Snowbirds Don't Fly
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"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. The story was written by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, with the latter also providing the art with Dick Giordano. 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. Considered a watershed moment in the depiction of mature themes in DC Comics,[1] the tone of this story is set in the tagline on the cover: "DC attacks youth's greatest problem... drugs!"
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Publisher | DC Comics |
Publication date | August/September ā October/November 1971 |
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Title(s) | Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85ā86 |
Main character(s) | Hal Jordan; Green Arrow; Speedy; Black Canary |
Creative team | |
Writer(s) | Dennis O'Neil |
Penciller(s) | Neal Adams |
Inker(s) | Neal Adams, Dick Giordano |
Editor(s) | Julius Schwartz |
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