Green Arrow Annual #3
Writer: Denny O'Neil
Artist: Tom Artis
Inks: Bill Wray
Cover: Dan Jurgens
Timing: Shortly after Question #36, a few weeks before Question Quarterly #1. Vic and Jackie journey to the Amazon with Ollie and Dinah to find a rare flower for "Cattle Rancher" Mr. Lacquer. Lacquer has a job for Dinah and Ollie...to recover a rare flower from an area guarded by "madmen," for his dying mother. Something about Lacquer bothers the gang, but they decide to take the job anyway. Their feelings about Lacquer are right, Ollie and Dinah meet with the chief of the tribe who guards the flower, and they learn the truth: Lacquer's a bigtime drug dealer, who coincidentally, just beat up Vic and plans to sell Jackie. A confrontation ensues at the Lacquer estate, that ends up with Vic, Jackie, Ollie and Dinah getting away, Lacquer re-thinking his problems with his overbearing mother, and Vic and Jackie deciding to stay in the jungle...