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* Most of the other [[Green Lantern]] / [[Green Arrow]] comics written by Dennis O'Neil may qualify as Very Special Episodes - not just the one where it is revealed that Speedy was a heroin addict.

* The [[Modern Age]] Speedy, Mia Dearden, got her own Very Special Issue where it was discovered that she was HIV Positive.

** This issue was written by [[Judd Winick]], who seems to have a thing for Very Special moments involving AIDS and gay characters, given how a close friend of his who was gay died from complications relating to HIV.

** This issue was written by [[Judd Winick]], who seems to have a thing for Very Special moments involving AIDS and [[Gay Aesop|gay characters]], given how a close friend of his who was gay died from complications relating to HIV.

* [[Judd Winick]] also penned a very special issue with [[Green Lantern]] Kyle Rayner's assistant getting beaten up for his sexual orientation. Judd was the one who introduced the character and built up the homosexuality angle prior to this with a less [[Anvilicious]] issue, where Kyle discovered the assistant had a crush on him.

** Kyle Rayner's [[Green Lantern]] series wasn't entirely free of this before [[Judd Winick]], with Ron Marz penning issues on alcoholism, racism and hate crimes against lesbians.

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* Around [[EC Comics]], these kinds of stories were called "E.C. Preachies." One of the best known of these was "Judgment Day."

* ''[[Captain America (comics)]] Goes To War On Drugs'' features Cap fighting ''drug dealing aliens'', and then later, a team of villains that are actually powered by drugs by the aforementioned alien drug dealers.

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