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Although they ’ve often been compared to each other , Marvel’sHawkeyecannot vie with DC’sGreen Arrowin his deadliest mannequin . When Barry Allen change history to save the life of his mother , he created a separate DC timeline dubbedFlashpoint , where Oliver Queen was never stranded on an island nortrained to become the Green Arrow . Instead , the controversial altruist and artillery designer focused on make Green Arrow Industries profitable with his one - of - a - kind weapons .
InFlashpoint : Green Arrow Industries # 1by Pornsak Pichetshote , Mark Castiello , and Ig Guara , Oliver Queen is the intelligent yet arrogant typeface of a major military catching society . Having almost lose everything to a corrupt business partner , Queen sunk the difference of his money into recruiting a team designated as the Green Arrows , who would find and catch ace criminals using advanced engineering of their own design . Queen ’s caller ingest and repurposed that technology to better serve up the military and other authorities , go for to battle the populace ’s uneasiness over the upgrade of superhuman criminals and the escalating battle betweenWonder Woman ’s Amazons and Aquaman ’s Atlanteansthat threatened the world .
In this alternate timeline , Oliver Queen has more in common with an early Tony Stark , believing that his weapon are assist to make the world a safer place but also enjoying the rich people and acclaim that descend as a result . Before a chemical group of intrigued military investors , Oliver Queen explains that his inquiry has indicate they need to step up their weapons capabilities to fighting therising menace to theFlashpointworld . He presents to them their latest product , the Green Arrows ; advanced superpowered missiles the armed services could use when they want to zap superhumans out of being .
WhileFlashpoint ’s original Green Arrow was once the name of a group of military hatchet man , it becomes a nuclear bomb calorimeter capable of devastation that Hawkeye ’s whoremaster arrows could only dream of . Marvel and DC ’s archers have often been compared to each other in term of skillset and training but here , Ollie trumps Clint when it comes to his financial resources and intelligence . With the proper motivation , Oliver Queen can make a atomic bomb calorimeter , the same nuclear missile that Hal Jordan pilot film in a tragic mission todestroy Wonder Woman ’s intact military islandof Themyscira inFlashpoint : Hal Jordan # 3 . Of naturally , the destruction only further escalate the conflict between the two armies instead of helping to terminate the threat .
After present an opponent that kills his Green Arrows , wrecks his research facility , and injures him , Oliver Queen reveals how dangerous he could be if he never became the Green Arrow himself . Once his antagonist is pop , Oliver ’s faculty talk about repurposing her especial talents for their next batch of weapon system , proving despite his public lecture about want to do better with his aliveness and company , he can not ignore a possible moneymaker . While bothHawkeyeand Green Arrow have struggled with redemption for their preceding sins , this translation of theGreen Arrowis the Emerald Archer ’s deadly form , swapping his hi - technical school bow and arrowsfor nuclear weaponry of his own design , capable of take down total Carry Nation to the ground .
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