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Green Arrow, Vol. 6: Trial of Two Cities
With the Ninth Circle crippled by Green Arrow and the Justice League, the Emerald Archer returns to a Star City ripe for a resistance. But Ollie Queen has one pesky thing to deal with first: his trial for murder! Then, it’s a revelation Ollie Queen could never have imagined, even in his darkest dreams. Long thought dead, his mother, Moira, is alive; she’s a leader of the Ninth Circle; she’s responsible for destroying Seattle; and because of Green Arrow, her partners are going to kill her! Collects issues #33-38.
144 pages, Paperback
First published December 4, 2018
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Benjamin Percy
793 books1,202 followersBenjamin Percy is the author of seven novels -- most recently The Sky Vault (William Morrow) -- three short fiction collections, and a book of essays, Thrill Me, that is widely taught in creative writing classrooms. He writes Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider for Marvel Comics. His fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire (where he is a contributing editor), GQ, Time, Men's Journal, Outside, the Wall Street Journal, Tin House, and the Paris Review. His honors include an NEA fellowship, the Whiting Writer's Award, the Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, the iHeart Radio Award for Best Scripted Podcast, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics.
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January 16, 2019
Percy goes around cleaning up all his loose plot threads and resetting the status quo for the next writer. Moira isn't quite the big bad she could have been and Merlyn was a waste of paper but the character moments with Emi and between Dinah and Ollie more than make up for it. Dinah and Ollie are adorable. If DC uses Emi correctly, Red Arrow could be the next big star in the DC universe. She's fantastic! This is consistently the best looking book since the Rebirth launch. Juan Ferreyra, Stephen Byrne, and Jamal Campbell continue to make the book sing with their digitally painted art.
October 10, 2018
[Read as single issues]
His roadtrip over and his allies at his back, it’s time for Green Arrow to return to Seattle and reclaim it from the Ninth Circle once and for all. But standing in his way is the one person he may not have the nerve to defeat – his mother, Moira Queen. Plus, the trial of the century continues as Oliver is held responsible for murder, and out of the shadows, Red Arrow rises as Ben Percy brings his Green Arrow run to a definitive conclusion.
It’s around this time that a lot of seminal runs that began at Rebirth’s outset (or even before) seem to be coming to an end, and while this is sad, it’s also an opportunity for writers to bring all the storylines they’ve been crafting since they started to an explosive ending, and Percy’s Green Arrow is definitely going out on a high.
This final arc has everything you’d want – Ollie and Dinah reunite, a resolution to the Diggle/Merlyn plot, some spotlight on Emiko (whose star is rising rapidly at DC, which I really appreciate), and a conclusion to the Ninth Circle arc that feels both earned and well-timed. Trial Of Two Cities is like a hand waving through the spider web of Percy’s run, pulling all the threads together and wiping the slate clean for the next creative team, and taking the spider down with it.
While it’s clear that Percy is on clean-up duty with this arc, he never forgets that the character relationships are what has really defined his run. Ollie and Dinah remain the heart of the book, while the aforementioned focus on Emiko in the later two issues feels more like a beginning than an ending for her. The only true fall-down is the villain – Moira Queen has always felt like a faceless presence we’re only really meant to care about because she’s Oliver’s mother, which works to a certain degree, but she doesn’t have the impact you’d expect, even with her history with the main character.
It is literally impossible to argue that the art has ever been bad during this Green Arrow run, and this final volume goes out on an artistic high as well. Jamal Campbell and Stephen Byrne both open the volume, while Juan Ferreyra takes the final four issues in a row. While it’s a shame Otto Schmidt couldn’t get back to finish off the run he launched, those three artists are all unique and have defined Green Arrow for an entirely new generation of fans – I’ll be following all three of them onto whatever book they pop up on next.
