Four-Star Spectacular Vol 1 5



Superboy The Man Who Hunted Superboy

Summary
Volume: 1 Issue: 5 Month: November-December Year: 1976

Credits
Head Writer: Leo Dorfman Cover Artists: Ernie Chan Pencilers: George Papp Inkers: George Papp Editors: E. Nelson Bridwell

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Superboy
 * Lana Lang
 * Lord Hawke
 * Mark
 * Zorina

Locations:
 * Sardonia

Items:
 * Kryptonite

First Appearances: Lord Hawke (a Sardonian noble); Mark (the Prince of Sardonia); Zorina (the Princess of Sardonia) Final Appearances: Lord Hawke; Mark; Zorina

Synopsis: Synopsis unknown

Vigilante
 The Unlucky Horseshoe 

Credits
Head Writer: Dick Wood Pencilers: Howard Sherman Inkers: Howard Sherman Editors: E. Nelson Bridwell

Synopsis
Cast of Characters: First Appearances: No first appearances Final Appearances: No final appearances
 * Vigilante (Greg Saunders)

Synopsis: Synopsis unknown

Green Arrow
 The Rainbow Archer 

Credits
Head Writer: France Herron Pencilers: George Papp Inkers: George Papp Editors: Mort Weisinger

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Green Arrow
 * Iggy
 * Joe
 * Rainbow Archer
 * Speedy

Locations:
 * Star City

Items:
 * Trick Arrows

First Appearances: Green Arrow; Speedy (See notes); Iggy (one of the Rainbow Archer's henchmen); Joe (one of the Rainbow Archer's henchmen); Rainbow Archer (Albrecht Raines) Final Appearances: Iggy; Joe; Rainbow Archer

Synopsis: Albrecht Raines forms an underworld criminal gang, and begins printing counterfeit money. Green Arrow and his sidekick, Speedy, investigating the trail of phony money and quickly identify Raines’ counterfeit bills by their inaccurate coloring. They capture Raines and send him to prison.

Some time later, Raines gets out of jail and declares vengeance against Green Arrow and Speedy. He dons a costume and begins calling himself the Rainbow Archer. On his first operation, he loots an armored car, slinging arrows of various colors. Due to his hatred of Green Arrow however, he refuses to use arrows that are colored green. Police officers arrive on the scene and the Rainbow Archer attempts to distract them. Green Arrow shows up and stops him once again. He returns Raines to prison ending his career as the Rainbow Archer once and for all.

Wonder Woman
 Demon of the Depths 

Credits
Head Writer: William Moulton Marston Pencilers: Harry G. Peter Inkers: Harry G. Peter Editors: E. Nelson Bridwell

Synopsis
Cast of Characters:
 * Wonder Woman
 * Aletra
 * Amazons
 * Don Alvardo (cameo)
 * Gerta Von Gunther
 * Hippolyta
 * Kathra
 * Madame Aterg (cameo)
 * Paula Von Gunther
 * Phil Darnell (cameo)
 * Rena (cameo)
 * Steve Trevor (cameo)

Locations:
 * Paradise Island

Items:
 * Magic Sphere

First Appearances: Aletra (an Amazon); Madame Aterg Final Appearances: Aletra; Gerta Von Gunther; Madame Aterg

Synopsis: Synopsis unknown

Trivia

 * In the 1950s and 60s, it was not unusual for heroes and villains to assume costumed identities that reflected their actual names. In the Green Arrow story in this issue, Albrecht Raines becomes a villain known as the Rainbow Archer, an obvious play on his last name, Raines.

Reprints

 * The Man Who Hunted Superboy was originally printed in Adventure Comics #303.


 * The Unlucky Horseshoe was originally printed in Action Comics #194.


 * The Rainbow Archer was originally printed in Adventure Comics #246.


 * Demon of the Depths was originally printed in Wonder Woman (Volume 1) #7.

Recommended Readings

 * Action Comics
 * Adventure Comics
 * Four-Star Spectacular
 * Superboy (Volume 1)
 * Wonder Woman (Volume 1)

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