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''Quiver'' is a 2001 ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' storyline written by Creator/KevinSmith with art by Phil Hester. It spans from ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 3) #1-10.

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''Quiver'' is a 2001 ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' storyline written by Creator/KevinSmith with art by Phil Hester. It spans from ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 3) ''ComicBook/GreenArrow2001'' #1-10.
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-->'''Oliver''': Will you jackals get back behind the barricades before you get yourselves killed? We're dealing with a nut case in a wet suit[[note]]Black Manta[[/note]] over here!

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-->'''Oliver''': Will you jackals get back behind the barricades before you get yourselves killed? We're dealing with a nut case in a wet suit[[note]]Black Manta[[/note]] suit[[note]][[Characters/AquamanRoguesGallery Black Manta]][[/note]] over here!
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* FluffyCloudHeaven: This is revealed to be the fate of [[spoiler: the real Oliver Queen. Heaven is depicted as a lush green land filled with personages like UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln, UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr, and [[RuleOfThree Jason]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Todd]] ]].

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* FluffyCloudHeaven: This is revealed to be the fate of [[spoiler: the real Oliver Queen. Heaven is depicted as a lush green land filled with personages like UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln, UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr, and [[RuleOfThree Jason]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BatmanJasonTodd [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Todd]] ]].
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* FluffyCloudHeaven: This is revealed to be the fate of [[spoiler: the real Oliver Queen. Heaven is depicted as a lush green land filled with personages like UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln, UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr, and [[RuleOfThree Jason]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Todd]] ]].
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* AchillesInHisTent: [[spoiler: The real Oliver Queen would much rather stay dead and remain in Heaven then go back and face the consequences of his actions.]]


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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Aquaman becomes convinced Oliver really has returned when the latter goes on a rant against intrusive paparazzi.
-->'''Oliver''': Will you jackals get back behind the barricades before you get yourselves killed? We're dealing with a nut case in a wet suit[[note]]Black Manta[[/note]] over here!
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: The soulless]] Oliver gives [[spoiler: his older self one of these when he finds out Connor is their son]].
-->'''Oliver''': Listen to me, [[spoiler:Queen]]! Grow the hell up and take some responsibility here!
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* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:Unlike the ''ComiBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'' miniseries from the '90s, it's for real this time. Stanley is abducted and tortured by his satanist, namesake grandfather, who wants Spot to be his servant, who ends up being so angry that he eats Stanley's grandfather. Thank god it all ends on a (relatively) happy note: Spot only eats Stanley's grandfather because [[KarmicDeath he really, really deserved it]], and the Monster later erases Stanley's memories of all this horror to restore his mental health]].

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* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:Unlike the ''ComiBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'' ''ComicBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'' miniseries from the '90s, it's for real this time. Stanley is abducted and tortured by his satanist, namesake grandfather, who wants Spot to be his servant, who ends up being so angry that he eats Stanley's grandfather. Thank god it all ends on a (relatively) happy note: Spot only eats Stanley's grandfather because [[KarmicDeath he really, really deserved it]], and the Monster later erases Stanley's memories of all this horror to restore his mental health]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:Unlike the ''Stanley and His Monster'' miniseries from the '90s, it's for real this time. Stanley is abducted and tortured by his satanist, namesake grandfather, who wants Spot to be his servant, who ends up being so angry that he eats Stanley's grandfather. Thank god it all ends on a (relatively) happy note: Spot only eats Stanley's grandfather because [[KarmicDeath he really, really deserved it]], and the Monster later erases Stanley's memories of all this horror to restore his mental health]].

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* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:Unlike the ''Stanley and His Monster'' ''ComiBook/StanleyAndHisMonster'' miniseries from the '90s, it's for real this time. Stanley is abducted and tortured by his satanist, namesake grandfather, who wants Spot to be his servant, who ends up being so angry that he eats Stanley's grandfather. Thank god it all ends on a (relatively) happy note: Spot only eats Stanley's grandfather because [[KarmicDeath he really, really deserved it]], and the Monster later erases Stanley's memories of all this horror to restore his mental health]].

