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"I want Green Arrow to have fun. I don't want him to be a tortured hero. I mean, I've written plenty ..." — Ann Nocenti

I want Green Arrow to have fun. I don't want him to be a tortured hero. I mean, I've written plenty of tortured heroes, like Daredevil. But it's all there in Daredevil's origin as to why he'd be a tortured adult. Green Arrow doesn't have that kind of origin. In fact, he's such a clean slate that he doesn't even have an origin anymore.
Ann Nocenti
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