Ben Percy has been writing Green Arrow for about 3 years at this point, but he saves the best for last. He uses everything he has set up to let loose a Jenga Tower of a final arc, with beautiful artistic collaborators that are a feast for the eyeballs, all without never losing sight of what made his run so successful in the first place. This is an end of an era for Green Arrow, but what an era it’s been.
His roadtrip over and his allies at his back, it’s time for Green Arrow to return to Seattle and reclaim it from the Ninth Circle once and for all. But standing in his way is the one person he may not have the nerve to defeat – his mother, Moira Queen. Plus, the trial of the century continues as Oliver is held responsible for murder, and out of the shadows, Red Arrow rises as Ben Percy brings his Green Arrow run to a definitive conclusion.
It’s around this time that a lot of seminal runs that began at Rebirth’s outset (or even before) seem to be coming to an end, and while this is sad, it’s also an opportunity for writers to bring all the storylines they’ve been crafting since they started to an explosive ending, and Percy’s Green Arrow is definitely going out on a high.
This final arc has everything you’d want – Ollie and Dinah reunite, a resolution to the Diggle/Merlyn plot, some spotlight on Emiko (whose star is rising rapidly at DC, which I really appreciate), and a conclusion to the Ninth Circle arc that feels both earned and well-timed. Trial Of Two Cities is like a hand waving through the spider web of Percy’s run, pulling all the threads together and wiping the slate clean for the next creative team, and taking the spider down with it.
While it’s clear that Percy is on clean-up duty with this arc, he never forgets that the character relationships are what has really defined his run. Ollie and Dinah remain the heart of the book, while the aforementioned focus on Emiko in the later two issues feels more like a beginning than an ending for her. The only true fall-down is the villain – Moira Queen has always felt like a faceless presence we’re only really meant to care about because she’s Oliver’s mother, which works to a certain degree, but she doesn’t have the impact you’d expect, even with her history with the main character.
It is literally impossible to argue that the art has ever been bad during this Green Arrow run, and this final volume goes out on an artistic high as well. Jamal Campbell and Stephen Byrne both open the volume, while Juan Ferreyra takes the final four issues in a row. While it’s a shame Otto Schmidt couldn’t get back to finish off the run he launched, those three artists are all unique and have defined Green Arrow for an entirely new generation of fans – I’ll be following all three of them onto whatever book they pop up on next.
Ben Percy has been writing Green Arrow for about 3 years at this point, but he saves the best for last. He uses everything he has set up to let loose a Jenga Tower of a final arc, with beautiful artistic collaborators that are a feast for the eyeballs, all without never losing sight of what made his run so successful in the first place. This is an end of an era for Green Arrow, but what an era it’s been.
April 26, 2018
2.5.
A janky end to a good fun run.
World: I miss Otto Smidt, I would have loved to see him end the run but alas he’s nowhere to be found. The art is still good, but it could have been way better. The world building is at an end, this is the culmination of Percy’s run and he uses all the pieces that he’s been building since Rebirth and being mainly the Ninth Circle we get a whole heap of that and it’s pretty solid.
Story: The story is pretty janky. I’ve not had this problem with the other arcs so far but this end was pretty choppy and the time jumps and people travel time between pages, not really well done. It’s a janky story in the end that loses a lot of the momentum and the weight of the story. A story with Moira and Merlyn should have been way more exciting and amazing but because of the pacing, the motivations and the story was not as satisfying as needed. There are some good emotional moments with Emi and the full circle of their relationships with Roy, Dinah and Diggle but as I said it was choppy and not as heartfelt as I thought it should have been. This book needed a couple of more issues to flesh out Moira and make us care for the relationship and the pull and conflict within Ollie, oh well. In the end the book did end on a satisfying if a bit unbelievable note with everything getting restored and not a lot of consequences felt, the court room stuff was at the same time awesome with the Justice League and utterly ridiculous with the logic in the end. It should have been more satisfying.
