{"id":3830,"date":"2010-07-21T06:45:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T10:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2010-07-21T22:23:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T02:23:06","slug":"1987-at-dc-comics3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/21\/1987-at-dc-comics3\/","title":{"rendered":"1987 at DC Comics: Green Arrow and the Young All-Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re continuing our week-long look at old advertisements for DC Comics that began their run in 1987<\/a>.\u00a0 What a great year 1987 was for DC Comics! So far this week we’ve looked at the Justice League<\/em>, Dr. Fate<\/em>, Amethyst<\/em>, Suicide Squad<\/em>, Checkmate<\/em>, and Doom Patrol<\/em>.\u00a0 Today we\u2019re shooting straight for victory with Green Arrow<\/em> and the Young All-Stars<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Below you’ll find the ad for Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters<\/em> by Mike Grell and Lurene Haines.\u00a0\u00a0 This was a great comic!\u00a0 Green Arrow went gritty, trading in his trick arrows for traditional pointy ones.\u00a0 Sadly, this series also marked a huge change for Black Canary.\u00a0 She was tortured and her vocal chords mutilated to the point where she lost her Canary Cry.\u00a0 Even with such tragedy, the story was strong and to this day sticks out as one of the best Green Arrow comics.\u00a0 The series proved popular enough that DC Comics launched the first ever Green Arrow ongoing series, also written by Grell.<\/p>\n

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Here is the cover to Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters<\/em> #1 by Mike Grell.\u00a0 This mini-series premiered in May 1987.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned before, the popularity of the Longbow Hunters<\/em> mini-series resulted in the first ever Green Arrow ongoing series.\u00a0 Here is the advertisement promoting the monthly title Green Arrow<\/em> by Mike Grell, Ed Hannigan, and Dick Giordano.\u00a0 Interesting to note this book was suggested for mature readers.\u00a0 I enjoyed this series, but it seemed to me every issue featured a scene of Ollie and Dinah being interrupted during sex.\u00a0 Maybe that was to justify the mature readers label.<\/p>\n

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Here is the cover to Green Arrow<\/em> #1 by Mike Grell. This series premiered in November 1987.<\/p>\n

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Next up is the Young All-Stars <\/em>by Roy & Dann Thomas, Michael Bair, Brian Murray, and Malcolm Jones!\u00a0 This title was a follow-up to the successful Golden Age-themed monthly All-Star Squadron<\/em>.\u00a0 After Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/em>, the Golden Age versions of many characters had been erased from history.\u00a0 This seriously messed with the All-Star Squadron<\/em> continuity.\u00a0 The Young All-Stars<\/em> was designed to pick up where All-Star Squadron<\/em> left off, while at the same time replace the missing Golden Age heroes with these new characters in the new continuity.\u00a0 Iron Munro was intended to fill in the gap left behind by the no-longer-existing Golden Age Superman; Fury was intended to replace Wonder Woman; Flying Fox was intended to replace Batman; and Neptune Perkins was intended to replace Aquaman.\u00a0 I’ve always found it interesting that the Young All-Stars<\/em> didn’t include anyone to replace the Golden Age Green Arrow.\u00a0 In later years writers at DC used The Spider<\/a> to replace Green Arrow in many Golden Age stories, but in 1987 that hadn’t been established yet.\u00a0 Poor Green Arrow, no love for you.<\/p>\n

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Here is the super-cool cover to Young All-Stars<\/em> #1 by Brian Murray.\u00a0 The covers to the first six issues all featured a similar frame, with the center piece highlighting a different member of the team each issue.\u00a0 This series premiered in March 1987.\u00a0 Man I loved this comic!<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s it for today!\u00a0 Come back all this week for more DC Comics advertisements from 1987<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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