Mei hides Oliver and Akio in her apartment. Knowing that the police would eventually make a connection to him being the Vigilante, Oliver revealed his plan to have Diggle disguised as The Hood and attack the weapons sale to "prove" his innocence. Curtis manages to use a dampener device inhabit Black Siren's powers and Felicity knocks her out. Despite his attempts, Thea refused to let Oliver convince her to throw away the supposed "blood money". The following morning, Oliver met Thea at The Grind & Jolt Cafe, revealing that she'd previously been saved by Malcolm Merlyn, thinking that she had no clue. Unfortunately, he was defeated and knocked unconscious by Billy. Baron Reiter managed to find out the truth from Conklin and after they went away, Oliver stole a map him. Ivo then revealed that during World War II, the Japanese created a serum called "Mirakuru" that increased the physical strength and allowed rapid cell regeneration in humans. [119] Later, upon learning the key to oppose The Monitor, Oliver, Mia and William go to Russia on a mission to gather the necessary materials. Afterwards, Helena returned to Starling City, having discovered that her father made a bargain with F.B.I. Oliver went to search for them, and found Slade alive, but then turned around to see that Fyers was still alive and had Shado in his custody. She proceeded to question how Oliver could act so coldly, yet Oliver claimed he could never have that luxury living the life he did. Oliver left and returned to Starling, as Arrow, that night where he narrowly stopped Malcolm from killing Danny Brickwell. tried to blast him which resulted in the build falling on him. Suddenly the officer came to inform them that their bail was posted. They soon arrived at the drop zone, but Hogue assured him that his men would be waiting for him, outmatching him four to one. When Malcolm wakes up Oliver tells him of Ra's offer and Malcolm tells him of a prophecy which states that the one who doesn't perish at Ra's al Ghul's hand will become Ra's al Ghul and Malcolm warns Oliver not to think he has a choice. She also reminds Oliver that life is never fair whether he's in Star City or Ivy Town, but he can save the city as he is a beacon of hope to the people and she wishes that he would save some hope for himself. Oliver lied that his name was Tommy, and he knew Shado in medical school. Just as Shado was about to place the chip inside the switchboard, she was attacked from behind, and Oliver managed to redirect the missile, which hit Fyers' compound instead, with both Slade and Shado still there. As they went to go downstairs, Oliver expressed his hesitation to Diggle taking his daughter downstairs. [114], Back in Star City, Oliver, Barry and Kara came to get the help of Team Arrow with the situation. John also warned Oliver about Reiter, insisting his narcotics aren't his only interest for being on the island. The following morning, Oliver reassured Laurel that Lacroix's alibi was authentic. Kate gave them the wifi password and headed inside to work while Oliver revealed he stole police data from the station. Oliver and Felicity realized that Sara was trying to find Thea as she was the one who killed her originally. After crossing Somers' name off the List, Oliver made a "drunken" scene at the groundbreaking of the Robert Queen Applied Sciences Center, voicing his belief of never wanting to be like his father. Felicity's boyfriend, Detective Billy Malone, doing his own investigation sent a photograph of a baby to Felicity and the Team before being abducted by Prometheus. In their civilian clothes, Oliver, Barry, and Kara walked towards the radio station where Fairchild worked. He told Tommy that he was more than happy that Tommy came, as he's the son of the CEO of Merlyn Global Group. A day or so later, Oliver accidentally stepped on a land mine left over from a previous war. Home universe Despite initially fearing it would be about Sara, he was told of a corporate financier named John Burke who'd been killed through seemingly similar means to Sara. Finding pieces of information regarding an individual named Jansen and that Sara had gone to her father for help, Laurel was sent to talk to Quentin. Following that, they inspected some paper Sara had left in her boot, which Nyssa determined had ghost ink on it, revealed only with heat from a fire. After stealing and distributing the medication, Anatoly once again tried to persuade Oliver to stay. Tatsu ran to embrace him and he had explained how they'd been in lockdown due to the A.R.G.U.S. Team Arrow and Flash face off against Vandal Savage. After defeating them Ra's al Ghul himself appears and makes the same offer again claiming that otherwise he will be imprisoned for the rest of his life as Quentin leads an S.C.P.D. Oliver