A review by theartolater
Green Arrow, Volume 1: The Midas Touch by Keith Giffen, George Pérez, Ignacio Calero, J.T. Krul, Dan Jurgens, Ray McCarthy
1.0
I typically hesitate to give out 1-star reviews to books unless they're abysmally bad, lack any real redeeming qualities, or have fatal-yet-avoidable flaws. Green Arrow, however, is so competently bad that I'm just not sure what went wrong at all, except it all did.
Is Green Arrow supposed to be an egotistical quippy anti-hero? If so, he's not really great at being any of them. If not, you'd never know what the point of this incarnation of him actually is. He's not all that heroic, there's no reason for him to be involved with what he's involved with, it's just...off. Every bit of it is off.
The one thing I can say is that I have basically no knowledge of the character beyond parts of recaps of the CW program, and I know that's not representative nor did I expect that sort of Green Arrow. I just expected something either fun or dark, like so much more of the New 52, and this was unfortunately either. My first solid pass.
Is Green Arrow supposed to be an egotistical quippy anti-hero? If so, he's not really great at being any of them. If not, you'd never know what the point of this incarnation of him actually is. He's not all that heroic, there's no reason for him to be involved with what he's involved with, it's just...off. Every bit of it is off.
The one thing I can say is that I have basically no knowledge of the character beyond parts of recaps of the CW program, and I know that's not representative nor did I expect that sort of Green Arrow. I just expected something either fun or dark, like so much more of the New 52, and this was unfortunately either. My first solid pass.