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Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1

DC · Series began 1987 · [August] 1987

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Dates

Cover date: [August] 1987
On sale: April 14, 1987
In stores: April 14, 1987
Pages: 52

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Mike Grell, Lurene Hainesinks: Mike Grell, Lurene Hainescolors: Mike Grell, Julia Lacquementscript: Mike Grellletters: Ken Bruzenak

Stories

The Hunters · 47 pages
Ollie and Dinah move to Seattle. Dinah opens Sherwood Florist. Dinah makes Green Arrow a new costume based more on the traditional Robin Hood. Black Canary investigates major drug suppliers. Green Arrow tracks down the Seattle slasher. The slasher is killed by Shado who is on a killing spree of her own.

Publisher’s description

Green Arrow and Black Canary try and settle into their new civilian lives in Seattle as florists, but can't seem to avoid getting drawn back to their old lives of crime-fighting. There's a slasher on the loose, as well as a city teeming with drugs and violence. As the two heroes start their own investigations, Green Arrow finds he's not the only archer in town...

Reprinted in

Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (1989), Green Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or for Worse (2007), Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (2012), Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters Saga Omnibus (2020), Green Arrow: 80 Years of the Emerald Archer The Deluxe Edition (2021), DC Finest: Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (2025)