| GREEN ARROW (Oliver Queen) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Mort Weisinger |
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CHRONOLOGY
Green Arrow first appeared in More Fun Comics #73/2 (November 1941): "The Green Arrow".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Green Arrow in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Green Arrow Chronology
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| More Fun Comics #89 (March 1943): "The Birth of the Battling Bowmen" [Flashback] |
| More Fun Comics #73/2 (November 1941): [Case of the Namesake Murders] |
| More Fun Comics #74/2 (December 1941): "Silent City" |
| More Fun Comics #75/2 (January 1942): "Crime College" |
| Leading Comics #1 (winter 1941): "Blueprint for Crime" |
| More Fun Comics #76 (February 1942): "The Secret of the Centuries" |
| More Fun Comics #77 (March 1942): "Doom Over Gayland" |
| More Fun Comics #78 (April 1942): "The Black Raider" |
| Leading Comics #2 (spring 1942): "Beware! The Black Star Shines" |
| More Fun Comics #79 (May 1942): "The Boomerang" |
| More Fun Comics #80 (June 1942): "The Script Calls for Murder" |
| More Fun Comics #81 (July 1942): "The Adventure of the Bankrupt Heroes" |
| Leading Comics #3 (summer 1942): "The Tyrants of Time" (concurrent with flashback in All-Star Squadron #29) |
| More Fun Comics #82 (August 1942): "Robin Hood's Revenge" |
| All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You" |
| More Fun Comics #83 (September 1942): "The Five Arrows" |
| Leading Comics #4 (fall 1942): "The Sense Master" [concurrent with All-Star Squadron #56) |
| All-Star Squadron #59 (July 1986): "Out of the Ashes... Mekanique" |
| All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!" [Pre-Crisis Continuity Only] |
| More Fun Comics #84 (October 1942): "Hunting Headlines" |
| World's Finest Comics #7/6 (fall 1942): "Wings of Flame" |
| More Fun Comics #85 (November 1942): "The Man Who Reclaimed His Face" |
| More Fun Comics #86 (December 1942): "The Man Who Purchased Lives" |
| More Fun Comics #87 (January 1943): "Case of the Confident Crooks" |
| Leading Comics #5 (winter 1942): "The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy" |
| World's Finest Comics #8/5 (winter 1942): "The Unluckiest Man in the World" |
| More Fun Comics #88 (February 1943): "The Mystery of the Mathematical Master" |
| More Fun Comics #89 (March 1943): "The Birth of the Battling Bowmen" |
| More Fun Comics #90 (April 1943): "Yours Truly, Doom" |
| Leading Comics #6 (spring 1943): "The Treasure That Time Forgot" |
| World's Finest Comics #9/5 (spring 1943): "Death is the Prize" |
| More Fun Comics #91 (May-June 1943): "Silks and Spice and Everything Nice" |
| Leading Comics #7 (summer 1943): "Wizard of Wisstark" |
| World's Finest Comics #10/5 (summer 1943): "The Eye of Sheba" |
| More Fun Comics #92 (July-August 1943): "Legacy for Loot" |
| More Fun Comics #93 (September-October 1943): "Case of the Corny Crook" |
| Leading Comics #8 (fall 1943): "Exiles in Time" |
| World's Finest Comics #11/5 (fall 1943): "The Criminal Who Reversed Time" |
| More Fun Comics #94 (November-December 1943): "Guardians of Injustice" |
| Leading Comics #9 (winter 1943): "The Chameleon of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #12/5 (winter 1943): "From Acid to Arson" |
| More Fun Comics #95 (January-February 1944): "Heroes Incorporated" |
| More Fun Comics #96 (March-April 1944): "The Weather Prophet" |
| Leading Comics #10 (spring 1944): "King of the Hundred Isles" |
| World's Finest Comics #13/4 (spring 1944): "Blazing Gold" |
| More Fun Comics #97 (May-June 1944): "When Archers Meet" |
| Leading Comics #11 (summer 1944): "The Hard-Luck Hat" |
| World's Finest Comics #14/2 (summer 1944): "High Finance" |
