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Summary
Green Arrowlearned all of his archery skill when he was immobilize on Starfish Island . It was here that he learned to be a hero and how to defend himself . It was a major traumatic experience , and now , he ’s unintentionally forced his worst opposition , Malcolm Merlyn , to go through a very alike trauma .
Green Arrow#11 by Joshua Williamson , Sean Izaakse , and Phil Hester reveals that Oliver Queen accidentally traps his unfit enemy in a version of his very own trauma . AfterGreen Arrow has one final shoot out with Merlyn , Green Arrow finagle to escape and abandons Merlyn in the future . With no other fashion to return to the present , Merlyn just has to seek to survive this barren world he ’s been left in .
Just as Oliver was stranded on Starfish Island , Merlyn now had to hunt to survive , and just like Oliver , Merlyn ’s attainment begin to rapidly improve due to these circumstances . While Oliver sure as shooting did n’t mean to empty Merlyn to this fate , he did just accidentally put Merlyn through the precise same trauma that Ollie put up all those old age ago — and Merlyn comes out unattackable because of it .
As Green Arrow ’s journey continue , he ’s about to go through his greatest trial yet : Defeating one of the most powerful Justice League line - ups .
Green Arrow Forces Merlyn to Relive His Own Dark Origin
Merlyn Is Isolated, Alone, and Desparate
When Ollie was young he was an entitled spoiled bratwurst — as explored in this very issue . He maturate up deep and got anything he want . Because of this , he never cared about anyone ’s well - being but his own . All of this would modify after one fateful trip on his phratry ’s racing yacht . After lead into a violent storm , the yacht was destroyed , and everyone onboard was lose — except for Oliver Queen . He washed up on Starfish Island . With dead no manner to get off , Oliver was forced to acquire how to hunt to survive , and one of the best way to hunt is with a bow and arrow . This is where Oliver ’s science at archery truly set forth to reflect . It was a defining moment for Oliver , andnow Merlyn has a like experience to draw on .
Merlyn ’s archery skills come from a very different place . Instead of being stranded on an island , Merlyn was a member of the League of Assassins . They trained him to be a deadly warrior , and he also make headway some preparation when he was a genus Circus performer . There ’s no incertitude that Merlyn was one of the best archers around , but during his first contender with Oliver Queen , Ollie come through . This entail that even with all his assassin training , Merlyn could n’t abide up to the education that one gains from really having one ’s life on the line . But thisnarrative kink now puts Merlyn on Green Arrow ’s level .
Green Arrow’s Greatest Enemy Just Got More Dangerous
Malcolm Merlyn Has Trained More than Ever
Merlyn and Ollie have been competing for years against one another . They ’re caustic rivals , and Merlyn has invariably essay to prove himself as the unspoilt Sagittarius , but despite his many years of trying to one - up Ollie , he ’s never succeeded . It seems that the affair that was miss from Merlyn ’s breeding was take to put his life on the blood and survive only by using archery . This was the major difference between Merlyn and Ollie , and because Merlyn was pin in the future , it seems thatMerlynis finally on the same degree asGreen Arrow .
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Green Arrow # 11 ( 2024 )
