The Arrowcar (or Arrow-Car) is a specially designed arrow-shaped automobile used by the
DC Comics
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superhero
Green Arrow and his sidekick
Speedy
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Ships
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* ''Speedy''-class brig, a class of naval ship
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. The Arrow-Car debuted in ''
More Fun Comics
''More Fun Comics'', originally titled ''New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine'' a.k.a. ''New Fun Comics'',[''N ...]
'' #73 (November 1941), and was created by
Mort Weisinger
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and
George Papp
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.
History
The design and function of the Arrow-Car was similar to that of
Batman's
Batmobile
The Batmobile is the fictional car driven by the superhero Batman. Housed in the Batcave, which it accesses through a hidden entrance, the Batmobile is both a heavily armored tactical assault vehicle and a personalized custom-built pursuit and ...
. The Arrow-Car (inexplicably called "the Arrow-Plane" in the beginning) was introduced during the time when Green Arrow comics mostly followed a similar formula as Batman (sans the depth and tragedy). It was in use for many years and there were several versions of it, all with various upgrades and re-designs.
Status
After Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) lost his fortune, the Arrow-Car became too expensive to keep. Various wrecks of the cars became highly prized among collectors of super-memorabilia, such as an Arrow-Car was once destroyed during a fight between Green Arrow,
Arsenal, and
Solomon Grundy. When a fully functional Arrow-Car went on the auction block for sale,
criminal elements bought it and wanted to use it for their own purposes. For instance the criminal
Scavenger claimed it for his weapon collection, but Batman bought it on Green Arrow's behalf. However, once it broke down on the way back to
Star City after picking it up, Green Arrow decided to destroy it after all, using the same detonator he used the first time, but this time knowing it would work since he had it fixed by
Superman.
Other media
In ''
Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', the Arrow-Car is seen as the car Green Arrow uses in the episode "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!".
See also
*
List of fictional vehicles
The following is a list of fictional vehicles.
List of lists
* List of fictional aircraft
* List of fictional cars
* List of fictional ships
* List of fictional spacecraft
Buses
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References
External links
DCU Guide: Arrow-Car DC Database: Arrowcar
Green Arrow
Fictional elements introduced in 1941
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