History: (Green Arrow III #2 (fb, BTS) - Mia grew up in an abusive household and ran away from home at the age of twelve. Richard took her in and pretended to care about her, but forced her into prostitution.

(Green Arrow III #2-4) - Richard sent Mia to councilman Freddy Dreyfus during one of his drug parties. She was afraid of Dreyfus, but was saved by Green Arrow, who broke up Dreyfus' party. He told Mia to get off the streets and gave her a card for the Star City Youth Recreational Center. Richard worried that the bust on Dreyfus would lead back to him, so he was ready to kill Mia to keep her quiet. She stabbed him and fled to the youth center. She met Oliver Queen and made him uncomfortable because she'd deduced his secret identity and claimed that his distinctive goatee and small domino mask made it obvious that he was Green Arrow. He was impressed with the way she took to teaching kickball to the kids at the center, so he gave her a job, and convinced Stanley Dover to let her live with them for a while. At Dover's house Mia watched a news report that let the world know Green Arrow was back from the dead.

(Green Arrow III #5, 6, 8-10) - Mia researched the Star City Slayer in an attempt to help Arrow catch the serial killer. She was getting nowhere, so she decided to try her hand practicing with Arrow's bow and arrows. She met Arrow's friends Arsenal and Black Canary, who wanted to know how their friend came back from the dead. She was happy to send them in the right direction to find Arrow, but when she told Dover Arrow's friends stopped by he seemed disquieted by the news. He knocked Mia out, and when she woke up she found herself bound next to Green Arrow. Dover was an occultist and wanted to put his soul into Green Arrow's youthful body, and he was keeping Mia around so he could make her his own. Conner Hawke saved Green Arrow and Mia, and Arrow contacted his soul in Heaven, that reunited with his body so Dover couldn't possess him.

(Green Arrow III #11) - Green Arrow made Mia go back to high school. She desperately wanted to be trained to be the new Speedy, but Arrow told her times were different from when heroes had sidekicks, things were more dangerous, and he couldn't stand to lose her. Mia gave in, but told him that if she still had aspirations of being a hero when she was 21 she expected him to train her.

(Green Arrow III #13) - Mia teased Arrow about spending the night with Black Canary at JSA hq, and then started flirting with Conner. Arrow told her to just get to school.

(Green Arrow III #14, 15) - Mia learned that Conner Hawke had been shot, and went to be by his side, but the shooter, Onomatopoeia, went to the hospital to finish the job. He took out Mia, but was stopped in his tracks by Green Arrow.

(Green Arrow III #22) - Arrow was going back to the south seas island where he first became a hero, and told Mia to pick him up in a month. She didn't appreciate being left alone, and wanted to go to the island when she heard a typhoon hit it, but held herself back. At the end of the month she reunited with Arrow.

(Green Arrow III #27, 29, 30-32) - The Elevast Corporation set about opening the Star Center in Star City to boost tourism, but its construction would leave everyone in the Lamb Valley district homeless, so Green Arrow spent millions to fight Elevast in court. Joanna Pierce represented the Valley residents, and Mia noticed Arrow and her started flirting. She butted in, reminding Green Arrow that he had Black Canary in his life. Arrow later got involved with Joanna, and Mia picked up on the signs when Arrow told Joanna he'd made a mistake. Mia started giving Arrow the cold shoulder because she cared about Canary. Joanna Pierce uncovered Elevast's connection to Tepcorp, the pharmaceutical company that created monsters plaguing Star City, and Drakon, an assassin hired by Elevast, killed her. She'd e-mailed what she'd learned to Green Arrow, and Drakon sped to his home, where he found Connor Hawke and Mia Dearden. He badly injured both of them, but Connor set a gas fire to blow up the house and defeat Drakon, while taking away a copy of Joanna's e-mail. Arrow sent the information about Tepcorp to the media, exposing Elevast. Mia was sent to the hospital to recover from her wounds.

(Green Arrow III #33) - Green Arrow learned the old Arrowcar was still around when he saw it up for bids on an auction site. Mia wanted him to buy it, but he told her it belonged to the past. Batman bought the Arrowcar for Arrow, and he had to defend it from Scavenger, who wanted it for his own. he took the Arrowcar for a ride with Mia, then blew it up and told Mia not to question his decision.

