The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby

(2001 [January 2002])

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Evanier

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Text piece detailing Jack Kirby's involvement with Green Arrow illustrated with details from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #251 (page 5, panel 2 only on page 4 of this book), from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (page 7, panel 4 only on page 3 of this book), and from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #99 (page 6, panel 1 only on page 2 of this book).

The Green Arrows of the World (Table of Contents: 2)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood ?; Ed Herron ?; Bill Finger ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Phantom of France; Green Arrow (Mexico); Green Arrow (Japan); Green Arrow (Switzerland); Bowman from Britain; Bowman of the Bush; Green Arrow (Polynesia); "Counterfeit" Carson

Synopsis

"Counterfeit" Carson attempts to crash a party by the Green Arrows of the world to get his revenge.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #250 (July 1958)

Indexer Notes

DC credited the script to Bill Finger here and in The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 reprint, but they credit Dave Wood in the Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 reprint. The GCD writing-experts' consensus is that Wood is the most-likely candidate, but Herron is possible, and Finger is also possible, but the least-likely of the three.

The Case of the Super-Arrows (Table of Contents: 3)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; "Cougar" Cain

Synopsis

Green Arrow receives arrows from fans from the future but they are stolen by "Cougar Cain" and his men.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #251 (August 1958)

Five Clues to Danger (Table of Contents: 4)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Anderson

Synopsis

Gangsters abduct Professor Anderson to find out his secret of making artificial diamonds.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #96 (September 1958)

Keywords

Arrowcar; Arrowplane

The Mystery of the Giant Arrows (Table of Contents: 5)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Riggles (Guest); Aliens (Villains)

Synopsis

When Green Arrow and Speedy investigate giant arrows falling from the sky, they find themselves pulled into another dimension when an arrow they are examining is retrieved.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #252 (September 1958)

Indexer Notes

Dave Wood script credit in this volume is inaccurate according to Martin O'Hearn. Rare two-part story continues in the following story from Adventure Comics #253.

Prisoners of Dimension Zero! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Xeen Arrow (Guest); Alien Crooks (Villains)

Synopsis

In another dimension, Green Arrow and Speedy meet GA's counterpart Xeen Arrow and discover that due to a passing comet, a gateway to their dimension has opened up, and the mysterious giant arrows they encountered on Earth are merely children's toys from this other dimension which have passed through the gateway. The mystery solved, Xeen Arrow shoots them back to Earth through the gateway before it closes.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #253 (October 1958)

Keywords

Arrowcar

Indexer Notes

Dave Wood script credit in this volume is inaccurate according to Martin O'Hearn. Story continues from the preceding story from Adventure Comics #252.

The Menace of the Mechanical Octopus (Table of Contents: 7)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Arrow-Plane

Synopsis

Crooks are using a mechanical octopus to commit robberies.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #97 (October 1958)

Keywords

Arrowcar; Arrowplane

The Green Arrow's Last Stand (Table of Contents: 8)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Hagen; Brave Turtle (Medicine Man)

Synopsis

Green Arrow and Speedy land in a remote valley that is still occupied by Sioux Indian warriors.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #254 (November 1958)

Keywords

Arrowcar; Arrowplane

The War That Never Ended! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Wood

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Major Tayako

Synopsis

Green Arrow and Speedy are stranded on a Pacific island that is still inhabited by Japanese soldiers who do not know that WWII is over.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #255 (December 1958)

The Unmasked Archers! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron; Jack Kirby ? (plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Police Commissioner;

Synopsis

Green Arrow and Speedy's secret ID's are almost revealed in a practical joke.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #98 (December 1958)

Keywords

Arrow-cave; Arrowcar; Arrowplane

Indexer Notes

Possibly plotted by Jack Kirby.

The Green Arrow's First Case (Table of Contents: 11)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron; Jack Kirby ? (plot)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Carter (Seaman)

Synopsis

Oliver Queen is marooned on Starfish Island, where he hones his skills as an archer and develops trick arrows. When an expedition sets out to explore the island years later, he fools them with his fake-uranium arrow.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (January 1959)

Keywords

Arrowplane

Indexer Notes

Origin of Green Arrow.

Crimes Under Glass (Table of Contents: 12)

The Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Jack Schiff

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Robbers (Villains)

Synopsis

Green Arrow and Speedy take down a gang of robbers using lenses in their crimes.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #99 (February 1959)

Keywords

Arrowcar

Indexer Notes

Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.