With the main plot so much less compelling, the writer's Smith-isms seem more egregious, with the objectification of the female characters being the worst. It boils down to him being saved by the power of friendship, which is admittedly a new idea for the resurrection of a dead hero, but not one that really has any punch to it. The revelations of the nature of his return was a bit underwhelming too. This time around it focuses more on the supernatural side of the DC Universe, featuring the likes of the Phantom Stranger and Etrigan the Demon, and loses some of the street-level-hero vibe that makes Green Arrow compelling in the first place. I have to say that I was a bit disappointed by the second part of 'Quiver'. The other two stories, from the late 1940s, feature the first-ever appearance of the Black Canary and then her first-ever story in a starring role. Reuinted with his old friend Hal Jordan, now the Spectre, Ollie also discovers the reason that so much of his life is now lost to him. The resurrected Green Arrow begins to discover the metaphysical reasons that not only has he been returned to life but that demons seem to have a strong fascination for him. Here we get three stories, the first of which picks up where Part 1 of 'Quiver' left off. Part of the DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection. If you’re considering picking this up in the collected volumes, you can probably skip Volume 1 and not miss much. I was not impressed with the front half of this story but the second half more than made up for it. Conner Hawke to the rescue, plus a merger between the two GAs. Stanley’s Monster is kind of fun, once he makes an appearance in the final Issue #10 of the Quiver storyline. Of course, GA is going to get saved next issue, but I’m still enjoying this. Smith is extra-wordy this issue, but there’s a lot of story to convey. I’d never read any of the old DC Stanley And The Monster stories, but they surely were not like the origin depicted here. Satanism and the black arts are the focal point of Issue #9, as GA is about to get an unwelcome companion to take up residence within his “hollow” self. Big surprise at the end of this issue, after soulless GA returns to earth. In Issue #8 soul meets body as GA and GA engage in some friendly competition at the archery range in “heaven”. There GA learns how he was reconstructed and meets a very familiar face. In Issue #7, GA is rescued from near death by his old pal Hal, who is now The Spectre and transports him to a hereafter place. And the elderly Stanley Dover, the man Green Arrow rescued from a mugging in Issue #1 and then gratefully offered Ollie free room and board is acting suspicious and harboring some secret. Jason Blood has identified Ollie as a “hollow”, essentially a husk or empty shell for demons to occupy and cross over to Earth. It took five issues of Kevin Smith’s re-boot of Oliver Queen to get me to take notice, but by Issue #6 I’m now interested enough in this story to want to continue. The Justice League is full of the biggest and greatest heroes in the DC Universe, but when one of them falls it's up to one of their smaller members to clean up the mess, which is why Green Arrow has the most important job on the Justice League.NOTE: I read this in the original monthly issues #6 - #10.Ī little mystery. "Someone needs to play clean up." In order to protect his own identity, Green Arrow actually enlisted a villain known as the Shade, since in Oliver's own words, "If you wanna find someone who's going to survive you, pick an immortal." " No one wants to talk about it, but it's a reality of the job," Oliver says. Green Arrow says this is a job he'd do for any League member, that if the day came when Bruce or Clark died, he'd do the same for them. Oliver snuck into Hal's home and destroyed everything regarding his personal life pictures of his family and his loved ones, everything was destroyed. Later when Hal Jordan died, Green Arrow wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.
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