DC Showcase: Green Arrow

RELEASED 28 Sept 20100h 11m★ 7.1 TMDB

At an airport, the Emerald Archer must protect a young princess from assassins.

WATCH NOTE

2010 DC Showcase animated short, originally packaged separately with the Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Blu-ray and two-disc special-edition DVD. Original presentation runs 11:14, rounded to 11 minutes; Rotten Tomatoes lists 12 minutes without specifying a cut. The DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection includes an extended version of the same story; choose either presentation to avoid repetition. Greg Weisman describes the short as Young Justice-adjacent: a version of its events occurred on Earth-16. No other DC adaptation is required. Animated Elseworlds collects separate continuities. Neal McDonough voices Green Arrow / Oliver Queen and Grey DeLisle voices Black Canary. Official DC profile matches for Merlyn, Count Vertigo, Princess Perdita and Merc #1, plus complete silent/background and introductory appearance coverage, remain unresolved.

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SmallvilleOptional background152h 55m★ 8.2
A separate adaptation of Green Arrow; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Showcase: Green Arrow’s story continuity.
Birds of PreyOptional background9h 8m★ 6.2
A separate adaptation of Black Canary; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Showcase: Green Arrow’s story continuity.
Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsOptional background1h 15m★ 7.3
A separate adaptation of Black Canary; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Showcase: Green Arrow’s story continuity.

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DC Showcase: Green Arrow is title 12 of 99 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Green Arrow protects a princess at an airport in this DC Showcase short, originally packaged with Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. The later extended version covers the same rescue.

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