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Green Arrow
Green Arrow spent his first thirty years as an unembarrassed Batman imitation — a wealthy man with a themed vehicle, a sidekick and a cave — and became interesting the moment someone took the wealth away. Denny O'Neil's early-1970s revision bankrupted him, put him on the political left, and paired him with Green Lantern for a road-trip series about racism, poverty and addiction that is generally credited with dragging mainstream superhero comics toward adult subject matter.
- First appearance
- More Fun Comics #73 (1941), DC Comics
- Created by
- Mort Weisinger, George Papp
- Also known as
- Oliver Queen, The Emerald Archer
- Universe
- DC Universe
- Appears in
- comics, television, animation, film, games
Who is Green Arrow?
Green Arrow spent his first thirty years as an unembarrassed Batman imitation — a wealthy man with a themed vehicle, a sidekick and a cave — and became interesting the moment someone took the wealth away. Denny O'Neil's early-1970s revision bankrupted him, put him on the political left, and paired him with Green Lantern for a road-trip series about racism, poverty and addiction that is generally credited with dragging mainstream superhero comics toward adult subject matter. The result is one of the few American superheroes with an explicit and consistent politics, and one whose arguments the books actually stage rather than assume. Mike Grell's later run stripped out the trick arrows and the science fiction entirely, relocating him to a rain-soaked Seattle crime story. The character debuted in the same 1941 issue as Aquaman.
Green Arrow: the details
- First appearance
- More Fun Comics #73, November 1941 — the same issue that introduced Aquaman
- Created by
- Mort Weisinger and George Papp
- Originally a Batman pastiche
- Had an Arrowcar, an Arrowplane, an Arrowcave and a teenage sidekick
- The 1970s revision
- Denny O'Neil removed his fortune and gave him an explicit left-wing politics
- Green Lantern/Green Arrow
- The 1970–72 run with Neal Adams that introduced sustained social commentary to mainstream superhero comics
- Grell's version
- The 1987 Longbow Hunters run dropped the trick arrows and science fiction for street-level crime
- Television
- Arrow (2012) ran eight seasons and anchored a shared television universe
Why Green Arrow endures
One of very few mainstream superheroes with a stated and consistent political position, and half of the partnership credited with pushing the genre toward serious social subject matter in the 1970s.
What Green Arrow looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: The green hood, the bow, and a crossed-arrows mark
Arrow and bow shapes are clean, angular and print superbly in a single colour, and the crossed-arrows device works as a small chest mark. Deep green on black is the signature; the hood silhouette carries the modern television-era designs.
Arrow and bow shapes are angular and clean — excellent single-colour prints, and the crossed-arrows device works small. Deep green on black or charcoal. The hooded silhouette drives television-era designs. Teen and adult sizing.
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Sizes: kids to adult
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Who has played Green Arrow
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Amell | Arrow | 2012 | Live action |
| Justin Hartley | Smallville | 2006 | Live action |
Green Arrow T-shirts: common questions
Who created Green Arrow?
Green Arrow was created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, first appearing in More Fun Comics #73 in 1941 (DC Comics).
What does a Green Arrow T-shirt usually look like?
The green hood, the bow, and a crossed-arrows mark. Arrow and bow shapes are angular and clean — excellent single-colour prints, and the crossed-arrows device works small. Deep green on black or charcoal. The hooded silhouette drives television-era designs. Teen and adult sizing.
Are Green Arrow T-shirts made for children?
No. Green Arrow comes from work made for older audiences, so we keep the character off our kids pages even where children's sizes are manufactured.
Who has played Green Arrow?
Green Arrow has been played on screen by Stephen Amell (Arrow, 2012), Justin Hartley (Smallville, 2006).
How much does a Green Arrow T-shirt cost?
Green Arrow shirts we currently track start from around $15.99 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.
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