Speedy (Mia Dearden)

Mia Dearden is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics, the second character to take up the mantle of Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy. Created by writer Kevin Smith and artist Phil Hester, she first appeared in Green Arrow (vol. 3) #2 (May 2001). She is one of the few HIV-positive characters in comic books.