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| character_name = Connor Hawke<br>{{Small|Green Arrow}}
| alter_ego      = Connor Hawke
| species        = Human {{small|(current)}}<br>Metahuman {{small|(former)}}
| publisher      = [[DC Comics]]
| debut          = ''[[Green Arrow (comic book)|Green Arrow]]'' (vol. 2) #0 (October 1994)
| creators       = [[Kelley Puckett]] (writer)<br />[[Jim Aparo]] (artist)
| alliances      = [[Team Arrow]]<br>[[Justice League]]<br />[[League of Assassins]]
| partners       = [[Green Arrow|Oliver Queen / Green Arrow]]<br />[[Kyle Rayner|Green Lantern / Kyle Rayner]]<br />[[Cassandra Cain]]<br />[[Tim Drake]]
| aliases        =Hawke
| supports       =[[Green Arrow]]
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'''Connor Hawke''' is a fictional [[DC Comics]] [[superhero]] who operated as the second '''[[Green Arrow]]''', created by [[Kelley Puckett]] and [[Jim Aparo]]. In the post-''[[Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!|Zero Hour]]'' continuity, Connor is the eldest son of Oliver Queen, the original Green Arrow, and his former college girlfriend Sandra "Moonday" Hawke, making him Oliver's heir of his estates and the Green Arrow legacy. Connor Hawke first appeared in ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #0 (1994).<ref name="dc-ency">{{Citation | last = Greenberger | first = Robert | author-link = Robert Greenberger | contribution = Green Arrow | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 142–143 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4119-1 | oclc = 213309017}}</ref>

The character's prominence in DC comics has gone up and down at many points following his short-lived tenure as a full-time replacement for Oliver Queen. For a decade, from 2011 to 2021, the character was largely absent after DC attempted to make Oliver Queen a younger man again and to reintroduce his supporting cast gradually as part of its ''[[The New 52]]'' relaunch, although versions of the character continued to appear in comics set elsewhere in the [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|DC Comics Multiverse]]. With the ''[[Infinite Frontier]]'' initiative in 2021, Connor is restored to prominence, reintroduced as the second Green Arrow and Oliver's illegitimate son. Furthermore, Connor's multi-racial European, African, and Korean background is made more prominent.<ref>''Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration'' #1 (May 2021). DC Comics.</ref> The ''[[DC Pride (comics)|DC Pride 2022]]'' anthology confirmed that Connor is [[Asexuality|asexual]].<ref name=":2" />

Outside of comics, multiple versions of Connor appear in [[The CW]]'s [[Arrowverse]], where Connor Hawke is the pseudonym of the Earth-16 counterpart of [[John Diggle (Arrowverse)|John Diggle]]'s son, played by [[Joseph David-Jones]] while the other Connor Hawke, played by Aiden Stoxx in the present and David-Jones in the future, is the son of [[Bronze Tiger|Ben Turner]]. Separately, another loose adaptation of Connor's comic book origin story involves Oliver discovering he has an illegitimate son named [[William Clayton (Arrowverse)|William Clayton]], is also depicted on ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'' with the present-day version played by Jack Moore and the future adult version played by [[Ben Lewis (Canadian actor)|Ben Lewis]].

==Fictional character biography==
===Meeting Oliver Queen===
Connor Hawke met [[Oliver Queen]] after Oliver came to stay at the [[ashram]] where Connor had been studying for some years. Oliver who had previously retreated to the ashram decades before, looking for peace after accidentally killing a criminal,<ref>''The Flash'' (vol. 1) #217. DC Comics.</ref> returned to the ashram under similar circumstances, haunted by the thought that he had killed his former best friend [[Hal Jordan]], who, at the time, was involuntarily serving as the host of the [[supervillain]] [[Parallax (character)|Parallax]]. Thanks to Connor, who was a big fan of Green Arrow, Oliver was able to regain a semblance of inner peace and venture out into the world again, especially after numerous attempts on his life had been made.

