Green Arrow Fans!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I just read this book last night ..., And I am not quite sure, as to why everyone's Panties are in a Ruffle. It had perhaps maybe Mature content in the book, with a very serious Story ..., however it was no where near as Graphic as Half the Books that have come outta Marvel in the last yr or so. I dunno, it's just a book ..., and given the circumstances involved ...., Green Arrown didn't do what any other person wouldn't have done, providing they could do that in the 1st place.

I haven't read it, so I can't comment on the handling of the situations. But the overall story arc seems designed to drag both Roy and Ollie through the mud, and as I said before, the "rising" part never seems to come.

On the flip side of this, Green Arrow has had a contradictory history of killing in his comics history. He accidentally killed a person in a story in the 70s and went to a monestary for a bit, walking away from his violent ways for a time. Then during Mike Grell's run he was known to kill when he felt necessary. He also used conventional shafts and spilled a lot of blood. Then he was forced to "kill" Hal Jordan/Parallax in Zero Hour, and acted as if he'd violated his code once again.

So all this "Hunt for Green Arrow" business really doesn't make a lot of sense, unless Ollie just starts smoking jay-walkers or something.

Chris

[BlackKnight]

There's a HardCore Reason Why Green Arrow Kill's in this Book . ..., I can't say I blame the Man either, given the Circumstance involved. And it's more than Roy getting Mamed . And Yes ..., I do believe that Roy's whole World just got flipped upside down. I dunno if he would even want to be a Hero now..., if he comes outta it.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I gleamed the reason from other sources (and this thread). I can understand the character's motivation to kill (especially since he has in the past, at least in some continuities). My gripe is the fact that DC is constantly going to that well of despair, and staying at the bottom. I'm not against the characters facing tragedy, but when they never rise above them, it seems kind of pointless in heroic fiction.

But again, that's just me.

Chris

[BlackKnight]

What do you cal Marvel then ?

[Earth 2 Chris]

Oh, I'm disgusted with the general direction of Marvel too. If I was more of a Marvel guy, I'd be even more upset about the handling of those characters. Spidey and Iron Man have been particularly dumped on in the last 10 years or so. Spider-Man was all about rising above the crap flung at him. Now he caves and makes a deal with Satan. Whatever.

Chris

[Earth 2 Chris]

Great review here, and I agree with the critic's sentiments 100%.

Superman Homepage - Mild Mannered Reviews (2010)

Chris

[EMCE Hammer]

I agree with the sentiments for the most part as well. I have a hard time believing anyone will ever utter, "It should be like it was when Dan Didio was in charge."

I also wish someone would work with him on the run-on sentences. I'd pass out if I had to read the sentence below aloud without stopping:

"In that one moment the entire series was ruined for me because I realized that there was absolutely no point to this series other than to make these characters miserable and take them, especially Oliver Queen, to the depths of despair and push him (and them) to the limit and then eventually bring them back to the light and if this was the first time I had seen that or if this was a rare storytelling tool in today's marketplace I probably would have had a different reaction but it wasn't the first time and it is far from rare."