Scarlet Arrow

Golden Age Origin
Alan Bidell was a rich young man, an all American full back, and champion Archer. However, he was also very self-centered and rude. He dreams that one of his ancestors instructs him to make something of himself and fight crime wearing the outfit of a cavalier. When he awakens, Alan is introduce to Roxanne's, his girlfriend, English uncle who Alan believes is a fake. Roxanne is insulted and decides to accept the marriage proposal by Rich Crouchly, Alan's cousin, because she does not want to be anyone as thoughtless as Alan. Eben Bidell, Alan's grandfather, is about to lecture him about how he should treat Roxanne better when he suddenly finds a threatening letter from the Jingle Man saying that the villain is going to kill him. Alan decides to don his ancestor's clothes and try to catch the murder before he strikes again. It turns out the Jingle Man, the murder who kills with ironic objects associated to the victims occupation, was Roxanne's uncle and he sends a poisonous snake in a package to kill Eben because the irony is that he is a chemist. Lucky, Alan, know acting as the Scarlet Arrow, shoots an arrow through the box killing the snake before his grand father could open it. Scarlet Arrow then goes to save Rick who because of his gun base fortune is going to be shot by the Jingle Man. However, the true victim is Roxanne and the identity of the false uncle is none other than Rick. Rick was killing his deceased father's former partners who sold him out. Roxanne's dead father was the last of them and Rick created the false identity in order to throw the police of his trail. Scarlet Arrow pins Rick to the wall with his arrows and leaves him to the police. Roxanne also figures out that Alan must be Scarlet Arrow since the hero knew Rick was her fiance and she only told Alan about the proposal.

Golden Age Appearances

 * Black Cat #5-6