Arrowette is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first, Bonnie King, is a supporting character of Green Arrow who unsuccessfully tried to become his sidekick. The second, Cissie King-Jones, is King's daughter and a member of Young Justice.
Publication history
The Bonnie King version of Arrowette appears in World's Finest Comics #113 and was created by Dave Wood and Lee Elias.
The Cissie King-Jones version of Arrowette appears in Impulse #28 and was created by Tom Peyer and Craig Rousseau.
Biography
Bonnie King
The first Arrowette (properly known as Miss Arrowette) is Bonnie King, a would-be sidekick and general nuisance to Green Arrow. She first appears in World's Finest Comics #113 (November 1960).
When Bonnie was a child, her mother Millie put her through archery training and was controlling of her progress. Bonnie competes in the Olympic Games, where she wins a bronze medal. Bonnie's mother is disappointed in her for her failure to win a gold medal. Bonnie intends to use her skills in archery to serve as Green Arrow's sidekick, but turns out to be too clumsy to become a hero. Arrowette briefly dates Green Arrow in his civilian identity of Oliver Queen.
thumb|125px|left|The adult Bonnie King appears in Young Justice.
Bonnie meets Bernell Jones, a journalist who remembers her from her time in the Olympic Games and is probably the only person to consider her a star. She nicknames him Bowstring because he is as thin as one and takes him briefly as her sidekick so he will give her publicity in his journal. Eventually, however, Green Arrow convinces Arrowette to give up heroism.
Arrowette next appears in the series Young Justice, where she is injured by the villain Harm. She manages to escape and contact Young Justice, later joining the team along with Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) and Secret (Greta Hayes).
After her school therapist—one of the few adults whom Cissie trusted—is murdered, Cissie tracks down the killers in a violent rage. She nearly kills one of them herself, but is stopped by Superboy. Cissie is so shaken by the incident that she vows never to be Arrowette again.
Despite leaving the team, Cissie remains close friends with her teammates and eventually reconciles with her mother, who convinces her daughter to try out for the Summer Games in Sydney (a reference to the 2000 Summer Olympics). Cissie ends up taking home the gold and becomes something of a celebrity. Now retired from heroics, Cissie never expresses any desire to return to her life as a superhero, despite the best efforts of several of her former teammates.
Cissie temporarily rejoins Young Justice debuting a new red hooded costume as part of a roster of back-up members alongside Aqualad, Spoiler, and Sideways. During the Dark Crisis event, she reconnects with Cassie – who reveals her resentment at Cissie for abandoning the team and her friends – while Impulse, Superboy, and Robin are trapped by Mickey Mxyzptlk.
Skills and abilities
Cissie is a normal human with above average strength, stamina and agility for a girl of her age. She has exceptional hand-to-hand combatant ability, being highly skilled in judo, jeet kune do, and kickboxing with skills as an Olympic gold-medalist longbow marksman and possesses above average intelligence.
Other versions
- An alternate timeline version of Cissie King-Jones / Arrowette appears in the Flashpoint tie-in Wonder Woman and the Furies as a member of the Amazons' eponymous Furies.
- An alternate universe version of Arrowette named Cissie King-Hawke appears in The Multiversity: The Just #1. This version is the spoiled and popular daughter of Connor Hawke who wishes to start her own superhero team called the Just over her father's disapproval.
In other media
The Cissie King-Jones incarnation of Arrowette appears in Young Justice, voiced by Kelly Stables. This version is a member of the Team.
References
External links
- Miss Arrowette at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Arrowette at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Spider-Bob Profile