Roy Harper... two lads that were mirror images of one another... who had adopted the alter ego of Speedy. Teenage sidekick of the Green Arrow, each Speedy had their early years formed by their mentors' heroic guidance in their lives. Sadly, when tragedy entered their lives, their reactions were markedly the same.
On Earth-One, Speedy slowly found that his legal guardian Oliver Queen had drifted away from him. For a time, Speedy's teammates in the Teen Titans kept him focused, however he eventually was lured into a life of substance abuse. With the timely intervention of Hal "Green Lantern" Jordan and especially Dinah "Black Canary" Lance, Roy was able to beat his drug habit and returned as a masked manhunter. However, a sharp rift between Roy and Oliver remained, as Speedy learned that Arrow wasn't the supportive surrogate father he thought him to be.
On Earth-Two, Speedy alongside his mentor Green Arrow were members of Law's Legionnaires during the 1940's, on their last case together as a team found themselves all lost in time. Combating the mysterious Nebula Man, the seven soldiers were jettisoned to various historic eras, with Speedy ending up in ancient Greece transformed into a bestial being by an evil villainess. Although members of the Justice Society and Justice League retrieved him and his allies, with his medical condition reversed, the impact was long lasting. Years later, now in the early 1980's having lost decades of time in the interim, Roy became bitter at the alienation he felt from his former friends and apparently from Oliver himself. After one final meeting together to pay their respects for their fallen comrade Crimson Avenger, a bitter Speedy retired from his costumed crusade. When Green Arrow next appeared during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a period that inspired all types of heroes to present themselves to protect humanity, Roy was not among them. What became of him would be revealed during the Crisis Convergence event, when he and Green Arrow gave their lives to save another.
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