Characters: Ollie and Moira should have been heavy hitting and emotionally hard to read but we don’t get that. The janky story did not really serve this meet up between Mom and Son and from that the rest of the characters are pretty much the same. Merlyn and Diggle was meh. Emi and Shado was meh and Wendy Poole and her entire arc was a throwaway when it should not have been. The only thing that works in the final arc is Dinah and Ollie and that’s one thing that Percy has knocked it out of the park.
A janky end to a fun run, I wished it would have been better but oh well.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
A janky end to a good fun run.
World: I miss Otto Smidt, I would have loved to see him end the run but alas he’s nowhere to be found. The art is still good, but it could have been way better. The world building is at an end, this is the culmination of Percy’s run and he uses all the pieces that he’s been building since Rebirth and being mainly the Ninth Circle we get a whole heap of that and it’s pretty solid.
Story: The story is pretty janky. I’ve not had this problem with the other arcs so far but this end was pretty choppy and the time jumps and people travel time between pages, not really well done. It’s a janky story in the end that loses a lot of the momentum and the weight of the story. A story with Moira and Merlyn should have been way more exciting and amazing but because of the pacing, the motivations and the story was not as satisfying as needed. There are some good emotional moments with Emi and the full circle of their relationships with Roy, Dinah and Diggle but as I said it was choppy and not as heartfelt as I thought it should have been. This book needed a couple of more issues to flesh out Moira and make us care for the relationship and the pull and conflict within Ollie, oh well. In the end the book did end on a satisfying if a bit unbelievable note with everything getting restored and not a lot of consequences felt, the court room stuff was at the same time awesome with the Justice League and utterly ridiculous with the logic in the end. It should have been more satisfying.
Characters: Ollie and Moira should have been heavy hitting and emotionally hard to read but we don’t get that. The janky story did not really serve this meet up between Mom and Son and from that the rest of the characters are pretty much the same. Merlyn and Diggle was meh. Emi and Shado was meh and Wendy Poole and her entire arc was a throwaway when it should not have been. The only thing that works in the final arc is Dinah and Ollie and that’s one thing that Percy has knocked it out of the park.
A janky end to a fun run, I wished it would have been better but oh well.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
May 9, 2022
This was so good omg!
I loved this one!
So Ollie finds more about the ninth circle and connections with his family and the return of his mother Moira and how she ties into it and takes the battle to them and what happens when betrayal comes from all sides? Plus a new development in his trial that will change everything. This is the volume where it all comes together. Ollie vs the ninth circle and Shado and Merlyn even pop up and its an epic battle between all of them and then the trial of the century begins where so many storylines pay off and gives one of the greatest conclusions to a comic run and its awesome and beautiful and I just love it!
Its one of the greatest runs ever easily and I love the way it ends especially and pays off so many things and really lives up to its name and the ending page with him being in JL or with Team arrow or the guardian angel of Star city is just the greatest thing ever and one of my favorite things too. Percy caps off his run on a high in a brilliant manner!
I loved this one!
So Ollie finds more about the ninth circle and connections with his family and the return of his mother Moira and how she ties into it and takes the battle to them and what happens when betrayal comes from all sides? Plus a new development in his trial that will change everything. This is the volume where it all comes together. Ollie vs the ninth circle and Shado and Merlyn even pop up and its an epic battle between all of them and then the trial of the century begins where so many storylines pay off and gives one of the greatest conclusions to a comic run and its awesome and beautiful and I just love it!
Its one of the greatest runs ever easily and I love the way it ends especially and pays off so many things and really lives up to its name and the ending page with him being in JL or with Team arrow or the guardian angel of Star city is just the greatest thing ever and one of my favorite things too. Percy caps off his run on a high in a brilliant manner!
November 4, 2018
A safe end to a really cool DC rebirth series so far. A few family members return, groups reunite. I think what Ive been impressed with in this series is the art. So far been amazing. This volume was let down by an average simple story.