(Green Arrow III #34, 35) - Mia and Black Canary had lunch, and Mia asked Arrow not to join them, still steaming that he'd cheated on Canary and not come clean. While Mia was practicing combat techniques and the bow-and-arrow, Green Arrow told her he was sick of her passive-aggressive behavior and had to have a talk with her. He told her how much he regretted cheating on Canary, but wouldn't be telling her because it would only hurt her, and only serve to clear his conscience. Mia gave him a hug and they were once again on speaking terms.

(Green Arrow III #37-39) - Albert Davis cast a spell over Star City, cutting it off from the rest of the world with a mystic shield, and populating it with demons that killed anyone breaking any laws or acting out in any violent fashion, Davis' idea of a perfect society because his wife and children were killed in a carjacking years ago. Mia kept people safe and fed in the Star City Recreational Center. Green Arrow located Davis' mansion, but it was surrounded by demons, so he knew he couldn't break in by himself. He recruited the toughest Star City police officers and gangsters and taught them to use a bow-and-arrow. Mia demanded to be part of the raid on Davis' mansion, but Arrow told her he didn't need to be distracted by worry that she'd get herself killed. She didn't back down and attacked him, giving him such a good fight that he told her to get a mask and join him. Arrow's army battled the demons and he got the opportunity to enter Davis' mansion with Mia. Davis regretted what he did, and told them there was no way to break the spell except to end his life. The heroes had little time to decide on a coarse of action as more demons confronted them, so Mia shot Davis dead. She broke down in tears and embraced Arrow.

(Green Arrow III #40-45) - Mia, locked in her room, overheard Black Canary arguing with Arrow about making Mia a soldier and then a killer, forcing her into a situation where she had to take Mr. Davis’ life, and he admitted he screwed up, and agreed with her when she told him they should break up. When Green Arrow and Connor went after rising Star City gangster Brick, Mia let them know she was interested, but Arrow told her she’d have no further role in their superhero lives. When Green Arrow was lured into a trap by Brick, Mia helped him escape Brick’s gangbangers. Arrow was furious,and told her he’d no longer train her. Mia argued that although she was only sixteen she grew up a long time ago, but Arrow wouldn’t budge. Mia cut herself during the escape, and got a physical. Her doctor informed her that she was H.I.V. positive. The doctor discussed drug therapy, and Arrow was devastated, but Mia put on her toughgirl act, and pretended she was unphased. Connor reached out to her, and she admitted she felt dirty and although she wasn’t scared of dying she was worried no one would ever love her. Connor silenced her with a kiss, but when she asked if it meant they were now dating he admitted that it was more of a symbolic gesture. Nonetheless she was uplifted. Arrow and Connor attended a rally at Mia’s school where she gave a speech about living with H.I.V. Mia showed Arrow her superhero costume and told him her life needed the focus of being a hero, and he finally accepted her as such, passing her the mantle of Speedy.

(Green Arrow III #46) - Green Arrow intensely trained Speedy for fieldwork, and together they broke up an arms shipment earmarked for Brick and guareded by High-Rise. Arrow sponsored Speedy’s membership in the Teen Titans, and during her initiation he bet Cyborg that his protégé could take Batman’s protégé Robin. Robin defeated her, but it was close, and Arrow was proud. Speedy asked him not to tell the Titans that she had H.I.V., even though she came out to her school she didn’t want it to be part of her introduction to a superhero team.

(Green Arrow III #47-50) - Green Arrow, Connor and Speedy chipped away at Brick’s empire, taking down drug rings, his skin trade and weapons shipments, prompting Brick to call in outside help. Arsenal found out that Mia was now the new Speedy, and told Arrow he couldn’t believe he let her engage in such dangerous activity, but changed his tune when he learned she had H.I.V. Team Arrow went to apprehend Brick’s man the Duke of Oil, who’d just robbed a bank. Arsenal was trapped inside the bank when Drakon shut the windows and doors with a trip-wire. After a wild fight Arrow disabled the Duke by shooting an arrow at the base of his android skull, the one chink in his armor. Arsenal discovered a massive bomb in the bank and went to work disabling it. Once Arrow defeated the Duke, Drakon released the bank doors, allowing the patrons to leave, but Arsenal was still determined to defuse the bomb. Drakon set off the charge, seemingly killing Arsenal, but in reality he’d kidnapped the hero before the explosion. Arrow frantically searched the wreckage for Arsenal, and was joined by the Outsiders when they learned their teammate was in distress. After a full search they found no body, but they did discover Riddler’s calling card. They stormed Riddler’s safehouse, Puertas al Infierno, a former prison, and fought off the hi-tech armored mercenaries that guarded it. Shift captured Drakon after Speedy and Connor fought him to a stalemate, and Green Arrow found Riddler, who shot him in the shoulder as revenge for Arrow’s past brutalization of him. He tied up Arrow next to Arsenal, but once Riddler learned his security had been breached he fled, noting that his act was a game, and a hint of things to come when he was serious about destroying Green Arrow. Green Arrow returned home just in time to witness his house demolished by an explosion set by Deathstroke, another of Brick’s contract men.

