World's Finest Comics #38
In "If There Were No Superman," Green Arrow and Speedy guard Dill' Dime Store when a mysterious new criminal, The Wind, emerges with the power to manipulate wind—enough to deflect the archer’s arrows. As the villain’s actions remain strangely incomplete, Green Arrow uncovers a surprising truth: The Wind is A. Wynd, a collector driven by obsession to reclaim the arrows he could never afford. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by George Papp, with lettering by Ira Schnapp, this 1949 tale from World's Finest Comics #38 features a cover by Win Mortimer.
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Green Arrow and Speedy are following up on a clue and guarding Dill' Dime Store. A new criminal, named The Wind, appears and claims to be able to control winds, and proves it by blowing the archer's arrows off course. But both here and subsequently, The Wind never completes his crimes. Green Arrow later learns that The Wind is actually arrow collector A. Wynd. Knowing he could never buy Green Arrow's shafts he pulled the robberies to retrieve the arrows fired at him.
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