Golden Arrow (Fawcett Comics)

Golden Arrow is a fictional character who had his own strip in Fawcett Comics' Whiz Comics comic book series, from 1940 to 1953.

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Fictional character - Fawcett Comics - Whiz Comics - 1940 - 1953

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The hero was originally Roger Parsons, the son of inventor Paul Parsons, who had developed a new type of gas for transporation by balloon. A greedy competitor, Brand Braddock, plotted to stop Mr. Parsons, and did so by shooting down a balloon Parsons was using to test the formula. Mr. Parsons, his wife, and his son Roger were all aboard the ballloon; the two adults died when the ballooon crashed in Wild West territory, while the baby miraculously survived.

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An old prospector named Nugget Ned raised the child as his own, teaching him to fend for himself and developing the boy into a skilled archer. On his deathbed, the old man told the now-grown boy of his origins, and the young man, calling himself "Golden Arrow", set out to avenge his father and right other wrongs throughout the West.

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Prospector - Archer

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Although the comic appeared to be set in the Old West, in Whiz Comics #43 Golden Arrow had an adventure with Captain Marvel and Spy Smasher, which would indicate that the setting was actually contemporary.

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Whiz Comics - Captain Marvel - Spy Smasher

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The character may have served as inspiration to DC Comics' Green Arrow. DC Comics now owns the rights to Golden Arrow, but has never revived him.

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DC Comics - Green Arrow

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