John Diggle, Jr.

"You think you can save this city? I got news for you: I own this city now."
 * For his pre-Flashpoint counterpart, see Sara Diggle.
 * For other uses of Green Arrow, see Green Arrow (disambiguation).
 * For other uses of Deathstroke, see Deathstroke (disambiguation).

- JJ to Mia Smoak

John Thomas "JJ" Diggle, Jr. (born November 2014) is the son of John Diggle and Lyla Michaels in the post-Flashpoint timeline.

In an erased future in 2046, he adopted the name Connor Hawke and operated as the new Green Arrow. In another possible future in 2040, he instead became Deathstroke and the leader of the Deathstroke gang.

Early life
John Jr. was born to John Diggle and Lyla Michaels in November 2014.

In November 2016, JJ turned two years old. He had a birthday party, but his father was unable to attend due to being a fugitive. Lyla and Rene Ramirez arranged another party for JJ at the H.I.V.E. bunker in which his father was temporarily staying.

JJ was present at the Arrowcave for Christmas Eve dinner with his parents and the new recruits of Team Arrow.

In May 2017, JJ and his mother went to Chicago to visit his aunt.

Having a brother
Some time later, Connor was adopted to Diggle family, possibly due to his father dying and he bonded with JJ so much, that Connor thought him as his best friend. JJ would protect his brother, even fighting against bullies who would mess with Connor. However, since John and Lyla focused so much on making sure that Connor wouldn't turn bad, they started sidelining JJ more and more.

When Connor was in middle school, some people tried to get him to run their drugs for them, when JJ found out, he tried his best to convince his adopted brother not to get involved, stating that he was better than that, but Connor didn't listen, after which, JJ's father John Diggle grounded him and held him responsible for his brother's actions. This, along the sideliding him due to Connor not only eventually lead to JJ despising his brother and father, but also resulted in him severing all ties with his family.

Becoming Deathstroke
Later in the future, JJ had become estranged from his family and had joined a gang that imitated Slade Wilson, with Grant Wilson as its leader, as Grant's view on how rich were the cancer of Star City resonated with JJ. Grant started training JJ to become the next leader. By the time of 2040, JJ was in complete control of the Deathstroke gang and started planning on ruling Star City.

Fighting against his brother
After the wall in the Glades was destroyed, JJ had his gang move up in their attacks. During a party, where William was discussing his plans about the future of Star City, JJ had his men attack them and kidnap Alberto Vasquez, while he distracted Mia Smoak by posing as a security guard. After successfully kidnapping Vasquez, JJ defeated Mia and escaped with his men and his target.

After successfully torturing and getting codes from Vasquez, JJ and his gang were attacked by his brother, Mia and Zoe Ramirez. He was able to escape, though, with the codes.

Later, he would interrup Zoe, Connor and Mia at one those bars he owned and Connor managed to get a private talk with him but JJ explains the fact that being grounded because of him wasn't the reason why he is doing this. When they realize that his is not here for the money but for a distraction since one of his men is in their bunker threatening to kill William they had no other choices than to let him leave.

Later, he gave a speech to his gang about how they will destroy the unification tonight, he is than interrupted by the canaries and he fought Mia while the others fought the Zoe and Connor but during the fight he almost kills Mia and Zoe saves her only for JJ to slay her. He then tries to escape but he is stooped by Connor who puts him on the ground. He then laugh and tells him that he "don't have the guts" and Connor is about to slash his neck but Connor taken by someone to the past.

Grant Wilson's uprising
In an alternate timeline visited by the Legends, there was a different version of John Diggle Jr, with this one having taken the name Connor Hawke. Around 2031, Grant Wilson/Deathstroke lead an uprising on Star City, which saw numerous people dead, and those that weren't abandoned it. Around this time, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow engaged Deathstroke in a climactic battle in the streets, which ended with Deathstroke severing Green Arrow's left arm. Oliver soon vanished after this, leaving John to believe he had died. Sometime during the uprising, most of Team Arrow either abandoned the city or were killed, including John's father, which John believes he could have prevented. Blaming himself for his father's death and feeling undeserving of having his name, John started going by the name "Connor Hawke". At some point in the next 15 years, Connor took up Oliver's mantle and became the next Green Arrow, trying to hold the city against Deathstroke's army by himself, and soon became the latter's archenemy.

