That red arrow suit clashes with your hair Roy....

[bob_dylana]

Oh Hal, its ok, just hug your regrets away. Regrets that involve abandoning a young drug addict that you've known for... well forever. No biggie. All's forgotten (somewhere in the background I hear Borat screaming NOT)
and as a side note, while I understand that yes Roy was an addict, and yes it was a big part of his past, does anyone else notice that this isn't the first time they've brought up the druggie past when he makes any sort of transition, whether its a new costume, or name, or just general change to his life.
Example:

though to be fair, they did only bring that up in a brief way

They also mention it in the new Titans issue when he decides to move into a bigger place for Lian's sake, and he's going through all his stuff and finds a picture of his band and then all of a sudden, we're waltzing down memory lane once more.

But I really like the first 2 scans and the art as well.

Comments

[foxhack]

Did Roy's jaw just unhinge in the third scan? Shit, that's a JOKER-level gaping mouth!

[tsunamiwombat]

Dinah too pretty, can't talk....

Glad to see Arsenal remembers who REALLY loved him back then. Go Canary.

[yaseen101]

To be fair, Hal actually helped him after Ollie threw him out. He took him Dinah's for recovery and was with him for a while.

[mad]

Aww, I remember this. What issue of JLA is it from?

[aaron_bourque]

Oh, God.

I can't look at Hal and Dinah tearing up at Roy in the Red Arrow costume without imagining them thinking "Oh, dear. That costume's so ugly. It's truly terrible. My God, I'm crying at how bad it is. Just, real tears, jeez."

[lea_hazel]

How do I look?

Like steroids pumped your arms up to the size of your head and shrunk your balls.

I should make a list of the comics artists who can draw attractive men. All three of them.

[404glitch]

Man, I went to an entirely different place with those first four panels.

[stig]

Arsenal is a stupid name anyway. It has 'Arse' in it.

[theanswer]

I think his Red Arrow costume needs a hood or something.

[scottyquick]

So. Much. RAAAAAAAAAAAAGE.

Although at least you posted some of the Arsenal mini, that stopped my head from exploding :)

[thebigapricot]

'Roid Roy, but still ROY! And a very lovely Dinah.

Poor Roy, I think he's so far back on the DC burner that by the time he has a major storyline again Lian will be a second grader. Which, given her aging process, is at least 5 years from now.

Either that or they'll just kill him.

[ceebee_eebee]

I love the Dinah-Roy relationship so much it hurts. It's probably my favorite relationship in comics.

As for Hal, it's moments like this that make me almost forgive him for being such an ass most of the time.

[jarodrussell]

I miss Gramma Canary.

[tsunamiwombat]

It's too bad Roy is like a son to Dinah. You know, her expression in the last panel when she's rubbing his musscles...

Hmm...maybe she can replace Ollie with a younger model...

SCREW YOU, DINAH IS SOOO A COUGAR!

[uadlika]

You didn't include the part where it's revealed that it was Ollie that gave it to him and how proud he is of Roy!

(yes, Ollie is a douche, but he is still MY douche and he deserves props where they are due)

[3goodtimes]

Where are the first two scans from?

[zordboy]

The first two scans are from Meltzer's run of JLA (which is the current series). It's an issue really early in the piece, when the line-up is assembling for the first time.

I think it's about issue 5 or 6? Maybe 7? Somewhere at the beginning, right before the "Lightning Saga" which was the dreadful JLA/JSA/Legion team-up.

[sistermagpie]

Leaving aside the costume that everyone's covered, it's probably not so unrealistic that the drugs would come up when Roy made a transition. It's something he would still be in recovery from for his whole life, and I imagine he probably would look back during transitions and think how he's still winning that battle.

Love the description of Hal above. I love stories that bring out the different personalities of characters and how they respond to emotional crisis and work together on it.

[intertobamf]

"Grown up" *TEAR* is dressing up just like your surrogate father figure, except in a different color. Noted.