January 2, 2019
Benjamin Percy's stellar run on Green Arrow comes to end with all the plot threads began in Green Arrow, Vol. 1: The Death & Life of Oliver Queen being tied up quite nicely. Percy's run on Green Arrow has been a pleasant surprise. I was not a fan of his run on the series during the New 52 but during his tenure on Rebirth he has proven he has a grasp on what makes Oliver Queen tick. In this volume we finally get the long awaited trial of Oliver Queen and in true superhero fashion Oliver has to make to trial alive and hopefully his allies can aid him in clearing his name. Without getting to political Oliver Queen through the course of the series discovers his purpose in becoming the social justice crusader the character has become since Neal Adams epic run in the The Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection, Vol. 1. Though I am more of an independent in my political views and appreciate the clear and not over the top voice Oliver brings to the superhero community in the DC Universe. But what this series does well is tell a action adventure story about a down on his luck vigilante who is trying to save his city from the evil rich fat cats who are abusing the innocent to achieve their goals of world conquest. In this volume Oliver finally acknowledges his half sister as the new Red Arrow and he & Diggle finally heal their broken friendship. This was a great series that I highly recommend comic book fans read from beginning to the end. The artwork has been pretty good on the series as well. I especially loved Otto Schmidt's pencils in the earlier volumes.
October 1, 2019
Honestly I would have rated it lesser had it not been for the superb art of Ferreyra . The one consistent thing throughout this Green Arrow run till this volume is the art , which while unorthodox , is really pleasing to the eyes and really merits an extra star/rating point .
That said everything else was underwhelming , as it felt like Benjamin Percy rushed things into conclusion so as to end his run and make way for the new writers to work from next volume . Which is a real shame cause up until this point Percy has worked really well to set things up . However as I mentioned a moment ago , the end result was underwhelming .
We were denied a proper showdown , and the villains turned out to be a bit meh and even the supposed "Trial" of the two cities ended in an anticlimatic way .
In the end I'd say it's a 2 out of 5 star book , but over all (thanks to the art of Ferreyra ) it's 3 out of 5 star for me .
Also , owing to time constraints and the reviews of the new authors take on Green Arrow being mediocre to low , I have decided that this will be my final Green Arrow comics for near future . It was good and all to read about GA but there's just too much to read and too little time .
That said everything else was underwhelming , as it felt like Benjamin Percy rushed things into conclusion so as to end his run and make way for the new writers to work from next volume . Which is a real shame cause up until this point Percy has worked really well to set things up . However as I mentioned a moment ago , the end result was underwhelming .
We were denied a proper showdown , and the villains turned out to be a bit meh and even the supposed "Trial" of the two cities ended in an anticlimatic way .
In the end I'd say it's a 2 out of 5 star book , but over all (thanks to the art of Ferreyra ) it's 3 out of 5 star for me .
Also , owing to time constraints and the reviews of the new authors take on Green Arrow being mediocre to low , I have decided that this will be my final Green Arrow comics for near future . It was good and all to read about GA but there's just too much to read and too little time .
January 4, 2022
Green Arrow Vol. 6 Trial of Two Cities collects issues 33-38 of the DC Comics series written by Benjamin Percy with art by Juan Ferreyra, Jamal Campbell, and Stephen Byrne.
Green Arrow returns to Seattle/Star City in order to wipe out the Ninth Circle, reclaim Queen Industries, and prove he is an innocent man.
This volume wraps up Percy's nearly 4-year run on Green Arrow books and brings an end to many long running plot points and story threads. There are some really hokey moments throughout the series but I give credit to Percy for telling his story. I did really like how Percy was able to tell his story without having to do dozens of tie-ins to other DC books. I have enjoyed the addition of Emiko and would like to see her featured more in DC. This series has also been beautifully drawn and colored throughout which was a big plus. Looking forward to seeing where Green Arrow goes from here.
Green Arrow returns to Seattle/Star City in order to wipe out the Ninth Circle, reclaim Queen Industries, and prove he is an innocent man.