suggested they blast their way out, so Anatoly retrieved blueprints for the ship's torpedoes. Felicity thanked Oliver for his advice on loving one's family and left to talk to her mother. Oliver fights Sara under the influence of a drug. Traveling to Hub City with Curtis and Rene, Oliver meets Tina offers her membership on the team but Tina refuses. Oliver and Thea are shocked to discover that Roy Harper is back in town. In reality, he had become a stern, disciplined, and responsible. Killer Frost called for help as she was being overpowered and both Oliver and Barry hurried to assist her. Thea then walked in with the cellphone which instantly begins ringing. Byrne tried to fight back but got beaten badly. Oliver later introduced Roy to Felicity and Diggle in the lair.[52]. Oliver then decided to take down the Royal Flush Gang as they attempted to rob Redwood United Bank, resulting in a security guard fatally shooting Derek. As they did, Oliver's phone rang. However, as Barry caught Oliver's arrow shot from his bow, two rigged up crossbows shot Barry in the back. Suddenly, they were attacked by the Chinese Triad, sent by Somers to kill Laurel. Green Arrow and Speedy first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 (cover-dated November 1941), which was illustrated by artist George Papp. After Maseo and the league kill Mayor Castle and badly wound Ray, Quentin reopens the anti-vigilante taskforce and Oliver begins hunting Maseo himself to end the conflict. Instead of killing him, Oliver displayed rare sympathy for Garfield and offered him help. Thus making him a bountiful feast, to help people injured in the quake. Oliver is then held captive by Adrian and Talia who intend to make him suffer, Oliver ask what game Adrian is trying to play if he does not intend to kill him. During the confrontation, Oliver is overcome and seriously injured.[49]. Laurel got angry that Oliver didn't kill Malcolm when he had the chance, though he reasoned that he would forever be able to trace him, before Laurel stormed out. Hesitant at first, Oliver lowers his bow but shoots Adrian in the leg and grabs William to safety. After the two had a moment, Oliver and Sara passionately kissed each other before having sex. His mother soon turned in to Tommy Merlyn, who knocked him down. However, Diggle and Felicity snap him out of it and Oliver declared that they are taking the fight to Slade. Learning that the drug had ties to Claybourne Pharmaceuticals, Oliver and the team assumed that Prometheus was Justin Claybourne who was seeking to kill Oliver and now knows Oliver and his team's identities. At the beginning of the fight, Oliver shot arrows on Barry, and Barry catched the arrows with his hands. Later Oliver, injured but on his feet, is informed by Mark that his mother is dropping out of the election against Sebastian. Oliver heads to the courthouse to meet Laurel. Arrow later went to a crime scene with Flash and saved him and Detective Joe West from a crazed cop before Barry dashed off to meet Oliver's team, startling Diggle who Oliver hand't told of Barry's powers. When Diggle asked if the swap is gonna be permanent, both Barry and Oliver answered that they hope it isn't at the same time. Arrow and Ted then went to the scene of the supposed murder Ted committed but were jumped by a masked man who Ted knew but the cops showed up and arrested Ted. He arrived too late to help with the prisoners but did arrive in time with Firestorm, armed with nanite-infused arrows from Ray to help Barry defeat Harrison Wells, who is revealed to be the Reverse-Flash. Eventually the recruits also returned once Oliver revealed his identity to them. Original multiverseVigilante (deputized; formerly)Leader of Team Arrow (formerly)Mayor of Star City (formerly; impeached)Member of the Trinity (formerly)Captain of the Solntsevskaya Bratva (in secret; formerly)A.R.G.U.S. She was then delivered to the SCPD. Overwatch (briefly)Ra's al Ghul (briefly)Al Sah-him (formerly) [7] Oliver had a younger sister, Thea, whom he was very close to and protective of. Roy and Sara later show up at the house, forcing Slade to leave, but Oliver decides to escort him to his car as Diggle was meant to take a head-shot on Slade, but was apprehended. The cause of his death is unknown. At the memorial and the funeral, it was Quentin Lance and John Diggle who gave the eulogies at both tributes respectfully.[124]. Despite this, Oliver did display humanity for people who were crippled, such as Garfield Lynns. Then, he heard Iris West-Allen, Barry's wife, calling him for breakfast. He challenges Arrow to kill him, proving Felicity wrong, but he hesitates and tells Ray to trust her judgement and leaves. Code name She said Oliver needed to embrace the killer instinct he used to torture Shrieve. Afterwards, he and Felicity enjoyed their engagement party, where Curtis revealed an implantable bio-stimulant chip that could cure Felicity's paralysis.