(Green Arrow III #52, 55-57) - Arrow rented the subbasement of the Steadman Building as his new hq, and had Zatanna pose as a high school student to follow Mia and make sure she was safe. Mia complained to Connor about Arrow treating her like a child, but he told her they were in serious trouble, as the bombing of their old home indicated that someone knew their secret identities. Dr. Light was one of the Society members responsible for the explosion, and while he kept Green Arrow busy fighting members of the Society he planned to kill Arrow’s family, starting with Mia. He attacked Mia’s school, and after incapacitating her he told her he was going to kill Connor Hawke and released her. He didn’t know where Green Arrow’s new home was, but knew Mia would run home to Connor to help him. Having fooled Mia he prepared to finish Connor and her off. Green Arrow and Black Lightning returned to Arrow’s house in time to save Connor and Mia. Light defeated the heroes and teleported Green Arrow away from the house and sealed its exits with light. Light was then joined by fellow Society member Merlyn, who’d rigged a bomb to Arrow’s new house, and they forced Arrow to watch as they blew up his new home with his family inside

(Green Lantern: Rebirth #1) - Arrow and Mia were ready to go on patrol when Black Hand broke into their home to steal Arrow’s Green Lantern ring. They incapacitated him, at which point the Spectre appeared and turned Black Hand’s right hand to coal.

(DC Countdown #1) - When someone broke into a Kord warehouse and stole the kryptonite stored there Oracle called in favors to Speedy, the Teen Titans, and a number of other heroes to investigate the crime scene, but the investigation turned up nothing.

(Teen Titans III #24) -

(JLA #117) - Former members of the Secret Society of Super-Villains who’d had their minds altered years ago by the JLA because they knew the secret identities of everyone in the JLA had their memories restored by Despero. The JLA knew the villains were going to target their loved ones, so Green Arrow checked in on Conner and Speedy to make sure they were okay.

(Teen Titans III #30, 31) - Speedy was working on a flash grenade arrow in shop class when Kid Flash told her an army of demons had been unleashed on Los Angeles by Brother Blood. Raven told the Titans that Brother Blood was exploiting an opening in the door between life and death, and they had to figure a way to close it. Blood confronted the Titans with his New Titans West, a team made of resurrected Titans. The Titans fought the demons and the New Titans while Raven and Beast Boy went into the afterlife and found that Brother Blood had Kid Eternity chained in the opening of the door between life and death, allowing the opening to widen. They freed him, and he sent the demons and New Titans back to the afterlife, and temporarily resurrected Blood’s predecessors, who tore him to bits.

(Teen Titans III #32) - Superboy Prime confronted Superboy because he wanted to take his place, and was willing to kill him to do it. Superboy took a beating from Prime, but called Speedy and the Titans and their reservists on an emergency signal. Speedy used the Phantom Zone arrow Arsenal gave her to trap Prime in the Zone, but he broke free. There were casualties, but Flash Jay Garrick, Flash and Kid Flash took Prime out of action by running him into the Speed Force. Superboy's heart stopped, but he was revived by Raven.

(Green Arrow III #66-68) - Green Arrow wanted to go out fighting for his city, but he passed out from loss of blood. Citizens of Star City brought him to an emergency medical camp, and when he was stabilized Connor, fearing they wouldn’t be safe in Star City, brought him and Speedy to the Marshall Islands, aided by his friend Frederick Tuckman, a monk and former LexCorp corporate raider. When Green Arrow awoke he first asked about Star City and learned it was in a state of disaster. Overwhelmed with grief because he’d been beaten on his own playing-field he resolved not to return to Star until he was ready to win his next fight. He hired grand-masters of fighting to come to the Marshall Islands and hone his skills, along with those of Speedy and Connor. He improved greatly, but realized he needed a different typeof instructor to combat the Society, so he contacted Natas, Deathstroke’s former mentor. Speedy and Connor were both worried that Green Arrow was straddling the line, learning to fight from a killer. Natas pushed Green Arrow to his limits of fighting and tracking, but Arrow remade himself and his fighting style. Tuckman informed Arrow that a wall had been put up in Star City to separate the badly damaged ghettos from the rest of the city, and Arrow resolved to run for Star City mayor when he returned home, with Tuckman . Arrow finished his training with Natas, although the assassin was convinced he’d never beat his opponents because they were willing to kill and he wasn’t. Natas departed and told Arrow they’d never meet again, but he’d prepared a final tets, sending an army of assassins to the Marshall Islands to kill Arrow, his family, and the grandmasters. Arrow knew Natas was testing him to see if he’d take another’s life. He sealed the grand-masters in a cave because they were willing to take lives if need be, and used all his skill and guile to defeat Natas’ assassins. The grand-masers had some government connections, and made sure the assassins were put into custody. Arrow returned to Star City,but realizing the dirty nature of politics he wanted Mia and Connor to stay on the island, away from the dirt that could be slung at them, especially Mia with her troubled past.