This volume wraps up Percy's nearly 4-year run on Green Arrow books and brings an end to many long running plot points and story threads. There are some really hokey moments throughout the series but I give credit to Percy for telling his story. I did really like how Percy was able to tell his story without having to do dozens of tie-ins to other DC books. I have enjoyed the addition of Emiko and would like to see her featured more in DC. This series has also been beautifully drawn and colored throughout which was a big plus. Looking forward to seeing where Green Arrow goes from here.
May 24, 2019
A strong capstone for Percy's initial series of Green Arrow stories. Too often, Percy has gone off the tracks by losing focus on his core storyline for a volume at a time, but it all comes together here, with the Ninth Circle, Ollie's trial, the Diggle situation, and the Wendy situation all coming to a head. The ending feels at times a little glib and a little fast, but otherwise this is a fine finale (and I expect these first 38 issues will read well in a single omnibus).
August 26, 2019
Oliver tries to prove his innocence. Another family fight with two moms trying to kill each other. Nothing special, but good enough to read. I just feel this run ran its course around volume 3 and it never really improved but stayed decent enough it's never bad. a 2.5 out of 5 again.
December 10, 2018
Juan Ferreyra's art jazzes up some preposterous but nevertheless enjoyable adventures as Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow races to reunite with his beloved Black Canary, clear his name from murder charges, and defeat the ever-menacing Ninth Circle. There's an underwater sequence that is especially nuts but grand, like one of those old GI Joe cartoons. This 6th and concluding volume of the Green Arrow Rebirth era ties up most of the storylines with a neat bow... and arrow. Lots of fun and heart.
July 29, 2022
A good ending for a very honest run. That had it ups and downs, but i guess that we have more ups on it.
Ollie is back on Star City, with a plan to finish the Ninth Circle and bring his city back. An important character is back and we have an great battle under the Queen Family's tomb. And, on the end, we finally have the trial that had been delayed for two volumes.
This was one of the best runs on the initial arc of the Rebirth titles that i've got my hands on it, with Percy being a good writer, having some nice lines and really making some characters shine, like Dinah and Emiko. But, again, the higher point of this run is the art. Otto Schmidt and Juan Ferreira did a really great job, with both of them complementing each other. If you're looking for a good super hero run to follow through, i guess that our Emerald Archer will have some good ones for you.
Ollie is back on Star City, with a plan to finish the Ninth Circle and bring his city back. An important character is back and we have an great battle under the Queen Family's tomb. And, on the end, we finally have the trial that had been delayed for two volumes.
This was one of the best runs on the initial arc of the Rebirth titles that i've got my hands on it, with Percy being a good writer, having some nice lines and really making some characters shine, like Dinah and Emiko. But, again, the higher point of this run is the art. Otto Schmidt and Juan Ferreira did a really great job, with both of them complementing each other. If you're looking for a good super hero run to follow through, i guess that our Emerald Archer will have some good ones for you.
April 24, 2019
I freaking love this Green Arrow. The art always fun and inventive and the stories remain great too.
May 6, 2021
A fantastic conclusion to one of the most consistently enjoyable series of the DC Rebirth era.
April 4, 2019
The Ninth Circle is far from defeated and now one of its leaders comes back into the light: Moira Queen, Oliver's mom! She needs Ollie's help... in trouble with Dante, leader of the Ninth Circle, an assassin has been dispatched: none other than Shado, Emi (Red Arrow)'s mom. Family battles all over the place, a trip to a sunken ship to reclaim gold, and dealing with both Merlyn and Clock King... you'd think Ollie has plenty to do. Too bad there is a murder trial for him...
This Volume is all over the place. That doesn't mean it's bad, just feels rushed, which kind of works for it. By the end, everything wraps up nice and neat: Ollie wins the trial with the help of the Justice League, The Ninth Circle leader Dante is stopped and arrested by Batman, Star City turns back into Seattle, Queen Foundation is set up to invest in people not things, Trans-Pacific Railway is rebuilt for use, The Jungle homeless center is decked out and running optimally, and Dinah Lance Home For Wayward Kids is started... it ended so "wrapped up", I actually looked to see if the series was continuing, and it is.
