Golden Archer
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Golden Archer (Wyatt McDonald) is a comic book superhero and a member of the Squadron Supreme of Earth-712. Although he was a character in the Marvel Comics universe, he was an analogue of the DC Comics hero Green Arrow. He has also gone by the codenames Hawkeye and Black Archer. The name "Golden Archer", in conjunction with the character's last name, is a pun on the restaurant chain McDonald's' well-known logo, the "Golden Arches".
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[edit] Squadron Supreme
[edit] Early life
Wyatt McDonald, a master archer with large selection of specialized trick arrows, originally began his career as a masked superhero under the identity of Hawkeye, although he later settled in on his more well known persona as the Golden Archer. The Archer developed a relationship with Linda Lewis (aka Lady Lark), a former vocalist whose vocal cords had been altered by the criminal mastermind Dr. Decibel. Together they fought crime in the city of New Babylon, eventually gaining enough fame to draw the attention of the Squadron Supreme, who invited them to the team early on in that team's history.
[edit] Utopia Project
During the Utopia Project, McDonald's relationship with Lewis became strained as she developed romantic feelings for fellow member Blue Eagle. In order to save his relationship with her, McDonald used a cerebral inhibitor to instill a near-irrational obsession in Lewis' mind for McDonald. However, he couldn't stand being around her so he took a walk and ended up being captured by the Squadron's enemies, the Institute Of Evil.
The Institute tortured the Archer into revealing the Squadron's new base of operations. The Institute kidnapped the Squadron's family members and attacked the Squadron's lair. They subdued Tom Thumb and began ambushing and behavior modifying (B-Moding) the Squadron as they returned from their missions. The Whizzer escaped and retrieved an automatic pistol seized by the police. (the Utopia Project elimated conventional firearms and the weapons of the police and military were replaced with stunning "Pacifier Pistols").The B-Moded Squadroners protected the Institute of Evil members when the Whizzer returned to attack. The Squadron then subdued and B-Moded the Whizzer.
The Institute the took the B-Moded Squadron to their lair where the Golden Archer and their captive family members were. There the Squadron then surprised the Institute with a counterattack, defeating the Institute completely. When Squdron leader Hyperion asked Tom Thumb why the B-Mod machine didn't work on them, Tom Thumb said that he programmed the B-Mod machine with the Squadron's brain patterns (after the Archer used the machine on Lady Lark) so it couldn't be used against them. (Tom Thumb kept the Golden Archer's abuse of the machine a secret.)
During the investigation of how the Institute of Evil learned the Squadron's secrets, the Golden Archer admitted what he had done. The Squadron took a vote on what to do with the Archer. Four of the Squadron were in favor of B-Moding the Golden Archer, four members were in favor were in favor of expelling the Archer. Leaving Hyperion with deciding vote, Hyperion ruled that the Golden Archer was to be expelled. The Institute of Evil members were B-Moded and inducted in into the Squadron.
After the Golden Archer's injuries healed, the Golden Archer changed his name to the Black Archer and joined the Redeemers, a team founded by Nighthawk to oppose the Squadron's near dominance of the entire globe. In an all out battle between the two teams, Blue Eagle fatally fractured the Archer's skull with his mace. He was cryogenically frozen in the hopes of one day being restored to life.
[edit] Supreme Power
We have yet to see a new version of Golden Archer in the Supreme Power series, itself an updated version of Squadron Supreme. However, according to the Supreme Power: Hyperion miniseries, the world will someday include an African-American superhero called 'Black Archer'.
