Green Arrow #2 (of 1000000)
Hunters Moon
March 31st, 1988
Green Arrow finds his damaged arrow in the bushes and no blood, after having shot who he believed to be Al Muncy (spelled Muncie in this issue, while Muncy in the previous). Following, he yells for Dinah Lance and Annie Green to get inside and be safe, before going with Lt. Cameron to interrogate Muncy at his household.
They accuse Muncy of breaking into Annie Green's house, but he claims his innocence, citing that he had no way of escaping the house. Muncy, in jest, suggest the only way he could have done it is with mirrors and trap doors. The other cops agree, that they had every exit on watch. Further questions are raised when Green Arrow and Lt. Cameron find a foot print outside that is significantly larger than Muncy's shoe size, and significantly deeper than a man of Muncy's weight would leave. Lt. Cameron remarks that Arrow might have been wrong, and threatens that if Arrow messes up and accidentally kills a kid with a drug habit or anyone else, that he would be after him.
Afterwards, Cameron confesses to Dinah and Annie Green that he knows that Muncy was the one at her house before, but doesn't know how to prove it. Green Arrow points out that there was some chain mail on a suit of armor in the house the last time Arrow was there, but it is now missing. It would account for why the man that left the footprint appeared to be so much heavier, and also why his arrow was bent without harming the man. They then discover that Muncy wasn't joking earlier, as Green Arrow finds a system of mirrors and a trap door in the kitchen that lead into a hidden passage with, among other things, a collection of beer kegs from an old bootlegging scam that Muncy's father had run.
Lt. Cameron discovers that his daughter is missing, and they manage to track down Muncy, threatening to kill the daughter. Ollie shoots an arrow that disables Muncy, going straight throw his right hand. Annie Green than confronts him, trying to shoot him but running out of bullets. Muncy tries to escape in his car, and Ollie latches on and follows him, where he returns to his own house. In his haste to escape, Muncy falls into a larger barrel of the beer, and Green Arrow allows him to drown in the liquid.
The issue ends with Oliver, Dinah, and Annie on a bridge in town, where they discuss moving forward, and the bridge that has been created between the three as people.
Notes:
- "Mar Deluxe Checklist"
- "Meanwhile..." 2/3 page text piece by Dick Giordano.