| More Fun Comics #98/2 (July-August 1944): "The Fabulous Fawn" |
| More Fun Comics #99/2 (September-October 1944): "A Date with the Law" |
| Leading Comics #12 (fall 1944): "Million Dollar Challenge" |
| World's Finest Comics #15/4 (fall 1944): "Respectable Burglars" |
| More Fun Comics #100/3 (November-December 1944): "The Green Arrow's Secret Past" |
| Leading Comics #13 (winter 1944): "Trophies of Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #16/2 (winter 1944): "Secret of the Vulnerable Vault" |
| More Fun Comics #101 (January-February 1945): "Formula for Doom" |
| More Fun Comics #102 (March-April 1945): "The Unattainable Princess" |
| Leading Comics #14 (spring 1945): "The Bandits from the Books" |
| World's Finest Comics #17/2 (spring 1945): "Case of the Curious Crimes" |
| More Fun Comics #103 (May-June 1945): "A Return Performance" |
| World's Finest Comics #18/5 (summer 1945): "Remote Control Robbery" |
| Adventure Comics #438/2 (March-April 1975): "Land of Magic! Chapter One" |
| Adventure Comics #439/2 (May-June 1975): "Father Time's Inn! Chapter Three" |
| Adventure Comics #443/2 (January-February 1976): "Confrontation Chapter Seven" |
| More Fun Comics #104 (July-August 1945): "Merchant of Menace" |
| More Fun Comics #105 (September-October 1945): "Miracle of the Mistaken Miser" |
| World's Finest Comics #19/2 (fall 1945): "Bridges for Bandits" |
| More Fun Comics #106 (November-December 1945): "Consultant in Crime" |
| World's Finest Comics #20/2 (winter 1945): "Larceny Without Loot" |
| More Fun Comics #107 (January-February 1946): "Million + Murder = Zero" |
| World's Finest Comics #21/2 (March-April 1946): "The Arrow of Doom" |
| Adventure Comics #103/5 (April 1946): "Invisible Arrows" |
| Adventure Comics #104/5 (May 1946): "The Cat and the Mouse" |
| World's Finest Comics #22/2 (May-June 1946): "The Impossible Target" |
| Adventure Comics #105/2 (June 1946): "Pennants of Plunder" |
| Adventure Comics #106/2 (July 1946): "The Stolen Statues" |
| World's Finest Comics #23/2 (July-August 1946): "The Radar Runners" |
| Adventure Comics #107/5 (August 1946): "Green Arrow, Junior" |
| Adventure Comics #108/5 (September 1946): "Contest for Champions" |
| World's Finest Comics #24/5 (September-October 1946): "The Arrow Meets Bull's-Eye" |
| Adventure Comics #109/5 (October 1946): "D-Day -- Year 1066" |
| Adventure Comics #110/2 (November 1946): "Crime at the Core" |
| World's Finest Comics #25/5 (November-December 1946): "The Green Error" |
| Adventure Comics #111/2 (December 1946): "Date with Diana" |
| Adventure Comics #112/2 (January 1947): "A Guy Named Cupid" |
| World's Finest Comics #26/5 (January-February 1947): "The Human Fly Crimes" |
| Adventure Comics #113/5 (February 1947): "Crime Spins the Compass" |
| Adventure Comics #114/2 (March 1947): "The Strange Saga of S. K. Lark" |
| World's Finest Comics #27/2 (March-April 1947): "The Three Dooms" |
| Adventure Comics #115/5 (April 1947): "Larceny with Lights" |
| Adventure Comics #116/2 (May 1947): "Live Wire Loot" |
| World's Finest Comics #28/2 (May-June 1947): "Case of the Crooked Champs" |
| Adventure Comics #117/3 (June 1947): "The Return of the Skylark" |
| Adventure Comics #118/2 (July 1947): "The Weather Wizard" |
| World's Finest Comics #29/2 (July-August 1947): "The Ruby with the Magic Curse" |
| Adventure Comics #119/4 (August 1947): "The 'Round-the-World Crimes" |
| Adventure Comics #120/3 (September 1947): "The Archer from the Zodiac" |
| World's Finest Comics #30/2 (September-October 1947): "Crime Goes to Press" |
| Adventure Comics #121/3 (October 1947): "The Menace of the Crimson Arrows" |
| Adventure Comics #122/3 (November 1947): "King of Danger Channel" |
| World's Finest Comics #31/3 (November-December 1947): "The Who Zoo Crimes" |
