Green Arrow; The Archer's Quest
Phil Heste (Penciller), and Ande Parks (Inker), an New York: DC Comics, 2003. Compilation Edition (originally publes in single magazine form in Green Arrow 16-21). Hardcover. 175, [1] pages. Illustrations (most in color). Cover has some tear at the top of the front board. Boldly signed by Brad Meltzer on the title page. Introduction by Senator Patrick Leahy. Cast of Characters. Photograph. Grays of Shade. Grundy No Like Arrows in Face! Superfriends. Kryptonite. Fatherood. Cover Gallery. Setchbook. A Word from the Author by Brad Meltzer. Original Pitch and First Issue Script. Afterwoord by Greg Rucka. Green Arrow and his sidekick Arsenal try to gather artifacts that lead to revealing the true identity of the Emerald Archer. Brad Meltzer (born April 1, 1970) is an American novelist, non-fiction writer, TV show creator, and comic book author. His novels touch on the political thriller, legal thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, while he has also written superhero fiction for DC Comics and a series of short biographies of prominent people. Meltzer graduated from Columbia Law School, and was selected to the Columbia Law Review. He created a six-issue story arc for DC Comics' Green Arrow #16–21 (October 2002 – April 2003). In 2014, Brad Meltzer's Lost History premiered on History's H2 network, with Meltzer hosting. Lost History presents both solved and unsolved cases and success stories where Americans have helped find missing historic objects such as the Ground Zero flag from 9/11 and the original Wright Brothers flying machine patent. Viewers submitted tips online, in an effort to the return of these treasures. In 2016, Meltzer hosted America's 9/11 Flag: Rose from the Ashes, which recounts how Lost History located and authenticated the missing 9/11 flag. Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His real name is Oliver Jonas Queen, a wealthy businessman and owner of Queen Consolidated who is also a well-known celebrity in Star City. He uses this position to hide the fact that he is the Arrow. Sometimes shown dressed like the character Robin Hood, Green Arrow is an archer who uses his skills to fight crime in his home cities of Star City and Seattle, as well as alongside his fellow superheroes as a member of the Justice League. He deploys a range of trick arrows (in contemporary times, they are referred as "specialty arrows") with various special functions, such as glue, explosive-tipped, grappling hook, flash grenade, tear gas and even kryptonite arrows for use in a range of special situations. At the time of his debut, Green Arrow functioned in many ways as an archery-themed analogue of the very popular character Batman. Though, he is much less frequently used in modern stories. Meltzer's single storyline for Green Arrow featured Oliver and his former sidekick, Roy Harper, reuniting and going on a cross-country road trip to pick up old possessions of Oliver's, most notably a spare Green Lantern power ring entrusted to him by Hal Jordan many years earlier. The story also revealed that Oliver knew all along that Connor was his son and was even present at his birth, but that Oliver ultimately abandoned Connor and his mother, because of his fear of the responsibilities of fatherhood. Meltzer's storyline would continue into the mini-series Green Lantern: Rebirth, which featured Oliver's attempts to use the ring against Sinestro- presumed dead for several years- before the ring is reclaimed by the reborn Hal Jordan. Meltzer went on to write the mini-series Identity Crisis, which heavily featured Green Arrow as one of the story's main characters, investigating the murder of Sue Dibny – the wife of the Elongated Man – and revealing that the League had been involved in mind-wiping various villains in the past to conceal their secret identities. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Green Arrow, Oliver Jonas Queen, Patrick Leahy, Greg Rucka, Ande Parks, Phil Hester, Archer, Gruncy, Kryptonite, Fatherhood
ISBN: 1401200109
[Book #85456]
Price: $125.00