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Green Arrow # 34

By Koppy McFad
January 19, 2004 - 14:48

This issue kicks off a five-part tale entitled "City Walls." At least that is what the promotional blurb says. It is hard to recognize the main story in this issue which opens with Green Arrow braining some crooks with his bow. Suddenly, Black Canary appears and she and Ollie are doing some struggling of another sort. There is some spirited discussion on Mia, Connor and Black Lightning's late niece as well. And almost as an afterthought, we have a gang of cat-burglars who are breaking into museums.

It is hard to get excited about a story where the villains are pretty much amible doofuses. The creative team appears to have decided that the soap opera elements are what make this title interesting so they don't bother to show the heroes facing a serious challenge. Hester and Parks, who did well in capturing the mood of urban danger in earlier issues, seem ill-suited in a story where the characters mostly talk, talk and talk. Oh, there is a mystery villain whose hidden hand is revealed in the last page but heck, even the heroes don't seem to be taking him seriously.

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