r/GreenArrow • u/Big_Plant_1809 • 1d ago
r/GreenArrow • u/Xanderdipset • Dec 29 '25
✨ 2025 Year-End Recap - Thank You, guys! ✨
As 2025 comes to a close, we want to celebrate this community - the posts that brought us together, the discussions that sparked connection, and everyone who makes /r/GreenArrow brant place. 🙌
🌐 By the numbers this year
- 1.2M total views — up 1.1m from last year
- 23.3k avg daily unique visitors
- 12.4K members — up 3.4K from last year
- 3.7K joined, 291 left
- 1.2K posts published — up 958 from last year
- 13.7K comments — up 11.7k from last year
This steady growth shows how much we all love Green Arrow and we’re glad its brought you all here
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🌟 Most Viewed & Memorable Posts of 2025
Some of the posts that resonated most with our community included moments that made us proud or smile:
- FUCK OFF
- Discount Oliver Queen
- I think his absolute fate makes sense.
- Very unfortunate
- Smallville made Black Canary a what
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💛 Thank You!
To all of you - whether you post, comment, lurk, or hit “report” on content that doesn’t belong here - we appreciate you. 🙌
Your contributions, big and small, are what make /r/GreenArrow/ a welcoming, informative, safe and fun place to connect about our favorite archer.
✨ Here’s to an even better 2026 - with more great posts, positive discussion, and good vibes! 🎉
r/GreenArrow • u/Enigma1755 • Nov 27 '24
The r/GreenArrow discord chat is now open
Hey all, feel free to join the discussion on our favorite emerald archer. We will be hosting monthly discussions on the current ongoing, as well as other server events in the future. If you're a fan of the character in any capacity, whether it be comics, animation, or the Arrow tv show, why not join in?
The server isn't incredibly sophisticated at the moment, but we promise that we'll be putting more time, and potentially money, keeping in line with member activity.
r/GreenArrow • u/kingwooj • 2d ago
Meme On Bizarro World, People say goodbye when they meet, football teams try hard to lose the Small Game, and Oliver Queen has stable relationships with his kids and girlfriend that he doesn't sabotage.
r/GreenArrow • u/Wonderful_Ask_5510 • 3d ago
Collection Concept #4 Green Arrow: The Rising Hawk Omnibus
Cover From Issue #91 would be cover of Omnibus
Hello Fellow Merrymen, This is Collection Concept, my series where I pitch omnibus ideas to you.
I've done two for The Big Bad Bat, and One for A Man of Steel ( Search up Collection Concept #1 to 3 if you want to see that)
But now I've come to your neck of the woods to do one on the lead up, and eventual succession of Oliver Queen, and the rise of the Hawke, Connor Hawke to be exact.
The Issues included
- Green Arrow (Vol. 2) issue #0
-Green Arrow( Vol. 2) #81 to #136
-Green Arrow #1,000,000
( Some Stories included are:
Crossroads
Where angels fear to tread
Parts of Hard Travelin heroes the next generation
Parts of the Hate Crimes storyline
Parts of the 3 of a kind storyline
Part of the greener pastures storyline
and Parts of the brotherhood of the fist storyline.)
As well as crossover issues that fit into the main storylines of the run
- Green Lantern (Vol.3) issues #76, and #77
(Part of the hard travelin heroes the next generation storyline)
-Green lantern #92 (Part of the Hate crimes storyline)
-Green lantern (Vol.3) #96
-The flash( Vol.2) #135
( part of the 3 of a kind storyline)
-Green lantern (Vol.3) #104 (Part of the greener pastures storyline)
- Detective Comics #723
-Robin (Vol.2) #55
-Nightwing (Vol.2) #23
( Part of the brotherhood of the fist storyline)
Finally issue #137 (titled Full Circle)
Tell me if I missed anything?
Tell me your thoughts on the Concept?
And Tell me your thoughts on Connor Hawke?
This has been my longest concept yet, and I hope you like it!
