I don't think that character would translate very well outside of that. It doesn't read as BLAM! and so to have a dude say BLAM!.I think it works great in print and on a comic book page.

A gun in a film sounds completely different. It only kind of works – I think – on a comic book page because if you have a gun going off, they usually write BLAM! and then you can have, you know, the character saying 'BLAM!' in a word balloon, but like if you tried to do that cinematically you can't really rock it. When I did Green Arrow, I went with Onomatopoeia for a villain, just because I loved that word, and it kind of formed the character inasmuch as he would say sounds out loud. Kevin Smith discussed the character in a 2007 interview: Created by writer Kevin Smith and artist Phil Hester, the character first appeared in Green Arrow (vol. Onomatopoeia is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, usually as an enemy of Green Arrow and Batman. Superb athlete, martial artist, and weapons expert.However, it wasn't until a climactic fight with Stanley (who turned out to be a devil-worshipping child - killer) that Ollie's soul returned to Earth and Ollie's body, making the Green Arrow whole once more.Onomatopoeia from the cover to Green Arrow (vol. With the help of Hal (now in the form of the Spectre), Oliver journeyed to Heaven to meet his soul. There was one problem though - Oliver lacked a soul. Over the course of 'Quiver,' Smith revealed that it was Oliver's old friend Hal Jordan who had returned him to life while Hal had been endowed with cosmic powers. However, it wasn't until issue #2 that a living Oliver was seen in all his glory, saving the future Speedy, Mia Dearden from the councillor before returning to his temporary home, the brownstone of his friend, Stanley Dover.

The first issue ended with a green-garbed figure launching an attack on a seedy party run by a corrupt councillor. 'Quiver' the 10 part story that helped launch the new series, opened with a cinematic view of Oliver Queen's life and showed how those who cared for him were still coming to terms with their loss.

Smith teamed up with artist Phil Hester and accomplished the impossible - they brought Oliver Queen back from the dead. Enter Kevin Smith, writer and director of the 1994 movie Clerks.

While his successor, Connor Hawke, had his own fans, most readers still wanted Oliver Queen as the Green Arrow. Oliver Queen had died saving Metropolis from a terrorist attack in Green Arrow #101.

Green Arrow, Vol. 2 by Kevin Smith