Over the past 70 years, the story of good versus evil has been an attention grabber for young and old audiences. DC Comics has been one of the primary sources of comic book characters and during that time, several characters have been introduced and modernized to restore the reader's’ interest.When a character’s origin does not match with another character’s in the timeline, DC will reintroduce that character with a story that differs from the original. Even some of the more well known characters seem to return with similar but different backstories or abilities.
History of DC Comics “DC Comics,” known as National Allied Publishing (NAP) at the time, was created in 1935 by“Major” Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. NAP soon fell into debt and was
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These recreations range from being a museum curator fascinated with Native American culture and their techniques of hunting to being a metahuman with extreme marksman skills. His secret identity is Oliver Queen born in Star City. Similar to Batman, he is an orphaned business man by day and a vigilante by night. In the Golden Age version of Green Arrow (introduced in 1941), Oliver Queen was a wealthy museum curator and an archaeologist. His friend and ward, Roy Harper, were the dynamic duo, Green Arrow and Speedy. The new revamped Green Arrow has a new backstory this time. As a young billionaire playboy, he travels to the South China Sea and shipwrecks on an island. There he is trained how to survive by a man named Slade Wilson (later becomes Deathstroke, an iconic villain in the DC universe), and archery by a girl named Shado. Back in Starling City (later named Star City), Oliver saves Roy Harper from a crazed man killing citizens on an abandoned train. Oliver then agrees to train Harper to aid him in cleaning up the city of criminals. He joins Oliver and is named Speedy. He later takes on the name “Arsenal” after a criminal states that Harper is just another piece of the Green Arrow’s arsenal and that he is just using
Oliver must also contend with outside forces attempting to take over Queen Consolidated, guilt from decisions he made in the past, and secrets harbored by his family and friends. Oliver grows to accept aspiring vigilante Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) as his protégé, and begins to receive assistance from Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne). Oliver also gains another team member; a mysterious woman in black, who is eventually revealed to be Laurel's sister, Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), who had survived her tribulation at sea years
Finally, the Greek hero Theseus can be compared to the modern fictional Hero arrow through the final stage of the hero’s journey, which is the hero’s return. In the T.V. show, Arrow Oliver Queen returns to his home of starling city when he is eventually found on a remote island, which comes as a surprise to everyone in Starling City because he was presumed dead for many years. He turns into a vigilante and becomes known as the Arrow. He fights, to save his city from crime, and corruption using the skills he acquired on the island, and becomes known as a robin hood like figure by the people of Starling City, his return was fuelled by a desire to save his city. In Theseus’s return, he returns to the city of Athens where which is ruled by his
The height that Green Bulrush grows is about three to four feet tall, but it has been known to grow taller. The stalk of the plant is tall and spreds about two to four feet. The stalks are dark green in color and grows approximately a foot long. When the Green Bulrush flowers, it is a green cattail products clusters of spiked seeds that are brown.
Stan Lee began his comic book career when he was hired as an office assistant at Timely Comics in 1939. It was then that he shortened his last name to Lee when he became a writer. Of course everyone knows about the famous and patriotic Captain America. In the 1940s, Lee became the company’s interim editor and a year after, he produced text filler for Captain America Comics issue #3, “Captain America Foils the Traitor’s Revenge”. This was his first involvement in superhero comics, and it was just the beginning. In the 1950s, he made a variety genre of comics called Atlas Comics, which were about romance, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
Arrow is about a rich, promiscuous young man named Oliver Queen, who becomes stranded on an island for five years before finally being rescued. After his return, Queen becomes a vigilante trying to protect his city, Starling City, against the corrupt businessmen that live there. Before being able to properly assess Queen from a psychological point of view, we must understand his character before, during, and after his accident. Queen suffered from many terrible psychological problems during his five years "alone" on an "abandoned" island and after finally returning home.
For centuries, man has struggled with the concepts of good and evil and have produced astounding works as a reflection of it. This is ideally the foundation of early fables and folklore dating back to ancient civilizations. Stories about famed heroes and the battle of good and evil woven into extravagant tales of danger, destiny, and triumph. These stories were often assimilated into individual societies, told from generation to generation until eventually finding themselves becoming an integral part of the culture. In 1938, a new era began to emerge known as the “golden age” of superheroes. Superman made his first appearance in action comics, forging a unique identity as the first comic book superhero in American culture and quickly
During the significant changes in American history, comic books contributed information that described what was happening during a specific event. Starting with Superman, battling against the corrupted ceo’s and government politicians to Batman being a juvenile delinquent who eventually became one with the law. Yet with these comic book characters relating to everything around a human beings life, changed the American youth culture in a great way.