[83]. However, he was promptly forced to reveal that he had brought Fyers' soldiers along with him.[21]. Oliver's public victory over Darhk also caused many new vigilantes to appear and sometimes get in Oliver's way while operating as Green Arrow. However, Oliver always uses his right hand to pull back on the arrow. In 2005, Oliver would begin dating his longtime friend Laurel, and they fell in love with one another. In the letter, Oliver explained he is leaving to take some time alone in order to cope with his grief, feeling he would only hold Laurel back in her desire to help raise the city back up.[42]. As John reminds him of when Oliver talked him out rotting in prison for Andy's death he convinces Oliver to become the man who is worthy of being the Green Arrow if he thinks he doesn't deserve it. However, Cisco eventually found out leaving most of the alliance distrustful of Barry. According to Malcolm, the person whom Oliver loves and cares about most in the world is his son, Oliver loves baseball and is a fan of the. Thinking that Oliver acts weird because of the fact Team Flash failed to catch Cicada, Iris reminded him that Caitlin's immunity to Cicada's dagger can help them, but Oliver didn't know who Cicada is. Oliver tried to escape by taking Kovar hostage but he was too weak to do so and end up challenging him into a fight in front of his men. Kara commented on the fact he slept with a lot of women back then, and Barry told her the story of when he cheated on his girlfriend with her sister, which made Oliver mad that he said it and made Kara more discuss. In a flashback, Oliver gets tortured by the Amazo's crew. Slade thanks him for his help and that he is going to find his son and says goodbye. Once at the Rockets Arena, where Werner and the crime bosses were, Roy was sent to deactivate the bomb while Arrow chose to go after Werner, heading to the roof. As he awoke, Oliver was approached by the surviving pirate that interrogated Shado. While looking for the assailant Green Arrow runs into Vigilante and has a brief fight with him. Nyssa showed up at Thea's hospital room, offering Oliver the Lotus elixir, which counters the effects of the Lazarus Pit, on the condition he kills Malcolm.[81]. [8] Before he boarded the Gambit, Laurel visited him to say goodbye and gave Oliver a photograph of herself for when he got lonely overseas.[23]. [74], When the Star City Dam was under attack from H.I.V.E., Oliver and the team saved it from them and stopped the bomb before it could explode. Although reluctant, Oliver agreed to come back this one time but upon arriving, Diggle made it clear he didn't want Oliver on the team, not having forgiven him for kidnapping Lyla. While eating dinner, Oliver confessed that he'd been back to he island previously, but didn't answer Thea's question in regards to if he ever thought he'd make it home while stranded. [60] On the way Arrow is called by Quentin who informs him the police have rallied behind him and he requests they hold off the soldiers until they retrieve the cure. Before they could begin to mourn Slade, Ivo and his men arrived, taking the three of them captive. Cayden James was on the other end and he demanded Team Arrow to retrieve something from A.R.G.U.S. He then informed Green Arrow that should his plan fail and get Thea killed, he would kill him. They began driving at each other on motorbikes shooting arrows though Komodo won the match and escaped. Oliver Queen was born on May 16, 1985 in Starling City into the esteemed Queen family to his parents; billionaires Robert and Moira Queen. He then left to lead Fyers' men away from their hideout, but not before telling Oliver to survive, and sealing the entrance to prevent Oliver from following him.[1]. off balance, Flash shot as many lightning as he could on him. Upon learning Lonnie Machin was trying to destroy Tevat Noah, Oliver, Diggle, and Thea confronted him while Malcolm evacuated the citizens. She asked him if he's okay while calling him "Barry", which made Oliver realize that Iris thinks he's Barry. Oliver puffed his chest next to the muscular superhero. Diggle and Felicity travel to the island to find Oliver. When he was weak enough, Superman fought there and punched him through the ground. [70] Oliver is given a tour of Nanda Parbat and shown the league train and they discussed the matter over dinner. However Maseo informs Oliver that they're will be consequences. After awakening from a nightmare of him being killed in front of Felicity, Oliver tried to walk with difficulty and Tatsu denied still being in contact with Maseo as Oliver suspected, and Maseo informed Oliver