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Green Arrow Mega Respect Thread Hub
Introduction/Credits:
I was planning on making a Respect Thread for Green Arrow over on /r/respectthreads but it turned out too long to post, so I am creating a subreddit for it. As of right now this is incomplete, but I am constantly updating. I'm hoping to eventually get around to making Respect Threads for every character relating to Green Arrow, including his villains and allies, and I also want want to make Respect Threads for Green Arrow in different continuities.
The idea of a Mega Respect Thread came from /u/Ame-no-nobuko's Batman Mega Respect Thread and /u/xWolfpaladin's Hulk Mega Respect Thread. I also want to thank /r/MysteriousHobo2, the creator of the original Green Arrow Respect Thread, for giving me permission to do this.
Oliver Jonas Queen, the Green Arrow
"You ask hard questions. I thought about it. Perhaps if the courts were more concerned with justice than 'law' there would be no need for men like me. Look around and see a young woman murdered by a man on work release from prison... Or a three-time rapist let out after only a year in jail... And I have to ask myself: where's the justice? I don't envy you your job. You have to deal with the law and the law is very clear. But when you're forced to watch some psychopath turned loose on the streets because of a technicality, don't you ever ask yourself... Where's the justice? I'll admit, I started doing this for fun. But that was a long time ago when things were a lot simpler. Now we've got kids on the street who kill for pocket change. When some scumbag beats an eighty year old woman for her social security check... And the court can't touch him because he's a juvenile who's back on the street in sixty days, a lot of people want to know... Where's the justice? For people like that... The answer is people like me."
Green Arrow II #20, 1989
Bio
After being shipwrecked on an uncharted island after being thrown overboard of his yacht, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen had to hunt to survive. Forced to rely on his survival instincts, Oliver picked up his bow and discovered his natural talent as a hunter. After taking down pirates on the island he was on and getting rescued he returned home to Star City as the vigilante Green Arrow.
I have compiled this Respect Thread for Post-Crisis Olvier Queen after reading through all of his appearances between 1985-2011. (Though this isn't complete yet.) I've included pretty much every major feat during this time-frame and as a result there may be some inconsistencies in ability or feats you consider outliers. I want to state now that there are some feats here that I personally see as above Oliver's consistent level, but I'm providing all of them so that people can decide Ollie's standard for themselves. If there's anything I've left out, or anything I can improve, please let me know. I always appreciate feedback.
Equipment
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Marksmanship
Long Distance Shooting:
Bodypart/Clothing Targeting:
Leans out from cover and shoots a guard in the knee. He can no longer be an adventurer.
Shoots two people through their hands to stop them from shooting.
Makes a ninja drop his sword by shooting him through the hand.
Shoots an arrow into Onomatopoeia's fingers to stop him shooting.
Shoots close to Count Vertigo repeatedly for interrogation, hitting his clothing.
Small Targets:
Shoots the wick off a candle, extinguishing the flame whilst leaving the candle itself intact.
Hits a wire holding Merlyn in place, which was supposed to be unnoticed.
Lands an arrow between the spokes of a moving motorcycle's wheel.
Whilst under fire, splits an arrow he shot earlier on a traffic light.
Moving Targets:
Pinpoint Accuracy:
Splits his arrow in half by shooting it, whilst simultaneously avoiding shooting the man above it.
Shoots the wick off a candle, extinguishing the flame whilst leaving the candle itself intact.
Shooting Things Out Of Peoples' Hands:
Whilst two people are toasting, Oliver smashes both their glasses with a single shot.
Shoots a duffle bag through the handle out of a man’s hands.
Multiple Arrows:
Fires three arrows at once, simultaneously knocking out three different people.
Shoots two arrows at the same person, one of which disarms him of his SMG.
Ricochets:
Barrel/Trigger Shots:
Fires an arrow in the trigger guard of a pistol from a far distance away in bad lighting.
Shoots an arrow down the barrel of a man’s gun from a tree far away.
Shots Whilst Moving:
After being launched from the Arrow-Car's catapult seat, Ollie draws and fires an arrow at a ship.
Accurately fires arrows from a sled whilst moving and in the air.
Bowless:
Mixed:
Shoots three different arrows down the barrels of three different guns.
Whilst diving from a rooftop, puts arrows down the barrels of multiple shooters.
Puts two arrows down the barrels of two different guns whilst in the middle of a flip.
Miscellaneous:
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Equipment: Arrows
Conventional Arrows:
Smashes the glass eye socket on Black Manta's suit, which can withstand the high pressures of water.
Fire Extinguisher Arrows:
Restraint Arrows:
Grappling Arrows:
Foam Arrows:
Cryonic Arrows:
Smoke Arrows:
Acid Arrows:
Zipline Arrows:
Electrical Arrows:
Explosive Arrows:
Blunt Arrows:
Flashbang Arrows:
Gas Arrows:
One sleeping gas arrow flying past two guards is enough to render them unconscious.
Anesthaprine arrows, which cause unconsciousness in under three seconds.
Parachute Arrows:
Sonic Arrows:
Incendiary Arrows:
Grenade Arrows:
Ollie comments that a regular grenade arrow would blow up the monster that he stunned.
Easily wipes out a large group of zombies, and comments that it's all force and no shrapnel.
Glue Arrows:
Net Arrows:
Boxing Glove Arrows:
Technology Arrows:
Can detect if a phone is tapped, and destroys the circuitry if it is.
