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 * This article is about the original sidekick of Green Arrow. For the Cadmus-created clone, see Red Arrow.

Speedy is the former sidekick of Green Arrow.

Physical appearance
Being the genetic template for Red Arrow, Roy looks exactly like the clone. He has auburn hair and (presumably) blue eyes. He is much less muscular than Red Arrow, given that he was replaced when he was three years younger than Red Arrow's current biological age. While under the guise of Speedy, he donned the same outfit that the clone wore before becoming Red Arrow: a yellow sixteenth century-style hat complete with a red feather, yellow gloves, boots, belt and a red suit. Currently, he is missing a portion of his right arm, right below the elbow.

Early life
Early on in his crime fighting career, he was abducted and taken to Cadmus. He was replaced by a clone who took over as Speedy. The real Roy was stored in a cryo-containment pod in Cadmus. For some unspecified reasons, he is missing his right arm.

2011
When they raided Cadmus, the Light took Roy's pod with them.

2011-2015
The Justice League disbanded the search for Speedy after a few years, believing he was truly dead. Red Arrow kept looking for him, and was consumed by the search.

2016
With Cheshire's help, Red Arrow finally found Roy, locked in a cryogenic chamber in away in a Tibetan monastery. Red Arrow opened the pod and caught the boy, who started to regain consciousness.

Background in other media

 * In the comics, Roy Harper was one of the earliest sidekicks, modeled from the character of Robin to serve as Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy. When his addiction to heroin was revealed, he became estranged from his mentor. He changed his heroic identity to Arsenal, and later assumed the name Red Arrow when he joined the Justice League. At the end of the Cry for Justice storyline, he lost his right arm (and his daughter) at the hands of Prometheus.
 * The 2011 reboot retconned the missing arm away, as well as his daughter (with Cheshire), Lian.