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Green Arrow was the only hero not to resurace from Pariah's paradise world prisons at the end of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths. Rather, he had been sent far away following a unique implant Amanda Waller placed in his skull. Merlyn, who wanted his enemy to suffer by always being absent from his family, motivated Waller. Merlyn hatched a complex plan and persuaded Green Arrow that Team Arrow would bring about a major catastrophe killing millions should he ever be reunited with his family.
Merlyn wanted to keep Green Arrow's Family split apart for personal reasons; Waller had other ideas for the Emerald Archer. Waller has been focusing especially on DC's metahumans and needs the most experienced people to assist her in winning the forthcoming war. Promising that Green Arrow would help her to ensure Oliver's reunion with his family and that Queen would have a chance to get even with Merlyn, she implanted identical tech in Oliver's closest friends to wield influence over him.
Oliver Queen is confronting his most despised opponent, Merlyn, in Green Arrow #12 by Joshua Williamson, Sean Izaakse, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Troy Peteri. Merlyn attacked Green Arrow by building hard-light constructions of his family using the Sanctuary files. Merlyn and his army obviously have the upper hand. That is until Oliver notes Team Arrow's Merlyn and Waller placed implants could be reversed. Green Arrow employs the implants to unite Oliver's Family rather than separating them.
He brings them all to the island Oliver was shipwrecked on years ago so the family might perhaps be together in peace. Rising onto the scene with their hard-light doppelgangers were Arrowette, Speedy, Red Arrow, Red Canary, Connor Hawke, Cheshire Cat, and Arsenal. Oliver notes that all they need to permanently eliminate the constructions is a big enough noise. Suddenly showing up and using her Canary Cry to send all the Sanctuary copycats is Black Canary. Merlyn tries to kill Dinah, but Oliver stops him, causing one last shoot-out between the two rivals. With a taser arrow, Green Arrow strikes Merlyn dead center, therefore ending his reign of terror.
Green Arrow now more than ever understands how vital family is. His close-knit sharp-shooters are together for the first time in years and they are not going to let Waller ruin it with some wild power grab. Team Arrow has spent enough time apart from one another and will act as required to guarantee never another person pushes them apart once more. Though at this point hardship is simply another day in the life of Green Arrow and his own small "Bat-Family." It will be challenging.
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Apologetic Bat-Family, Green Arrow has at last returned with Team Arrow, stronger than ever months after being kept apart. Though the Bat-Family is fantastic, another gang of heroes has just been reassembled for the first time in years. Team Arrow looked everywhere for Green Arrow when he vanished, but fate seemed to keep the squad far apart.
But the fate separating Oliver Queen and his family was not one of chance. Merlyn from Green Arrow and Amanda Waller's adversary really was Green Arrow's family has been split via manipulation and potent technology. Now, though, the squad is at last gathering together—a good sign for the terrible days ahead in the DC Universe.
Oliver and his family were divided up in separate locations and even different eras, however they have come back together against all the difficulties. Sadly, even Green Arrow is aware that the calm Team Arrow discovered is just fleeting. Although Queen is not familiar with the specifics of Waller's scheme, he is aware she is out to acquire some of Green Arrow's closest allies and DC's metahums. Worse, he has consented to assist her in this crusade (Oliver can even be seen sporting a Task Force uniform in Absolute Power preview images).
Oliver is trying his best to stop what Waller is doing, as the rest of Team Arrow shields the weak metahumans. That stated, Green Arrow claims he is acting long con against Waller. Although it would have been a challenging chore for him alone, having his family behind him would make things considerably simpler. Many Team Arrow members have dealt with Waller in the past; those who haven't have plenty of cause to wish to exact revenge on her (more especially, the implants they have conscripted them to perform her dirty work). Having Team Arrow with Green Arrow about to go on one of the most perilous missions of his life should help to considerably ease matters.
This summer's DC summer event, Absolute Power, will finally see Waller's ideas implemented. Oliver has flown all around time and space in the years since the Dark Crisis passed. He has battled old foes, acquired fresh friends, and given concessions against better sense. Though it required dealing with someone like Waller and obtaining the confidential Sanctuary data on the heroes of the DC Universe, he was resolved to get his family back together. Though the road has been long and difficult, Green Arrow has learned from experience that family is absolutely vital.
Absolute Power will find Waller stripping the metahumans of Earth of their powers. Those with talents like Green Arrow and his associates are the only ones unaffected. Oliver is trying his best to stop what Waller is doing, as the rest of Team Arrow shields the weak metahumans. The crew will definitely have a difficult experience, particularly with Waller collaborating with Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen. But there's nothing Green Arrow's family cannot achieve as long as they stay together.