Roy Harper (Earth-Two)

Roy Harper
Mainstream Universe‎, 1930s-1950s
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Real Name	Roy Harper
Other Aliases	One of Speed
Relatives	John Harper (father), Anna Harper (mother), Jim Harper (uncle), Green Arrow (adopted father)
Affiliation	Seven Soldiers of Victory · All-Star Squadron, partner of Green Arrow
Base Of Operations	Star City
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Student
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Red
Origin
Universe	Earth-Two
Creators	Mort Weisinger · George Papp
First Appearance	More Fun Comics #73 (November, 1941)
Last Appearance	All-Star Squadron #60 (August, 1986)

History

Roy Harper was an orphan who became the ward of Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow. As Speedy, he was the Green Arrow's partner and a member of both the All-Star Squadron and the Seven Soldiers of Victory, alongside whom he fought until he and the rest of the team were hurled into the timestream by the Nebula Man. Rescued decades later by the Justice Society of America and their counterparts the Justice League of America of Earth-One, Roy had not aged a day since his disappearance in the mid 1940s and neither had his teammates. He nonetheless retired from "superheroing" for the most part and attempted to find a place for himself in this new world he found himself in. He later attended the funeral of the Crimson Avenger.

Though Harper was originally thought to have somehow survived the destruction of Earth-Two in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, this later appeared not to be the case, though another Roy Harper does exist on New Earth.

Speedy in the All-Star Squadron

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Archery

Notes

• This version of Roy Harper (Earth-Two), including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.
• In some later stories, Speedy is colored as a blond, presumably in order to differentiate him from his Earth-One counterpart. This appears to happen only in his appearances in All-Star Squadron from #31 onward and in Infinity Inc #11, and according to Roy Thomas is because he was blond in some of his very earliest appearances.

Related

• 308 Appearances of Roy Harper (Earth-Two)
• 17 Images featuring Roy Harper (Earth-Two)
• 10 Quotations by or about Roy Harper (Earth-Two)
• Character Gallery: Roy Harper (Earth-Two)

Footnotes

Team Arrow member This character is or was a member of the Green Arrow family of vigilante super-heroes, who fight crime using archery and martial arts. They are a loose connection brought together through family bonds and shared experiences. This template will categorize articles that include it into the category "Team Arrow members."

Seven Soldiers of Victory member This character is or was a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory, or the Seven Soldiers in any of its various incarnations, created during World War II and later, it returned to battle time-traveling, dimension-spanning mysteries and monsters. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Seven Soldiers of Victory members" category.