Green Arrow

Green Arrow Annual 7

Another origin issue, this time from Chuck Dixon.  Meh, easy cut.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: No

Rating: Didn’t suck (cutting)

Green Arrow 101-133, 136, 1000000

Green Lantern 76-77

Chuck Dixon sets up a lot of what makes Connor Hawke cool for future writers, including his innate uncoolness - He’s a monk with no vices or hobbies.  But he’s one of the top martial artists in the world, unfailingly compassionate, and inherently good.  There’s no pretense to him.

And the ladies love him, which makes his obliviousness and lack of interest absolutely hilarious.   

Dixon has a lot of fun with these thirty-plus issues, though I don’t really get the annual Green Lantern crossovers.  I know there’s a history of these two heroes teaming up, but it feels really pushed.  Anyway, some highlights:

Such a cool idea, so obvious in hindsight.

Yep, Dixon went there, clearly giving zero fucks.  Love it.

Corny but cool.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes (No by around 132)

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice (Fine by around 132)

Green Arrow 1-10

Kevin Smith’s first arc is Quiver, basically the GA version of Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern: Rebirth and Flash: Rebirth.  It brings Ollie Queen back to the land of the living after six years.  Unfortunately, it’s pre-Grell Ollie, the loudmouth who can’t stop ranting about fascist fatcats.  It’s not bad, but I don’t need ten issues of it.  

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice

Green Arrow 11-15

Onomatopoeia is a ridiculous concept for a villain, and there’s absolutely no way he should work.  But instead of coming across as completely stupid, Smith and Phil Hester manage to make him eerie, and even downright scary.  It’s a testament to the power of comics pulling off something that would utterly fail on the screen.  

Matt Wagner killing on the cover.

Hester doing the same on the inside.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: No

Rating: Nice

Green Arrow 16-21

I remembered zero of this arc going into it, and thought this might be a candidate for cutting.  Instead, Brad Meltzer hooks me from the first issue, and delivers a touching, funny story that’s now a highlight of the character for me.  

Heartbreaking retcon.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Really good

Green Arrow 22, 26-33

Judd Winick starts a long stint with Ollie and company.  He gets off to a slow but not terrible start with Straight Shooter, but by the last couple of issues, shows that he’s going to be just fine.  

Winick nails Connor Hawke right now.  Chills.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: Yes

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice