Arrowcar

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The Arrowcar was a specially designed arrow-shaped[1] automobile used by the DC Comics superhero Green Arrow[2] and his sidekick Speedy.

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[edit] Design

The design and function of the Arrowcar was similar to that of Batman's Batmobile[3]. The Arrowcar[4][5] (inexplicably called 'the Arrow-Plane'[6][7] in the beginning[8]) was introduced during the time when Green Arrow comics mostly followed a similar formula as Batman (sans the depth and tragedy). However, it was in use for many years and there were several versions of it, all with various upgrades and re-designs.

[edit] Later usage

After Green Arrow/Oliver Queen lost his fortune[9], the car in return, became too expensive to keep. However, various wrecks of the cars became highly prized among collectors of super-memorabilia. For example, the Arrowcar was once destroyed during a fight between Green Arrow, Arsenal and Solomon Grundy[10]. When a fully functional Arrowcar went on the auction block for sale[11], criminal elements bought it and wanted to use it for their own purposes. For instance the criminal Scavenger claimed it for his weapon collection, but Batman bought it on Green Arrow's behalf. However, Green Arrow decided that he had no choice but to destroy it with a Grenade Arrow.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Arrowcar is one of the most creative aspects of Green Arrow' mythos. The car looks like a giant arrow: typical of the endless arrow imagery in GA's world. It is also loaded with technological gimmicks.
  2. ^ Arrow was a skilled hand-to-hand fighter and his primary means of transport was the Arrowcar. ... fought crime as the mysterymen Green Arrow and Speedy. ...
  3. ^ In keeping up with what Batman and Robin had, both Green Arrow and Speedy would have a mustard colored "Arrow Car" (which had a catapult Oliver loved to spring himself and Speedy up into the air to go head to head with criminals in tough spots), an "Arrow Jet" which Oliver would crash before heading into the monastery, an "Arrow Cave" underneath the Queen mansion, and every bit of "trick arrows" money could buy.
  4. ^ Arrowcar: Automobile equipped with a wide variety of crime fighting accessories.
  5. ^ This story emphasizes the high speed of the Arrowcar (here called the Arrowplane), the fastest of all land vehicles. This is a common theme in the early stories; it will not appear very much in later, 1950's GA tales. This fascination with speed also appears in Weisinger's Johnny Quick stories.
  6. ^ While the Arrowcar is called the Arrowplane here, it already has the distinctive arrow-like rear flange. The Arrowplane is described as "streamlined", that obsession of 1930's design, which gave objects the appearance of speed and efficiency.
  7. ^ First Appearance: (first version, called 'Arrow Plane'): More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941) (as Arrow-Car): World's Finest Comics #12 (Winter 1943)
  8. ^ In World's Finest 12 in January 1944, new writer Joe Samachson re-christened the Arrowplane as the Arrow-Car. Art by Cliff Young and Steve Brodie.
  9. ^ Green Arrow - Neal Adams and Dennis O'Neil, 1969–1983
  10. ^ Grundy picks up the old dusty Arrowcar and throws it at Ollie who ... Miscellaneous > Appearances > Character Appearances > Solomon Grundy/Appearances ...
  11. ^ Green Arrow #33. Posted: Monday, December 22. By: Glenn Collins. Print ... with Roy as Speedy when Mia comes across the Arrowcar being auctioned online. ...

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