Queen and Lantern tackle the kingpin of the drug ring, a pharmaceutics CEO who outwardly condemns drug abuse, and attend the funeral of the addict who passed.ĭuring the 1960s, Green Lantern was on the verge of cancellation, which gave writer Denny O'Neil a great deal of creative freedom when he was assigned the series. In shame, Harper withdraws cold turkey, and one of the other addicts dies of a drug overdose. In the second part ( Green Lantern/Green Arrow #86), an enraged Green Arrow lashes out at his ward. It becomes evident that the stolen arrows are indeed Queen's, which he shares with Harper when they fight crime together. They think he is working undercover to bust them, but Queen catches him red-handed when he tries to shoot heroin. Tracking down the attackers, Green Arrow and his best friend, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, find out that the muggers are addicts who need money, and are surprised to find Queen's ward Speedy (Roy Harper) among them. Strangely, the weapon is loaded with his own arrows. In the first part ( Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85), Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) runs into muggers who shoot him with a crossbow. Considered a watershed moment in the depiction of mature themes in DC Comics, the tone of this story is set in the tagline on the cover: "DC attacks youth's greatest problem. It tells the story of Green Lantern and Green Arrow, who fight drug dealers, witnessing that Green Arrow's ward Roy "Speedy" Harper is a drug addict and dealing with the fallout of his revelation. The story was written by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, with the latter also providing the art with Dick Giordano. " Snowbirds Don't Fly" is a two-part anti-drug comic book story arc which appeared in Green Lantern/ Green Arrow issues 85 and 86, published by DC Comics in 1971. Hal Jordan Green Arrow Speedy Black Canary
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