Recommend only because the need to wrap up all the storylines.
This Volume is all over the place. That doesn't mean it's bad, just feels rushed, which kind of works for it. By the end, everything wraps up nice and neat: Ollie wins the trial with the help of the Justice League, The Ninth Circle leader Dante is stopped and arrested by Batman, Star City turns back into Seattle, Queen Foundation is set up to invest in people not things, Trans-Pacific Railway is rebuilt for use, The Jungle homeless center is decked out and running optimally, and Dinah Lance Home For Wayward Kids is started... it ended so "wrapped up", I actually looked to see if the series was continuing, and it is.
Recommend only because the need to wrap up all the storylines.
February 17, 2019
Once again Benjamin Percy's absolute lack of any talent whatsoever threw a decent idea down the drain.
Green Arrow's redemption as a revivified SJW is ok and quite true to the form but the ridiculous OTT tricks and tropes he uses all along are nothing but a collection of overused bad clichés from every bad movie or book or whatever.
It's almost impressive how Percy manages to compress so much shitty stuff in one volume. .
Almost.
Add very mediocre art throughout and you get a serious case waste of time.
Well, some good news to cheer you up, lads! This is the last issue of this 2-bits hack. Don't know if it'll be better but I hardly imagine it being worst.
Green Arrow's redemption as a revivified SJW is ok and quite true to the form but the ridiculous OTT tricks and tropes he uses all along are nothing but a collection of overused bad clichés from every bad movie or book or whatever.
It's almost impressive how Percy manages to compress so much shitty stuff in one volume. .
Almost.
Add very mediocre art throughout and you get a serious case waste of time.
Well, some good news to cheer you up, lads! This is the last issue of this 2-bits hack. Don't know if it'll be better but I hardly imagine it being worst.
January 19, 2019
Wraps the Ninth-Circle/Star City storyline. The best moments in this one are small moments between various members of team arrow that demonstrate plenty of character work on the part of Percy as he finishes up.
The art is solid throughout the volume, and the handling of the story ties up all necessary loose ends so that the new team that will pick up with the issues making up volume 8 have a free hand. Ollie ends in a good place and is more committed than ever to his team, his city, and his identity as a "social justice worker" as firmly/more firmly than ever. He does seem to demonstrate an increased maturity as compared to the first volumes of the rebirth books, and he is definitely LIGHT YEARS ahead of how he was portrayed in the New 52...
The art is solid throughout the volume, and the handling of the story ties up all necessary loose ends so that the new team that will pick up with the issues making up volume 8 have a free hand. Ollie ends in a good place and is more committed than ever to his team, his city, and his identity as a "social justice worker" as firmly/more firmly than ever. He does seem to demonstrate an increased maturity as compared to the first volumes of the rebirth books, and he is definitely LIGHT YEARS ahead of how he was portrayed in the New 52...
February 12, 2022
I thought the last volume had wrapped up the Ninth Circle storylne, but in hindsight there were several loose ends and thing weren't finished yet. In this volume, I think the story is finally concluded. Notice I say "think", because in comics you never really know when the bad guys are done.
This series started out a little slow and disjointed to me, but got better as it went along and now it has turned into a good series worthy of the Green Arrow character. I hope the remaining volumes are of the same quality.
This series started out a little slow and disjointed to me, but got better as it went along and now it has turned into a good series worthy of the Green Arrow character. I hope the remaining volumes are of the same quality.
November 20, 2020
Percy končí, finále je správně monumentální a kresba skvělá. Furt tu jsou strašlivě strašliví kapitalisté, ale po 5 knížkách si na to už asi nemůžu stěžovat. Kdyby mě postavy v téhle sérii zajímaly, hodnotil bych i 4*.
