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Adventure
250: The Green Arrows of the World
Green Arrow and Speedy hosted a convention of masked
archers from around the world. The British GA was trapped
and stripped - "Counterfeit" Carson took his
costume and prepared to settle a score with the American
Green Arrow. Inside the convention, Carson was quickly
noticed and made a break for it. The tires on the car
he attempted to use were shot out. GA was able to capture
him in a crowd using mirrors and a ricochet arrow.
Adventure
251: the Case of the Super-Arrows
Green Arrow and Speedy, on the anniversary of their
debut, received a strange gift from the future (3000
AD) - magic arrows. One created rain in the sweltering
heat, one could detect alarms, one froze its target.
GA and Speedy used the latter two to find and stop some
bank robbers. One of the magic arrows was dropped and
activated, leaving GA and Speedy temporarily hypnotized.
"Cougar" Cain and his gang stole the rest
of the magic arrows and terrorized the town for days.
Green Arrow was able to use a regular arrow to stop
a paralysis arrow while Speedy shot them with mummy
arrows, leaving them tied up. The duo decided the future
arrows were too dangerous to use.
World's
Finest 96: Five Clues to Danger
One of Oliver Queen's friends, Professor Anderson, was
killed at sea. Anderson left five items to Queen in
his will: a harmonica, a watch, some letters, an almanac,
and an elephant statue. That night, burglars broke into
the Queen home. GA and Speedy went after them. They
shot out the getaway car's tires and recovered the loot
(the willed items), but the crooks got away. GA realized
the items must be some sort of clue. By arranging the
first letters of each item - WHALE - GA and Speedy got
a location, Whale Island. There, they found some criminals
had Professor Anderson hostage trying to get the formula
for synthetically made diamonds. GA and Speedy saved
him and collared the bad guys.
Adventure
252: Mystery of the Giant Arrows
With their city being plagued with giant arrows dropping
from the sky, GA and Speedy were called in by one of
their scientist friends. He'd been able to decrypt an
image of the giant archers firing. The two heroes investigated
one of the giant arrows and were pulled into another
dimension. [to be continued]
Adventure
253: Prisoners of Dimension Zero
Green Arrow and Speedy were thrust into another dimension
of Earth. The people were giants and their hero was
Xeen Arrow. After helping Xeen Arrow take down a crook,
he helped them get back to their own dimension. The
door was opened by a straying comet, and the heroes
got home before it was too late.
World's
Finest 97: The Menace of the Mechanical Octopus
GA and Speedy stopped a giant metal octopus that was
plaguing their city.
Adventure
254: The Green Arrow's Last Stand
Oliver Queen and his ward, Roy Harper, were on vacation
in the west. When they heard a radio broadcast about
some men missing in a storm, they went to investigate.
They found and recovered the men, but had to make an
emergency landing in a storm. On the ground, they were
attacked by Indians. GA and Speedy were able to trick
them into thinking they were the archers of legend.
Afterwards, GA warned their chief to get away before
he told the rest of the tribe about the outside world.
Adventure
255: The War that Never Ended!
Oliver and Roy were taking a trip to Tokyo when their
plane had engine trouble and crashed into the Pacific.
The raft they got on did not have a paddle, and they
drifted away from the other survivors. Soon afterwards,
they washed up on an island inhabited by Japanese WWII
holdouts thinking the war was still going on. Green
Arrow was forced to cooperate with the Japanese, who
believed they were scouts from the incoming war fleet
(which appeared to be American ships on maneuvers).
GA was able to get some shots off to the ships and let
them know what was going on. All parties were rescued.
World's
Finest 98: The Unmasked Archers!
Oliver found bad news in the morning papers - he and
Roy had been outed as Green Arrow and Speedy. They went
on their last mission and confronted the commissioner
- he thought Oliver and Roy were playing and told them
he had business to attend. They picked up some other
papers on their way home and realized what they'd seen
earlier must have been a joke. Later, Oliver showed
up in costume (without his mask) at a crime site. The
commissioner laughed when his shots were way off. Speeding
(hiding) was able to take down the crooks and show that
Oliver couldn't be Green Arrow.
Adventure
256: Green Arrow's First Case
After seeing Starfish Island on TV, Oliver had a flashback
and realized he and Roy had to get there to protect
his secret identity. On the way, he related his origin
to his ward. He'd fallen from a boat years before and
swam to that very island. While away from civilization,
he had to learn archery to survive. Trick arrows were
created to make his catches easier. One day, he saw
a ship anchored and swam to it - some of the crew were
taking over the ship. Using his trick arrows, Oliver
saved the ship from mutiny. He introduced himself to
the captain as Green Arrow (he was wearing leaves as
camouflage).
When GA and Speedy arrived, it was too late. The expedition
was entering the cave in which he'd journaled his exploits
years before. GA and Speedy shot trick Uranium arrows
nearby, setting off their Geiger counters. The expedition
left, not wanting to get radiated.
World's
Finest 99: Crimes Under Glass
GA and Speedy were menaced by some crooks using lenses
to commit their crimes. They'd used one to magnify the
sun's rays to melt a safe, and escaped by using several
on their helicopter to distort its image. Later, they
used one to make themselves look like giants and rob
an armored car. GA and Speedy shot the prism they were
using with ink arrows so that it was useless. They were
captured and the lens capers were through.
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