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Issue 61 - Roy Harper

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Anthony and Doc cover Ollie Queen's former sidekick ROY HARPER! From abandonment to drug addiction to child death, this is a very heavy episode - there's even a content warning at the start. This is not a light and fun one, but it's worthwhile to listen to. SHOW NOTES: Intro Background (3:08) Roy Harper created by Mort Weisinger & George Papp in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941) Originally known as Speedy, sidekick to Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow Raised by Brave Bow, a Navajo medicine chief after his father died, he was adopted by Green Arrow and became Oliver’s sidekick Became a member of the original Teen Titans, and dated Donna Troy before they broke up Famously became addicted to heroin in “Snowbirds Don’t Fly” in 1971 – abandoned by Ollie and taken care of by Black Canary until he got clean Fell in love with villain Cheshire, and they had a daughter (Lian) that Roy didn’t know about until much later Rejoined the Titans and adopted the name Arsenal – after the Titans broke up, he