January 28, 2022
I liked this whole run of Benjamin Percy writing Green Arrow, but I just had to review this one because of the gorgeous, thoughtful, emotional use of varied color palettes.
Every time you turn the page to a new scene, you get the mood and setting immediately from the overall color scheme. A forest in the middle of the night? Afternoon in a corporate boardroom? Depths of a hellish family crypt? All different and unique.
It’s not that often you read a comic that changes the way you look at comics and raises an expectation you never knew you had, but there it is. I’ll now be looking for this in other comics.
Every time you turn the page to a new scene, you get the mood and setting immediately from the overall color scheme. A forest in the middle of the night? Afternoon in a corporate boardroom? Depths of a hellish family crypt? All different and unique.
It’s not that often you read a comic that changes the way you look at comics and raises an expectation you never knew you had, but there it is. I’ll now be looking for this in other comics.
December 24, 2018
NB: Some of this review is shameless borrowed from my earlier reviews of individual issues for Newsarama.
After writing a book about the history of Green Arrow, it's amazing that I needed break from the character for a while. Luckily I returned to this excellent arc, one that taps into that history and restores the dynamite Green Arrow/Black Canary duo while expanding the Team Arrow family in the process. It also offers some of the most interesting additions to the cannon since Jeff Lemire while heavily tipping its hat to Mike Grell (who illustrated several alternative covers on this run).
Benjamin Percy’s last few arcs have been building to this book. While Ollie’s trial for is still hanging around in the background, this is an arc that takes Ollie to the bottom of the ocean with his mother (!) with an understandably concerned Black Canary is in hot pursuit. Pitting Team Arrow - including the newly rechristened Red Arrow (Emi) - against the Ninth Circle, Malcolm Merlyn, and Shado, it’s a story that taps into the Emerald Archer’s past while confidently declaring what the 2018 comic book is all about. Neither beholden to the TV show nor the wider DC Universe, it refreshingly refocuses the hero on a singular goal of protecting his city above his own neck.
Juan Ferreyra does some of his best work here. During the final issues, he uses a series of double-page spreads to contain all of the action (save for a spectacular splash page of Canary taking a knee to Ollie’s groin). With a killer finale, Percy and Ferreyra appear to be having the time of their lives getting us there.
After writing a book about the history of Green Arrow, it's amazing that I needed break from the character for a while. Luckily I returned to this excellent arc, one that taps into that history and restores the dynamite Green Arrow/Black Canary duo while expanding the Team Arrow family in the process. It also offers some of the most interesting additions to the cannon since Jeff Lemire while heavily tipping its hat to Mike Grell (who illustrated several alternative covers on this run).
Benjamin Percy’s last few arcs have been building to this book. While Ollie’s trial for is still hanging around in the background, this is an arc that takes Ollie to the bottom of the ocean with his mother (!) with an understandably concerned Black Canary is in hot pursuit. Pitting Team Arrow - including the newly rechristened Red Arrow (Emi) - against the Ninth Circle, Malcolm Merlyn, and Shado, it’s a story that taps into the Emerald Archer’s past while confidently declaring what the 2018 comic book is all about. Neither beholden to the TV show nor the wider DC Universe, it refreshingly refocuses the hero on a singular goal of protecting his city above his own neck.
Juan Ferreyra does some of his best work here. During the final issues, he uses a series of double-page spreads to contain all of the action (save for a spectacular splash page of Canary taking a knee to Ollie’s groin). With a killer finale, Percy and Ferreyra appear to be having the time of their lives getting us there.
November 8, 2024
Coś kończy, coś zaczyna... W tym przypadku z łezką wypada pożegnać Percy'iego, ponieważ dał nam serię na naprawdę wysokim poziomie, pogłębiając psyche i historie Olliego, na poziom o którym od dawna fani tej postaci mogli pomarzyć. To już końcówka, więc wątki zostaną pozamykane.
