Diggle then rejoined Team Arrow.ĭuring a climactic battle with the Dark Archer, as Green Arrow prepared to kill the villain, Diggle betrayed Oliver and saved Merlyn's life, knocking Oliver out. However, this was resolved, and they joined forces yet again to take down the Ninth Circle. After he learned that Queen was not actually dead, the two men got in a fight, with Diggle blaming Oliver for sleeping with his ex-fiancé, years prior. Years later, Diggle eventually began working once again as a soldier for hire, operating his own Private Security Force, when he received an anonymous message about Oliver Queen's death. Merlyn then spared Diggle's life, nursed him back to health, and trained him as a mercenary. Merlyn recognized Diggle as a friend of Green Arrow, however Diggle reassured him that Oliver was no friend of his and that he was dead to him. Just before they were able to kill him, Diggle was saved by Malcolm Merlyn, an enemy of Green Arrow and member of the League of Assassins. Before he could reach it, he was captured by a terrorist organization.
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Eventually Diggle found himself marching through a war zone to free climb and base jump off of a salt cathedral. Instead, he left Team Arrow and made every effort to kill himself, which brought him to engage in various dangerous activities, including hang gliding and deep sea diving. Diggle was furious and wanted to kill Oliver. At this point, Diggle would rejoin Team Arrow, alongside Felicity Smoak, a new member of the team.Īt one point, Diggle learned that Oliver had slept with his ex-fiancé, who he had recently broken things off with.
At the last second, the Green Arrow saved Diggle from being murdered by Richard Dragon, and the two men teamed up to finally stop Dragon once and for all. Oliver returned to Seattle and learned of Diggle's captivity.
While captured and tortured by Richard Dragon, Diggle admitted the truth that he was the one who killed Dragon's father and that his crusade against the Green Arrow was in vain. The villains let Fyff and Singh go, but kept Diggle as leverage against the Green Arrow. Tockman eventually turned on Diggle, stating that Dragon offered him a better deal. He also recruited the help of Naomi Singh and Henry Fyff. Years later, Diggle returned to Seattle to seek the help of crime boss William Tockman to take down Richard Dragon, who still believed that the Green Arrow had killed his father years ago. This led to John impersonating him, to kill Richard Dragon's father, a powerful crime lord. Īfter some time, Diggle would put the vigilante life behind him, having had a falling out with Oliver, due to his alcoholism causing him to neglect his duties as Green Arrow. Diggle was initially reluctant towards the offer, however he accepted and the two worked together for approximately a year, cleaning up crime in Seattle. After Diggle patched him up, Oliver, told Diggle he believed he was an honest man for risking his own life to save Oliver's mother, and asked him to join in his crusade against crime. Ībout a month later, while sitting in his apartment one night, Diggle was paid a visit by the new vigilante Green Arrow, who was bleeding out and needed help. However, he was eventually stopped by the combined forces of Batman and Green Arrow. One night while he was on the job protecting Moira Queen in Gotham City during the Zero Year, Moira was targeted by the criminal, Killer Moth. After leaving the military, John took up a career as a Security Guard for Queen Industries. ĭiggle eventually joined the United States Army and ranked up into the Special Forces as a Green Beret. He also grew up with William Tockman before he had begun his criminal career as the Clock King. At some point, John also lost his brother to cancer.
As a child, Diggle's father, a police officer of 25 years, was gunned down in the streets of Seattle.