Encountering Rip Hunter's team
"My dad is dead because I couldn't save him. I don't deserve his name. I'm Connor Hawke."

- Connor Hawke to Oliver Queen.

In 2046 Green Arrow saw a group of strangers approaching and perceived them as a threat and approached them. However they mistook him for Oliver and Sara Lance/White Canary of them tried to remind him who she was, while Ray Palmer/The Atom tried to remind him that Rip Hunter recruited them to become legends. However, since Green Arrow had no knowledge of these events he proceeded to engage them anyway. Despite Leonard Snart/Captain Cold and Mick Rory/Heat Wave returning fire Rip ordered everyone back to the ship, and they escaped Green Arrow. Later while several rival gangs erupted into a street war Green Arrow attempted to break up the fight engaging them all at once but got shot by one, though wearing high-density kevlar, and barely escaped. He later came across White Canary and cornered her and upon her asking who he is introduced himself as Green Arrow, but she refused to believe him as Oliver Queen is Green Arrow. However Green Arrow told her that Oliver had been dead for years, after the uprising, but the two were confronted by Deathstroke. Green Arrow and Rip stood ready to fight as White Canary was stunned to see Deathstroke was Grant rather than his father Slade, but they were soon cornered by dozens of Grant's men though the three escaped.

Retreating to safety Green Arrow revealed to Sara that Oliver had tried to oppose Deathstroke by rallying the city but with no success. When overhearing Rip and Sara discuss getting to Smoak Technologies Green Arrow revealed the building had been shutdown for years, but most of Felicity Smoak's projects were relocated to the, now destroyed, Arrowcave. Green Arrow accompanied the two there but the three were stunned to see a still-alive Oliver, still referring to Connor by his real name, but Connor expressed anger towards him for letting everyone believe he was dead, as Oliver expressed disapproval of Connor taking his suit. After being told that Felicity's projects were relocated to a warehouse in Adams and O'Neil Green Arrow accompanied them, briefly expressing annoyance when Rip referred to him by his real name. However they were attacked by Deathstroke's men and Green Arrow was taken captive.

Later Connor was dragged into the same place Oliver had lost his left arm where everyone had gathered to witness Grant execute him. Connor tried to trick Grant into letting him go, issuing a challenge to prove who is the tougher Green Arrow of him and Oliver, but Grant refused and prepared him. However they were interrupted when White Canary was seemingly captured also. However this was a misdirect so Oliver, using a cybernetic left arm and doning his Green Arrow suit once more, could surprise them. As White Canary and Green Arrow (Oliver) fought Deathstroke's men, Deathstroke told Connor he wasn't Green Arrow but an imposter to which Connor replied that same about Grant. While fighting they were aided by the rest of Rip's team including Rip himself, Atom, Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl and Firestorm, while both Green Arrows defeated Deathstroke. As they stand victorious Oliver finally gives Connor his approval as his successor.

After the battle, Connor returns to the Arrowcave with Oliver and Sara. Before Sara leaves, she asks Connor to take care of Oliver. He agrees, and he and Oliver get to work on restoring Star City.

Erased future
Connor is impulsive, as seen when he attacks strangers on sight and only asks questions after, but like his predecessor, Oliver Queen, he has a sense of justice, honor and good morals.

Connor had a very close relationship with his father, John Diggle, as he blames himself for his father's death, refusing to go under his birth name; "John Diggle, Jr.". He also gets very annoyed when people call him by his real name, mainly Oliver.

Connor looks up to Oliver, taking it upon himself to carry on his legacy as Green Arrow after his presumed death, only to learn of his survival and feel betrayed, especially after Oliver discouraged Connor for using his suit. However, after Oliver came to Connor's rescue, the two seem to have made amends.

Possible future

 * Peak of human physical condition: JJ is in top physical condition, as he was able to kick and throw Mia Smoak and block her arrows easily.
 * Acrobatics/Free-running: JJ jumped off a balcony railing in order to escape from Connor.
 * Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: JJ is proven to be an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist. With this skill, he is able to hold his own against Mia and later defeat her.
 * Master swordsman: JJ is proven to be an exceptional swordsman; as he was able to successfully blocked Mia's arrow and later defeat her using his sword.
 * Expert marksman: JJ is skilled in the use of firearms.
 * Master tactician/Manipulator/Leader: JJ is an expert planner as he posed as a security guard to capture a scientist, he tricked the Canaries into meeting him at a black market place in order to capture William Clayton. JJ also efficiently leads the Deathstroke gang.
 * Torture/Interrogation: JJ was able to torture a scientist to give him important codes.

