Green Arrow MEGA EPISODE (Green Arrow, Black Canary, Green Arrow Quiver, Arrowette, Arrow Series Retrospective)

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Tv & Film, Arts, Film History, Visual Arts

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 304 minutes

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Get ready to take to the streets of Star City (or maybe Starling City?), with our Green Arrow Mega Episode celebrating Absolute Green Arrow #1! In this jam-packed celebration of the Oliver Queen and his incredible legacy, we’re diving deep into the stories of Green Arrow's extended history, from his extended superhero family, to the Kevin Smith comic that redefined who Green Arrow was, and Arrow - the CW television show that invented the modern superhero on tv!Here’s what’s in store for this week’s super-powered lineup:

Oliver Queen (GHL 34) – Discover the origins of Oliver Queen, the original Green Arrow, and his journey from comics to live-action stardom on Arrow
Black Canary (GHL 16) – Half Dina Drake, half Dina Lane, all heart. We explore Black Canary's double identities, how they are related to each other, Green Arrow, and beyond
Green Arrow: Quiver (GHL 269) – Celebrate 25 years of the comic book that defined Green Arrow, with a deep dive Book Club episode on Kevin Smith and Phil Hester's iconic run and the comic's groundbreaking legacy
Arrowette (GHL 339) – Almost two decades after her reinvention, we revisit the DC Comics legacy character that brought Arrowette to the world of Young Justice and left an undeniable impact on the Green Arrow legacy character landscape
Arrow: A Series Retrospective (GHL 296) – Explore the impact of Green Arrow on the small screen in the day following the end of Arrow, and the show's evolution into the multiverse-spanning "Arrowverse"

Whether you’re a die-hard Green Arrow fan or just discovering the rich history of Oliver Queen and co, this episode is packed with epic moments, fascinating discussions, and nostalgic deep dives into the stories that made us believe in street-level vigilantism again.Don’t miss this epic celebration of all things Green Arrow! Listen now and join us next week for even more Geek History Lesson adventures.

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0:00.0	Is that still irrelevant sound effect? I don't know if many people in 2026 are going to know what that is. I'm sorry. But they're going to know that you have a great deep voice. So I'm going to say hello and welcome to geek history lesson. I am Ashley Victoria Robinson. Yes. And you may call me absolute Jason inman because I'm getting over a cold and I have the deep berry white peppered voices.
0:22.2	And instead of resting, I'm podcasting because that is my curse.
0:24.9	Because we love you so much.
0:26.8	And we want to say, welcome to your mind university where a TV writer from Kansas and a comic
0:32.0	book writer from Canada teach you everything you need to know about a character.
0:34.8	But my beautiful friends, this week, we have a what,
0:38.2	Jason? And we have a mega episode. And it's about Green Arrow because like I have just entered my
0:43.4	absolute phase. Green Arrow is entering his absolute phase with a brand new comic. And so we thought
0:48.0	we'd kick you off with a bunch of our episodes about Green Arrow. Exactly.
0:58.7	And this one is curated to be people that Ashley hopes show up in absolute green arrow.
0:59.6	Specifically.
1:00.3	No.
1:01.1	Okay.
1:02.4	But I just thought it would be fun to say. I also want to shout out the creators of this comic, PornSec Pche Shote and Raphael Albuquerque of absolute green arrow.
1:10.0	Because I think they're amazing and a great team of not of our episodes but of this comic I think they're going to tell an amazing story in the absolute universe and so to get you prepped on all of the most important characters we are going to go we're going way back into the franchise of Beaconessasch. We're going to year one of GHL with this.
1:27.7	It's the thing I want to say.
1:29.2	Like, people don't realize Ashley was doing the theme song, Arrow, and it's eight seasons, starting in 2011.
1:35.8	Yeah.
1:36.5	Change the paradigm.
1:37.7	It birthed the CW universe.
1:40.1	It birth like six spinoffs.
1:42.4	Yeah.
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