he would return to Nanda Parbat. Oliver however, manages to talk them down and calls on Amanda Waller and A.R.G.U.S. [22] In 2007, after Moira caught Laurel sneaking away to Oliver's room in the Queen Mansion, Laurel suggested that she and Oliver could live in their own home, bringing up how their friends, Ray and Jean, had recently decided to get an apartment together. Tommy's death and Oliver's failure to prevent the city's total destruction left an impact on him. Oliver then visited Frank Bertinelli on behalf of Moira for a business deal, who sent his daughter, Helena, to have dinner with Oliver at Russo's to solidify the deal. The Huntress arrives to kill her father and Oliver tries to talk her out of it. Before Fyers could make a move, Oliver shot an arrow at his throat, killing him.[32]. They saw many sick children and Anatoly revealed that he wanted to steal medicine from a warehouse to help the kids and have their faith in the Bratva. Snart freed The Ray from his necklace and the heroes as well allowing them to escape the concentration camp and go back to the Freedom Fighters’ base. As Team Arrow arrived at the cave discussing Quentin's arrest and Roy's departure Deathstroke was waiting for them in the cave and attacked them, throwing Sara against a table, tossing Diggle into the glass container and engaging Oliver in a sword fight which Deathstroke easily won. The man confessed to having been up there drinking but left when Sara showed up after she told them to get lost. Dinah came to Oliver's aid while Rene and Curtis went rogue to try and find Lance by themselves. Labs. Then the team lured her to Verdant and managed to captured her so John Constantine, an old acquaintance of Oliver, performed a ritual on her that gave her back her soul. He targeted another notable individual on The List, Martin Somers, whom Laurel was also prosecuting on behalf of a client whose father, Victor Nocenti, had been murdered on Somers' orders. Oliver later tasked Diggle with learning more form Lyla, but Felicity later appeared with the surprise visitors of Cisco and Caitlin and Oliver became frustrated, repeatedly telling Cisco not to touch the weapons and mocking Felicity for letting his secret get out to all of Team Flash. The game was interrupted by Tatsu, who offered her help upon encouragement from her husband. Unknown to them, Tommy witnessed the two together. [120] The, the Monitor tests Oliver again, putting him in a time loop where Quentin is alive. The two shook hands and Peter got into the torpedo hole. His father became Slade Wilson, who claimed to be able to beat him easily in a fair fight, which was why Oliver didn't even bother saving his mother, whom Slade's form changed in to. Felicity however quickly turned it down, explaining that they did not need a piece of paper to show their love to each other, and when the two started quietly arguing, Felicity ended up yelling that she did not want to marry Oliver, which made everyone else at the rehearsal dinner turn around. The man explains that he was the only survivor of a shipwreck, like Oliver, and had discovered Fyers' soldiers, whom had beaten and taken him to the cave. Oliver was proven to be bias; for example, when he discovered that a member of his team was going to testify against him in court (regarding his identity as Green Arrow) he spied on Dinah, Rene and Curtis to find out who the traitor was, but he did not spy on John and Felicity; proving that not only did he treat his new teammates differently from his original teammates, but he also did not bestow them with the same equal trust and respect, like he did with John and Felicity. Emiko was born to Robert Queen and Shado on Starfish Island. The three arrived in Gotham City, although Oliver was late to their meeting place on a rooftop because he still had a hard time control Barry's speed. Oliver then went to retrieve the arrow and dead rabbit, but was ambushed and captured by a group of armed men, who imprisoned him in an underground cage. They set up camp, and Oliver tried to start a fire for several hours, before Slade pulled out a lighter and helped, bemused at Oliver's anger. Oliver was nonetheless glad Laurel had his back, trying to joke how it would be "like old times". Due to him not controlling Barry's speed, the lightning hit the walls which unintentionally hit the robbers, and then a device. As Oliver and Diggle were tracking down Vigilante, who engaged them in a shootout and as he was about to shoot them Barry Allen came to their aid and super speed them to Felicity's apartment. Oliver, Kara, and Barry faced off against their evil counterparts with Oliver managing to harm Overgirl with a Kryptonite arrow he had had in place in the event an evil version of Kara ever showed up. [125], In 2024, Green