The Arrow | |
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Real Name |
Ralph Payne |
First Appearance |
Funny Pages vol. 2 #10 (Sept. 1938) |
Original Publisher |
Centaur |
Created by |
Paul Gustavson |
Origin
A vigilante archer, the Arrow owed his origins to Robin Hood as well as pulp magazine heroes like the Shadow and the Spider.
Hidden under a crumpled red suit and face-covering cowl, he was a man of mystery without name or background. A no-nonsense fellow, the Arrow coldly shot arrows into hands, shoulders, and hearts of slobbering fiends who were always putting blondes into bondage.
Public Domain Appearances
- Amazing Adventure Funnies #1
- Arrow #1-3
- Fantoman #2
- Funny Pages vol. 2 #10-12
- vol. 3 #1-10
- vol. 4 #1, 35-42
- vol. 3 #1-10
Notes
- The Arrow was the first costumed comic book hero to appear after the debut of Superman.
- The Arrow is the first super-hero to use an archery as a primary gimmick.
- The character eventually received his own magazine. The stories in the first two issues, however, were reprints from earlier comics.