Reason editor and Ron
Paul’s Revolution author Brian Doherty may have addressed an Institute
for Humane Studies crowd last night – and Atlas
Shrugged Part II may be in theatres starting Thur./Fri. – but tonight the
capitalist who matters is: Oliver Queen, head of Queen Industries.
Yes, superhero Green Arrow makes his solo live-action TV series debut tonight at
8pm Eastern on the CW show Arrow. Leaving off the “Green” may indicate
it’ll be hipper and more streamlined.
Maybe.
Other comics characters already slated to appear if the show
survives include villainous archer Merlyn, Black Canary (destined to marry
Green Arrow in the comics), Deadshot (from the semi-criminal team the Suicide
Squad), and the Batman-like Huntress. Interesting
wrinkle with Huntress’s appearance: I blogged a while ago about there having
been multiple versions of her because of DC Comics periodically revising their
fictional universe, some named Helena Wayne (daughter of Bruce) and others
named Helena Bertinelli (daughter of a mobster). Well...
One decade ago, Helena appeared on the short-lived TV series
Birds of Prey (as did Black Canary,
making tonight’s show a bit of a reunion).
At the time, that meant that the TV
Helena was the classic daughter-of-Batman version while the version appearing in
the comics was the
daughter-of-a-mobster version, Helena Bertinelli (though to complicate matters,
the TV version was called Helena Kyle – after her mom, Selina Kyle, a.k.a.
Catwoman). As of tonight, the situation
is reversed: Just one year after DC’s most recent reboot of the universe, it is
Helena Wayne who appears in the current Worlds’
Finest comic book but Helena Bertinelli who appears as a character on TV’s Arrow.
The two (primary) incarnations of Huntress keep passing like ships in
the night.
Seriously, though, I trust you won’t be able to tell the
difference. For archery-oriented TV
action purposes, the one thing likely to matter is that she wields a crossbow. Let’s see if I make it through the whole
hour.
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