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The Background of Green Arrow (and Related Characters) Their work garnered both industry awards and attention from the mainstream press.

They used the comic to explore many of the political issues in America during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

For example, Adams and O’Neil introduced the arch-villain Ra’s al Ghul in Batman #232 (June 1971), who was then played by David Warner in the popular 1992 animated series, by both Ken Watanabe and Liam Neeson in the 2005 film Batman Begins and by Matt Nable in the third season of Arrow.Īlso, beginning with issue 76 (April 1970), O’Neil and Adams took over the failing Green Lantern comic book, rebranding it as “Green Lantern co-starring Green Arrow”. More film and TV depictions of Batman continue to call back to Adams’ time on the comic. Adams (partnered with writers Denny O’Neil, Frank Robbins and Len Wein among others) drew several fondly remembered issues of both Batman and Detective Comics. The issue was written by Denny O’Neil who would become Adams most frequent collaborator for the next few years. In The Brave and the Bold #85 (September 1969) Adams also redesigned the costume of the largely ignored Green Arrow.Īdams moved from the team-up book to draw Batman in Detective Comics, beginning with #395 (January 1970). For example, he would take scenes written to occur during the day and change them to nighttime to re-establish Batman’s role as a creature of the night.

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Adams shifted the look of Batman away from the once-popular campy TV series starring Adam West into a more realistic and moody style. Adams remained on The Brave and the Bold for the next several issues, drawing Batman’s team-ups with a number of guest heroes. 1968) Neal Adams drew a team-up adventure between Batman and Deadman. In The Brave and the Bold #79 (cover dated Sept.

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