Connor decided to journey with Oliver, and created a costume similar to his. Connor serves as Oliver's sidekick and meets [[Eddie Fyers]], a former federal agent and counsel for Oliver. It was during this time that Oliver learned about his connection to Connor from the ghost of Hal Jordan: Connor was Oliver's son, conceived during Oliver's college years.<ref>''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #96. DC Comics.</ref> After Oliver is killed in battle with the [[Eden Corps]], Connor succeeds him as Green Arrow.<ref>''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #101. DC Comics.</ref>

===The new Green Arrow===
[[File:Green Arrow 0 1994.png|thumb|200px|left|Connor Hawke's debut as Green Arrow in ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #0 (1994). Art by Jim Aparo.]]
Connor continued to travel with Eddie, accompanied at times by Connor's martial arts mentor Master Jansen. Connor tried to find his place not only in the hero world, but also in the legacy of Green Arrow. Akin to the friendship between his father and Hal Jordan, Connor became quick friends with the new [[Green Lantern]] ([[Kyle Rayner]]), who himself was struggling to live up to a legacy.<ref>''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #104. DC Comics.</ref>

Besides making other friends such as [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] ([[Tim Drake]]),<ref name="ReferenceA">''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #105. DC Comics.</ref> he also made significant enemies in the fighting world, including the Silver Monkey, an assassin and member of the Monkey Fist martial arts cult. Their first encounter resulted in a decisive loss for Connor, which was also filmed and sold underground. Connor's close win in a rematch resulted in a loss of face for the Monkey Fist cult and set Connor on a path that would bring him face to face with [[Lady Shiva]], said to be the deadliest assassin in the world. During the Brotherhood of the Fist storyline, the Monkey Fist schools attacked various world-class martial artists attempting to prove their worthiness and skill after having been dishonored by the Silver Monkey's loss. Under the alias "Paper Monkey," Shiva arrived in Gotham City where Connor had allied with [[Batman]], [[Dick Grayson|Nightwing]], and Robin. Shiva's final opponent was Connor, who was the prime target of the Monkey Fist. Though a close and taxing contest, Shiva was the victor, with Connor unconscious and defenseless. Thankfully, Shiva's old pupil, Tim Drake who had saved her life during a previous encounter, asked her not to kill Connor, trading a life for a life. After warning Robin that using the favor now meant she would challenge and kill the boy wonder when he was older, she refrained from killing Connor and departed. Batman warned Connor that he would be perceived as surviving a battle with Shiva through his own skill and would therefore be a possible target for any fighters building their way up to a battle against her.<ref>''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #134-135;''Detective Comics'' #723; ''Nightwing'' (vol. 2) #23; ''Robin'' (vol. 2) #55. DC Comics.</ref>

Connor also applied for membership in the JLA, replacing his father.<ref>''JLA'' #5. DC Comics.</ref> On the date of his second interview, he singlehandedly saved the League from the hands of the [[Key (character)|Key]], defeating the Key's robots by using his father's old trick arrows after the Key had destroyed his own. In the end, he knocked out the Key using his father's trademark boxing glove arrow, and was accepted as a member of the JLA.<ref>''JLA'' #8-9. DC Comics.</ref>

He would later be used by Batman as a "traitor" in the League in a ploy to defeat [[Lex Luthor]]'s Injustice Gang.<ref>''JLA'' #10-15. DC Comics.</ref> Connor left the League afterward, feeling he was better suited for the street-level work and out of his element in the epic adventures of the Justice League, although he did remain on reserve status. During this time, he also developed a friendship with [[Kyle Rayner]], the latest Green Lantern, occasionally contacting Kyle for help if he felt that he was dealing with a problem that went beyond his skillset. One unique mission against the Eden Corps- the organisation responsible for Oliver Queen's death- saw Connor team up with a temporally-displaced [[Hal Jordan]], pulled from early in his career as a hero, with the two musing on how they had each never had a chance to know Oliver (As Hal was from a point before he had developed his close ties to the archer). He and Eddie returned for a time to the ashram where Connor was raised, although they both often returned to the outside world, aiding [[Tim Drake|Robin]] at one point when his Brentwood Academy roommate had been attacked by a demon, and again when Robin, the [[Stephanie Brown (character)|Spoiler]], and [[Cassandra Cain|Batgirl]] were attempting to protect Robin's father from an ancient cult.

