Issue Description

As the "Where Angels Fear to Tread" 5-part saga continued to run through Green Arrow's title, writer Chuck Dixon and artists Michael Netzer, Jim Aparo, and Rodolfo Damaggio were putting longtime Green Arrow Oliver Queen through his paces - and it got a whole lot worse for the hero, as by issue# 101 Ollie was forced to sacrifice his life.

Oliver Queen had been through a lot lately. After being forced to seemingly kill his best friend Hal Jordan, Ollie was shocked when Hal visited him, alive and as powerful as ever. but it was Hal's news that was the greatest shock for Ollie - it turned out that Ollie's own protege, Connor Hawke, was his son. Not only was Oliver Queen forced to deal with his ever growing family, but he also had to face the menace of a new Force of July, a reunion with his former sidekick Arsenal and a crazed new love interest going by the name of Hyrax.

As Green Arrow uncovered Hyrax's plan to raze the city of Metropolis, he realized he had to take a stance against this environmental extremist. On board a plane with a powerful bomb set to destroy Metropolis, Green Arrow activated a dead man's switch, giving him a choice; he could lose his arm to escape the inevitable explosion, or lose his life altogether. In the end, Oliver Queen chose death, paving the way for Connor to take his place as the new Green Arrow.

Green Arrow (1988)

Publisher

DC Comics

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Starring: Oliver Queen as Green Arrow and Connor Hawke as Green Arrow II and Black Canary.

Coming of the success of Mike Grell's re-tooling of Green Arrow in his mini-series Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (1987), a new ongoing was launched.

Running for 11 years and 80 issues, the series continued Grell's more mature and less gimmicky take on the character. During his run he wrote several spin-off mini-series including Green Arrow: The Wonder Year and Shado: Song of the Dragon.

Once Grell left the title with issue #80, Green Arrow was directed away from the mature readers tone and played a more significant role in the DC Universe again. Oliver Queen was killed off around issue #100, paving the way of Ollie's son Connor Hawke to take over as the new Green Arrow.

AnnualsGreen Arrow Annual #1-7Spin-Offs & RelatedBlack Canary (1991)Shado: Song of the Dragon (1992)Black Canary (1993)Green Arrow: The Wonder Year (1993)Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood (2007)Collected EditionsVol. 1: Green Arrow: Hunters Moon (#1-6)Vol. 2: Green Arrow: Here There Be Dragons (#7-12)Vol. 3: Green Arrow: The Trial of Oliver Queen (#13-20)Vol. 4: Green Arrow: Blood of the Dragon (#21-28)Other Collected EditionsGreen Arrow/Black Canary: For Better Or For Worse (#75, #101)Green Lantern: Emerald Allies (#104, #110-111,#125-126)The Flash by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar (#130)DC One Million Omnibus (#1000000)

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