(Green Arrow III #64, 65) - Green Arrow and Brick raided a warehouse containing drugs that turned their users, mostly Glades refugees, into bestial creatures. As they prepared to destroy the narcotics an army of the bestisal addicts stormed the warehouse, but they were saved by the timely intervention of Speedy, long thought dead by the world at large. Green Lantern arrived and rounded up the last of the junkies, sending them to S.T.A.R. Labs to detox. Lantern once again offered to tear down the wall, but Arrow told him the city wasn’t ready. Speedy didn’t understand the way he was operating, but Arrow refused to explain himself. Speedy left to look after Connor. Green Arrow uncovered the source of the drugs, Theodore Davis of the Willobeigh Project, thanks to his senior V.P. Mr. Lachley turning on him for moral reasons.

(Green Arrow III #69-72) - Speedy and Arrow disrupted a shipment of hi-tech weaponry that was supposed to be delivered from Brick to Red Hood. The heroes were joined by Batman, who’d come to Star to find Red Hood. They got drop locations for the weaponry and split up. Speedy found a deserted building, but Batman and Arrow were ambused by the villains. The deserted building seemed to go up in fire, and Speedy investigated, but was bushwhacked by Red Hood’s cronies. The villains plan all along was to distract the heroes and capture Speedy. Hood wanted to send a message to Arrow for daring to interfere in his feud with Batman, but he also identified with Speedy and her relationship with her mentor. He forced her to duel with him, and got inside her head. He knew her history as a street kid, and told her that they were very much the same. He’d done horrible, shameful things just to survive on the streets as well. He defeated her in combat, but released her, confident that he’d planted doubts in her mind about Arrow.

(Green Arrow III #73-75) - After Ollie’s funding of the Outsiders was revealed to the public Willoughbeigh pushed for a recall election with police commissioner Nudocerdo as opposition to Quen. Queen agreed to take a dive if Nudocerdo locked in funds that Ollie saw necessary to complete rebuilding Star and left Mia out of his smear campaign. Ollie knew Mia could stand her past being dragged out into the light, but he couldn’t. Mia got word that Brick was making a play to become a major player in the Star City underworld, effectively ending his truce with Green Arrow. Arrow, Connor and Speedy went to find Brick’s lieutenants Monk, Breaker, Mastman and Pick and Roll, and Black Canary showed up to offer a hand. They captured everyone except Brick and his new right-hand man Merlyn. Speedy and Connor stayed out of Green Arrow’s way while he reconnected with his love Black Canary, but Speedy soon got security footage of Brick’s current location. The heroes pursued the lead, but found it was an ambush set by Drakon and Deathstroke. The villains had them dead to rights, but the Justice League of America arrived and saved the day, even though Drakon and Deathstroke were able to escape. Mayor Queen resigned, eliminating the need for a recall election, and making his right-hand man Frederick Tuckman, who convinced Nudocerda to make him headof city council, the new mayor. As a farewell gesture of unity Queen and Connor and Speedy shoot chemical arrows at the wall that separated the Glades from the rest of Star, bringing them to the ground.

(Titans II #19) - Roy moved back to Star City for a better life for Lian, and Mia picked her up after her first day of school. Lian was disappointed, because Roy promised to meet her, but Mia told her he’d run into some business as Red Arrow. After a few hours of waiting Lian started worrying, so Mia watched TV with her until she fell asleep. Red Arrow returned late at night, having defeated the villain Lady Vic, and he was upset at himself for breaking promises to his daughter, but Mia assured him Lian understood. Nonetheless, Roy stayed up late to paint Lian’s room to make her feel like her new house was a home.

Comments: Created by Kevin Smith & Phil Hester.

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