"Time's Arrow" is the first chapter of the comic book series Arrow. It was released digitally on October 10, 2012 (digitally). "Time's Arrow" is the first chapter of the Arrow comic book series. It was released digitally on October 10, 2012.
Synopsis
Oliver Queen talks to his father's grave, discussing the future and how he plans to fulfill his father's wishes as the vigilante The Hood — sometimes having to dishonor his father's memory, to honor his wishes.
Plot
Oliver visited his father's grave in 2012, reminiscent of the grave he built for him on Lian Yu in 2007. He explained how he survived, as his father had hoped, having made it to an island, and despite five long years, he finally made it home. He expressed how he was taken aback by how hard it was to reconnect with his family and friends, all of whom were slightly angry at him.
He went in to further detail about how he'd come back with a goal: to right his father's wrongs, to save his father's city. However, he explained that he couldn't be "the Oliver everyone [wanted him] to be". He ended with a final statement about how the only way he could truly honor his father's wishes was to dishonor his memory.
Credits
- Written by: Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg
- Art by: Mike Grell
- Colors by: David Lopez and Santi Casas of Ikari Studio
- Letters by: Wes Abbott
- Cover by: Mike Grell and Randy Mayor
- Edited by: Alex Antone
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