Comic Title: DC Special Series #23
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1981
On Sale Date: November 25, 1980 Copyright Date November 25, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Newsstand Date November 25, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #185

Frequency: Four times a year
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 64
Editor: Jack C. Harris

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Menace of the Mechanical Octopus"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Green Arrow (of Earth-1)

Writer: France E. Herron
Artist: Jack Kirby
Inker: Roz Kirby

Reprinted From:
World's Finest Comics #97 (1958)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Arrow (last appearance in Adventure Comics #253; next appearance in Adventure Comics #254)

Supporting Character(s)

• Speedy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #253; next appearance in Adventure Comics #254)

Villain(s)

• A gang of criminals (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Green Arrow and Speedy attempt to prevent a flying mechanical octopus from stealing jewels from inside a skyscraper. They retrieve the loot, but the crooks get away in the octopus. When the mechanical octopus strikes again, Green Arrow and Speedy are ensnared by its tentacles. They are imprisoned by the crooks, but Green Arrow breaks free with an acetylene arrow. The archers then destroy the octopus as it attacks an ocean liner.