Fictional Obituary: Oliver Queen / Green Arrow (Absolute Evil comic spoilers)

Fictional Obituary: Oliver Queen / Green Arrow (Absolute Evil comic spoilers) Oliver Queen, the wealthy technology entrepreneur who undertook a brief mission as Green Arrow, has been killed by Hawkman. His death followed his decision to confront Jubal Slade, a powerful man whose abuse had been protected by money and influence. Queen belonged to the same wealthy world he eventually chose to challenge. He had resources that placed him far beyond the ordinary risks and limitations facing most people. In his final undertaking, he decided that those advantages gave him a responsibility to act when the people around him would not. He prepared himself as an archer and spoke with his friend Roy about what he intended to do. He was troubled by the protection enjoyed by men like Slade and by the damage their impunity caused. He could no longer accept remaining on the sidelines while possessing the means to intervene. His time as Green Arrow was cut short before that purpose could become a lasting public career. Hawkman killed him, and his body was brought before the powerful figures whose interests he had threatened. Even in death, he was treated as a warning to anyone considering a similar challenge. Queen leaves a complicated legacy. Wealth had given him access to a world in which cruelty could be concealed or excused, and his final choice cannot supply a complete accounting of the life that preceded it. It does, however, belong in that accounting. When he could have remained protected by his position, he chose to expose himself to danger on behalf of people who lacked that protection. Those who remember Oliver will have to reckon with the opportunities his fortune gave him and the opportunity his murder took away: the chance to see how much good he might have done once he decided that standing aside was no longer acceptable.