| Adventure Comics #123/2 (December 1947): "The Man Behind the Mask" |
| Adventure Comics #124/3 (January 1948): "A Black Eye for Bull's-Eye" |
| World's Finest Comics #32/2 (January-February 1948): "The Case of the Camera Crimes" |
| Adventure Comics #125/2 (February 1948): "The Case of the Good Luck Crooks" |
| Adventure Comics #126/2 (March 1948): "The Master Arrow" |
| World's Finest Comics #33/2 (March-April 1948): "The Archer from Sherwood Forest" |
| Adventure Comics #127 (April 1948): "Moccasin Foot's Strange Treasure" |
| Adventure Comics #128/2 (May 1948): "The Man of a Thousand Flags" |
| World's Finest Comics #34/4 (May-June 1948): "The Robot-Master Crimes" |
| Adventure Comics #129/3 (June 1948): "The Boy Detective" |
| Adventure Comics #130/3 (July 1948): "The Archer of Triumph" |
| World's Finest Comics #35/4 (July-August 1948): "The Bow Fails Green Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #131/4 (August 1948): "Targets for Tonight" |
| Adventure Comics #132/3 (September 1948): "The Impossible Alibi" |
| World's Finest Comics #36/3 (September-October 1948): "Crime for a Hobby" |
| Adventure Comics #133/2 (October 1948): "The Red, White and Blue Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #134/2 (November 1948): "The Banner of the Skull and Bones" |
| World's Finest Comics #37/3 (November-December 1948): "Green Arrow, Criminal At Large" |
| Adventure Comics #135/3 (December 1948): "The Crime Wave of the Flag" |
| Adventure Comics #136/4 (January 1949): "Crimes by the Ghost" |
| World's Finest Comics #38 (January-February 1949): "The Unfinished Crimes" |
| Adventure Comics #137/2 (February 1949): "Unhappy Birthday to You" |
| Adventure Comics #138/2 (March 1949): "Laugh, Crime, Laugh" |
| World's Finest Comics #39 (March-April 1949): "Hall of Infamy" |
| Adventure Comics #139/2 (April 1949): "Reign of the Reptiles" |
| Adventure Comics #140/2 (May 1949): "Untold Arrow Tales" |
| World's Finest Comics #40 (May-June 1949): "A Day in the Life of Robin Hood" |
| Adventure Comics #141/2 (June 1949): "The Case of the Insect Zoo" |
| Adventure Comics #142/2 (July 1949): "The Invisible Arrows" |
| World's Finest Comics #41/2 (July-August 1949): "Collector of Humans" |
| Adventure Comics #143/2 (August 1949): "The Arrow Raiders Strike" |
| Adventure Comics #144/2 (September 1949): "King of Counterfeits" |
| World's Finest Comics #42 (September-October 1949): "The Unknown Adventure" |
| Adventure Comics #145/2 (October 1949): "The Diary of a Desperado" |
| Adventure Comics #146/3 (November 1949): "The Red Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #147/4 (December 1949): "The Bangs That Boomerang" |
| World's Finest Comics #43 (December 1949-January 1950): "The Green Arrow Duels the Blue Lancer" |
| Adventure Comics #148/3 (January 1950): "The Strange Defenders of Montespan Castle" |
| Adventure Comics #149/4 (February 1950): "The Battle of the Bows" |
| World's Finest Comics #44 (February-March 1950): "The Secret of Thunder Mountain" |
| Adventure Comics #150/5 (March 1950): "The Green Arrow Contest" |
| Adventure Comics #151/5 (April 1950): "A Brother for Speedy" |
| World's Finest Comics #45 (April-May 1950): "The Switchman of Crime" |
| Adventure Comics #152/4 (May 1950): "The Amazing Jungle of Robot Menace" |
| Adventure Comics #153/4 (June 1950): "The Rogues' Rembrandt" |
| World's Finest Comics #46 (June-July 1950): "Sir Oliver Queen of Dornee Castle" |
| Adventure Comics #154/4 (July 1950): "The Masked Bowman of Canyon County" |
| Adventure Comics #155/4 (August 1950): "Proving Ground of Peril" |
| World's Finest Comics #47 (August-September 1950): "The Case of the Innocent Crooks" |
| Adventure Comics #156/5 (September 1950): "The Secret of the Sealed Box" |
| Adventure Comics #157/4 (October 1950): "The Secret of the Masked Archers" |
