The peculiar self-censoring of Beardless Green Arrow.

§ December 29th, 2008 § Filed under Uncategorized Comments Off on The peculiar self-censoring of Beardless Green Arrow.

from Green Lantern/Green Arrow #94 (Apr/May 1977)
by Denny O’Neil, Mike Grell, Terry Austin & Dick Giordano


Okay, maybe Green Arrow was trying to hold up to some superheroic “no swearing” ideal, but…c’mon, it’s Green Arrow. I think we can assume he’s not shy about expressing some salty language.

And I threw in that first panel there partially for context, but mostly for further examples of Mr. Queen’s talent for phrase-turning. And his heroic stance, of course. When Green Arrow akimbos at you, you know you’ve been akimboed at.

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