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scans_dailyThe run's not like the preceding, which traded on the reader's investment in Oliver Queen as a character with a publication history in a shared universe - it's telling a crime story with only nodding acknowledgements to the greater setting, one where Ollie's role isn't obviously stage-setting for a future story.
The issue marks the shift in scope with Green Arrow's first appearance in it being the foiling of a convenience store robbery.
Afterwards, the crime's introduced.
The news told Ollie that his old acquaintance's death wasn't the first tied to Horton Chemicals - so off Ollie went, breaking into the scene of the crime.
He checked out the not-incorrectly-colored liquid:
From the present, he turned to the past. Flashlight-in-mouth, he examined Donny's wall-mounted memories:
Offered the hand Donny was shaking then, Ollie'd answered " .. I don't make a habit of shaking the hands of war criminals. "
(You can guess why there's " water " and " oil " in Donny's murder.)
Ollie heard a door opening behind him.
He drew on the stranger..
.. and threw her over.
(Can't fault depicting a modern-day bow-wielding hero's deftness with his weapon versus a gun pointed at him.)
(Pagecount's 6 and a little more than 6/10ths of 20 from Green Arrow #18 back in November 2024 - #20 came out this week.
Writing's Chris Condon, whom you might've seen on " That Texas Blood " at Image and this year's " Ultimate Wolverine " at Marvel.
Art's Montos, letters're Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and colors're Adriano Lucas.
Publisher's DC.)
The issue marks the shift in scope with Green Arrow's first appearance in it being the foiling of a convenience store robbery.
Afterwards, the crime's introduced.
The news told Ollie that his old acquaintance's death wasn't the first tied to Horton Chemicals - so off Ollie went, breaking into the scene of the crime.
He checked out the not-incorrectly-colored liquid:
From the present, he turned to the past. Flashlight-in-mouth, he examined Donny's wall-mounted memories:
Offered the hand Donny was shaking then, Ollie'd answered " .. I don't make a habit of shaking the hands of war criminals. "
(You can guess why there's " water " and " oil " in Donny's murder.)
Ollie heard a door opening behind him.
He drew on the stranger..
.. and threw her over.
(Can't fault depicting a modern-day bow-wielding hero's deftness with his weapon versus a gun pointed at him.)
(Pagecount's 6 and a little more than 6/10ths of 20 from Green Arrow #18 back in November 2024 - #20 came out this week.
Writing's Chris Condon, whom you might've seen on " That Texas Blood " at Image and this year's " Ultimate Wolverine " at Marvel.
Art's Montos, letters're Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and colors're Adriano Lucas.
Publisher's DC.)
