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Gil Kane World's Finest #282 page4 Green Arrow & Black Canary (1982)

Artist: Gil Kane (All)

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Gil Kane World's Finest #282 page4 Green Arrow & Black Canary (1982) Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Gil Kane World's Finest #282 page4 Green Arrow & Black Canary (1982)
Artist:	Gil Kane (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,500
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	2/8/2014
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Description

I've passed on a lot of great 80's Gil Kane DC artwork mainly because Gil did almost all of it in markers, which have almost always started to bleed or fade. But for this page I made an exception because of how memorable the story was to me, and because I'm a big Green Arrow and Black Canary fan.

In this two-part, back up story which ran in World's Finest Comics #282 & 283, writer Mike W. Barr reaches into Oliver Queen's past to for the mother of all villains: the mother of the guy GA shot and left for dead in an alley way back in 1973's Denny O'Neil & Neal Adams classic "The Killing of an Archer/Green Arrow's Dead/The Fate of an Archer" which was a 3 part back up in Flash #217-219.

In that classic tale, GA is attacked in an alley and after his shoulder is injured, the arrow he let's fly finds it's target but with unintended lethal action. Distraught over these events, Ollie calls BC to bid her farewell then flies off in the old Arrow Plane to shave his head and join a monastery. Then BC and GL are looking for GA, Dinah is hit by a car and needs a transfusion, only she has a rare blood type, which Ollie just happens to be a match, so now the search for GA is more urgent than ever. Obviously, Hal finds Ollie and fixes Dinah and live happily ever after, for a while.

I always thought that Barr's idea to bring the mother of the dead man into to the picture seeking revenge on Green Arrow was a cool idea and this page is chock full of action and has an appearance by Black Canary.

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frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/8/2014

Nice Kane action page!

Will K
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/8/2014

A great exception. And it is an exceptional piece!!!

John Cogan
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/8/2014

Will K wrote:

A great exception. And it is an exceptional piece!!!

Thanks Will and thanks for pointing out the TT #14 page.

Mark Geier
Member Since 2013

Posted on 2/8/2014

Wow, a really nice Kane page. Congrats!

Jean Andre Macchini
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/9/2014

Awesome piece ! Congrats !

Greg E
Member Since 2012

Posted on 2/15/2014

Beautiful!

Alex B
Member Since 2008

Posted on 3/12/2014

Beautiful ! Congrtas for this incredible page !

CJ Design
Member Since 2018

Posted on 7/7/2024

Non stop Kane action

Marvelman Excelsior
Member Since 2011

Posted on 5/6/2025

Love this page! The layout and composition is pure dynamic action, even down to the hands! No-one draws hands like Kane! Such a beauty. Congrats and thanks for sharing!

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