aspirantamby's review
5.0
I really enjoyed this book and how willing they were to go into the political issues of the day (late 80's). They were talking about real problems and showing, not telling, how human Green Arrow and Black Canary are. There are excellent parallels between themselves and the people they are helping. The artwork is pretty fantastic too, and I love some of the gorgeous panel work that was done with it. Can't wait to read the second one.
subhamroxx's review
4.0
This was really good!
The follow up to Longbow hunters and it picks with Ollie trying to save his doc, Dr Green from a man named Muncie and well we see the tragic story of the doc and how Ollie saves her and then the thing with Dinah. Another story with him being sent by CIA to retrieve some weapon falling from space which they worked on with chinese and now the other party wants it and so its Ollie vs Eddie Fyers and that makes for an interesting story.
Finally some story with him saving gay people from some killers and its really well done, the whole thing with this group Warhogs and the ritualistic initiation and all that and setting up some future villains for Ollies and showing him as the proud liberal he is.
I loved this volume and it is a bunch of small stories and he doesn't necessarily go after villains in the comic sense but regular villains and that makes it different and also the art gives a 90s feel (considering the time it came out, duh) and its the best part of the book. Its retro in a good way and makes for some great stories and showing the character of Oliver in a great light.
The follow up to Longbow hunters and it picks with Ollie trying to save his doc, Dr Green from a man named Muncie and well we see the tragic story of the doc and how Ollie saves her and then the thing with Dinah. Another story with him being sent by CIA to retrieve some weapon falling from space which they worked on with chinese and now the other party wants it and so its Ollie vs Eddie Fyers and that makes for an interesting story.
Finally some story with him saving gay people from some killers and its really well done, the whole thing with this group Warhogs and the ritualistic initiation and all that and setting up some future villains for Ollies and showing him as the proud liberal he is.
I loved this volume and it is a bunch of small stories and he doesn't necessarily go after villains in the comic sense but regular villains and that makes it different and also the art gives a 90s feel (considering the time it came out, duh) and its the best part of the book. Its retro in a good way and makes for some great stories and showing the character of Oliver in a great light.
birdmanseven's review
3.0
There were elements of this that I found to be too dark. That hampered my enjoyment some, but overall I thought it was a compelling story and a worthy follow-up to Longbow Hunters.
We discussed this run, plus the Green Arrow's complicated history in a special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-233-green-arrow
We discussed this run, plus the Green Arrow's complicated history in a special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-233-green-arrow
bicycleday's review
4.0
80s Green Arrow takes away the pain of the new 52 Green arrow & Marc Guggenheims messy writing
depreydeprey's review
1.0
This should be "suggested for mature readers" who aren't that smart. Black Canary is a damaged, broken woman who only seems interested in recovering enough from her torture in a previous series to have sex with the Green Arrow again. The stories are meant to feel gritty but instead only serve as foreshadowing to the the forgettable ultra violent dreck of the 1990s rather than giving the Emerald Archer the Dark Knight treatment.
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