| World's Finest Comics #48 (October-November 1950): "The Fatal Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #158/5 (November 1950): "The Book of Doom" |
| Adventure Comics #159/4 (December 1950): "The Boy Who Couldn't Be Photographed" |
| World's Finest Comics #49 (December 1950-January 1951): "The City Without a Jail" |
| Adventure Comics #160/4 (January 1951): "100 Ways to Shoot an Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #161/4 (February 1951): "Green Arrow -- Hero or Villain?" |
| World's Finest Comics #50/2 (February-March 1951): "The Sightless Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #162/4 (March 1951): "The Third Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #163/4 (April 1951): "Sheriff Green Arrow" |
| World's Finest Comics #51/2 (April-May 1951): "The Hunter of Humans" |
| Adventure Comics #164/4 (May 1951): "Speedy Meets the Bolt" |
| Adventure Comics #165/4 (June 1951): "Archers Without Arrows" |
| World's Finest Comics #52 (June-July 1951): "A Sword, A Rifle, and A Bow" |
| Adventure Comics #166/4 (July 1951): "The Iron Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #167/4 (August 1951): "The Girl Archer" |
| World's Finest Comics #53 (August-September 1951): "The Master of 1000 Duels" |
| Adventure Comics #168/4 (September 1951): "The Arrow That Crossed a Continent" |
| Adventure Comics #169/2 (October 1951): "The Amazing Arrow Medal" |
| World's Finest Comics #54 (October-November 1951): "The Man Who Hated Green Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #170/4 (November 1951): "Green Arrow, Fugitive" |
| Adventure Comics #171/4 (December 1951): "The Return of Robin Hood" |
| World's Finest Comics #55 (December 1951-January 1952): "The Case of the Taunting Targets" |
| Adventure Comics #172/4 (January 1952): "The Remote-Controlled Archers" |
| World's Finest Comics #56 (January-February 1952): "The Man Who Held Up Brooks Express" |
| Adventure Comics #173/4 (February 1952): "The City Marked for Plunder" |
| Adventure Comics #174/4 (March 1952): "1001 Ways to Defeat Green Arrow" |
| World's Finest Comics #57 (March-April 1952): "The Death of Speedy" |
| Adventure Comics #175/4 (April 1952): "The Baffling Bullets of Big John Garvin" |
| Adventure Comics #176/4 (May 1952): "The Rogue of 1,000 Ropes" |
| World's Finest Comics #58/2 (May-June 1952): "The Amazing Robot Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #177/4 (June 1952): "The Three Champion Archers" |
| Adventure Comics #178/4 (July 1952): "The Ape with the Human Brain" |
| World's Finest Comics #59 (July-August 1952): "The Case of the Vanishing Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #179/4 (August 1952): "Green Arrow's New Partner" |
| Adventure Comics #180/4 (September 1952): "The Crimes of the Jinx Gang" |
| World's Finest Comics #60 (September-October 1952): "Five Feats for Green Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #181/4 (October 1952): "The Crime Platoon" |
| Adventure Comics #182/4 (November 1952): "The Make-Believe Archer" |
| World's Finest Comics #61 (November-December 1952): "The Rogue Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #183/4 (December 1952): "The Polka Dot Bandit Goes Straight" |
| Adventure Comics #184/4 (January 1953): "The Archers in the Sky" |
| World's Finest Comics #62/2 (January-February 1953): "The Black Magician" |
| Adventure Comics #185/4 (February 1953): "The Micro-Film Crimes" |
| Adventure Comics #186/4 (March 1953): "The World's Most Dangerous Arrow" |
| World's Finest Comics #63 (March-April 1953): "Archers of Yesteryear" |
| Adventure Comics #187/4 (April 1953): "The Downfall of Green Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #188/4 (May 1953): "The Green Arrow Hotel" |
