12 DC Characters Who Were Wasted In The Arrowverse

9. Connor Hawke

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Oh boy, poor Connor Hawke. Here's another character, much like Doctor Light, who has had an unusual history of adaptation in the Arrowverse. You see, Connor is a pretty significant character in the comic book world, being the son of Oliver Queen, and being the second person to take on the Green Arrow mantle. Now, if somebody told you that a Connor Hawke character and Oliver's son were both introduced into the Arrowverse, you'd assume they were one and the same person, right? Well, you'd be wrong.

That's right, for some unknown reason, those rascals behind Arrow decided to introduce Oliver's long-lost son, only to name him William Clayton. Then, creating further confusion, Connor was introduced in Legends of Tomorrow when the Waverider crew took a trip to Star City, 2046. Only, rather than being Oliver's son, he was John Diggle's. Things continued to get more confusing further down the track, as the writers flip-flopped between making Connor the biological or adoptive son of Diggle.

It was all pretty moot though, as this version of Hawke served little except for a bit of fan service and to try and help set up an Arrow spin-off called Green Arrow and the Canaries. However, since said show was set to feature an adult William, as well as Oliver's Arrowverse daughter Mia in the role of the new Green Arrow, one can't help but wonder why they couldn't have streamlined things by just giving us the Connor Hawke/Green Arrow of the comics.

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