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sincrusade's review
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
joshgauthier's review
4.0
Tying up a number of story threads that Percy has woven throughout his run, vol. 6 of Green Arrow also brings a strong conclusion to the character arc of self-understanding and reflection that Oliver Queen has been undergoing--all while fighting to protect himself and the city he cares about. With strong art and Percy's consistently effective writing, this volume ties closely to the larger vision Percy has been crafting, but it's an effective and exciting next chapter in Arrow's saga.
stevequinn's review
2.0
This was just...terrible. It was like someone took every green arrow climax ever, threw them up in the air, and published them in the order they came down. So many people appearing out of nowhere. Are they friends? Enemies? Ehh, don’t worry too much about it, because they’ll either disappear, leave, or act counter to their character’s history.
This was like if the kid who writes Axe Cop [great] decided to really try and write a comic and found out he couldn’t.
Sigh.
This was like if the kid who writes Axe Cop [great] decided to really try and write a comic and found out he couldn’t.
Sigh.
rashthedoctor's review
3.0
Honestly I would have rated it lesser had it not been for the superb art of Ferreyra . The one consistent thing throughout this Green Arrow run till this volume is the art , which while unorthodox , is really pleasing to the eyes and really merits an extra star/rating point .
That said everything else was underwhelming , as it felt like Benjamin Percy rushed things into conclusion so as to end his run and make way for the new writers to work from next volume . Which is a real shame cause up until this point Percy has worked really well to set things up . However as I mentioned a moment ago , the end result was underwhelming .
We were denied a proper showdown , and the villains turned out to be a bit meh and even the supposed "Trial" of the two cities ended in an anticlimatic way .
In the end I'd say it's a 2 out of 5 star book , but over all (thanks to the art of Ferreyra ) it's 3 out of 5 star for me .
Also , owing to time constraints and the reviews of the new authors take on Green Arrow being mediocre to low , I have decided that this will be my final Green Arrow comics for near future . It was good and all to read about GA but there's just too much to read and too little time .
That said everything else was underwhelming , as it felt like Benjamin Percy rushed things into conclusion so as to end his run and make way for the new writers to work from next volume . Which is a real shame cause up until this point Percy has worked really well to set things up . However as I mentioned a moment ago , the end result was underwhelming .
We were denied a proper showdown , and the villains turned out to be a bit meh and even the supposed "Trial" of the two cities ended in an anticlimatic way .
In the end I'd say it's a 2 out of 5 star book , but over all (thanks to the art of Ferreyra ) it's 3 out of 5 star for me .
Also , owing to time constraints and the reviews of the new authors take on Green Arrow being mediocre to low , I have decided that this will be my final Green Arrow comics for near future . It was good and all to read about GA but there's just too much to read and too little time .
iffer's review
3.0
Although I'm a little tired of the whole white dude falls from grace and redeems himself storyline, complete with blunt 99%-er messages (which I generally agree with, even if it's completely oversimplified, and weirdly dated even in the short time since publication), I enjoyed the action in this volume. It's tied up a bit too neatly, and I have to suspend my disbelief, but I was happy to read something that ended so hopefully, and I'm looking forward to a new arc.
jonwood's review
2.0
A very disappointing end to the run. Felt like the author was running out of time to wrap up the story, and rushed an conclusion, adding in another plot thread of bringing a character who was presumed dead before this run just to kill them back off in 2 issues.
spennett's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
birdmanseven's review
3.0
I would generously call this run uneven, though truth be told none of these 6 volumes managed to rate about 3 stars. This one harkened back to the Mike Grell run quite a bit. I'm a big fan of that run. If you haven't read it, it's definitely worth it. (The Wonder Year is my all time favorite Green Arrow story.) If anything it made just want to reread that, but I still liked revisiting those themes and characters. My favorite part about this was seeing the Mike Grell variant covers. That was worth the price of admission alone.
We cover Green Arrow's long history in this special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-233-green-arrow
We cover Green Arrow's long history in this special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-233-green-arrow
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