Issue Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood 1
Subtitle Dragon's Blood part one
Date January 2007
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Derec Donovan
storyline Connor Hawke had rejoined a monetary in hopes of righting himself. He felt off.
He received a visitor - Edison Hoon, who represented Zhao Industries, invited him to compete in an archery competition. He told Connor of an ancient war in his land - before China was formed. With all the peoples fighting, and a geomancer called forth a great serpent. The armies banded together to fight the threat. A great swordsman was killed after he cut a single scale from the beast, then it was killed by an archer who hit the unprotected spot. When the beast fell, the world broke into the six continents.
Hoon's employer was inviting the world's greatest archers to commemorate the event. Connor agreed to join. The Bamboo Monkey, Tony Crowfoot, Lady Shado, Libby Lindstrom, and dozens of others were invited.

Issue Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood 2
Subtitle Dragon's Blood part two
Date February 2007
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Derec Donovan
storyline At the opening ceremonies, Eddie Fyers met Brandy Sloane, who was attending with Crowfoot. Connor was fired upon by another of the archers. The next morning he asked Eddie about Shado.
Brandy and Crowfoot had an altercation when he tried to make their relationship a bit more than professional. She blacked one of his eyes.
Connor met a Kyudo master named Honduro Kishu. He accepted an invitation to train with him. He later finally met up with Shado. They talked about his father, Oliver Queen. As they talked, she took an arrow in the thigh. Connor chased off the attackers and carried her back to get medical attention.
Kishu met Peng Li Zhao in his office. They spoke of the legend in which the competition honored.
After coming out of surgery, Shado told Connor she entered the competition in order to warn Queen that their son was in danger.

Issue Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood 3
Subtitle Dragon's Blood part tree
Date March 2007
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Derec Donovan
storyline Brandy and Eddie continued to watch the competitions - all but six had been eliminated. Connor agreed to have dinner with Libby after a lesson with Kishu. The master told Connor to trust no one and to believe the dragon was real.
After dinner, Connor returned to his room. Shado was there. She told him about her son - his step-brother. She asked his help in protecting Tak Tomonago (Robert).
Libby came to the door to find them kissing. She fell - an arrow stuck in her side. Connor ran out to find her killer. Though it was Crowfoot's arrow, he was not the shooter. The group soon realized that everyone had missing arrows. Connor and Eddie realized the Bamboo Monkey was at work. Connor caught up with the Bamboo Monkey, but he said his cult was innocent. Before he could say anything else, three arrows pierced him. He, Shado, and Crowfoot went after the assassins and were attacked by dozens more.

Issue Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood 4
Subtitle Dragon's Blood part four
Date April 2007
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Derec Donovan
storyline As the three ran for cover, Shado was certain that they were not her enemies. The archers chased the three competitors back into their hotel. They regrouped. Kishu shot two down that were taking aim on them, then was killed from behind. Zhao came out and declared the competition over - Hawke was the winner and would go forward alone. He had Shado's son - his own half-brother - hostage.
Connor was taken to Zhao Tower and given the arrow that must slay the dragon.
Eddie, Crowfoot, and Brandy met with an arms dealer and loaded up.
Celestial bodies lined up, and Connor was given his arrow. The dragon emerged from the earth.

Issue Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood 5
Subtitle Dragon's Blood part five
Date May 2007
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Derec Donovan
storyline Connor fled looking for good footing. Zhao realized it was a new dragon, no scales were missing like the one in the legend. The magic arrow hit, but fell away. Eddie arrived with a rocket launcher and fired on the beast. Shado got the arrow back to him - his second shot killed the dragon.
Shado then told him the legend he heard was incomplete - it did not end with the death of the dragon.

Issue Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood 6
Subtitle Dragon's Blood part six
Date June 2007
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Derec Donovan
storyline They split up - Connor followed the blood trail of the beast, Eddie and Shado ventured to the hole from which it emerged. Zhao was going to use the creature to gain more power. Connor reclaimed the magic arrow before following the blood pools.
Eddie and Shado found the dragon's eggs. Connor found Zhao and his right hand man, Hoon. Zhao was dead and Hoon was bathing in the dragon's blood. The eggs hatched; Hoon gained super powers. Connor was knocked into the blood and fought against Hoon. He ended up having to kill the would-be human god.
Connor visited Eddie in the hospital - he'd been badly burned by the baby dragons. Shado returned home to her son.

Notes, references to time, and chronology:
The child of Oliver Queen and Shado appeared to be 4-5 years old.

   
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