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Issue: Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1
Publication Date: August 1987
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/14/1987
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $3.95 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: 2nd DC prestige format mini-series (Dark Knight was first) which launched the long running Green Arrow series.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: limited series
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
Book One: The Hunters

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Reprinting
FlagGreen Arrow: El cazador Acecha #1 published February 1989
as Libro Uno: Los cazadores [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]
FlagGreen Arrow #1 published April 1990
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Wraparound cover
The Hunters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Origin); GUESTS: Black Canary; Shado (first appearance); VILLAIN: Tunnel Rat (Death)
Ollie and Dinah move to Seattle. Dinah opens Sherwood Florist. Dinah makes Green Arrow a new costume based more on the traditional Robin Hood. Black Canary investigates major drug suppliers. Green Arrow tracks down the Seattle slasher. The slasher is killed by Shado who is on a killing spree of her own.
Reprinting
FlagGreen Arrow: El cazador Acecha #1 published February 1989
as Los cazadores [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Arrow #1 published April 1990
as The Longbow Hunters 1 - The Hunters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman #7/1990 published July 1990
as Del 1: Jägarna [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or for Worse #[nn] published November 2007
as The Hunters [Story on Interior Page(s)]14 pages only
 
Miscellaneous
47
Green Arrow is one of the few heroes who age in a realistic timeframe--he is 43 in this issue.

1st Modern Age origin of Green Arrow with a number of new details.

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