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GREEN ARROW SECRET FILES #1
December 2002 [$4.95]

Cover Credits: Matt Wagner (artist; signed)

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Story: "The Parting Shot" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Judd Winick (plot, script)
Diego Barreto (pencils)
Robin Riggs (inks)
John Constanza (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Ivan Cohen and Bob Schreck (edits)

Feature Character:

Green Arrow I (also in flashback)

Supporting Character:

Connor Hawke

Guest Appearance:

Jason Blood (in flashback)

Other Characters:

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.

Feature: "Green Arrow's Specialty Arrows" (2 Pages)

Credits:

Eliot R. Brown (text, pencils, inks)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Ivan Cohen (edits)

Comment: 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:

Dan Curtis Johnson (plot, script)
Kelley Yates (pencils)
Mick Gray (inks)
Comicraft (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Ivan Cohen (edits)

Feature Character:

Cameron Chase

Guest Star:

Green Arrow I

Supporting Character:

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.

Third Story: "The Mantle" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Scott McCullar (plot, script)
Rick Burchett (pencils)
Dan Davis (inks)
Kurt Hathaway (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Ivan Cohen and Bob Schreck (edits)

Feature Character:

Oliver Queen (also appears in flashback to his childhood)

Supporting Characters:

Connor Hawke
Dinah Lance
Moira Queen
Robert Henry Queen (Oliver's parents; both die in flashback)

Guest Appearance:

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.

Feature: "Ollie's Stupendous Chili Recipe" (1 Page)

Credits:

Scott McCullar (text)
Patrick Gleason (pencils)
Michael Bair (inks)
Kurt Hathaway (letters)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Ivan Cohen (edits)

Comment: The recipe for Green Arrow's famously spicy chili

Feature: "Profile Pages" (xx Pages)

Credits:

Scott McCullar (text)
Phil Hester (pencils - Green Arrow, Arsenal, Black Canary, Green Arrow II, Mia Dearden, Stanley and his Monster, Onomatopeia)
Ande Parks (inks - Green Arrow, Arsenal, Black Canary, Green Arrow II, Mia Dearden, Stanley and his Monster, Onomatopeia)
Phil Winslade (pencils, inks - Eddie Fyers)
Charlie Adlard (pencils, inks - Hard Travelin' Heroes)
Tom McCraw (colors)
Digital Chameleon (color separations)
Ivan Cohen (edits)

Comment: 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, Onomatopeia

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Stories:

1:The Parting Shot
2:Bag of Tricks
3:The Mantle

Features:

1:Green Arrow's Specialty Arrows
2:Ollie's Stupendous Chili Recipe
3:Profile Pages

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