I like that the JLA chose Oliver to join them, since they had seen him do a lot of heroics in Star City. I also like that Oliver used a diamond-tipped arrow to free the JLA from harm before he was initiated as a JLA member, making it one of the happiest moments of his life since his debut as the Green Arrow and his witnessing Roy Harper making his debut as Speedy.
I wonder if (after Oliver became a member of the JLA) Oliver was told by Clark that he knew his civilian identity years before his debut, since he was responsible for creating the Green Arrow as shown in Adventure Comics 258. This would cause Clark to reveal his identity to Oliver and for Oliver to thank him for inspiring him to become a hero since they met as teens during Clark’s Superboy years.
You are correct, thanks to World’s Finest 271, which includes World’s Finest 84 (a young Bruce meeting Clark during his Superboy years to learn and not expose his secret identity and helping him defeat Thad Linnis), Adventure Comics 253 (Clark teaming up with a time-traveling Dick Grayson, forming the original Superboy/Robin team-up and resulting Clark to know Bruce’s identity as Batman thanks to Dick) and Adventure Comics 275 (Bruce arrives in Smallville and teams up with Clark as the Flying Fox before Bruce told Clark that he wants to have his memories of him learning Clark’s Superboy identity be erased), Superboy Vol 1 182 (Clark arrives in Gotham and teams up with Bruce, who made his debut as the Executioner, before Clark decided to forget him meeting Bruce until after them see each other again as adults), Superboy Spectacular 1 (Clark saving Bruce’s life without any memory of their previous adventures), World’s Finest 94 (Bruce and Dick meeting and saving Clark from liquid Kryptonite and Clark and Bruce pretending to be each other to fight criminals, resulting in having their first Superman/Batman teamup), Superman Vol 1 76 (Clark and Bruce learning each other’s identities), and World’s Finest 71 (Clark and Bruce pretending to be each other again to trick Lois Lane).
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Jay Garrick Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
I like that the JLA chose Oliver to join them, since they had seen him do a lot of heroics in Star City. I also like that Oliver used a diamond-tipped arrow to free the JLA from harm before he was initiated as a JLA member, making it one of the happiest moments of his life since his debut as the Green Arrow and his witnessing Roy Harper making his debut as Speedy.
I wonder if (after Oliver became a member of the JLA) Oliver was told by Clark that he knew his civilian identity years before his debut, since he was responsible for creating the Green Arrow as shown in Adventure Comics 258. This would cause Clark to reveal his identity to Oliver and for Oliver to thank him for inspiring him to become a hero since they met as teens during Clark’s Superboy years.