Oliver Queen (AKA Green Arrow) is back on top. He owns the company QCore (think: Apple in the DC Comics Universe). Get it -- apple core? Oliver Queen? The company came up with the Qphone and Qpad. Sound familiar? Unfortunately, it looks like his staff would rather see him retire from his executive position since he's always off "on business" somewhere. What they don't know is that his business is kickin' ass. The first issue of the new Green Arrow series was just kind of average. It had a lot of random action and violence scenes, as well as generic bad guys, which didn't do anything for me. As an introduction, it didn't really succeed. I really want to know more about Oliver Queen, the person. Is he dating/married to Dinah (Black Canary)? Was there ever a Speedy sidekick? Is Connor Hawke, his son, still around?
The new Green Arrow seems to be younger, a little slimmer, and shows off his body (and abs) in his tighter suit. In the first issue, he also has yet to grow the beard/goatee for which he's renowned; there's just the appearance of some stubble. Fortunately, his look isn't too much of an extreme change. He's still got that Robin Hood look and feel, including the hood, which I love.
Green Arrow is one of my favorite DC characters, so I hope he's given some better storylines in issues to come.
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