GREEN ARROW #1 Comic Book. THE WONDER YEAR
RARE AND OUT OF PRINT!
THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE COMIC BOOK STARRING GREEN ARROW AKA OLIVER QUEEN, THE SUPERHERO PORTRAYED BY JUSTIN HARTLEY IN THE POPULAR TELEVISION SHOW SMALLVILLE.
Oliver Queen was a millionaire with a mission. He had practiced for years to hone his skill with bow and arrow; and when the time came, he decided to use his talents to fight crime. Armed only with his trusted longbow, he became the adventurer known as the Green Arrow.
Although Ollie first appeared back in 1941 in the pages of More Fun Comics #73, the character was reinvented in Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters. the team of Mike Grell, Ed Hannigan, and Dick Giordano is took Green Arrow to new heights in his follow-up series.
DC updates the story of Green Arrow’s origin, setting it in politically-torn 1972. Oliver Queen fell off of a yacht and had to learn how to use a bow and arrow in order to survive on an isolated island. Luckily, some marijuana farmers, using the island to grow their illicit crop, came to harvest it and Oliver Queen managed to hitch a ride back to civilization.
But he’s no longer the playboy millionaire he used to be. Instead of dabbling in the mundane day-to-day affairs of Queen Enterprises, he has taken to donning a Robin Hood costume and searching for adventure. When he thwarts the would-be assassin of a popular politician, the public recognizes that a new hero has arisen…
An EXTREMELY RARE VINTAGE COLLECTORS ITEM!
Published by DC comics in 1993.
This item was not available in any mass market retail outlet and was only sold in comic book specialty stores.