Green Lantern / Green Arrow #6
In "They Say It'll Kill Me... But They Won't Say When!", Green Lantern and Green Arrow confront a crisis that cuts deeper than any villain’s scheme: the devastating toll of addiction, as Green Arrow’s protégé Roy struggles with drug use. Written by Denny O'Neil and brought to life with stark, powerful visuals by Neal Adams—both on interior art and cover—this 1984 issue delivers a raw, grounded look at the human cost behind the crime. With emotional weight and urgent pacing, the duo takes on a corrupt pharmaceutical magnate, but the real revelation lies in what comes after the fight.
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Having discovered that Roy is a junkie, Green Arrow sets out to bring the drug traffickers down. Green Lantern returns to Oliver's building and finds Roy curled up in the basement. He takes Roy to Dinah's to straighten out and heads out to find Green Arrow, who has been knocked out by the drug dealers and tossed into the harbor to drown. GA escapes just as GL arrives to take out the goons who threw him into the water. Together the two trace the drugs to pharmaceutical magnate Salomon Hooper and put him out of business. But Roy explains that drugs are not the root problem, just a symptom of it.
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