World Famous Comics: Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
By: Mike Grell Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 160 Publication Date: September 01, 1991 Release Date: September 01, 1991
Graphic SF Reader Some rave about this one. I don't mind it, but I much prefer the Hard Travelling Heroes, and Quiver, among others, and even the Archer's Quest. I always liked my Green Arrow the other way, hero as opposed to roo shooter.
The essence of a Hero Ollie is the essence of a real hero. He can walk between the lines that difer a Hero and a superhero, so his decisions are made from a human (person) perspective. This story is told in a way that you can feel what Ollie is feeling. He is old and doesn't have the money nor the motives that once were so important to him. He want to become a normal person again, but the crime doesn't rest.
It is my first Green Arrow comic and I can tell that now he is one of my favorites heroes. Mr. Grell capture the essence of Ollie and show the diferent stages of his life. So for someone that had never read a G.A comic this should be the first. The art is amazing!
A good begining The story is recomend for any one who wants to learn more about where Green Arrow begain. You can not read Quiver with out this book.
mike grell is overlooked mike grell is an often overlooked comic writers who deserves the same credit as say frank miller for taking a character and totally revitalizing it as seen in this comic this is with out a doubt the best green arrow trade i've ever read if not one of the best trades ever
Run of the mill . . . The story here is soo tired. One of the industry's many failed attempts to be gritty and dark and postmodern on the heels of the resounding sucsesses of "The Dark Knight Returns" and "Watchmen". Mike Grell does a lot better with old-school fantasy stories. This book is just standard formulaic old superhero-favorite-wrestles-with-inner-demons while managing to overcome old-age, defeat the bad-guy, and save the city. Nothing original, clever, or exciting about it. The art is interesting, but ultimately it doesn't do much for me - it's too sketchy and stiff and the colors are awfull (which i suppose isn't Grell's fault). Neal Adams did a lot better with this character.
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