Warning! Spoilers for Earth-Prime: Hero's Twilight #6 by DC Comics
The CW's Arrowverse is taking readers to the future in 2049 in a new age of heroes, with Green Arrow's return showcasing one of the biggest missed story opportunities. In Earth-Prime: Hero's Twilight #6 by DC Comics, the fate of Mia Queen is revealed, as the hero is the Green Arrow of the future. However, with her role, new appearance, and the new fate of her father, Oliver Queen, the comic can't help but illustrate how The CW failed the new Green Arrow.
Mia Queen is the daughter of Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak, with the character being brought to life in the Arrowverse by actress Katherine McNamara. Twenty years into the future, Queen has taken up her father's mantle as Star City's new Green Arrow. McNamara's Green Arrow was even set to star in her own spinoff on The CW called Green Arrow and the Canaries, but the series was canceled before it aired, leaving Mia Queen's fate up in the air. Now, comic readers are learning of what happened to the future Green Arrow.
In Earth-Prime: Hero's Twilight #6 by Jeff Hersh, Thomas Pound, Will Robson, Alex Sinclair, and Tom Napolitano by DC Comics, the heroes of 2049 take on the villain Magog who sends his army of villains that he's been collecting throughout the miniseries at them. Among the heroes is Mia Queen's Green Arrow, who returns with a metal arm as she helps Nora and Bart take down the bad guys. In the canon comic, Green Arrow is instrumental in stopping Magog and joins the future heroes in their takedown.
While it's great to see Mia Queen's Green Arrow in action, with the revelation Oliver Queen's Spectre is somehow alive and testing the new heroes for a bigger challenge coming soon, it can't help feel the comic sets up a missed opportunity for the hero. The CW doesn't currently have plans or announced a follow-up comic or live-action project to follow up on the Earth-Prime crossover, so after seeing Mia kick some ass and fight alongside her fellow heroes, who knows when she'll next pop up. There are rumors Mia Queen could appear in the final season of The Flash, which is great, but seeing her in action further emphasizes how great a live-action series (or comic) starring the new Green Arrow could have been.
It would make for an emotional story to see Mia Queen's Green Arrow learn that her father is still alive while forming a new age of heroes in the Arrowverse. That could still happen, but considering The CW has shown little interest in continuing the past version of their superhero universe and the new Green Arrow's adventures, the epic comic crossover's conclusion feels like a huge missed opportunity for the future of the Arrowverse.