Issue Description

Reprising the end of the previous issue, Green Arrow finds his damaged arrow in the bushes and no blood, after having shot who he believed to be Al Muncy (spelled Muncie in this issue, while Muncy in the previous). Following, he yells for Dinah Lance and Annie Green to get inside and be safe, before going with Lt. Cameron to interrogate Muncy at his household.

They accuse Muncy of breaking into Annie Green's house, but he claims his innocence, citing that he had no way of escaping the house. Muncy, in jest, suggest the only way he could have done it is with mirrors and trap doors. The other cops agree, that they had every exit on watch. Further questions are raised when Green Arrow and Lt. Cameron find a foot print outside that is significantly larger than Muncy's shoe size, and significantly deeper than a man of Muncy's weight would leave. Lt. Cameron remarks that Arrow might have been wrong, and threatens that if Arrow messes up and accidentally kills a kid with a drug habit or anyone else, that he would be after him.

Afterwards, Cameron confesses to Dinah and Annie Green that he knows that Muncy was the one at her house before, but doesn't know how to prove it. Green Arrow points out that there was some chain mail on a suit of armor in the house the last time Arrow was there, but it is now missing. It would account for why the man that left the footprint appeared to be so much heavier, and also why his arrow was bent without harming the man. They then discover that Muncy wasn't joking earlier, as Green Arrow finds a system of mirrors and a trap door in the kitchen that lead into a hidden passage with, among other things, a collection of beer kegs from an old bootlegging scam that Muncy's father had run.

Lt. Cameron discovers that his daughter is missing, and they manage to track down Muncy, threatening to kill the daughter. Ollie shoots an arrow that disables Muncy, going straight throw his right hand. Annie Green than confronts him, trying to shoot him but running out of bullets. Muncy tries to escape in his car, and Ollie latches on and follows him, where he returns to his own house. In his haste to escape, Muncy falls into a larger barrel of the beer, and Green Arrow allows him to drown in the liquid.

The issue ends with Oliver, Dinah, and Annie on a bridge in town, where they discuss moving forward, and the bridge that has been created between the three as people.

Green Arrow (1988)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

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Starring: Oliver Queen as Green Arrow and Connor Hawke as Green Arrow II and Black Canary.

Coming of the success of Mike Grell's re-tooling of Green Arrow in his mini-series Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (1987), a new ongoing was launched.

Running for 11 years and 80 issues, the series continued Grell's more mature and less gimmicky take on the character. During his run he wrote several spin-off mini-series including Green Arrow: The Wonder Year and Shado: Song of the Dragon.

Once Grell left the title with issue #80, Green Arrow was directed away from the mature readers tone and played a more significant role in the DC Universe again. Oliver Queen was killed off around issue #100, paving the way of Ollie's son Connor Hawke to take over as the new Green Arrow.

AnnualsGreen Arrow Annual #1-7Spin-Offs & RelatedBlack Canary (1991)Shado: Song of the Dragon (1992)Black Canary (1993)Green Arrow: The Wonder Year (1993)Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood (2007)Collected EditionsVol. 1: Green Arrow: Hunters Moon (#1-6)Vol. 2: Green Arrow: Here There Be Dragons (#7-12)Vol. 3: Green Arrow: The Trial of Oliver Queen (#13-20)Vol. 4: Green Arrow: Blood of the Dragon (#21-28)Other Collected EditionsGreen Arrow/Black Canary: For Better Or For Worse (#75, #101)Green Lantern: Emerald Allies (#104, #110-111,#125-126)The Flash by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar (#130)DC One Million Omnibus (#1000000)

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