charitytinnin's review
4.0
4.5 stars.
I would've given this 5 stars were it not for the complete jump w/o explanation of issue 30.
27-29 wrap up the last immediate arc as well as call back throughout all 29 issues, interweaving layers I hadn't even thought about, giving us sympathetic background for Cupid, and further exploring Oliver and Dinah's individual emotional arcs plus a breakthrough for them as a married couple! Great! Then BC/GA get a summons to JLU headquarters ...
And issue 30 is suddenly IN THE MIDDLE of the blackest night storyline. What happened? How did we get here? I understand that this happens with comic runs often, but this series (on goodreads and comic sites) is marketed as GA/BC #1-29, plus GA #30-32. And I do not understand why ... Which is a disappointing way to end the series.
I would've given this 5 stars were it not for the complete jump w/o explanation of issue 30.
27-29 wrap up the last immediate arc as well as call back throughout all 29 issues, interweaving layers I hadn't even thought about, giving us sympathetic background for Cupid, and further exploring Oliver and Dinah's individual emotional arcs plus a breakthrough for them as a married couple! Great! Then BC/GA get a summons to JLU headquarters ...
And issue 30 is suddenly IN THE MIDDLE of the blackest night storyline. What happened? How did we get here? I understand that this happens with comic runs often, but this series (on goodreads and comic sites) is marketed as GA/BC #1-29, plus GA #30-32. And I do not understand why ... Which is a disappointing way to end the series.
messyshelves's review
2.0
Note: Read as individual issues.
You know it sucks when you're actually okay with a series you used to like ending. The quality of this series really took a nose dive after Winick left. Cupid is one of the worst villains I've read (right up there with "Joker's Daughter"). I felt so unimpressed while reading this but for some reason held onto some naive hope that this series would get better because it did have some good points. I'm too disappointed and too bitter to go back and review each individual issue because they all blur together and at this point I just want to erase all of this from my memory. Considering this is the last GA/BC comic I should have known it would suck. If it was good it would have continued because these two together are a perfect team up. To see such a good series end in such a lame, boring and try hard way is a real shame. Especially when it really does such a disservice to their characters. Green Arrow and Black Canary deserve better.
Also if this is the guy who works on Arrow, no wonder that show is shit.
You know it sucks when you're actually okay with a series you used to like ending. The quality of this series really took a nose dive after Winick left. Cupid is one of the worst villains I've read (right up there with "Joker's Daughter"). I felt so unimpressed while reading this but for some reason held onto some naive hope that this series would get better because it did have some good points. I'm too disappointed and too bitter to go back and review each individual issue because they all blur together and at this point I just want to erase all of this from my memory. Considering this is the last GA/BC comic I should have known it would suck. If it was good it would have continued because these two together are a perfect team up. To see such a good series end in such a lame, boring and try hard way is a real shame. Especially when it really does such a disservice to their characters. Green Arrow and Black Canary deserve better.
Also if this is the guy who works on Arrow, no wonder that show is shit.
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