Review: Green Arrow #9
By Philip Schweier
October 21, 2016 - 12:52
DC Comics
Writer(s): Benjamin Percy
Penciller(s): Stephen Byrne
Inker(s): Stephen Byrne
Colourist(s): Stephen Byrne
Letterer(s): Nate Piekos of Blambot
Cover Artist(s): Otto Schmidt; variant cover by Neal Adams and Jeremy Cox
Actually, they
are not on the island alone, but they don’t really know that. Just who or what
IS on the island is a spoiler I won’t reveal. But it’s so full of amazing
coincidences, that of all the remote islands they could have become stranded
on, they both came to this one.
Mercifully, the story seems to end with this issue, promising a new adventure to come next time. I will regard this story as mystery meat, a brief interlude until a more ambitious story with more effort behind it. What I hope will follow is more urban hijinks on the mean streets of Seattle. Or Star City. Or anywhere, for that matter. I’ve had my fill of remote islands where there seems to be more crime than grains of sand on the beach. It just seems unlikely.
As for the artwork, I genuinely like Stephen Byrne’s style, and it helps that he’s the whole package. It demonstrates a single artistic vision. Not that I object to teams of pencilers, inkers and colorists, but him handling all three, it makes for a much streamlined process.