===Return to action===
When Oliver returned from the dead, Connor left the ashram and tracked him down. After Connor manages to save his father from warlock Stanley Dover, Connor and Oliver move in together in [[Star City (comics)|Star City]].<ref>''Green Arrow'' (vol. 3) #8-10. DC Comics.</ref> The two live with [[Speedy (Mia Dearden)|Mia Dearden]], a runaway that Oliver has taken in and trained as his new sidekick [[Speedy (comics)|Speedy]]. Since returning to the superhero life, Connor has been wounded seriously twice, once by the villain [[Onomatopoeia (comics)|Onomatopoeia]]<ref>''Green Arrow'' (vol. 3) #13-15. DC Comics.</ref> and once by [[Constantine Drakon]], but he continues in his hero role. He is the voice of reason for Oliver, and the two have since formed a real father-son relationship. During his recovery from Onomatopoeia's attack, Oliver Queen and his former sidekick [[Roy Harper (comics)|Roy Harper]] went on a trip across the country recovering old possessions. One of them was an old photograph which revealed that Oliver had been present at Connor's birth, but later ran from the responsibility of being a father.<ref>''Green Arrow'' (vol. 3) #16-21. DC Comics.</ref> Oliver kept this fact from his son. However, Connor already learned the truth years ago from his mother, and has already forgiven him without Oliver's knowledge.

==="One Year Later"===
During the 2006 "[[One Year Later]]" storyline, Connor is revealed to be on an island with [[Speedy (Mia Dearden)|Mia Dearden]] and [[Green Arrow|Oliver Queen]] as Oliver trains for his return to Star City.<ref>''Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #34 (2006). DC Comics.</ref>

In November 2006, Connor starred in his own six issue miniseries, entitled ''Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood.'' It was written by [[Chuck Dixon]] with art by Derec Donovan. Dixon stated, "A big surprise leads to major changes in Connor's life, particularly as it relates to his father."<ref>''[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]'' #177</ref>

In [[Tony Bedard]]'s ''Black Canary'' miniseries, Connor is shot by [[League of Assassins]] agents and infected with a neurotoxin, leaving him in a [[vegetative state]].<ref>''Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #2 - 5 (January - April 2008)</ref><ref>''Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #11 - 12 (October - November 2008)</ref> He recovers, but is rendered amnesiac and unable to wield a bow. Furthermore, he is spliced with [[Plastic Man]]'s DNA, giving him an advanced healing factor.<ref>''Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #13 (December 2008). DC Comics.</ref><ref>''Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #14 (January 2009). DC Comics.</ref>

==="Blackest Night" and return===
In ''[[Blackest Night]]'', Connor travels to [[Coast City]] and battles Green Arrow after [[Nekron]] transforms him into a [[Black Lantern]]. He is hesitant to fight his father, but eventually stops him by spraying him with [[liquid nitrogen]]. After Oliver's defeat, Connor, Mia, and Dinah join in the fight against the other Black Lanterns.<ref>''Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #30 (April 2010). DC Comics.</ref>

After this, Connor returns to the ruins of Star City (which had been destroyed just prior to ''Blackest Night'') and tries to help maintain order. Connor is approached by Oliver, now a fugitive after having murdered [[Prometheus (DC Comics)|Prometheus]], the villain that destroyed the city in the first place. Oliver tries to talk to his son, but Connor angrily states that his battle with his Black Lantern father somehow jogged his memory, and that he now remembers all the terrible things Oliver had done to him. When Oliver tells Connor that he had thought he had forgiven him, Connor states that he no longer has the strength to forgive him for his transgressions. Though he refuses to turn Oliver over to the Justice League, he also refuses to help him, instead telling him to do the right thing for once in his life.<ref>''Green Arrow/Black Canary'' #31 (May 2010). DC Comics.</ref>

