Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #188
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Oct/Nov 1969
On Sale Date: August 7, 1969 Newsstand Date August 7, 1969
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #381, Page 23

Copyright Date August 7, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date August 7, 1969
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V24 #7

Frequency: Monthly, (with the exception of Jan., Apr., and July)
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 64
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
This issue is labeled Giant #G-64.

Title: "The World's Worst Archer"
Pages: 7

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

Writer: Robert Bernstein
Artist: Lee Elias

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #262 (1959)

Feature Character(s)

• Green Arrow (last appearance in Adventure Comics #256; next appearance in Adventure Comics #246)

Supporting Character(s)

• Speedy (origin and earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Adventure Comics #246)

Villain(s)

• Some unnamed crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Brave Bow (Speedy’s guardian; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story features the origin of Speedy.

Synopsis:
Roy Harper, a promising athlete and archer, wants to become Green Arrow’s partner. His guardian is Brave Bow, an indian chief whose life was saved by Roy’s late father. Brave Bow has trained Roy to master the bow and arrow, but is now too old to care for Roy.

Green Arrow gives the boy a chance to prove himself at the Greenville Fair. Roy’s arrow misses the target horribly. Roy doesn’t give up and follows Green Arrow after some crooks. Roy uses Brave Bow’s lucky flint arrow to catch the criminals. Green Arrow misses the action and believes the crooks were caught by a lucky accident.

G.A. gives Roy another chance after Roy wins a track meet. Again the boy’s arrow goes wide of the target. Roy is disappointed, but again trails Green Arrow after some crooks. His flint arrow puntures the tire of the getaway car, but the shaft breaks off leaving no evidence that Roy was responsible. Roy finally gives up, but Green Arrow returns later to explain to Roy that his arrowhead was in the tire. The shots he missed were metal arrows which had become magnetized at the fair, causing them to go wide of the targets. Green Arrow gives Roy the nickname Speedy and takes him as a partner.