Showcase: The Green Arrow

The Green Arrow is Oliver Queen a master archer and highly trained in martial arts, Queen fights crime using his skill with a bow to shoot down his enemies. Queen's background is similar to the rich roots of characters such as Ironman and Batman, who both had family wealth to help in their transformation into a superhero. However, the difference between them and Queen is that he gave up the billions he got after his father passed away in the name of justice.

Queen Industries was once the home of a self-centered billionaire Oliver Queen, after his father passed Queen inherited his father's fortune and the company. Queen was content in his life, but upon finding out about his father's corrupt business partners, his exploitation of the diamond trade, and his dealings in military weaponry, Queen left that life behind him. Queen passed on the throne to the company because he wanted nothing to do with these shady back alley dealings and was determined to do good in the world.

Queen lost everything, his money, his home, his life and his reason for living. Hope was not all lost yet, Queen found a new leash on life in the form of justice. Fashioning himself as the Green Arrow, Queen began fresh redeeming himself through helping and saving the lives of the people of Star City. After a terrible accident against the city, much of what was once a shining city of life was demolished into ash. In the heart of the damage a forest began to sprout from the ashes, there it should shrouded in mystery, breathing as if it could think, and it waited, waited for its master.

Queen's new life as the Green Arrow did not got unnoticed with the local mobsters and the corrupt police force ruling Star City. Read how Queen takes back Star City and shines life, safety, and joy back into the lives of the citizens.

Below is the cover art for the current comic series the Green Arrow Brightest Day.

Cover of Green Arrow #1 Brightest Day
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The Green Arrow shows up in many comics with The Green Lantern such as, The Green Lantern Blackest Night and Green Lantern Rebirth. Now I won't ruin the story but the Green Arrow and The Green Lantern are so close that in the Green Lantern Rebirth story you see that Hal Jordan has left something very important for his friend Oliver Queen.

This is another amazingly awesome comic series to invest in, if you are liking The Green Lantern comics  from my post - Where To Start - then you will love the Green Arrow comics. Queen is a great hero because even though he lacks the super powers of his other hero allies, Queen is still an extraordinary hero using his skills to serve the greater good and protect the world. Plus the artwork is fantastic!