![]() ![]() Because of this, Roy was forced to abandon her, unaware that she was pregnant with his child. ![]() Harper could not bring himself to turn Cheshire in, but he was concerned that his continued presence would endanger her. Though Harper was meant to eventually turn Cheshire over to the authorities, the two fell in love and had an affair. On one undercover assignment, Harper was tasked with gaining the trust of the sociopathic mercenary Cheshire. With a new direction, Roy became an official CBI drug enforcement agent. Roy learned he was as accurate with a gun as he was with a bow and arrow. They also taught him how to use firearms, something that was overlooked in his previous training sessions with Brave Bow and Green Arrow. The CBI, led by Sarge Steel, invited Roy to work with them and trained him in for undercover missions. While counseling teenagers and working as a superhero, Harper's obvious skills as well as his personal connection to the drug underground attracted the attention of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), a clandestine government agency largely concerned with drug trafficking and terrorism. He also joined a re-formed Teen Titans for a time, but the team once again disbanded and Speedy was left on his own. No longer working with Green Arrow, he tried to balance his new job with a solo-career as Speedy. Harper worked as a counselor for teens with drug problems following his recovery. Roy grew to resent his mentor Green Arrow for how the man treated him, wedging a gap between them that would take years to mend. However, Roy didn't keep his promise and still continued to occasionally use drugs. Roy was later found by Hal Jordan, and, with the help of Black Canary and others, Harper promised to quit drugs cold turkey. When Green Arrow discovered his ward's addiction, rather than give him support or comfort, Ollie punched him in the face and kicked him out, leaving the boy homeless. Increasingly alone and extremely depressed, Harper began using heroin and became addicted. Thirdly, Oliver, the closest thing Harper had to a father, lost much of his fortune due to subterfuge and abandoned Roy to travel America with Green Lantern and Black Canary. The Teen Titans eventually disbanded, leaving Roy without an outlet to see his friends. His relationship with Donna Troy failed to progress past the "teenage sweetheart" stage they broke up but remained close friends. Several events occurred that made Speedy feel increasingly rootless and abandoned in his teenage life. Just as Green Arrow had become a member of the Justice League of America, Speedy joined his own superhero group with some of peers called the Teen Titans. Shortly after Roy became a vigilante, Brave Bow died, and Oliver Queen became the only father figure in Roy Harper's life.Īs Speedy, Harper assisted his mentor during many of his cases. When Green Arrow judged him to be sufficiently skilled, Roy was presented with his own costume and the super-heroic identity of " Speedy", at the age of 13. Roy was extensively drilled in the use of both standard arrows and the trick arrows that Green Arrow had created for use in crime-fighting. Though publicly the two were known as Oliver Queen and Roy Harper, benefactor and foster child, in private Queen trained Harper to be his partner in crime-fighting. Green Arrow offered to take Roy in as his ward. However, in the final round of the tournament, Harper was sabotaged and given a magnetized arrow, forcing him to miss the last shot and lose in front of his hero.Īfterwards, Roy helped stop a robber on the reservation by quickly drawing and firing an arrow at him Green Arrow was again impressed and noted that Harper was even "speedier" with a bow than he. When Green Arrow visited the reservation in order to judge an archery contest Harper was participating in, eager Roy impressed Green Arrow with his incredible skills. With few friends and a lot of time on his hands, Harper practiced extensively, eventually developing the skill of someone twice his age.Īfter Green Arrow's public debut, Harper developed an immediate hero worship for the man and followed his exploits avidly. Brave Bow recognized Roy's early talent for archery and trained the boy throughout his time on the reservation. Under Brave Bow's care, Roy Harper was raised as a traditional Navajo and treated as a member of the 'Tachini' tribe. The shaman of the reservation Brave Bow adopted the young boy in gratitude for Roy, Sr.'s sacrifice. died while saving members of a Navajo reservation during a major fire. Unfortunately, when his son was barely two years old, Roy, Sr. ![]() Roy never knew his mother and never even learned her name. ![]()
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