History ComicBook / GreenArrowJeffLemire

Running from 2013 to 2014, from issues #17 to #34, the series served as a high mark for the character's history during the highly divisive New 52. Further aided by running concurrently with Series/{{Arrow}}, this highly-acclaimed take on the character helped to elevate Green Arrow out of relative obscurity.

Like many comics published during DC's Comicbook/New52 initiative, much of [[Comicbook/GreenArrow Green Arrow's]] history and background as a superhero were wiped clean. Faced with dwindling sales, Creator/JeffLemire was given creative control of the struggling title, beginning with issue #17, in hopes of giving it a much-needed direction. The artwork was done by Creator/AndreaSorrentino.

!!''Jeff Lemire's Green Arrow'' provides examples of:

* BadFuture: The ''[[Comicbook/TheNew52FuturesEnd Futures End]]'' tie-in issue takes place five years into the future, when the Cadmus organization has begun experimenting on Earth-2 refugees with the goal of becoming more powerful than any government. Green Arrow, Emiko, Naomi and the Outsiders team up to find the organization's headquarters and put a stop to their operations.

* CallBack: When Magus sends Oliver on a VisionQuest, Oliver sees a few of the [[ArcVillain Arc Villains]] that he had faced earlier in Comicbook/New52, including [[HumanoidAbomination Midas]], [[CyberNinja Blood Rose]], [[MurderDotCom Rush]], and Harrow.

** [[MasterSwordsman The Sword Clan]], led by Comicbook/{{Katana}}

* LegendaryWeapon: Each of the clans that make up the Outsiders have a "totem" that's supposed to hold mystic properties. Much is made over Komodo's search for the Arrow Totem, which is supposed to grant a certain degree of omniscience. Similarly, [[Comicbook/{{Katana}} Katana's]] Soul-Taker Sword is the totem weapon of the Sword Clan.

* MasterSwordsman: Anyone who hails from the Sword Clan, including Comicbook/{{Katana}}, base theirlives around becoming skilled swordsmen.

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Robert Queen]] sports the exact same distinctive Van Dyke as Oliver did before ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}''.

** [[ArcherArchetype The Arrow Clan]], led by [[spoiler:Robert Queen]]

** [[BladeOnAStick The Spear Clan]], led by Golgotha

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Henry's crush on Naomi. [[spoiler: Naomi's crush on Oliver.]]
* ARealManIsAKiller: While Oliver doesn't necessarily believe that killing is a passage into manhood, he certainly believes that the moment he stopped being a [[SpoiledBrat spoiled]] [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob socialite]] [[ManChild with no direction in life]] happened after he took his first human life.

** A notable aversion for Shado, at least for the most part. [[spoiler: Shado]] is depicted as stern and focused on [[spoiler: Emiko's]] training, but otherwise, she isn't implied to be abusive with her. In fact, she has some strong MamaBear tendencies.
** Played straight with Emiko's adopted father, Komodo.
** [[spoiler: Robert]] put Oliver through a TrainingFromHell in order to toughen him up and force him to gain the skills necessary to help him along his quest for the Arrow Totem. This included stranding him on a deserted island, letting him believe that he was the only person alive there for years and watching him struggle to survive, culminating in ColdBloodedTorture when he found out that he wasn't. Ultimately it was for good reasons, and it worked, but Oliver calls him out on it when he finds out.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: As it turns out, Robert Queen was this. He dedicated his life to the search of the Arrow Totem, and spent his days jet setting around the world under the guise of being just another rich socialite. Simon Lacroix was one too, though he turns out to be an evil version of one.

* AnnoyingArrows: Very much averted. Much of Sorrentino's art goes into grisly detail over what it would look like to get punctured with arrows.

** While a lot of superheroes and villains are capable martial fighters, Komodo really earns the "arrogant" part. As a master of kyudo, a Japanese mixture of archery and martial arts, he totally owns Green Arrow in their early fights and dishes out his fair share of trash talking while doing it.
** Richard Dragon. Given that he's a strong contender for being the WorldsBestWarrior, you can hardly blame him. Especially when he can deliver some ''brutal'' beatdowns.
* AsianAndNerdy: Henry Fyfe
* BadFuture: The ''[[Comicbook/TheNew52FuturesEnd Future's End]]'' tie-in issue.

* BadassAndChildDuo: Happens any time that anyone teams up with Emiko. Most notably with Oliver and Komodo.
* BigBrotherInstinct: [[spoiler: After he discovers that Emiko is his half-sister, Oliver gradually adopts this mindset.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[spoiler: Oliver and Emiko. He doesn't want her to be an assassin and is hesitant about taking her into the field. Often, she goes out without his blessing anyway.]]
* BodyHorror: The machine that's implanted into Count Vertigo's skull, giving him his powers.
* CallBack: When Magus sends Oliver on a VisionQuest Oliver sees a few of the [[ArcVillain Arc Villains]] that he had faced earlier in Comicbook/New52, including [[HumanoidAbomination Midas]], [[CyberNinja Blood Rose]], [[MurderDotCom Rush]], and Harrow.
* CanonImmigrant: It's in this series that John Diggle officially makes the jump from Series/{{Arrow}} over to the comics.

* TheClan: The Outsiders are made up of six [[spoiler: later revealed to be seven]] clans that each specialize in a specific weapon. They are:

** [[ArcherArchetype The Arrow Clan]], led by [[spoiler: Robert Queen]]

* DeadlyDistantFinale: Receives one in the ''Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100 Page Super-Spectacular'' where Lemire and Sorrentino return as writer and artist to tell ''The Last Green Arrow Story''. [[spoiler: It follows a very old Oliver Queen who has come back to the island, is reunited with the Arrow Totem by a vision of his younger self, and dies at peace.]]
* EnemyScan: Richard Dragon's lethality and skill with hand-to-hand combat is shown this way. He's able to see each of his opponent's weak points and the best way of taking them down, presented to the reader as blurbs emanating from the body part in question.

