allows him to recover from most injuries very quickly, though not superhumanly.
	+ **Acrobatics/Free-running:** Oliver is very nimble, having developed free-running and parkour skills. He can drop from a height of several feet without injuring himself.
	+ **Honed Senses:** Oliver has sharp hearing and sight, as well as keen skills of perception. He is able to pick up an incoming danger and react extremely quickly
* **Keen Intellect/Expert Detective/Expert Tactician:** Oliver is a sharp-witted individual and a highly trained tactician.
	+ **Expert driver/Pilot:** Oliver is capable of driving multiple vehicles, such as cars and motorcycles.
* **Master Hand-to-hand Combatant/Martial Artist:** As a highly-skilled vigilante, Oliver is a highly trained hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist. He is also able to defeat several criminals at once with or without weapons. His style is proven to be extremely unpredictable, displaying highly advanced skill and knowledge in many martial arts, able to incorporate Kali, Kenjutsu, Wing Chun, Sambo, Systema, Judo, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Capoeria, Pro Wrestling, Silat, and Muay Thai.
	+ **Expert Markswoman:** Oliver has almost superhuman-like precise aim and skill with various firearms.
	+ **Master Stick-Fighter:** Oliver employs his bow as a makeshift blunt weapon to use against his enemies and trains using escrima sticks.
	+ **Master Knife Wielder/Knife Thrower:** Oliver is extremely deadly with knives, and is even transferable to flechettes, which he can throw with similarly-excellent precision.
	+ **Master Archer:** With Oliver's mastery in archery, he can precisely shoot targets from great distances with such tight groping. Oliver can also anticipate an enemy projectile to block an arrow and fire multiple arrows at once. Throughout his career as a vigilante archer, word quickly spread that Oliver never missed.Oliver is even able to shoot targets while driving vehicles and has demonstrated the ability to release three arrows simultaneously.
* **Indomitable Will/High Tolerance for Pain:** A driven and determined person, Oliver is known to keep fighting to the end and never back down. He is quite resistant to pain and drugging, allowing him to continue fighting or even survive near-death situations.

## Equipment

* **Green Arrow Suit:** Oliver wears a protective suit as his heroic alter-ego, Green Arrow, to hide his identity from his enemies, when he goes out fighting crime.
* **Customized Arrows:** Oliver's signature weapon of choice, he has designed a variety of specially featured arrows. He carries up to 24 arrows at a time.
	+ **Trick Arrow:** Oliver has used custom-designed arrows such as incendiary arrows that explode on contact. On occasions, he has also been known to use arrows embedded with recording and listening devices.
* **Customized Oneida Kestrel Compound Bow:** Oliver's primary weapon as the Green Arrow, can fire 2 small explosives from the ends of the bow riser. Oliver also uses it as an improvised quarterstaff. When not in use, it can curl into a smaller size.
* **Motorcycle:** Oliver uses a custom-made motorcycle as his main form of transportation.

## Trivia

* Oliver is an outspoken liberal, with very strong political views.