Arrow teamed up with the Flash, Hawkgirl and the Atom, to fight the Reverse-Flash in the streets of Central City. Instead of killing him, the Hood simply spared his life and sent him to prison. Oliver faced impeachment twice as Mayor of Star City and has been acquitted twice. Oliver, Sara, Slade and Shado follow the hōzen's coordinates. As a vigilante, Oliver was proving to be quite prideful; this was evidenced by the fact that he refuses to acknowledge the existence of Bruce Wayne (under the persona of Batman) even after seeing the Bat-Signal and Kate Kane confirmed the Dark Knight's existence respectively, he still refuse to believe that the latter exists. Oliver, now that he realized that everyone thinks he's Barry, wonders if he also has his powers. Back at the cave, Felicity attempted to explain herself before getting flustered. [3], After defeating the Anti-Monitor, Oliver collapsed due to the scale of the battle between them both. Later as they were walking, Oliver was close to telling Slade the true reason why Shado was killed, when Sara approached him, advising him not to, as Slade still had Mirakuru in him, and they had no idea as to the effects of it. She called them by their real names, which made Oliver relax as Barry's theory turned out to be true. [31] Arrow broke into Ted's gym and found a secret room where Ted jumped him though Arrow quickly overpowered him, questioned him and learned that he too was once a vigilante but after accidentally killing a man he retired. Oliver complied and climbed up a mountain and dueled with an initially unarmed Ra's al Ghul with two swords. Oliver is forced to kill Taiana after she was corrupted by the Khushu Idol. Oliver had to continually ditch Diggle to proceed with his vigilantism. When Oliver finally admitted his feelings of guilt, he threatened to kill Ivo, however, Ivo alerted him to Slade's presence in the room, and he turned to face a horrified Slade. After the funeral, Barry rushes to the grave site, having missed the funeral due to dealing with Zoom. He approached Felicity about the situation they found themselves in the previous night at the rehearsal dinner and Felicity reiterated her stance on not wanting to get married claiming they had something great going and wanted to keep pushing forward. [56], On Felicity's advice, Oliver leads his team to Queen Consolidated's applied sciences division to blow it up to prevent Slade from replicating the Mirakuru. Oliver and Thea continue to train with Malcolm but he easily overpowers them and remarks how far they have to go to beat Ra's, and suggests that they move into the Arrowcave so the league doesn't find them but they refuse to leave the loft. Oliver didn't reply, causing Ivo to get angry and send him outside to be tortured. Oliver faced Thea, John, and Sara but his situation became more perilous when he ran out of arrows and was forced to carry Wally West to safety. Oliver also shared an intimate moment with Laurel as he revealed his scars to her. Felicity walked in to tell them they had a location on the Earth-X Reich. The Arrow comes in and rescues Laurel. Ra's and Oliver then walked through the ruins of a destroyed city where to told him the tale of his ascension. He jokingly said as his Green Arrow impression "wear a mask" (which is the same thing Oliver said to him when he first became the Flash). As he left, Oliver complimented him on how well he had been doing. Oliver decided to stop arguing, put on the mask, and sarcastically asked Barry if he's happy now. Oliver returned it to him but saw the child run towards Samantha, a woman Oliver had an affair with 8 years ago, and begun to suspect that Samantha's child is the same child she claimed to have lost in a miscarriage. Oliver attempted to stop Slade, however he threatened to shoot him if he got in the way. presumably imprisoned Slade on Lian Yu. Oliver offers Slade the freedom from his cell and all the information Oliver has on his son, Joe, in exchange for helping save his friends, his sister, and his son. Oliver proceeded to follow the route, leading to an abandoned plane.[13]. Felicity, meanwhile, told Oliver that he needed a new place to live as the foundry was comparable to a cave. However he could not find Deegan's current address or employment so Kara decides to search the city. Oliver's psyche was supposedly broken down over the course of the next few weeks so he could embrace his new identity as "Al Sah-him" and that Oliver Queen was supposedly dead to him. While Slade fended off the other pirates, Oliver brutally murdered their leader out of rage, shocking both Slade and Shado. Sara brought him to a room with a radio transmitter inside it and showed him that she could operate it. They began shooting and firing back with homemade bows and arrows.