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unladylike's review
2.0
I can only imagine what sorts of editorial havoc Geoff Johns and the rest of the DC dream-killers were wreaking when these issues were being published. Ann Nocenti continues to prove herself an extremely adept handler of this character and THEN ... they hand over WRITING DUTIES to none other than Rob freaking Liefeld! For those not familiar with this buffoon, Rob Liefeld was pretty much single-handedly responsible for the distinguished styles that made mainstream comics in the '90s awful. And now he's jumping in to write (and ruin) scripts?! Thank goddess, it was only one issue, but it still threw everything off in this trade paperback. Nocenti takes back the reins briefly after Liefeld, and then Geoff Johns interrupts a good thing again with some shitty issues about Green Arrow trying to join the Justice League of America.
I had heard that the creative team on this title was drastically reset around issue #18, and having already started in on the next volume, I'm seeing that statement justified. So much of the timeline, facts, and plot established in Vol. 3 are thrown out and changed around without being addressed once Jeff Lemire comes on as writer in Vol. 4. So far he seems to be doing a good job at making things weird and interesting, but I keep feeling that Ann Nocenti must have been screwed over by bad artists and worse senior editors and creative directors in the DC offices.
I had heard that the creative team on this title was drastically reset around issue #18, and having already started in on the next volume, I'm seeing that statement justified. So much of the timeline, facts, and plot established in Vol. 3 are thrown out and changed around without being addressed once Jeff Lemire comes on as writer in Vol. 4. So far he seems to be doing a good job at making things weird and interesting, but I keep feeling that Ann Nocenti must have been screwed over by bad artists and worse senior editors and creative directors in the DC offices.
tmwebb3's review
2.0
Story was better than the previous volumes, probably had something to do with Geoff Johns. Art still poor, lacking detail and definition. Epilogue had the makings of the TV show, so I will keep going in the series.
iam_griff's review
DNF. Green Arrow is one of my favourite heroes in the DC universe, but this is straight up garbage. I managed to read the first 2 volumes of the “New 52” Green Arrow & even then is was a struggle. I’m actually embarrassed that I own all the individual comics for this title, had I been reading these as I was buying them I’d have gotten out of comics sooner. I wasn’t impressed with the writing & there were some good writers in here Judd Winick, Geoff Johns & Rob Liefield, there were more that I didn’t know & those didn’t impress me at all. Same with artists Freddie Williams II was one of my favourite Robin artist years ago, he was the only artist I knew.
I think I have had one or 2 other book I couldn’t get thru, so for me this is a huge. I’ve got volume 4 & may just not read it or prematurely as a DNF. If someone who’s already read it can convince me that it’s worth the time I’ll try.
I think I have had one or 2 other book I couldn’t get thru, so for me this is a huge. I’ve got volume 4 & may just not read it or prematurely as a DNF. If someone who’s already read it can convince me that it’s worth the time I’ll try.
birdmanseven's review
1.0
The Justice League issue was fun. Everything else was nonsense. Do you guys remember when Green Arrow was fun?
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
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