Arrowette is a fictional character in the DC Universe.
The first Arrowette, more correctly known as Miss Arrowette, was a would-be sidekick and general nuisance to Green Arrow. However, Bonnie King's career as a crime-fighter was short-lived. She married Bernell Jones and quietly dropped her crime-fighting activities.
Bernell and Bonnie had a daughter, Cissie King-Jones, before Bernell died of food poisoning. After Bernell's death, Bonnie became the superheroic equivalent of a 'stage mother', driving her daughter to practice archery and adopt a version of her old costume, becoming the second Arrowette.
Arrowette first appeared in the pages of Impulse wearing a frilly costume and a bejeweled mask that aped her mother's old costume. Despite Arrowette's success as a heroine, Impulse's mentor, Max Mercury, was concerned by what he saw as Bonnie's exploitation of her daughter. Welfare Services got involved, and Bonnie lost custody of her daugher, who was sent to Elias School for Girls, a boarding school.
Arrowette next appeared in the pages of Young Justice wearing a much more practical costume. Acting alone, she battled the villainous Harm and was injured by him with one of her own arrows. However, she managed to escape and contact Young Justice, later joining the team, along with the second Wonder Girl, Cassie Sandsmark, and Secret, Greta. The three quickly become close friends.
After her school therapist - one of the few adults whom Cissie trusted - was brutally murdered, Cissie tracked down the killers in a violent rage. She would have killed one of them herself, if Superboy hadn't caught the arrow, and was so shaken by the incident that she vowed never to be Arrowette again.
However, she remained close friends with Cassie and Greta, and eventually reconciled with her mother, who convinced her daughter to try out for the Olympic Games. With her battle-honed abilities, Cissie ended up taking home the gold, and became something of a celebrity, guest-starring on Superboy's favorite TV show, "Wendy the Werewolf Stalker" (a parody of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and frequently being asked for autographs. She helped the Red Tornado's daughter, Traya, adjust to life at Elias and later, when Secret was returned to humanity, Cissie helped to organise a placement for her at the same school.
She has never expressed any desire to return to her life as a superhero, but remains committed to justice and compassion. During the Imperiex war, she served as medical aid volunteer, and more recently, she used her considerable clout (as an Olympic gold medalist) to get Cassie admitted to the Elias School for Girls.
Last updated: 08-22-2005 12:48:26