** Komodo is very much one for [[Series/{{Arrow}} Malcom Merlyn]]. Which is ironic, considering that Merlyn later took on characteristics from this character, and the original Merlyn was reintroduced back into Oliver's RoguesGallery.

* TheFaceless: Magus ''has'' a face... at least part of one. But due to the fact that he doesn't have any eyes, half of his face is dominated by large x-shaped scars.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Robert Queen.]]

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: When Komodo finally acquires the Arrow Totem he has been seeking, it shows him that everything he has done to get there ultimately served no purpose, aside from turning Emiko against him. This happens about five seconds before he is killed by one of Emiko's arrows.]]
* HiddenDepths: It turns out that Robert Queen ''wasn't'' just a well-to-do socialite, and was very much the AdventurerArchaeologist that his son was in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks. [[spoiler: It turns out, he still is.]]
* LegacyCharacter: What [[spoiler: Robert Queen]] was trying to turn Oliver into. As it turns out, his family comes from a long line of archers, and is descended from the Arrow Clan.
* LegendaryWeapon: Each of the clans that make up the Outsiders have a "totem" that's supposed to hold mystic properties. Much is made over Komodo's search for the Arrow Totem, which is supposed to grant visions of the future. Similarly, [[Comicbook/{{Katana}} Katana's]] Soul-Taker Sword is the totem weapon of the Sword Clan.
* LikeASonToMe: Robert Queen felt this way about Simon for a while, as Ollie was still a BrilliantButLazy teenager at that point. Until Simon got too greedy and turned on him.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Oliver and Emiko are half-siblings.]]
* MasterArcher: As to be expected in a Comicbook/GreenArrow comic. But notably, Oliver comes from a whole ''clan'' of these. [[spoiler: His father turns out to be one as well, once he's discovered to be alive and on the island that Oliver was stranded on.]]
* MasterSwordsman: Anyone who hails from the Sword Clan, including Comicbook/{{Katana}}
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The Arrow Totem, like all of the items that help to form the basis of the Weapon Clans, is believed by some to hold mystical powers (in this case, the gift of foresight). Others simply see it as a really old arrow with a fairy tale attached to it, and just want it so that they can use it to claim ownership of the Arrow Clan. Oliver firmly believes that it's the latter. [[spoiler: Until he wields it and is granted visions of all that is his life.]]
* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: Robert Queen]] sports the exact same distinctive Van Dyke as Oliver did before ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}''.
* NurtureOverNature: Emiko was very much born and raised to be an assassin, like her mother. But her time with Oliver helps to soften her into a kinder, though at times bratty, character.
* PromotionToParent: After the death of her mother and their father [[spoiler: Oliver becomes this to Emiko.]]

* TheRival: Komodo believes himself to be this to Oliver, seeing himself as a more deserving heir to the Arrow Clan [[spoiler: and as having a closer relationship with Robert Queen, compared to his son.]]

* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Magus is already enigmatic at the start, but it's later revealed that [[spoiler: he's seemingly the only member of the Mask Clan.]]
* SoftReboot: Coming off of an already rebooted franchise. Whereas the previous 16 issues had introduced a number of cast members and established a status quo of Oliver Queen being a [[CrimeFightingWithCash rich crime-fighter who used corporate assets and employees to finance his life as Green Arrow]], pretty much everything was thrown out the window as soon as the new creative team took over. Given the amount of notoriety and sales that this run received, [[TropesAreTools this isn't necessarily a bad thing.]]

* VisionQuest: Magus sends Oliver on one in order to discover the truth.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Henry acts as one for Green Arrow while he's out on the field. [[spoiler: After Oliver rescues her from Komodo, he and Naomi share the role.]]

* YoureNotMyFather: [[spoiler: Once he finds out that Robert faked his death and subjected his only son to ColdBloodedTorture in hopes of preparing him to lead the Arrow Clan, Oliver comes to feel this way about him.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: Once Komodo kills Robert Queen, Emiko turns on him and puts an arrow through him.]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: Diggle and Ollie.

** [[AnAxeToGrind The Axe Clan]], led by Butcher

* WeaponOfChoice: Each clan that makes up the Outsiders specializes in one. They include [[AnAxeToGrind axes]], [[ArcherArchetype bows and arrows]], [[BladeOnAStick spears]], [[GoodOldFisticuffs fists]], [[MasterSwordsman swords]], [[BarrierWarrior shields]], [[spoiler: and [[VoluntaryShapeshifting masks]].]]

Like many comics published during DC's Comicbook/New52 initiative, much of [[Comicbook/GreenArrow Green Arrow's]] history and background as a superhero were wiped clean. Faced with dwindling sales, Creator/JeffLemire was given creative control of the struggling title, beginning with issue #17, in hopes of giving it a much-needed direction.

* SoftReboot: Coming off of an already rebooted franchise. Whereas the previous 16 issues had introduced a number of cast members and established a status quo of Oliver Queen being a [[CrimeFightingWithCash rich crime-fighter who used corporate assets and employees to finance his life as Green Arrow]], pretty much everything was thrown out the window as soon as the new creative team took over. [[TropesAreTools Given the amount of praise that this series received, this isn't necessarily a bad thing.]]