===Infinite Frontier===
[[File:Green Arrow (Connor Hawke).png|thumb|Connor Hawke in the interior artwork of ''Green Arrow 80th Anniversary Spectacular'' Vol. 1 #1 (June 2021). Art by [[Howard Porter (artist)|Howard Porter]].]]
Following ''[[The New 52]]'' continuity reboot, Connor appears as a member of the League of Shadows, a splinter faction of the [[League of Assassins]].<ref>''Detective Comics'' #1034 (March 2021). DC Comics.</ref><ref>''DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration'' (May 2021). DC Comics.</ref>

The ''[[DC Pride (comics)|DC Pride 2022]]'' anthology confirms Connor to be [[Asexuality|asexual]], following decades of fan speculation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-18 |title='Green Arrow's Son Connor Hawke Comes Out as Asexual Superhero |url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/4/18/green-arrows-son-connor-hawke-comes-out-asexual-superhero |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2022 |title=Green Arrow's Son Connor Hawke to Come Out as Asexual in New DC Pride Comic |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/green-arrow-connor-hawke-come-out-asexual-dc-pride-2022/ |access-date=April 18, 2022 |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |language=en}}</ref> The debut story, titled "Think of Me", was created by an entirely-asexual team consisting of Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, and Frank Cvetkovic.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

==Parentage confusion==
There's been confusion as to the identity of Connor's mother. Throughout the later issues of the first ''Green Arrow'' series written by [[Chuck Dixon]], Connor's mother was identified as Sandra "Moonday" Hawke; a flighty ex-hippie, who had reportedly been one of many conquests for a young Oliver Queen. Moonday played a frequent supporting role in the series, often requiring rescue due to the machinations of her husband - an arms dealer named Milo Armitage, who would be a frequent foe of the new [[Green Arrow]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

[[Shado (DC Comics)|Shado]], an assassin who also mothered a child with Oliver Queen, is often identified as Connor Hawke's mother. One reason for this is because of a ''[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard Magazine]]'' issue, which identified Connor's first appearance in comics being in ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #24. While this was the first appearance of Shado's infant son (who was later revealed to be named Robert), Connor appeared as a man in his early-twenties in ''Green Arrow'' (vol. 2) #0. Both Robert and Connor were seen together, many years apart in age, in Chuck Dixon's 2007 ''Dragon's Blood'' miniseries. Furthermore, in ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'' #109, in which [[Barbara Gordon]] identifies Shado as Connor Hawke's mother when running down a list of women with whom Oliver Queen cheated on long-time girlfriend [[Black Canary|Dinah Lance]]. Writer [[Tony Bedard]] acknowledged this as an error on his part,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=187555&page=2 |title=Birds of Prey #109 question - Page 2 |publisher=Forums.comicbookresources.com |access-date=2013-01-26}}</ref> with the error being removed in future printings.

==Powers and abilities==
Typically depicted with no inherent superpowers, Connor is considered a highly skilled [[Martial arts|martial artist]] and [[Archery|archer]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Manning |first1=Matthew K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2k0EAAAQBAJ |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia New Edition |last2=Wiacek |first2=Stephen |last3=Scott |first3=Melanie |last4=Jones |first4=Nick |last5=Walker |first5=Landry Q. |date=2021-07-06 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-7440-5301-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Get to Know! Connor Hawke {{!}} DC Comics Collection |url=https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/collections/gtk-connor-hawke |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=DC UNIVERSE INFINITE |language=en}}</ref> Connor's prowess in the former depicts him among the best fighters within the [[DC Universe]], making him comparable or surpassing notable formidable fighters such as his father, [[Nightwing]], [[Lady Shiva]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Green Arrow: Brotherhood of the Fist {{!}} DC Comics Collection |url=https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/collections/story-ga-brotherhoodfist |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=DC UNIVERSE INFINITE |language=en}}</ref> and [[Damian Wayne]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Williamson |first=Joshua |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=itljEAAAQBAJ |title=Robin Vol. 1: The Lazarus Tournament |date=2022-04-05 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-77951-813-2 |language=en}}</ref> although he is not as capable in marksmanship as his father. He is also a proficient swordsman.

