Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by DC Comics
Now that comic books have been around as long as they have, and we are coming up to the one hundredth year anniversary of the American comic book industry in the not too distant future, literally tens of thousands of characters have been created to date. Only a few have the legs to last the distance, and Green Arrow is one of the lucky few. Created way back in 1941, he was originally a Robin Hood take off on Batman. Rich, ArrowCar, Arrow Cave, kid sidekick, you get the picture. He had reasonable success back in the day but in more modern times he never really rose above second banana status, until Denny O’Neil and then Mike Grell gave him a more mature makeover and he really shone. Even so, popularity boosts have usually been temporary, and he always felt
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Now that comic books have been around as long as they have, and we are coming up to the one hundredth year anniversary of the American comic book industry in the not too distant future, literally tens of thousands of characters have been created to date. Only a few have the legs to last the distance, and Green Arrow is one of the lucky few. Created way back in 1941, he was originally a Robin Hood take off on Batman. Rich, ArrowCar, Arrow Cave, kid sidekick, you get the picture. He had reasonable success back in the day but in more modern times he never really rose above second banana status, until Denny O’Neil and then Mike Grell gave him a more mature makeover and he really shone. Even so, popularity boosts have usually been temporary, and he always felt
