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Green Arrow
Oliver Queen
A billionaire archer rewritten in 1969 as a left-wing populist, the change that made him distinct from Batman.
Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
- debut · 1941
More Fun Comics #73 DC Comics
First appearance, initially a straightforward Batman analogue - key · 1970
Green Lantern DC Comics
The Green Lantern/Green Arrow run that rebuilt him as a social conscience - key · 1987
Green Arrow
The Longbow Hunters, which stripped the trick arrows and the camp - key · 1988
Green Arrow #1
The Grell run, which moved him to street-level crime - key
Final Crisis DC Comics
Justice League membership across multiple eras - key
Identity Crisis DC Comics
Written as the League's political conscience
Runs
Recorded as ranges rather than one row per issue — the question a reader actually asks, without claiming a completeness we cannot verify.
| Series | Issues | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Green Arrow | #1-80 | lead |
| More Fun Comics | #73-107 | recurring |
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed Green Arrow is a Batman knock-off.
Actually He began as one in 1941 — a wealthy man with a cave, a car and a sidekick. The 1970 Green Lantern/Green Arrow run rebuilt him as a working-class political radical, which is the version every adaptation since has used.
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Post-Crisis DC — 1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths through 2011 Flashpoint
- New 52 — DC relaunched continuity, 2011 to 2016
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