The Longbow Hunters is the name of a supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by

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. They are depicted as enemies of Green Arrow. The Longbow Hunters first appeared in ''Green Arrow'' Vol. 5 #31 and were created by

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. The Longbow Hunters appeared in the seventh season of ''

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'' as assassins hired by Ricardo Diaz. Holly Elissa portrayed

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, Michael Jonsson portrayed Kodiak, and Miranda Edwards played Silencer.

Fictional team history

The Longbow Hunters first appeared where they surround John Diggle following an ambush where they were assisted by

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who double-crossed Diggle.

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has Brick,

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, Killer Moth, and

surround John and states that he is going to bring Green Arrow to them. When Green Arrow returned to

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after his mission of chasing Komodo and

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, he learns from Henry Fyff and Naomi Singh that Richard Dragon took over the city. Just then, Green Arrow detects that they were followed and protects them from an explosion caused by Red Dart. As Richard Dragon recaps his history of his father Ricardo Diaz being killed by John Diggle, Green Arrow is then attacked by Brick. When Green Arrow claims that Richard Dragon has enlisted D-list supervillains, Killer Moth joins the fight and states that he is a C-list supervillain. As Brick, Killer Moth, and Red Dart beat Green Arrow senseless, he witnesses a group of arrows falling from the sky that was launched by his half-sister

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who is in a Green Arrow costume. Emiko has joined the fight against the Longbow Hunters as Green Arrow's "apprentice" much to the objection of Green Arrow. As Brick is nearly beaten to death by Green Arrow for harming Emiko, Killer Moth points a weapon at him which Green Arrow counters with a tornado arrow. Red Dart returns to the battle to take Emiko hostage only to be thumped in the back of her head by Naomi. Killer Moth then gives up Richard Dragon's location as Green Arrow insists that his friends look after Emiko. After Green Arrow left, Clock King appeared and revealed to the group that Richard Dragon double-crossed him and killed his men with him only following orders so that he would have the heads of Henry and Naomi. In addition, Clock King states that Richard Dragon wants to also hurt Green Arrow outside of killing him. As Clock King is taken down by Emiko, Killer Moth appears to finish the job. While Green Arrow and John Diggle fight Richard Dragon, Count Vertigo is instructed to deter the police. Naomi defeats Killer Moth with charged darts. Tearing a stray arrow from through the palm of his hand, Diggle tosses it to Oliver, who then uses its razor tip to slice through Dragon's femoral artery. After noticing the chaos caused by Count Vertigo, Green Arrow and Diggle focus on helping the innocent lives that were injured.

Members

- Leader * Brick *

- Associate *

* Killer Moth *

In other media

The Longbow Hunters appear in the seventh season of ''

''. Made up of

(portrayed by Holly Elissa), Kodiak (portrayed by Michael Jonsson), and Silencer (portrayed by Miranda Edwards), the Longbow Hunters are a group of assassins whose reputation caused even the League of Assassins to fear them. After being thought dead since the 1950s, the Longbow Hunters are hired by Ricardo Diaz, through a Ninth Circle financier named

Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His '' Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: ...

, to serve his criminal empire. When Diaz is captured by Team Arrow and

, the Longbow Hunters escape. In the episode "Lost Canary", Oliver Queen and John Diggle capture Kodiak, who reveals that Dante hired him to kill Emiko's mother Kazumi Adachi before the events of the season. Oliver reveals this to Emiko in the episode " Spartan", which leads to her killing Dante in revenge, after which the Longbow Hunters are not seen again.

References

External links

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