Erased future
"I've been trying to hold this city by myself because I thought you were gone."

- Connor Hawke to Oliver Queen

"That's good shooting, John."
 * Peak of human physical condition: From his many years battling Grant Wilson and his army, Connor has conditioned himself to top physical condition in terms of physical muscle power, mobility and reflexes as well as a stronger healing rate than normal people. He is proven to be highly resilient, able to take many blows from multiple enemies and continue fighting effectively. He also has noticeable strength, able to carry himself along with Sara and Rip while using his grappling line.
 * Acrobatics/Free-running: Keeping to the image of the original Green Arrow, Connor is very skilled in acrobatics. He is able to perform multiple flips as a means to dodge his enemies' attacks.
 * Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: If deprived of his bow, Connor is proven to be an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist. With this skill, he is able to hold his own against multiple soldiers. His fighting style is similar to Oliver Queen's and is composed of eskrima, muay thai, karate and boxing.

- Oliver Queen to Connor Hawke


 * Master archer: In his desire to continue Green Arrow's legacy, Connor trained himself to be an exceptional archer, noted to have comparable aim to Oliver's. He is able to constantly maneuver about against enemies while still effectively launching his arrows in rapid succession.
 * Skilled engineer: Likewise with his conventional weapons, Connor is able to create many of the unique tools equipped to arrows that Oliver was infamous for.

Possible future

 * Deathstroke suit: JJ in a possible future uses a future Deathstroke suit when leading the Deathstroke gang.
 * Voice filter: JJ uses this device to disguise his voice as Deathstroke.
 * Sword: JJ in a possible future uses a sword resembling a katana when leading the Deathstroke gang.
 * Handgun: JJ used a handgun when posing a security guard and tried to kill Mia, but was disarmed.

Erased future

 * Carbon fiber longbow: While his arrows are advanced, Connor would make use of a simple carbon fiber long bow in battle.
 * Customized Oneida Kestrel compound bow: After Oliver regained his fighting spirit and helped to defeat Grant, in recognition of Connor as the new Green Arrow, Oliver passed on his customized Oneida Kestrel compound bow to the younger archer.
 * Customized hunting arrows: Connor is shown to use very sturdy arrows, able to easily pierce through the hood of a car.
 * Trick arrows: Connor uses many classic trick arrows Oliver did, including tranquilizer arrows, exploding arrows and grapple arrows.
 * Quiver: A green arrow container strapped to Connor's back, he uses it to carry his arrows as Green Arrow.
 * Knife: Connor has a combat knife attached to the back of his belt.


 * Green Arrow suit: Connor wears a protective suit and mask as Green Arrow, to hide his identity from his enemies, when he goes out fighting crime. It differs from Oliver Queen's original suit, but carries elements of it, such as its high-density Kevlar which allows him to endure being shot at point-blank range.
 * Voice filter: Connor uses this device to disguise his voice as Green Arrow.

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Trivia

 * John's existence is one of the known side-effects of Eobard Thawne's correction of the Flashpoint timeline created by Barry Allen, which caused Sara Diggle to be erased from existence and replaced by John. Barry would learn of this and feel horrified, along with Felicity Smoak, Team Arrow, John Diggle, and Lyla Michaels.
 * John's birthday is stated to be in November. This would mean he was born at a later date than Sara, seeing as her birthday was October 8 in the pre-Flashpoint timeline.
 * Much like his uncle, Andy Diggle, he turned against his family. Both of them also caused the death of a close friend of their brothers.

Behind the scenes

 * In an erased future visited by the Legends, John was played by Joseph David-Jones and had taken up the alias of Connor Hawke. In the current future, he is played by Charlie Barnett while Connor Hawke was made into a separate character reprised by Joseph David-Jones.
 * In the main DC comics continuity, Connor Hawke is the second son of Oliver Queen who eventually succeeds his father as the second Green Arrow.