Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Arrow #4 Review

From Evernote:

Arrow #4 Review


(I'm assuming this is just promotional stuff since the covers are released months in advance, but the silhouette on the cover is Huntress on the real version)

5 / 5

Arrow is another book that I suspect no one is reading, but that I think everyone should. To put it kindly, the New 52 has not been very kind to the legacy of Green Arrow. Thank God in its place we've gotten the TV show, Arrow, which has actually been pretty fantastic. Accompanying the show is a very clever comic book that goes by the same name. The comic isn't an individual storyline, however. Instead, its purpose is to complement and augment the show. It fills in gaps that would be inappropriate to show on TV - not because they're too violent or risqué, but because they'd just drag down the pacing. In this issue for example, we see where and when Huntress got her training - something of an important fact in the context of the show. I remember distinctly it not making sense when she made her appearance. Now it's more sensible. 

So what do you get with this issue? Three stories from three perspectives. We get one from Diggle, who is watching Ollie take some serious risks while he decides when best to stand back and when to stand in. We get one on Huntress's background. We get another in which Ollie faces some personal ghosts while working one of his beats. All three are good short stories. 

I cannot stress enough how much I think people should be reading this stuff. Top notch work. If you put this as an individual book it's worth only a 4 / 5 to me. If you do this like it's supposed to be done, which is complementing the TV show, it's a 5 / 5 book. 

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