| World's Finest Comics #64/2 (May-June 1953): "The One-Armed Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #189/4 (June 1953): "The Legion of 100 Archers" |
| Adventure Comics #190/4 (July 1953): "Around the World in Eighty Arrows" |
| World's Finest Comics #65 (July-August 1953): "The Crimeless Crimes of Arrowville" |
| Adventure Comics #191/4 (August 1953): "The King of the Ivory Raiders" |
| Adventure Comics #192/4 (September 1953): "The Alibi Club for Archers" |
| World's Finest Comics #66 (September-October 1953): "Green Arrow Joins the Foreign Legion" |
| Adventure Comics #193/4 (October 1953): "The Three Shots That Green Arrow Missed" |
| Adventure Comics #194/4 (November 1953): "The 50th Century Bowmen" |
| World's Finest Comics #67/3 (November-December 1953): "Eight Crimes of the Octopus Gang" |
| Adventure Comics #195/4 (December 1953): "The Banishment of Green Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #196/4 (January 1954): "The Jealous Archer" |
| World's Finest Comics #68 (January-February 1954): "Mystery of the Vanishing Villains" |
| Adventure Comics #197/4 (February 1954): "Crime's TV Station" |
| Adventure Comics #198/4 (March 1954): "Wanted for Murder: Green Arrow" |
| World's Finest Comics #69 (March-April 1954): "The Matador with a Bow" |
| Adventure Comics #199/4 (April 1954): "The Frozen Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #200/4 (May 1954): "The World's Worst Archer" |
| World's Finest Comics #70 (May-June 1954): "The Joust of Jeopardy" |
| Adventure Comics #201/4 (June 1954): "Jasper the Jinx" |
| Adventure Comics #202/4 (July 1954): "Channel C-R-I-M-E" |
| World's Finest Comics #71/2 (July-August 1954): "The Invisible Death" |
| Adventure Comics #203/4 (August 1954): "The Puzzle of the Five Queens" |
| Adventure Comics #204/4 (September 1954): "The Amazing Arrowthon" |
| World's Finest Comics #72/2 (September-October 1954): "The Flying Archers" |
| Adventure Comics #205/3 (October 1954): "The Million-Dollar Photograph" |
| World's Finest Comics #73/3 (November-December 1954): "The Hercules Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #207/3 (December 1954): "Green Arrow in Wonderland" |
| Adventure Comics #208/3 (January 1955): "The Incredible Land of Yesteryear" |
| World's Finest Comics #74/2 (January-February 1955): "Green Arrow's Kid Brother" |
| Adventure Comics #209/3 (February 1955): "The Origin of Speedy" |
| Adventure Comics #210/3 (March 1955): "The Defeat of Green Arrow" |
| World's Finest Comics #75/2 (March-April 1955): "The World's Most Famous Arrows" |
| Adventure Comics #211/3 (April 1955): "The Undersea Archers" |
| Adventure Comics #212/3 (May 1955): "The Three Impossible Targets" |
| World's Finest Comics #76/2 (May-June 1955): "The Mechanical Archer" |
| Adventure Comics #213/2 (June 1955): "The Airborne Archers" |
| Adventure Comics #214/3 (July 1955): "The Riddle of the Statues" |
| World's Finest Comics #77/2 (July-August 1955): "The Million-Dollar Arrow" |
| Adventure Comics #215/3 (August 1955): "The Magic Archers" |
| Adventure Comics #216/3 (September 1955): "The World's Most Dangerous Game" |
| World's Finest Comics #78/2 (September-October 1955): "Green Arrow -- Ace Reporter" |
| Adventure Comics #217/3 (October 1955): "The Riddle of the Five Trophies" |
| Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory" [Flashback] |
| Justice League of America #101 (September 1972): "The Hand That Shook the World" |
| Justice League of America #102 (October 1972): "And One of Us Must Die" |
| Infinity, Inc. #11 (February 1985): "Aftermath and Prologue" [Flashback] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" [Appearance same as Infinity, Inc. #22] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night" [Appearance same as Infinity, Inc. #23] |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |