Bow and arrow

Bow and arrow
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Function	Weapon

"To use a bow and arrow requires patience and discipline."

—Oliver Queen^[src]

A bow and arrow is a projectile weapon system used in the art of archery. The bow is a flexible piece of material which shoots aerodynamic projectiles called arrows, which usually consist of a shaft, an arrowhead attached to the front end, with fletchings and a nock at the other. A string joins the two ends of the bow, and when the string is drawn back, the ends of the stick are flexed. When the string is released, the potential energy of the flexed stick is transformed into the velocity of the arrow.

Most prominently, Oliver Queen uses a bow and arrow as the hero Green Arrow, among a multitude of others who have also wielded the weapons.

Known users

• Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress
• Carrie Cutter/Cupid
• Nyssa al Ghul
• Ra's al Ghul (deceased)
• Talia al Ghul
• Yao Fei Gulong (deceased)
• Roy Harper/Arsenal
• Simon Lacroix/Komodo
• Sara Lance
• Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer (deceased)
• Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
• Thea Queen/Speedy
• Various League of Assassins members
• Shado (deceased)
• Evelyn Sharp/Artemis
• Maseo Yamashiro/Sarab (deceased)
• Adrian Chase/Prometheus (deceased)
• Damien Darhk (deceased)
• Emiko Adachi/Green Arrow
• Frank Cassaday/The Mirror
• Mia Queen/Green Arrow

Types of bows

Oliver Queen as the Hood, the Arrow, and Green Arrow primarily uses his own customized bow. In the past, Oliver has used a recurve bow, too short for his form, and a longbow after his recurve bow was destroyed. He is also in possession of a pistol crossbow, outfitted for use as a grappling hook, which he rarely uses. Oliver had used a custom-made Oneida Kestrel compound bow until sometime after Adrian Chase's death in which he started using another recurve bow. His arrows are primarily green, and also has several trick arrows at his disposal.

He and Shado also used Yao Fei Gulong's longbow and arrows during his time on the island. Helena as the Huntress uses a handgun-sized crossbow due to her lack of training and precision in archery. Malcolm Merlyn as the Dark Archer used a customized compound-recurve bow. Roy Harper used a customized recurve bow as the vigilante Arsenal.

Appearances

Arrow

Season 1 "Pilot" "Honor Thy Father" "Lone Gunmen" "An Innocent Man" "Damaged" "Legacies" "Muse of Fire" "Vendetta" "Year's End" "Burned" "Trust but Verify" "Vertigo" "Betrayal" "The Odyssey" "Dodger" "Dead to Rights" "The Huntress Returns" "Salvation" "Unfinished Business" "Home Invasion" "The Undertaking" "Darkness on the Edge of Town" "Sacrifice" Season 2 "City of Heroes" "Identity" "Broken Dolls" "Crucible" "League of Assassins" "Keep Your Enemies Closer" "State v. Queen" "The Scientist" "Three Ghosts" "Blast Radius" "Blind Spot" "Tremors" "Heir to the Demon" "Time of Death" "The Promise" (flashbacks) "Suicide Squad" "Birds of Prey" "Deathstroke" "The Man Under the Hood" "Seeing Red" "City of Blood" "Streets of Fire" "Unthinkable" Season 3 "The Calm" "Sara" "Corto Maltese" "The Magician" "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" "Guilty" "Draw Back Your Bow" "The Brave and the Bold" "The Climb" "Left Behind" "Midnight City" "Uprising" "Canaries" "The Return" (mentioned) "Nanda Parbat" "The Offer" "Suicidal Tendencies" "Public Enemy" "Broken Arrow" "The Fallen" "Al Sah-him" "This Is Your Sword" "My Name Is Oliver Queen" Season 4 "Green Arrow" "The Candidate" "Restoration" "Beyond Redemption" "Haunted" "Lost Souls" "Brotherhood" "Legends of Yesterday" "Dark Waters" "Blood Debts" "A.W.O.L." "Unchained" "Sins of the Father" "Code of Silence" "Taken" "Broken Hearts" "Beacon of Hope" "Eleven-Fifty-Nine" "Canary Cry" "Genesis" "Monument Point" "Lost in the Flood" "Schism" Season 5 "Legacy" "The Recruits" "A Matter of Trust" "Penance" "Human Target" "So It Begins" "Vigilante" "Invasion!" "What We Leave Behind" "Who Are You?" "Second Chances" "Bratva" (flashbacks) "Spectre of the Gun" "The Sin-Eater" "Fighting Fire With Fire" (flashbacks) "Checkmate" "Kapiushon" "Disbanded" (flashbacks) "Underneath" "Honor Thy Fathers" "Missing" "Lian Yu" Season 6 "Fallout" "Tribute" "Next of Kin" "Thanksgiving" "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" "Irreconcilable Differences" "Divided" "We Fall" "All for Nothing" "The Devil's Greatest Trick" "Collision Course" "Doppelganger" "The Thanatos Guild" "Brothers in Arms" "Fundamentals" "The Dragon" (video footage) "Shifting Allegiances" "Docket No. 11-19-41-73" "The Ties That Bind" "Life Sentence" Season 7 "Inmate 4587" "The Longbow Hunters" (flashforwards) "Level Two" "Due Process" "Unmasked" "Elseworlds, Part 2" "My Name is Emiko Queen" "Past Sins" "Emerald Archer" "Brothers & Sisters" "Training Day" "Star City 2040" (flashforwards) "Inheritance" "Lost Canary" "Spartan" "Confessions" "Living Proof" "You Have Saved This City" Season 8 "Starling City" "Welcome to Hong Kong" "Leap of Faith" "Present Tense" "Prochnost" "Reset" (dream) "Purgatory" "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four" (in the Speed Force) "Green Arrow & The Canaries" "Fadeout"

The Flash

Season 1 "Pilot" "Flash vs. Arrow" "Rogue Air" Season 2 "Legends of Today" "Welcome to Earth-2" (vision) Season 3 "Invasion!" "Attack on Central City" (toy) Season 4 "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" Season 5 "Elseworlds, Part 1" Season 6 "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three" (vision)

Vixen

Season 1

• "Episode 1"
• "Episode 4"
• "Episode 6"

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 1 "Pilot, Part 1" "Fail-Safe" "Star City 2046" "Left Behind" Season 2 "Invasion!" "The Legion of Doom" "Aruba" Season 3 "Aruba-Con" "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" "Beebo the God of War" Season 4 "Witch Hunt" "Hey, World!" Season 5 "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"

Supergirl

Season 3

• "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1"

Season 4

• "Elseworlds, Part 3"

Season 5

• "Confidence Women" (mentioned)
• "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"

Comics

The Flash: Season Zero

• "Fish Fry"
• "Blood Loss"
• "A Little Help from Some Friends"
• "The Impossible Mission"
• "A Minor Setback"
• "A New Home"