Who was first Green Arrow or Batman?

Nicknamed the “Emerald Archer” for his Robin Hood-like appearance and manner, the character first appeared in More Fun Comics no. 73 (November 1941). From the start, Green Arrow was an attempt to replicate one of DC's biggest successes—Batman.
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Is Green Arrow a copy of Batman?

He is occasional super-heroic partner to Batman. He teamed up with him when they were members of the Justice League of America. During his original golden/silver-age appearances, Green Arrow was created to serve as an analogue to Batman with a very similar modus-operandi to the Dark Knight.
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Is Arrow based on Batman?

Throughout its eight-season run, Arrow borrowed heavily from the Batman mythos. Oliver Queen acted a lot like Batman if he killed his enemies. He had the tragic backstory and focus on street-level crime, while also fighting many of Batman's villains, including lifting the Ra's al Ghul storyline from Batman comics.
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Who is stronger Green Arrow or Batman?

Batman would be able to defeat Green Arrow in a fight. Although the two of them are very similar in a lot of ways, Batman has more experience and has fought, and defeated, enemies that are stronger than Green Arrow. Plus, Batman's gadgets seem to be more diverse than the Arrow's.
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Who trained Batman and Green Arrow?

In the comic books, Ra's al Ghul is known as the highly skilled, immortal warrior who trained Bruce Wayne. The student and the master became enemies when Ra's al Ghul targeted Gotham City. A version of this story was given to Oliver in season 3 when he was picked to be the villain's successor.
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Who trained Green Arrow?

Green Arrow was trained by Master martial artist Natas, who also trained Deathstroke the Terminator! Oliver is proficient in several forms of martial arts including judo, wing chun, taekwondo and eskrima.
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Who is the first superhero?

DC Comics introduced the first costumed superhero, Superman, in Action Comics #1 (June 1938).
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Who trained Batman?

Henri Ducard is the one that taught Batman a lot of his more specialized skills. The name Henri Ducard may be somewhat familiar to fans, as it was used in the 2005 film, Batman Begins.
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Why was Batman mask on Arrow?

The Batman mask, pictured above, has an arrow through one eye, just like Deathstroke's mask did in Arrow's earlier seasons. The shot established this as a different Earth -- Earth-2, to be exact -- and implied that Batman may have spent some time on the island, though the mask is never explained in the episode.
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Was Green Arrow The first vigilante?

The Arrowerse crossover Elseworlds will reveal that Green Arrow was actually not the first vigilante in this universe.
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Does Oliver Queen know Bruce Wayne?

The Spectre/Oliver Queen

Given his role in rebuilding Earth-Prime and his cosmic awareness, Oliver Queen likely knew that Bruce Wayne was Batman.
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What does Batman think of Green Arrow?

Batman just revealed that he thinks Green Arrow is a knockoff version of himself. The conversation of how similar Batman and Green Arrow are is not a new one. Back when Green Arrow was first introduced in 1941, the character was heavily inspired by Batman. Naturally there are some glaring similarities in places.
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Is Green Arrow a jerk?

Green Arrow's savior complex has combined with his hotheadedness on several occasions, resulting in him coming off as an arrogant, condescending jerk who thinks he knows best.
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Who was the 2nd superhero?

9 The Crimson Avenger (1938) Preceeded Batman In Detective Comics. History always points to Detective Comics #27 (by Bill Finger) as the premiere of DC's second superhero. What they don't know is another masked vigilante came to being seven issues before the Dark Knight.
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Who is the oldest superhero in age?

Marvel's 10 Oldest Heroes By Age, Ranked
  1. 1 Galactus (Before Time)
  2. 2 The One Above All (Before Time) ...
  3. 3 The Celestials (Beginning Of Time) ...
  4. 4 Living Tribunal (Beginning Of Time) ...
  5. 5 The Watchers (Beginning Of Time) ...
  6. 6 The Eternals (5 Million Years) ...
  7. 7 Odin (Millions Of Years) ...
  8. 8 Apocalypse (5000 Years Old) ...
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Who was the 1st Marvel superhero?

Pulp-magazine publisher Martin Goodman started the company later known as Marvel Comics under the name Timely Publications in 1939. The first publication of Timely was Marvel Comics #1, which introduced Carl Burgos's android superhero the Human Torch and Bill Everett's Namor the Sub-Mariner.
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Why did Superman rip green arrows arm off?

Not much context is given about the amputation, but definitely Superman is the culprit. Given the context of the graphic novel, that Oliver said he escaped his prison, etc., I always assumed that Superman amputated Oliver's arm in order to stop his career as a vigilante (but was just my assumption).
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Why is Arrow not in Justice League?

In the latest issue of DC's Justice League, Black Canary calls out Green Arrow over having too much power and control in the current DC Universe. In the latest issue of DC's Justice League, Black Canary calls out Green Arrow for having way too much control and power.
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Has Green Arrow missed?

Oliver has no competition when it comes to archery and precision in the DC Universe. There is no one else that can shoot as quickly, nor hit all of their targets quite like Green Arrow. Oliver himself has stated that he never misses.
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Who came first Green Arrow or Hawkeye?

The Green Arrow first appeared in November 1941 in DC's More Fun Comics #73 by Mort Weisinger and George Papp. Hawkeye first appeared in Marvel Comics in September 1964 in Tales of Suspense #57 by Stan Lee and Don Heck.
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Who trained Deathstroke?

In the early 1960s, he met Captain Adeline Kane, who was tasked with training young soldiers in new fighting techniques in anticipation of brewing troubles taking place in Vietnam. Kane was amazed at how skilled Slade was and how quickly he adapted to modern conventions of warfare.
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Who taught Arrow fight?

Oliver had mainly two teachers that were responsible for giving him the skills that he uses as The Arrow. Slade Wilson (a.k.a. Deathstroke) who taught him hand to hand combat and melee weapons training and Shado who taught him the bow.
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Is Ras Al Ghul in Batman the same as Arrow?

They are completely different television worlds, so while they would essentially be the same character, they'd be different characters at the same time. Let's talk about comics to comics, and not TV show to TV show. By all means, yes, Ghul is the same Ghul we see across all imprints of DC comics.
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