It's amazing to me how small details can either sell me completely on a story or pull me out into The Land of Critical Thinking.Exposition-heavy. Lemire spells stuff out just a little too much for my taste (tells rather than shows, and emotes heavily when it feels like the characters would say much less). Like the aftermath of a battle, where characters are yelling at each other and over-explaining stuff for the audience that the characters all already know.Antagonists who like to talk and talk,...

Green Arrow has often been seen as a more liberal version of Batman, but to take away the multi-billion dollar Queen Industries from him and have his reaction be "Oh well, the Justice League pays a salary" is, pardon my French, God-Damn Retarded. On the other hand, introducing a new backstory filled with ancient weapons and secret clans seems like it will pay dividends for a long time.

Amazing. I had heard this was great, and kept meaning to get around to it. After reading the recent Green Arrow Rebirth #1 and Green Arrow #1 and loving both, I finally decided to start Lemire's run on Green Arrow. I wasn't disappointed. Which I really thought I would be because of how much I loved the new #1s, but this really was just a super fun read. Can't wait to plunge into the next two volumes.

Just not for me.

This was more like it. A big overall improvement in the New 52 Green Arrow series, even if they are playing with continuity again. I have read several of the New 52 series, and I'm still not sure if it was all supposed to be a hard reboot, or if they just did that with some titles and others are supposed to still include the old continuity. I think it depends on the series. In any case, we get to see the story of the death of Oliver Queen's father. We also get to see Shado and Richard Dragon, as...

Finally, after 16 pointless issues, Green Arrow hits the bullseye! With Lemire-Sorrentino gripping the reins of Ollie's story, we are confident that GA is on a great run. This volume collects the first of Lemire's issues, from 17 until issue 24. A sort of re-reboot, Green Arrow's status quo has been drastically changed - there's an almost new team, new villains and a deeper mythological element in the Green Arrow.Though some questions might have been answered by reviewers., let me answer two:1.

Green Arrow Vol. 4 The Kill Machine collects issues 17-24 and 23.1 of the DC Comics series written by Jeff Lemire and art by Andrea Sorrentini. Olliver Queen is framed for the murder of the CEO of Queen Industries by the mysterious "dragon" Komodo. Komodo almost gets the jump on Green Arrow until he is saved by Magus, a blind warrior who has answers about Ollie's past, but warns Ollien that he isn't ready for that knowledge. Green Arrow sets out to find other "dragons" on his quest for answers a...

As much as I like the idea of Green Arrow, this volume still isn't what I was looking for.ButLemire is such an improvement on Nocenti that I can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At least this made sense, even if it wasn't mind-blowing.I was a little disappointed that they seem to be trying to take a page from the tv series, though. Instead of having Oliver's father give him a list of his wrongs to right, his father was part of some ancient Arrow Tribe....or some such nonsense. (view spoiler)...

Why’s it so hard to make Green Arrow good? His counterpart, Hawkeye, over at Marvel has the best series ever but Green Arrow continues to stink up the New 52 like a month old dead dingo. This new run on the character, this time with one of DC’s “best” writers (more on that later), Jeff Lemire, has Oliver Queen visit the head of Queen Industries who’s an old friend of his father’s. A heated argument over who controls what ends with the old friend being shot through a window by an arrow, then drag...

God, that was awful. I think the only reason I didn't give it one star is because I still love Green Arrow. I wanted to like this because apparently Lemire brings this series up from the depths the previous writers had it in. But it was terrible. Still. I skipped volumes 2 and 3 under the impression this was an improvement over the first volume. And it was terrible.One, the plot was really weird and didn't allow Oliver to be classic Oliver. Two, the artwork added insult to injury by being really...

Finally! Finally a good story. The first three volumes were pretty god awful, but they finally seem to be turning it around on the Green Arrow title. Personally, my opinion is that you could just do yourself a favor and skip right to this volume if you were looking for a jumping on place.This collects issues of Green Arrow #17-24 and Count Vertigo #23.1; so this is a bit longer than the previous volumes. I rated this 4 stars by splitting the difference on 5 stars for the story and 3 stars for th...

I don't get the negativity some people give this book. Sure, it is a simple 'take everything from the hero to make his life even harder', something that is done all the time in comics, but it's really well executed.A new villain named Komodo has emerged to make Olivier's life hell. He's tied into his past (Olivier's Dad and The Island are referenced a bit). He's a decent New 52 villain, and is much better than Count Vertigo who is introduced towards the end of the volume. Sorrentino's art helps

FINALLY, a writer who knows how to tell a good GA tale. No more Jurgens or Nocenti (ever again, purty please?). This book is in masterful hands with Lemire and Sorrentino, who really knock it out of the park with this one. Although much of the material is reminiscent of the tv show Arrow, it still stands on its own as something firmly set in the DCU. Great colors by Sorrentino and Marcelo Maiolo make this the best looking DC book at the moment. Catch Sorrentino's work on I, Vampire, too.Re-read

In my opinion, the New 52 has generally been a creative failure. It's been filled with mediocre writers and grimdark, angry, and arrogant superheroes — all beholden to poorly conceived, overly intrusive editorial mandates and a house style that's often dull.Jeff Lemire's Green Arrow shows what the New 52 could have been. He reinvents Green Arrow in a meaningful and interesting way and just drenches his stories with characterization. Hand-in-hand with that we've got a brave reinvention of the Arr...

Upon reread this is seriously one of the beat green arrow stories. It's like a nonstop action movie with high stakes. Loved it.

Wow what a volume! It is like a long read and one of the best runs on GA, it starts off with Ollie and Emerson talking and the other dying before revealing the truth about his father and Ollie faces off against a man named Komodo and its a big battle and its bloody, Ollie loses everything and has to survive somehow and meets a man named Magus who tells him more things, then he teams with Henry Fyff whose a computer expert and then more shenanigans ensue and its fights and revelations, learning a...

In the 'Kill Machine', Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino have reinvigorated Green Arrow in the New 52, surrounding him with a compelling mystery bigger than himself. The trade consists of two main storylines, the first centred around new villain Komodo, and the second introducing long-standing Green Arrow villain Count Vertigo to the DC Universe once more, as well as the 'Villain's Month' issue for the latter of the two. These are connected by an overarching plot concerning Oliver Queen's hunt f...

If you're setting out to read the New 52 G.A., don't bother with the earlier volumes and just start here. A little rocky, but infinitely better than the garbage that came before.

In the DC Comics world, I've always been a fan of the 'Greens' -- Green Lantern and Green Arrow.  This may have come from reading those great, topical, relevant Green Lantern/Green Arrow comics in the 70's with the fantastic Neal Adams art.  But whatever the reason, I've periodically picked up an issue here and there to try to keep up with the stories.This particular graphic novel seems to feature a rebooted Green Arrow, which is more in line with Arrow television show on the CW channel.  And ye...

Having been recently pained by being forced to describe one of my all-time favorite writers take on one of my all-time favorite DC teams as “all that could go wrong with the New 52, Jeff Lemire’s captivating take on Green Arrow might (just might!) make me reconsider my views on the entire relaunch enterprise. Here is a writer whose work just drips with so pathos, drama, and storytelling talent that the volume is almost impossible to put down. Like others, I’ve only read a bit of the first 16 iss...