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Green Arrow #1 Review

By Leroy Douresseaux
September 20, 2011 - 21:42

Green Arrow #1 cover image

With the re-launch of DC Comics’ superhero line, “The New 52,” a younger Green Arrow is back.  Green Arrow #1 re-introduces billionaire Oliver “Ollie” Queen, who is also the green-garbed archer and superhero, Green Arrow.  He tracks celebrity criminals and has targeted three in Paris:  Supercharge, Dynamix, and Doppelganger.  Back at Queen Industries, the CEO is demanding that Queen spend more time in board meetings, while Green Arrow’s weapons designer, Jax, is having second thoughts about his career.

THE LOWDOWN:  Thanks to the art by Dan Jurgens and George Perez, Green Arrow looks like a traditional superhero comic book that could have been published in the 1980s.  On the opposite side of that, writer J.T. Krul immerses the series in corporate boardroom melodrama and international intrigue, or at least the superhero version of it.  Green Arrow is a modern superhero who relies on technology and communication as he does on his paranormal physical and mental skills – traditional and new.

I’m curious to see where this goes, especially because Green Arrow seems to have a fascistic streak or at least a penchant for acting like Big Brother or Dick Cheney.  Hopefully, Krul explores the dark side of Green Arrow, while the Jurgens/Perez team keeps churning out neo-soul art.

POSSIBLE AUDIENCE:  Green Arrow fans should give the new Green Arrow a try.

B+

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