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Artemis is the protege and niece of Green Arrow.

Appearance
Artemis is a half-Caucasian and half-Vietnamese girl with long blond hair and blue eyes. She wears a green mask, green top and green pants. She carries a quiver along her back with a bow and arrows.

History
While combating the robotic villain Amazo at a Gotham City High School, Robin, Superboy and Kid Flash were aided by a mysterious archer, who distracted the robot. Later, Robin accused the Justice League, and Green Arrow in particular of "babysitting" the group. However, Green Arrow shows that the his brand of arrows do not match those Robin found, indicating a different archer was involved. The team assumes it to be Speedy, though neither Batman nor Green Arrow seem convinced.

Powers and abilities
Artemis has no superhuman abilities, but she is a great martial artist and is an Olympic-level archer.

Equipment
Like her mentor, Green Arrow, Artemis uses a bow and arrow in combat.

Production background
Artemis was the first character revealed to have been cast in the show when voice actress Stephanie Lemelin announced on her blog in February 2010 that she had been cast in the series Young Justice League as the character Arrowette, one of Green Arrow's sidekicks from DC Comics, but the post was soon after taken down. When Warner Brothers. officially announced the series (as Young Justice) in April, it was revealed that the character was actually a different character called Artemis.

Greg Weisman has since explained that Artemis and Arrowette (Cissie King) are two different characters, and that Arrowette does exist in the Young Justice universe. Furthermore, he said:
 * "Artemis is also not Speedy (Mia) or Wonder Girl (any of them) or an Amazon (at all) or from Apokolips (period). But she is an existing DC Comics character. We did NOT create her."

Trivia

 * Although she has yet to appear on the series, Artemis will be the next member of Young Justice, making her the second female member of the group.
 * Although not yet introduced or identitied in the show, her bio card on the Cartoon Network, Young Justice website identifies Artemis as the niece of Green Arrow.