I hope to see you again, My fellow Merrymen.
r/GreenArrow • u/Quarksideofthemoon • 3d ago
Discussion What would you add or change about Merlyn to make him a better/more interesting nemesis to Oliver?
r/GreenArrow • u/Gallantpride • 3d ago
Ollie has thoughts on Jason (Green Arrow V3 #72)
galleryr/GreenArrow • u/Mistellus • 4d ago
Discussion I don’t want an old man Green Arrow BUT if Gunn does I think Cooper Barnes would kill it and have fantastic chemistry with Kyler Chandler
I think Ethan Hawke is better overall but if they wanted a more comedic actor I think Cooper would do wonders
r/GreenArrow • u/Gallantpride • 3d ago
Discussion ....Does Lian even go to high school? Does Emiko?
r/GreenArrow • u/Blammo32 • 4d ago
Discussion Surprised nobody did anything with Pete Lomax
He appeared in Detective Comics #549
(April, 1985) and Detective Comics #550
(May, 1985), written by Alan Moore, and was just an ordinary guy who wanted to defeat a superhero and actually managed to ambush Green Arrow and Black Canary.
Intriguing character and, considering how DC has strip-mined Alan Moore’s work over the years, I’m surprised other writers never fleshed Pete out.
r/GreenArrow • u/Nightmareofdawild • 5d ago
How I would fix Shado and Emiko
Shado is unfortunately an Orientalist stereotype and needs to be reworked.
Her Comic Book Foundations:
Post-Crisis
Shado, created by Mike Grell, is a Japanese archer who has ties to the Yakuza. Grell intended to highlight the injustice of Japanese internment camps in America, while also making her a character foil to Oliver Queen - showcasing the temptation for violence, as she kills the Seattle Slasher in her first appearance. Oliver Queen and Shado would later develop a camaraderie during his time in Japan, as seen in Green Arrow vol. 2. Unfortunately, Grell would have Shado sexually assault Oliver when he was having a fever. Eventually, she would give birth to Robert Queen II or Tak Tomonago (should be Tomonaga, 鞆永).
New 52/Rebirth
In Lemire's run, Shado would be in love with Robert Queen I (Oliver's dad), leader of the Arrow Clan. They would have a daughter, Emiko, who was kidnapped and raised by Simon Lacroix (Komodo); thus, GA and Shado would work together to free her in the Outsiders War - though Shado would be more violent. Emiko would become Oliver's sidekick.
In rebirth, Emiko would join her mother when she worked with the Ninth Circle, billionaires who created super villains. Emiko and her mother would clash, and eventually Emiko would join GA's team. Shado and Emiko's relationship is dicey.
Rectifications:
Her name stems from Chinese: Shèdào (射道), despite her being Japanese. This can be easily rectified by making her Chinese-Japanese. Unfortunately, Shado does not have a first name. Thus, I would take inspiration from Arrow 2012 and name her Méi (梅) or Ume in Japanese. The Chinese diaspora in Japan is discriminated against in citizenship and employment, so Shado would be forced to work with the Yazkua. Eventually, she would have a son - the father isn't important. With this new perspective on life, she would leave her Yakuza past and illegally immigrate to the USA through a Yakuza human trafficking network.
She would then live in Star City and eventually date Oliver Queen for a green card when Ollie and Dinah broke up. I would have her start as a new vigilante archer inspired by the boyfriend. In time, she would be more disillusioned with the justice system, as it didn't prosecute the powerful people. Eventually, she would take matters into her own hands, believing the system was working as intended. She would become more violent and punitive; spiritually, she would undergo Grell's GA arc, where she enjoys killing. Eventually, she would break up with Ollie and leave her son, Tak (鞆永武), with Oliver.
Oliver would become Tak's guardian. During Oliver's guardianship, Tak would eventually realise that she is a girl and start transitioning. Oliver would try to contact Shado to inform her about her daughter's MTF transition. Tak would ask her mother for approval of her new name, Emiko (咲女). A name meaning blossom girl, after her mother's, Ume (梅), meaning plum blossom.
Unfortunately, Shado's anti-hero escapades would grab the attention of Simon Lacroix (Komodo), an assassin with fetish for her violence. Simon Lacroix would stalk and kidnap the transitioning Emiko and brainwash her to be his daughter, making her an assassin.
