Green Arrow Explains Why Superpowers Make Heroes Worse, Not Better
Warning! Spoilers for Aquaman/Green Arrow — Deep Target #4 ahead!
DC's greatest archer Green Arrow just eloquently explained why not having superpowers is actually a good thing. Green Arrow has traditionally lacked powers, relying solely on his bow and arrows to fight crime. Recently, however, he has acquired Aquaman’s powers and the Emerald Archer is not happy about it.
The power switch occurs in the pages of Aquaman/Green Arrow — Deep Target, a series written by Brandon Thomas with art by Ronan Cliquet. In the series, Aquaman and Green Arrow exchange lives after fighting with the time traveling organization Scorpio. This causes Aquaman to become Arthur Queen and Green arrow to become Oliver Curry. As part of this swap, Oliver gains Aquaman’s powers and Arthur gains Green Arrow’s proficiency with a bow and arrow. While initially they struggled to get used to the other’s abilities, they have since managed to adapt to their new skill sets fairly well. Despite this, both Oliver and Arthur are unhappy with their current state.
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In Aquaman/Green Arrow – Deep Target #4, the two reveal the reasons for their dissatisfaction. Arthur feels like a liability without his powers, which is an understandable sentiment. However it is in stark contrast to Oliver, who is unhappy precisely because of his new powers. He values the lifetime of hard work he had to go through to become the hero that he was before the power swap, and compared to that having superpowers feels too easy for his taste. Also, the training that Green Arrow went through changed him into something better than he was and gave him a deeper knowledge of the reasons he was becoming a hero.
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