10 Best Fakeout Endings In Comics

10. Superman Can't Save Green Arrow

This particular fakeout was great in how DC Comics actually went through with killing off Oliver Queen. Once the all-powerful Man of Steel arrived on the scene, it was presumed that the Big Blue Boy Scout would fly in and save the day as he had done time and time again over the decades.

Superman is Superman, and thus forever does Superman things. For the most part, that means always overcoming any odds, always triumphing, and always being the great shining hope of comics. This time, though, the Last Son of Krypton was helpless as Oliver sacrificed his own life to save Metropolis.

Essentially, this was a fakeout that was the opposite of what we were used to. As Green Arrow #100 came to an end, Ollie was in an airplane heading to the home city of Superman, with his arm trapped in an explosive device that would detonate and wipe out Metropolis should he remove his limb.

The big cliffhanger was how could Supes save the Emerald Archer. After weighing up all options, the only way Kal-El can save Queen is to use his heat vision to sever the Arrow's arm, then detonate the bomb elsewhere.

Shockingly, the concept of Superman saving the day was the fakeout here, with Ollie setting off the bomb and sacrificing himself for the greater good rather than become a one-armed archer. That was in 1995, and Queen would remain dead for the next six years.