The Fury of Firestorm Felicity Smoak is introduced as the supervisor of a New York computer software firm. She first meets Firestorm in the course of one of his battles with
Bug and
Byte, where he inadvertently magnetizes and effectively destroys several of the computers storing the software programs in development. This results in millions of dollars in property damage, which threatens to ruin the software firm. Felicity confronts Firestorm and threatens to organize a
class action lawsuit against him. Felicity makes recurring appearances, often taking an adversarial role against Firestorm and making a point of explaining what the collateral damage of his battles cost her and other civilians. On one occasion, Firestorm lashes out against Felicity by
transmuting her clothes to soap, a tactic he previously used on the supervillain
Plastique. Humiliated, Felicity retaliates by filing a lawsuit against him. At some point, Felicity develops a romantic relationship with Ed Raymond, unaware that Ed's son Ronnie is Firestorm. When Ronnie discovers that Felicity is seeing his father, he is uncertain how to treat her due to their past interactions. Over time, Felicity and Ed fall in love and are married. After the wedding, Felicity learns Ronnie's secret identity. By this point, she has forgiven him for his past transgressions, although she insists on reminding him about the importance of using his superpowers in a responsible manner.
The New 52 DC Comics rebooted its comic properties in 2011 as part of a relaunch entitled
The New 52, in which Felicity Smoak was revamped to be similar to her Arrowverse counterpart. The New 52 version of Felicity Smoak is introduced in 2014 in
Green Arrow #35, written by
Arrow showrunner
Andrew Kreisberg. In #35, she is introduced in an end-of-issue cliffhanger as an assassin out to kill Oliver, but quickly explains that while she is a hacker-for-hire who has "done questionable things" in her past, "leading a hero to his death isn't one of them", explaining she did not know her target was Green Arrow when she accepted the job. After proving her hacker credentials by explaining to him that she knows his secret identity, as well as highly specific details from his superhero, personal, professional and family lives, she offers to become a part of his team out of a desire to help him save the city. Surmising that whoever hired her to kill Oliver has evil plans, she teams up with Green Arrow to track down her client's other target,
Mia Dearden, who they discover is being pursued by
Merlyn. Later in the same storyline, Felicity is arrested and placed in a
supermax prison, where she shares a cell with
Cheetah; it is established that Felicity had once been hired to
dox Cheetah, putting the villain and her loved ones in danger. Oliver saves her from Cheetah with help from
Steve Trevor of
A.R.G.U.S. Ultimately, Oliver saves Mia from the man pursuing her and her father John King. Oliver also exposes him as a murderer who used bribery and corruption to control Seattle. Trevor invites Felicity to join A.R.G.U.S., but she rejects his offer in favor of working with Oliver. == Other versions ==