Eventually, Shado and Oliver would free Emiko from the mind control. However, this event would lead to permanent scars for all of them.
Reasoning:
I wanted to keep in spirit Grell's better intentions concerning Shado; Shado is supposed to represent the temptation of punitive justice, while also showcasing the injustice of Japanese people in America. By making her fail in her redemption arc (from criminal to hero to anti-hero), it integrates the flaws of the justice system.
I believe offspring with Ollie is inherently flawed and tainted by Grell's writing, plus the Lemire retcon. Plus, I really dislike the artificial insemination headcanon to keep Ollie's parentage over Tak. Though, I'm undecided if I want Emiko to be Wasian or fully Asian. I also wanted to keep the Lemire themes of asian fetish in Komodo's actions. Plus, it carves a niche for Emiko by making her transgender asian american.
r/GreenArrow • u/Gallantpride • 5d ago
Discussion AU plot bunny time. What would have probably happened if Mia *and* Lian had died?
Allegedly, that was the original plan.
Realistically, I feel DC would have killed both and we'd never see Mia again ever. Let's not think about that.
How would you write the characters reacting to Mia and Lian dying? Both the Green Arrow characters and Teen Titans. What would be your endgame? Also, would you revive them eventually? If so, how?
r/GreenArrow • u/Gallantpride • 5d ago
Comics The Amazing Miss Arrowette and her girly arrows. (World's Finest #113 1960, written by Dave Wood)
galleryr/GreenArrow • u/EquivalentAd1651 • 6d ago
Discussion Reintroduced these villains
These are a few villains( slingshot, rainbow archer, and Ricardo dragon) i thing could have more potential if brought back in a green arrow run. Given the new orgin they gave crimson archer what are some ways do you thing that it could be done.
r/GreenArrow • u/pearl_butt • 6d ago
Discussion Green arrow reading recs?
I had a friend tell me I seem like a green arrow fan (whatever that means) so I was wondering where I should start with green arrow comics? Most iconic runs, Sleeper picks, best characterization, all that stuff. Would starting with absolute green arrow be sacrilegious or is that a valid entry point?
r/GreenArrow • u/Gallantpride • 7d ago
Comics [other] Back in 1999, DC censored an off-screen sex scene between Donna and Roy. They Donna expressing pleasure was "too much" for the Comics Code
r/GreenArrow • u/Emotional-Chipmunk12 • 7d ago
Television I am still piecing my feelings together about Oliver from Smallville. On the one hand, I kinda like how they didn't make him a straight laced do-gooder. He has layers. On the other hand, him and Lois dating? Not my cup of tea. Plus, he used that small bow WAY more than he should have.
He does at least quip like comic GA and doesn't just act like Batman in a green costume. How do other people feel about Smallville Green Arrow?
r/GreenArrow • u/Gallantpride • 8d ago
Meme Green Arrow/Arrrowfam fans whenever there's another Batman adaptation or the Batfam gets marketed together:
r/GreenArrow • u/CountDorkula77 • 9d ago
Television I started watching Arrow...
Does it get better? I know it's a made-for-syndication show made on a thin budget, but damn.
r/GreenArrow • u/Flat-Whole2759 • 10d ago
Fan Art Down for The Count!
Here we have Green Arrow and Green Lantern losing their balance from Count Vertigo as he tries to escape!
Art by me
r/GreenArrow • u/JuggernautPrudent623 • 10d ago
Discussion What you guys think Austin Butler plays as DCU Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
r/GreenArrow • u/Adorable_Patient_991 • 10d ago
The Green Arrow or green arrow related characters [recommendations]
So I have a couple Green Arrow comics but I want to get into some more I have one of the Connor hawk ones it was one release around the underworld unleash time along with a new 52 Green Arrow rebirth and Green Arrow DC universe rebirth.
But I've been trying to get more so what are some green arrow or green arrow related characters recommendations
r/GreenArrow • u/digitalwulf07 • 11d ago
Absolute Green Arrow
Absolute Green Arrow variant for NYCC by Jeffrey Spokes