'Rouse'
Gang violence in Metropolis escalated after the eradication of the Edge gang,
which caused a power vacuum in Metropolis. Not even the Metropolis police, the
greatest police force in the world, could deal with the insurgence. Hearing of the
death of a police officer on the evening news became common.
Members of the Oliver Queen gang including Arthur Curry, Helena Bertinelli and
Black Canary proposed changing their gang's current strategy of containing gang
violence to a new strategy of pitting one gang against another.
In the beginning this new strategy seemed to make sense to Oliver. For every
life that was lost in brawls that were caused by Oliver's Gang he believed the
life of a police officer would be saved.
However this change in strategy fractured their gang. Jordan Cross, Kyle Tippet
and Bart Allen soon left to start a new gang in Smallville with
The press also turned on Oliver's gang for the chaos they caused in Metropolis.
Because of their harsh methods the press dubbed the gang the 'Agents of
Justice'.
As time went on the Metropolis gangs eventually adapted to their diminishing
numbers of meteor-infected members by turning to other sources of power. They
learned new techniques of using kryptonite. They created tattoos which gave
them the ability to walk through walls. They created fumes which gave them
superhuman strength.
In addition, Lex Luthor secretly marketed experimental kryptonite substances to
these gangs. Some of these substances had never been tested, not even on
animals. As a result they sometimes resulted in death or in unexpected
mutations.
The most zealous member of Oliver's remaining gang was Helena Bertinelli, who
had become known in Metropolis as the Huntress. Black Canary continued mostly
out of loyalty to her friends, although she eventually came to regret the path
she had chosen. Green Arrow was torn between the two of them. He was either
unwilling or unable to acknowledge the guilt he felt for his part in violence
that led to numerous deaths, deaths of people who were both guilty and
innocent. He was a shell of the man he had once been. He hid his face beneath
his dark goggles and hood. His clothes were tattered and he neglected to shave.
(Black Canary is represented by a photo of Maria Bello)