Cover: Pat Broderick

Detective Comics #551

Jun 1985 · DC · 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP

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“The First Day of Spring”

In "The First Day of Spring," Oliver Queen stands up for a wrongfully accused naturalized citizen during a tense moment at a diner with Dinah Lance, while Onyx finds unexpected refuge with a kind stranger in a music shop. Written by Joey Cavalieri and illustrated by Jerome Moore, with inks by Bruce Patterson, colors by Jeanine Casey, and letters by Bob Lappan, this 1985 issue captures quiet moments of humanity amid larger social tensions. The cover by Pat Broderick perfectly frames the story’s mood of uneasy hope.

writer Joey Cavalieri · artist Jerome Moore · inker Bruce Patterson · colorist Jeanine Casey · letterer Bob Lappan · cover Pat Broderick

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Full credits

writer Joey Cavalieri

artist Jerome Moore

inker Bruce Patterson

colorist Jeanine Casey

letterer Bob Lappan

cover pencils, inks Pat Broderick

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While out to eat with Dinah Lance, Oliver Queen stands up for a naturalized citizen who is wrongly accused of being an illegal immigrant. Elsewhere, Onyx is taken in by a music shop worker.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).