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admonition ! Contains spoiler For Green Arrow # 12 !

AsGreen Arrowstruggles to defeat his groovy opposition he speculate on who he has become – and the stopping point he draw will change how longtime fans view the reference . The trajectory of Oliver Queen ’s life was forever transfer due to a random stroke that strand him on Starfish Island . alternatively of growing up entitled , Ollie became a true hero .

Green Arrow#12 – by Joshua Williamson and Phil Hester – show reader the real reasonableness Green Arrow turned his spirit around , as the issue focused on how Green Arrow ’s lifespan was forever changed after becoming strand on Starfish Island . Ollie feel like he had been spared from death and yield a second chance at life story .

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This was the exact kind of shock Ollie want to call on his life around . Previously , he ’d been nothing but a war-ridden , ample kidskin who cared only for fun and pleasure , but after that minute , Ollie was pushed to become a legitimate zep .

Oliver Queen return to the island that transformed him in " The Last Green Arrow Story , " facing a mysterious foeman in his last mission .

Green Arrow Revisits The Moment That Forged Him Into A Hero

Oliver Had To Save Himself To Save Others

The preview forGreen Arrow#12 emphasizes that his shipwreck experience forced Oliver Queen to modernize the survival acquisition that he would subsequently adapt upon becoming a superhero – including forging his first primitive bowing and pointer .

As the preview forGreen Arrow#12 depicts , a pivotal point in Oliver Queen career as a superhero has lead him to reflect on the life - changing wreck that mold him into the human he became . " I remember feeling like I had lived a biography of stupidity , " he narrates , " and the universe of discourse was teaching me a deterrent example . " Oliver Queen belonged to one of the most wealthy families in America . He spend his teen and young grownup years simply going to spendthrift parties and doing whatever he wanted . Oliver really did n’t care if his action mechanism spite other people , all he wanted was to have fun .

That all changed when he was stranded on Starfish Isle . It was there that Ollie was forced to resist for himself without the riches and luxury he was used to , which also showed Ollie just how hard life could be for those without wealthiness . The preview forGreen Arrow#12 emphasizes that his shipwreck experience forced Oliver Queen to develop the survival of the fittest skills that he would subsequently accommodate upon becoming a superhero – include forging his first primitive obeisance and pointer , a major milepost in the character ’s lore .

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The Green Arrow Family Is Everything Oliver Was Missing Early In Life

Money Can’t Buy What Being A Superhero Gives

It was only when Ollie was stripped of everything that he check how much more there was to aliveness … What would ’ve been a traumatic event for anyone else ended up turning Oliver Queen into the hero Green Arrow .

It was this experience that pushedOllie to pick up a bow and become Green Arrowwhen he returned to Star City . Oliver had realized just how truly selfish he ’d been and how he was wasting his life only care for himself . He fully understood on that island that he ’d never have admirer or menage , but after he changed and became a better person , the Green Arrow Familyquickly built around him . Ollie die from an indulgent brat to someone who ’d do anything for the one he make out , becoming surrounded by people who have it off him in bend .

If Oliver Queen had n’t been stranded on that island , he would ’ve continue as a spoiled entitled billionaire . He in all probability would ’ve made the world a bad space , in pursuit of his own enjoyment and financial profit . It was only when Ollie was undress of everything that he saw how much more there was to biography . Ollie even mentions how he could see the stars on Starfish Island , a view that he never had from any of his penthouse or mansions in Star City . What would ’ve been a traumatic event for anyone else ended up turning Oliver Queen into the heroGreen Arrow .

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Green Arrow#12is on sale on May 28th from DC Comics !

Green Arrow # 12 ( 2024 )

Close up of Green Arrow in his classic green armor, quiver of arrows on his back.

Close up of Green Arrow firing his bow, gritting his teeth as sweat drips from his brow.

Green Arrow (color, foreground, right) with his extended Arrow family behind him in black-and-white (left.)

Green Arrow #12 cover, an arrow piercing a cell phone left on the beach as a wave crashes in.