Cover: Neal Adams

Green Lantern #85

Aug 1971 · DC · 0.25 USD

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“Snowbirds Don't Fly”

In "Snowbirds Don't Fly," Green Lantern teams up with Green Arrow as they track down a group of junkies linked to a missing Roy Harper, uncovering a dangerous drug operation hidden in an abandoned hangar. Written by Denny O'Neil and illustrated with stark intensity by Neal Adams—both inks and pencils—this powerful 1971 story confronts the realities of addiction with unflinching honesty, all while the cover by Neal Adams captures the tension in a single, haunting image.

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writer Denny O'Neil · artist, inker Neal Adams · letterer John Costanza · cover Neal Adams

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writer Denny O'Neil

artist, inker Neal Adams

letterer John Costanza

cover pencils, inks Neal Adams

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When Oliver is jumped by junkies, he is shocked when one of them shoots him with one of his own arrows. Green Arrow, now teamed with Green Lantern, follows the leads to find the junkies, including the missing Roy Harper, who lets GA assume he has been working undercover. Later, the junkies lead the heroes to an airplane hangar, but help the dealers knock out GL and GA and inject them with drugs. Roy arrives in time to get the messed up duo home. There he tries to explain the attraction of doing drugs, but Green Arrow remains baffled, and is shocked to soon find Roy getting ready to shoot up.

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