==Other versions==

* An alternate universe variant of Connor Hawke from Earth-16 appears in ''[[The Multiversity]]: The Just''.
* An alternate universe variant of Connor Hawke from Earth-2 appears in ''[[The New 52]]''. This version operates as Red Arrow before being killed by [[Apokolips|Apokoliptian]] forces, after which Oliver Queen succeeds him as Red Arrow.<ref>''Earth 2'' Annual #1. DC Comics.</ref><ref>''Earth 2'' #20. DC Comics.</ref><ref>''Earth 2'' #24. DC Comics.</ref>

==In other media==
===Television===
[[File:Green Arrow- John Diggle Jr. (Joseph David-Jones).png|thumb|right|[[Joseph David-Jones]] as [[Connor Hawke (Arrowverse Earth-16)|Earth-16 John Diggle, Jr./ Green Arrow]] in ''[[Legends of Tomorrow]]'']]Numerous characters based on Connor Hawke appear in media set in the [[Arrowverse]].
* An alternate timeline variant of Connor Hawke from Earth-16 appears in the [[Legends of Tomorrow season 1|first season]] of ''[[Legends of Tomorrow]]'', portrayed by [[Joseph David-Jones]]. He is the son of [[John Diggle (Arrowverse)|John Diggle]] and succeeds [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)|Oliver Queen]] as Green Arrow following his presumed death.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/25/legends-tomorrow-green-arrow-connor-hawke-diggle|title=Legends of Tomorrow boss and Joseph David-Jones dissect Green Arrow reveal|last=Abrams|first=Natalie|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 25, 2016|access-date=February 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title=Crisis on Infinite Earths |episode-link=Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse) |series=Supergirl |series-link=Supergirl (TV series) |network=[[The CW]] |date=December 8, 2019 |season=5 |number=9}}</ref>
* A separate alternate timeline variant of Connor appears in the [[Arrow season 7|seventh season]] of ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'', with David-Jones reprising the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/03/19/everything-we-learned-about-arrows-future-in-star-city-2040/|title=Everything We Learned About 'Arrow's Future in "Star City 2040"|last=Drum|first=Nicole|work=ComicBook.com|date=March 18, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2019/06/04/arrow-season-8-joseph-david-jones-series-regular-connor-hawke/|title=Arrow Promotes Joseph David-Jones to Series Regular for Final Season|last=Gelman|first=Vlada|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=June 5, 2019|work=[[TVLine]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/recap/arrow-season-7-episode-16/2/|title=Arrow recap: Team Arrow rises in the revelatory and future-set 'Star City 2040'|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 18, 2019|access-date=March 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2019/03/04/arrow-recap-season-7-episode-14-felicity-pregnant/|title=Arrow Recap: Yep, Felicity Is Pregnant — But Who Found Out First?|work=TVLine|date=March 4, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref> He is the son of [[Bronze Tiger (Arrowverse)|Ben Turner]] and has an estranged brother named [[John Diggle Jr.]] (portrayed by [[Charlie Barnett (actor)|Charlie Barnett]]) who is the leader of the Deathstroke Gang.
* '''[[William Clayton (Arrowverse)|William Clayton]]''', a character based on Connor Hawke, appears in ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'', portrayed by Jack Moore as a child and [[Ben Lewis (Canadian actor)|Ben Lewis]] as an adult.

===Video games===
A character based on Connor Hawke named '''Connor Lance-Queen''' appears in ''[[Injustice 2]]''.

=== Miscellaneous ===

* Connor Hawke appears in ''[[Adventures in the DC Universe]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Adventures in the DC Universe'' #16 - The Fixx (Issue) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/adventures-in-the-dc-universe-16-the-fixx/4000-153334/ |access-date=November 18, 2024 |website=Comic Vine}}</ref>
* The ''Injustice: Gods Among Us'' incarnation of Connor Hawke appears in the [[Injustice: Gods Among Us (comics)|prequel comic]].

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