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Really, this time. [[spoiler:Stanley is abducted and tortured by a satanist who wants Spot to be his servant. Spot eats him (the satanist, not Stanley).]]
** Thank god it all ends on a (relatively) happy note; [[spoiler:Spot only eats Stanley's grandfather because [[KarmicDeath he really, really deserved it]], and the Monster later erases Stanley's memories of all this horror to restore his mental health]].

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Really, [[spoiler:Unlike the ''Stanley and His Monster'' miniseries from the '90s, it's for real this time. [[spoiler:Stanley time. Stanley is abducted and tortured by a satanist his satanist, namesake grandfather, who wants Spot to be his servant. Spot servant, who ends up being so angry that he eats him (the satanist, not Stanley).]]
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Stanley's grandfather. Thank god it all ends on a (relatively) happy note; [[spoiler:Spot note: Spot only eats Stanley's grandfather because [[KarmicDeath he really, really deserved it]], and the Monster later erases Stanley's memories of all this horror to restore his mental health]].

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* UndressingTheUnconscious: Batman does this to Oliver so he can give him a thorough medical examination in the Batcave--to prove Oliver truly is BackFromTheDead and [[ProperlyParanoid not an imposter]].
-->'''Oliver:''' Where the hell are my pants?
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''Quiver'' is a 2001 ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' storyline written by Creator/KevinSmith with art by Phil Hester. It spans from ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 3) #1-10.

In 2000, writer Kevin Smith (yeah, ''[[Film/{{Clerks}} that]] [[Film/{{Dogma}} one]]'') brought Oliver Queen back to life in a new ''Green Arrow'' ongoing series, which also returned the action to Star City. By the end of the first storyline, Oliver had become a millionaire again. The trick arrows were back too and Ollie began to rekindle his relationship with Black Canary (who in the meantime had recovered her own powers) and began to build a relationship with his son, Connor. He also picked up a new sidekick - teen prostitute Mia Dearden - who eventually took over the name of Speedy.

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!!''Quiver'' provides examples of:

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Stanley, Sr, is an abusive grandparent.]]
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Hal Jordan (during his time as the Spectre) is forced to do this twice for Oliver Queen, first into his Green Lantern costume and then the second time into his normal pilot's uniform.
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:Stanley Dover Sr.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The arc was meant to reintroduce Ollie after his death and a major part of the arc is getting Ollie's soul to rejoin the revived body and stop Stanley Sr. from taking it.]]
* TheCameo: [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Morpheus]] makes another one, this time in his usual form.
* ContinuityNod: After The Monster erases Stanley Jr.'s memories of his torture, Stanley asks the monster if they can build a treehouse together, a callback to the 1993 miniseries.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Really, this time. [[spoiler:Stanley is abducted and tortured by a satanist who wants Spot to be his servant. Spot eats him (the satanist, not Stanley).]]
** Thank god it all ends on a (relatively) happy note; [[spoiler:Spot only eats Stanley's grandfather because [[KarmicDeath he really, really deserved it]], and the Monster later erases Stanley's memories of all this horror to restore his mental health]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Stanley Sr. tortures his grandson to summon the monster. As it turns out, Stanley Sr. didn't have any plan of how to deal with the really, really ticked off monster]].
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:Part of Stanley Sr.'s plot is taking to take over the soulless body of Ollie. This is foiled when the real Ollie's soul decided to rejoin the body.]]
* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler:What Stanley underwent.]]
* OneSteveLimit, subclass "If There's Two Steves, It's For A Reason": The Stanley-and-His-Monster part of the plot begins when Green Arrow meets an elderly man named Stanley Dover, who turns out to be young Stanley's eponymous grandfather. [[spoiler:And also the satanist who is trying to summon the Monster; it's suggested that an earlier attempt by the elder Stanley to summon the Monster to himself resulted in the Monster being summoned to the wrong Stanley, leading to their first meeting and all that followed.]]

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