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9. China White

Green Arrow: Year One is hands down my favorite Green Arrow story of all time.

It's an origin that’s action packed, character focused, and has a great villain. That villain being China White. Real name Chien Na Wei, White took over the South Pacific drug trade, controlling heroin imports for most of the world. She began manipulating millionaire idiot Oliver Queen into unknowingly financing her operations.

But when Ollie started to notice something was up, White had him thrown from his boat, the Pacific Queen, hoping he'd drown. Unfortunately for her, Oliver survived, and washed up on her supply island. He found White's poppy fields and waves of slave labor, and decided to take her down, while also teaching himself to not die. During this journey, he became the Green Arrow, and gained the courage and survival skills he needed to topple White's empire.

Sorry, China, looks like you threw the wrong guy off a boat!