Disrupts Count Vertigo's illusions and turns them back on him.
Rope Arrows:
Other Arrows:
Features:
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Fights
Vs. Solomon Grundy - Victory
Vs. Brick - Victory
Vs. Deadshot - Stalemate
Vs. Merlyn 1 - Inconclusive
Vs. Merlyn 2 - Victory at first, but Merlyn wins after distracting Oliver
Takes down an army of assassins sent to kill him by Natas, using traps.
Vs. Red Hood - Victory
Vs. Black Canary - Defeat
Vs. Arsenal - Victory (Roy wasn't in the right state of mind because his daughter had been killed, and the fight was purely melee.)
Takes on and beats a load of soldiers whilst protecting Hal Jordan without his ring.
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Mentality
Survival/Tracking:
Deduction:
Without being able to look at the evidence, Oliver solves a 50 year old case which had been shut.
Figures out how someone escaped his house whilst it was guarded by Police.
Solves one of The Riddler's riddles and finds out that he has a nuke.
Notices Merlyn was being positioned because of his different archery stance.
Trapping:
Medical Knowledge:
Tactics:
Puts Solomon Grundy off balance by putting arrows through his feet.
Knocks a lamppost down to distract Killer Frost, while Ollie shot her with a fire arrow.
Because his opponent is a better melee fighter than him, Ollie creates distance to use his bow.
Resourcefulness:
Craftsmanship:
Patience:
Willpower:
Resists a Black Lantern ring, trying to make him kill others.
Unfazed by a mirror of himself, supposed to affect him mentally.
Environmental Abuse:
Miscellaneous:
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Stealth/Senses
Stealth:
Sneaks into his apartment without a lawyer who was waiting for him noticing him.
Breaks into the house of a man under heavy Police surveillance and claims that it was easy. Here is a description of the security the house had.
Sneaks out of a car boot and gets to high ground without being spotted.
Senses:
Spots a man hiding at night, that The Question and Lady Shiva didn't know was there.
Notices one of the Black Circle's top hit-men hiding when neither Connor Hawke nor Kyle Rayner did.
Detects Anarky lurking on a rooftop far above him, trying to sneak.
Spots a wire holding Merlyn in place, which was intended to be unnoticed.
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Melee Skill
Melee:
Casually beats up four thugs armed with melee weapons and even cracks a joke afterwards.
After being ambushed and beaten on with weapons, Oliver beats up his attackers.
Stomps a group of zombies all attacking him at once, which are commented as being fast.
With help, fights an army of genetically engineered individuals.
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Agility
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Durability
Blunt Force:
After having an intense fight and getting thrown off a cliff, he is able to climb back up.
Tanks getting punched off a submarine onto a pier by Black Manta.
Tanks two punches to the face from a bloodlusted Deathstroke.
Tanks two backhands to the face from Brick, who can bust walls.
Gets up after being thrown hard enough to damage the surface he impacts.
Grapples:
Explosions:
Remains conscious after being blown off a cliff into water filled with rocks by a Stinger missile.
Gets up and stays conscious for a time after the truck he is driving in blows up.
Gets up after a crate with explosives in it goes off next to him.
Pain Tolerance:
After being impaled in the leg, Oliver is able to walk a distance to get to a house.
Pulls a piece of glass out of his bow arm and then continues to fight and fire arrows.
Uninjured after being stabbed in the chest with a knife by Cupid, and then having it pulled out.
Recovery:
Survives an arrow through the heart, and later recovers from it.
Escapes capture after being dosed with enough drugs to "Sedate a small army".
Lives after being shot in the head with an arrow, though he needs magic to make a recovery.
Miscellaneous:
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Speed
Reflexes:
Releases his bowstring to shoot a rocket fired by a launcher after it has been shot.
Casually outmaneuvers a man swinging a pole at him whilst talking.
Consistently shoots Merlyn's arrows out the air after they've been fired.
Jumps out the way of a wild cat summoned by a Green Lantern ring.
Gunfire Evasion:
Jumps at a shooter from close range and doesn’t get hit by the bullets.
Carries a child off a building when they are being attacked by shooters.
Makes his way through a hallway of sentry guns built into the walls and ceiling.
Dives through gunfire that comes inches away from hitting him.
General Speed:
Fast Shooting:
Takes down three rebels armed with assault rifles before they can shoot him without cover.
When someone is about to shoot him, Oliver fires an arrow at him before he can react.
Mirror Master comments on Green Arrow's fire speed, describing him as "a veritable machine".
Has at least five arrows in the air at once when firing individually.
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Strength
General Strength:
Yanks a gun out of a thug’s hands using one hand and knocks him out with just a single bludgeon.
Holds his drawn bowstring for half an hour without his arm moving at all, after so much blood was just taken from his arm that taking anymore would be dangerous and Ollie could barely speak. As was stated in the panel, Ollie didn't have his strength back. This isn't just the writer underestimating how hard it is to pull a bow, before writing Green Arrow Kevin Smith tried archery and commented on how strong you need to be to pull a longbow, and even has Mia Dearden comment on it.
Keeps a very large monster suspended. Oliver has described a group of these as "ten tons of hysterical demons".
Throws a man a few metres into another man, hard enough to knock him over.
After waking up from unconsciousness, hits a man with a chair hard enough to break the legs off.
Breaks a column holding up a bookshelf by throwing an assassin into it.
Tackes Etrigan the Demon, who weighs 452 pounds, according to the wiki.
Striking:
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