Of all the DC characters to have gotten the short end of the stick in recent years, Oliver Queen might just be the biggest.
When he first started out, Green Arrow was nothing but a Batman rip-off. As the years went on, however, he developed an identity of his own, becoming a firebrand hero who wore his left-wing politics on his sleeve. While touring the states with Green Lantern he strove for social justice, and when he was with the League, he was always there to hold their feet to the fire and make sure they were accountable.
Put simply, Oliver Queen is the heart and soul of the DC Universe. He exemplifies what heroism is all about, and though TheCW's Arrow never bothered to communicate that in the seven years it's aired for, that doesn't mean WB can't.
Frequent partner Black Canary is already set to appear in Birds of Prey played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell. If DC want to use that character further down the line, then they should think about introducing Ollie as soon as possible.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
