| "Quiver" | |
|---|---|
 Cover ofGreen Arrow, vol. 3, #1 (April 2001), art byMatt Wagner. | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | February – November2001 |
| Genre | |
| Title(s) | Green Arrow (vol. 3) #1-10 |
| Main character(s) | Green Arrow Mia Dearden Hal Jordan Black Canary |
| Creative team | |
| Writer | Kevin Smith |
| Penciller | Phil Hester |
| Inker | Ande Parks |
| Letterer | Sean Konot |
| Colorist | Guy Major |
| Green Arrow: Quiver | ISBN 1-56389-965-5 |
"Quiver" is a ten-issueGreen Arrowstory arc written byKevin Smith with art byPhil Hester that ran between April 2001 and January 2002. Published byDC Comics, the arc appeared inGreen Arrow (vol. 3) #1-10 and was edited byBob Schreck.
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Hal Jordan, having become theSpectre, resurrectsGreen Arrow following his death inGreen Arrow (vol. 2). However, he only has memories up to the events prior toThe Longbow Hunters, with an examination of his body revealing that he is missing several old scars sustained after that point. As the resurrected Oliver Queen tries to figure out his place in the world, he interacts with important people from his past, includingBlack Canary, theJustice League,Batman, andRoy Harper. He also takes on a ward,Mia Dearden, who becomes the new Speedy. As it turns out, Green Arrow was revived in body but not soul; since Oliver Queen himself preferred to remain in Heaven but recognized his friend's need to bring something back, the body's memories stopping when they do because Queen felt that things went wrong for him after he took a life when he killed a rapist. This results in him being attacked byEtrigan the Demon due to his status as a 'hollow', a soulless being who demons can use to gain access to Earth. Jordan, as the Spectre, transports Oliver out of Etrigan's reach and brings him toHeaven to talk with his soul. However, when the soul prefers to remain in Heaven, Oliver is sent back and captured byStanley Dover, a practitioner of the black arts who intends to transfer his soul into Oliver's body.
AsConnor Hawke fights to save his father, Oliver makes contact with his soul while Dover attempts the ritual to take control of Oliver's body, convincing the soul to leave Heaven and rejoin with his body to save their son. With the two Green Arrows having fought off Dover's demons, they are saved by the Beast With No Name. The Beast devours Dover and leaves Oliver and Connor in Dover's house, revealing that Dover left everything to Oliver and encouraged him to use his resources to fight evil in Star City.
"Quiver" received mostly positive reviews.Entertainment Weekly'sKen Tucker wrote: "The first issue pins you to the wall with artist Phil Hester's elegantly elongated figures and unpredictably shaped panels, while Smith succeeds in boiling down the Arrow mythos". Along with "Guardian Devil", "Quiver" helped to establish Kevin Smith as one of the most popular writers in comics.[1]
"Quiver" was named as one of 2003's Best Books for Young Adults by theAmerican Library Association's Young Adult Library Service.[2]
Quiver was collected into ahardcover (ISBN 1563898020) andtrade paperback editions,Green Arrow: Quiver (ISBN 1563899655).