Sunday, April 15, 2007

Green Arrow 71 - 73

Green Arrow (Volume 3) #71
Written by Judd Winick
Art and cover by Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens

So it looks like Batman and Green Arrow were just being played...distracted so Jason Todd's (Or in the words of Green Arrow "The guy who used to run around in short pants with Bruce.") lackeys could kidnap Speedy. While I am still not a fan of McDaniel's art, this was a pretty good issue.

Green Arrow (Volume 3) #72
Written by Judd Winick
Art and cover by Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens


Winick is probably the most inconsistent comic writer ever. Sometimes I yawn at his issues, and other times he wows me. This was a wow, a big wow. He managed to combine action with lots of good old banter and talking in a perfect way. Fans of drama and fans of action will both get their kicks from this issue. The scene with Green Arrow and Batman in the batmobile gave me goosebumps. It was just that good. Highly reccomended. (On a sidenote: I definitely think Batman is in the right there)


Green Arrow (Volume 3) #73
Written by Judd Winick
Art and cover by Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens

So from the looks of it, Ollie's tenure as mayor of Star City is coming to an end and for all the wrong reasons. It has been exposed that he has been funding the Outsiders and for some reason (that will be explained in the upcoming Outsiders Annual) they are not popular with the public right now. So a recall has been called on Mayor Oliver Queen and Ollie struck a deal with the upcoming new mayor that he would take a dive as long as that mayor kept the funding on all the programs that help the city. Okay now that I have finished summarizing the plot, you are probably wondering was it good. Well, yes it was. And it is sad that this series is starting to get really good just as it is ending. Oh and the last page surprise was awesome. (Yes, I am an Ollie and Dinah Fan despite that fact that they have never been together in all the time I have been reading comics)