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Green Arrow Secret Files 1

GREEN ARROW SECRET FILES #1

Cover Date: December 2002
Cover Price: $4.95

TITLE INDEX

Cover Credits:
Art: Matt Wagner (signed)


Story: "The Parting Shot" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJudd Winick
PencilsDiego Barreto
InksRobin Riggs
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsTom McCraw
Color separationsDigital Chameleon
EditingIvan Cohen, Bob Schreck

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (also in flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Connor Hawke

Guest Appearance(s):

Jason Blood (in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Anthony (a kid from Star City; in flashback)
Tonnabok (a benevolent demon; dies in flashback)

Synopsis:

The father and son duo of Green Arrows do some long-distance target practice, and Connor asks Ollie about the longest shot he's ever achieved. Ollie tells him of a time, back when he was first living in Star City, when he was enlisted for a quest by a long-lived, benevolent demon. A complicated fracas with a group of human-troll hybrids ensued and Ollie had to make a long shot across a ravine. It turned out to be a ruse, designed so that the immortal demon could be killed, and it is an event that still plays upon Ollie's mind to this day.


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Feature:

"Green Arrow's Specialty Arrows"

(2 Pages)

Credits:

Eliot R. Brown (script)
Eliot R. Brown (art)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Ivan Cohen (edits)

Comment(s):

Schematics of Green Arrow's trick arrows and scientific explanations of how some of the more unusual ones work.

 


Second Story: "Bag of Tricks" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Curtis Johnson
PencilsKelley Yates
InksMick Gray
LetteringComicraft
ColorsTom McCraw
Color separationsDigital Chameleon
EditingIvan Cohen

Feature Character(s):

Cameron Chase

Guest Star(s):

Green Arrow

Supporting Character(s):

Agent John Stack

Synopsis:

Cameron Chase encounters Green Arrow while tracking some villains with some very dangerous high-tech gear. The villains come chasing some kids who stole something from them; Chase and Arrow use the opportunity to deal with them and put them out of business. Green Arrow is not pleased that the government has files on him, but has to admit that Agent Chase's knowledge of the villains' armour comes in handy.


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Third Story: "The Mantle" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryScott McCullar
PencilsRick Burchett
InksDan Davis
LetteringKurt Hathaway
ColorsTom McCraw
Color separationsDigital Chameleon
EditingIvan Cohen, Bob Schreck

Feature Character(s):

Oliver Queen (also in flashback to his childhood)

Supporting Character(s):

Connor Hawke
Dinah Lance
Moira Queen (Oliver's mother; dies in flashback)
Robert Henry Queen (Oliver's father; dies in flashback)

Guest Appearance(s):

Congo Bill (in flashback)

Synopsis:

Connor comes across a picture of Ollie's parents and asks to hear about them. Ollie reveals that they died when he was young, partly because he hesitated. They were on a safari, but he refused to kill any animals. His hesitation when they were attacked by a lion allowed it to kill both of his parents before he shot it, a terrible loss for him.


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Feature:

"Ollie's Stupendous Chili Recipe"

(1 Pages)

Credits:

Scott McCullar (script)
Patrick Gleason (pencils)
Michael Bair (inks)
Kurt Hathaway (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Ivan Cohen (edits)

Comment(s):

The recipe for Green Arrow's famously spicy chili

 


Feature:

[Profile Pages]

( Pages)

Credits:

Scott McCullar (script)
Phil Winslade and Charlie Adlard (art)
Phil Hester (pencils)
Ande Parks (inks)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Ivan Cohen (edits)

Comment(s):

Profile pages of Green Arrow and his allies, plus the history of the Green Lantern/Green Arrow team and a profile page on Arrow's newest enemy, Onomatopoeia. Eddie Fyers by Phil Winslade; Hard Travellin' Heroes by Charlie Adlard; all others by Phil Hester and Ande Parks.