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Issue: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #23
Publication Date: July 1982
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Issues: #23 of 24 Issues (44 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Sales
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Blue Ribbon DigestView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/16/1982
Volume: 3
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest (5" x 6.75")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow; Speedy; Black Canary
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-922
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Green Arrow Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Green Arrow Scrapbooks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow; Black Canary
Synopsis: Green Arrow and Black Canary look through some scrapbooks of Green Arrow adventures.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-8107
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence. On pages 3, 4, 23, 30, 43, 67, and 98 of the digest.
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The Unmasked Archers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Police Commissioner; Arrow-Cave; Arrow-Car; Arrow-Plane
Synopsis: GA and Speedy's secret IDs are almost revealed in a practical joke.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #98 published December 1958
was The Unmasked Archers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inking credits from The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby. Possibly plotted by Jack Kirby. Reformatted to fill six full pages.
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The Case of the Camouflage King!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Camouflage King (intro); Arrow-Cave; Harry (Museum Guard); Frank (Museum Guard); Arrow-Car
Synopsis: Green Arrow must stop the Camouflage King from robbing the circus.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #102 published June 1959
was The Case of the Camouflage King! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Amazing Miss Arrowette

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Miss Arrowette [Bonnie King] (Intro); Arrowcar
Synopsis: Miss Arrowette makes her debut by rescuing Green Arrow and Speedy from a gang of thieves.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #113 published November 1960
was The Amazing Miss Arrowette [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Green Arrows of the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Phantom of France; Green Arrow (Mexico); Green Arrow (Japan); Green Arrow (Switzerland); Bowman from Britain; Bowman of the Bush; Green Arrow (Polynesia); "Counterfeit" Carson
Synopsis: "Counterfeit" Carson attempts to crash a party by the Green Arrows of the world to get his revenge.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #250 published July 1958
was The Green Arrows of the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inking credits from The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby.

DC credited the script to Bill Finger in The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby and The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 reprints, but they credit Dave Wood in the Showcase Presents Green Arrow #1 reprint. The GCD writing-experts' consensus is that Wood is the most-likely candidate, but Herron is possible, and Finger is also possible, but the least-likely of the three.
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The Mystery of the Giant Arrows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Riggles (Guest); Aliens (Villains)
Synopsis: When Green Arrow and Speedy investigate giant arrows falling from the sky, they find themselves pulled into another dimension when an arrow they are examining is retrieved.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #252 published September 1958
was The Mystery of the Giant Arrows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inking credits from The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby.
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Prisoners of Dimension Zero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (Feature); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Xeen Arrow (Guest); Alien Crooks (Villains); Arrowcar
Synopsis: In another dimension, Green Arrow and Speedy meet GA's counterpart Xeen Arrow and discover that due to a passing comet, a gateway to their dimension has opened up, and the mysterious giant arrows they encountered on Earth are merely children's toys from this other dimension which have passed through the gateway. The mystery solved, Xeen Arrow shoots them back to Earth through the gateway before it closes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #253 published October 1958
was Prisoners of Dimension Zero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inking credits from The Green Arrow by Jack Kirby.
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The Senator's Been Shot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Paul Cathcart; Edmond Cathcart; Miklos Minotaur; Munson
Synopsis: Both Batman and Green Arrow are attacked by Miklos Minotaur in their alter egos and have to decide if they can do more good by stopping being superheroes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Brave and the Bold #85 published August 1969
was The Senator's Been Shot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Disclose Notes: "New look" Green Arrow is introduced.
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Green Arrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow (Earth-1, origin retold)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman #16 published December 1988
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]original title: Green Arrow
From Content Item: FlagDC Super Stars #17 published November 1977
was Origin of Green Arrow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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What Can One Man Do?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Jack Major; Kevin McManus; Dinah Drake Lance [Black Canary]; Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Hal Jordan [Green Lantern]; Clark Kent [Superman]
Synopsis: After Green Arrow witnesses the death of a young boy in a riot, he decides that he might be able to do more for his city as its mayor.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #87 published December 1971
was What Can One Man Do? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. This is Maggin's first professional script.

The splash page (page 2) is shot directly from Neal Adams's pencils as he handed it in too late for inking. (Source: Man of Two Worlds by Julius Schwartz and Brian M. Thomsen, page 128).
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The Plot to Kill Black Canary!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Larkin; Albert the Artist; Linda; Stanley; Seldon (Smuggler); Nenner (Smuggler); Louie (Snitch)
Synopsis: Green Arrow commits Black Canary to be the spokesman for a motorcycle company. While doing a display of the motorcycle at a car show, two thugs try to kill Black Canary.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #428 published October 1973
was The Plot to Kill Black Canary! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Swamp Thing Is Back!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Swamp Thing
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for Swamp Thing series.
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Preview of Stories

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Green Arrow
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-938
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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