In this dissertation I will discuss how DC Comics have developed and improved the design of their comic books since their establishment in 1937. I will compare comics from past and present and talk about the different styles of comic books that have been released from the company. I will also talk about how the artwork from the comic books have influenced character and costume design in recent DC Comic films. I will do this by studying the history of the company and researching the designers behind the comic books. I will thoroughly research in detail the characters and the designs of their costume and equipment and compare them to the different films that have been released over the years. The main character I will look into is Batman. I will study the origins of the character, the man behind the character, the reason behind Batman’s creation, how he has changed over the years, the development of other characters in the series, the famous villains that Batman has had to face, the different costumes he has had over the years and I will also be researching and studying how Batman has become a national icon in American society, and the effects the character has had on people living in the country. Batman
Marvel versus DC is a debate that has been reignited with the launch of multiple movies featuring heroes from each universe. Each universe has its own heroes and villains. The subject of this paper is to determine which would be the safer universe. While DC and Marvel both have many characters, only some of the characters in each universe have god-like abilities. Certain characters from the Marvel and DC universe have the ability to end all life in the solar system, galaxy and possibly the universe.
So, when Oliver Queen comes in to stop him from executing another victim, a thief named Roy Harper, the “villain” makes a compelling case by asking Oliver how the two of them are any different. Oliver tries to differentiate between the two of them because they both think they are right. Unfortunately, the so-called Savior doesn’t listen to Oliver’s pleas, and he still attempts to execute Roy. Oliver then responds by shooting an arrow through the man’s heart. In the end there is no debating that the Arrow has helped the crime rate and aided in keeping his city safer.
Many people in Star City call the Green Arrow a vigilante. However, he is beyond vigilance; he is their hero. Mayor by day, and hero at night, Oliver Queen helps his city maintain safety. His method of assertions, dominating his people with fierceness, he assist Star City thrive. Even though he is targeted by many criminals, his premeditation assists him to succeed as both the Green Arrow and the mayor of Star City. As the Green Arrow, he has defeated innumerable and harmful enemies, including violent cartel and menacing fugitives. Despite his success, he often had many peccadillos. In an episode of Queen’s television show, “Arrow,” his misstep involved him killing too much instead of serving true justice. True justice involves the criminal
Marvel and DC Comics have been feuding since as early as the 1930s. Spilling from the comic book pages to the big screen movies such as The Dark Knight (DC), and The Avengers (Marvel), have broken box office records, showing that movie recreations of comic book superheros — even the vague ones— are nothing to mess around with. In spite of that and their indistinguible fans there are significant dissimilarities between the two companies.
Surviving on an isolated island for five years after the sinking of his father's yacht. Oliver Queen returns to his home city with a mission, to right the wrongs of his father and save the city from the crime that has grown in his absence. Oliver Queen, owner of Queen Consolidated, becomes the Green Arrow, a vigilante superhero who fights crime using archery, martial arts and technology. He couldn't fight all the villains by himself, he had the help of his friends Felicity, John and his sister Thea. Green Arrow and Oliver Queen are a character from the crime fighting action Tv show “the Green Arrow”. The Green Arrow fights the Star City villains and Meta Humans, genetically enhanced people from the particle accelerator explosion, with his
In old times, humankind has looked to utilize stories to clarify the world in which it lives. Similarly, as old man utilized stories of divine beings and creatures to clarify the world; superior person utilizes stories of exceptional legends and colossal scoundrels to do likewise (Stuller). Comic books are modern mythology, in that they are superior man 's strategy for clarifying their general surroundings through the fantastical. The characters frequently handle such major, philosophical, (Ahrens, Jörn, and Meeting) social and story ideas as the nature of sound and malevolence, man 's inward battle, the wannabe, the women 's activist, and the rescuer.
Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, are what considered people to look up to for inspiration. One type of characters not represented in the media are anti-hero. Anti-hero are those who walk the line good and evil or ones who don’t have any kind of moral compass. Anti-heros are a wildcard within movies, comics, and manga. When done wrong, they come off as unlikable. When done right, anti-heros are entertaining . One specific character has caught the fans' hearts with his debut in early 1990’s. A cutthroat, raunchy, psychotic, mentally ill, has cancer, has super everything (strength, speed, etc), and perhaps even be immortal. Thus, out came a mercenary assassin with a morbid sense of humor by the name of “Deadpool” is how he came to be comic book fans and moviegoers.