Arsenal

Roy and Green Arrow had many adventures. Roy eventually learned Big Bow had been killed by a corrupt police officer, who Roy and Green Arrow brought to justice. Roy joined the Teen Titans, where he began dating Wonder Girl (Donna Troy). Unfortunately, after the Titans disbanded, Roy went undercover to break up a drug ring and became addicted to narcotics. When Green Arrow found out, he lashed out angrily at Speedy, leaving his girlfriend Black Canary to help Roy overcome his addiction. Though Oliver later apologized to Roy, their relationship was damaged, and Roy eventually went out on his own, taking the name Arsenal.

Initially, Arsenal was angry and depressed. He sought out Killer Croc, hoping that battling the savage villain would result in his death. But Killer Croc recognized what Arsenal was trying to do and why. Killer Croc refused to do so and talked sympathetically to Arsenal, urging him to get help and even acting as his sponsor when he did enter rehabilitation. Arsenal then started working for an intelligence organization. While undercover, he was assigned to capture the assassin Cheshire, but they fell in love, and he let her escape. Later, she revealed she'd given birth to his daughter, Lian. Though Roy initially had to fight Cheshire with his friend Nightwing's help just to see Lian, she ultimately chose to give Lian to Roy because her own life was so dangerous.

Being a father to Lian seemed to bring out Roy's responsible side. He rejoined the Titans and became their leader. After they disbanded under tragic circumstances, Roy formed a new team of Outsiders along with Nightwing. They tried to be proactive, stopping crime before it occurred. But after Roy was shot and only barely saved Lian from a kidnapper, he reconsidered operating from the shadows and left Nightwing to lead the Outsiders. He instead joined the Justice League under the name Red Arrow to honor Oliver Queen, who had recently been killed in action (though he was later resurrected). For a time, Roy and Lian were happy. He bought a house in Star City and began teaching Lian archery in case she one day wanted to join the family business.

The villain Prometheus led an assault on the Justice League. He severed Roy's arm and unleashed an attack on Star City that killed many thousands, including Lian. When Roy woke up in the hospital and learned of his daughter's death, he was devastated. Despite being given a new cybernetic arm by Cyborg, Roy developed an addiction to painkillers. However, after Deathstroke used Roy's addiction to control him, he defeated Deathstroke and conquered his addiction, deciding to reform the Titans and get his life together to honor Lian's memory.

Roy was killed in a Speed Force explosion caused by the villain Savitar, but he was one of those resurrected during the Black Lantern incident. Emerging from that conflict with a Black Lantern ring, Roy learned through it that his daughter Lian was alive and had grown into a teenager, though she'd lost her memory of her past life. However, the ring was under the control of Darkseid, and in order to keep Darkseid imprisoned in another reality, Roy had to relinquish it. Unable to use the ring to find Lian but knowing she was alive, Roy went to his old friends from the Titans, who agreed to help him find Lian. They discovered she was working with Catwoman in Gotham City as the vigilante Cheshire Cat, and Roy was finally reunited with his long-lost daughter.