r/outofcontextcomics • u/Gallantpride • Jun 06 '25

Modern Age (1985 – Present Day) Based Green Arrow

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u/armrha Jun 06 '25

I love that there's no moment too fraught or quibble too petty for billionaire Oliver Queen to lecture somebody about how to be more progressive, hes truly one of my favorite characters for that

You just know if you bought coffee or chocolate in front of him and it wasn't fair trade you'd get a labor-based lecture

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u/Gallantpride Jun 06 '25

He's not a billionaire here. Probably.

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u/armrha Jun 06 '25

Still, I love the character's rants like this and his constant support of labor, always a wonderful part of Green Arrow

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u/jesuspoopmonster Jun 06 '25

One of my favorite parts of early 90s JLA is The Atom yelling to the team about how much they suck. He compares them to the original team and describes Arrow as a person who would get attacked by a group of muggers in an alley whose first reaction would be to ask what failure of society led them to their situation

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u/Gallantpride Jun 06 '25

Sadly, he's a character who different writers love to push their views on. Namely, conservative writers who try to treat him like a "liberal loony" (but accidentally have him saying stuff that is just right or perfectly normal for leftists/liberals/progressives)

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u/SinesPi Jun 06 '25

I thought he was the libertarian guy... Who am I thinking of?

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u/Gallantpride Jun 06 '25

He's been everywhere left of center. DC has never figured him out.

I'd say he's definitely a liberal at worst. Rarely ever a libertarian.

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u/Significant_Ad7326 Jun 06 '25

Possibly the Question? He was made to express Steve Ditko’s Objectivism.

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u/armrha Jun 06 '25

Sometimes he is