For a while fanboy/filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks 2, Jersey Girl) was writing some pretty fucking decent comics--he had a great run on Daredevil (Guardian Devil), and he did a great first half of a Spider-Man story and then didn't finish it for three years. This relaunch of Green Arrow was one of his great works, and I don't even like Green Arrow. Smith resurrects the classic Green Arrow Oliver Queen, (a rich Bruce Wayne type with no powers who just happens to be good at shooting arrows, who had died in the mid 90s), and we watch the mystery of his resurrection unravel, as well as the side plot of some child murderer stalking Star City, which ends up being related surprise surprise. Smith brings in a lot of religion (which is sometimes ridiculous - Satanists? really?), but it's fun to read even if you don't know anything about Green Arrow like me. Smith also writes a decent Batman, but who doesn't, really?RATING: 78%
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You reviewed this almost exactly where I would've reviewed it. It didn't need to be so heavy into the Satanists (although I get the religious thing...it WAS a resurrection story), and the introduction of Mia/Speedy was one of the few really good things to happen to the GA mythos.
It was a good idea to give GA a sidekick that he didn't necessarily have to screw up raising. Instead, this one was pre-screwed up.
Not the most heterosexual-looking superhero I've ever seen. Decent likeness, though. You should do portraits.
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