Dziewiąty Krąg nadal trzyma łapsko nad Star City, czyli dawnym Seattle. Zielona Strzała będzie się dwoi i troił, aby władza znów znalazła się w rękach ludu, ale zanim do tego dojdzie - Ollie będzie musiał stawić czoła groźnemu przeciwnikowi, który wywodzi się z jego rodziny. To nie dziwi, bo członkowie tej familii lubią powstawać ze zmarłych...
Efektowne walki, powrót sprzymierzeńców i dobre dialogi. Dołóżcie do tego niezłą kreskę i wychodzi wam godny polecenia przepis, stawiąc Green Arrowa na czele DC Rebirth pod względem jakości, ponieważ łącznie sześć tomów (pięć na rynku polskim - bo jeden jest zbiorczy) zapewniało rozrywkę na stałym, wysokim poziomie.
A i w końcówce serce naprawdę rośnie, kiedy Ollie może liczyć na wsparcie tak wielu znajomków. Dlatego też wolałbym nieco zapomnieć to, co wydarzy się w dwóch kolejnych zbiorach, już naskrobanych przez innych autorów...
Dziewiąty Krąg nadal trzyma łapsko nad Star City, czyli dawnym Seattle. Zielona Strzała będzie się dwoi i troił, aby władza znów znalazła się w rękach ludu, ale zanim do tego dojdzie - Ollie będzie musiał stawić czoła groźnemu przeciwnikowi, który wywodzi się z jego rodziny. To nie dziwi, bo członkowie tej familii lubią powstawać ze zmarłych...
Efektowne walki, powrót sprzymierzeńców i dobre dialogi. Dołóżcie do tego niezłą kreskę i wychodzi wam godny polecenia przepis, stawiąc Green Arrowa na czele DC Rebirth pod względem jakości, ponieważ łącznie sześć tomów (pięć na rynku polskim - bo jeden jest zbiorczy) zapewniało rozrywkę na stałym, wysokim poziomie.
A i w końcówce serce naprawdę rośnie, kiedy Ollie może liczyć na wsparcie tak wielu znajomków. Dlatego też wolałbym nieco zapomnieć to, co wydarzy się w dwóch kolejnych zbiorach, już naskrobanych przez innych autorów...
November 28, 2025
Thus ends Percy's Green Arrow run. I overall thought this was pretty good, however by the end I definitely wasn't as invested as I was at the start. Percy does a great job at character writing, and I felt like the whole cast of this book was pretty great. With than being said, Ollie's mom felt very rushed, and we didn't get enough time to understand her motives to really care. Ollie barely mentioned her in the early issues, and her characterization was incredibly weak. The Ninth Circle never landed for me besides the first arc that Percy did with them. Very predicable antagonist, and Percy didn't do anything interesting with them to differentiate them from similar villains like them *cough* Court of Owls *cough*.
While Percy wraps up loose ends, and answered all my nagging questions. I felt like this run could've done more, and been more interesting. I think the first half is really great, and after that it becomes less and less compelling. I'd recommend this to Green Arrow fans, but I think their are just better Arrow stories out there.
While Percy wraps up loose ends, and answered all my nagging questions. I felt like this run could've done more, and been more interesting. I think the first half is really great, and after that it becomes less and less compelling. I'd recommend this to Green Arrow fans, but I think their are just better Arrow stories out there.
October 27, 2021
Benjamin Percy's run ends here, whilst I've enjoyed his run for the most part this felt rushed. You had Ollie being reunited with his mother, Merlyn and Diggle's history revealed, the I love you portion of it as well as taking down then ninth circle and the trail of Oliver Queen.
So much is just shoved in here without much actually happening, you get a bunch of exposition dumps and a finale which is essentially a family squabble, yeah the ninth circle get pushed aside as if they didn't even matter in this. They've only been building them up for 6 volumes now, they're just a throw away villain. There was just far too much to resolve in one trade, it's a good read and doesn't feel long but I can't say that I feel satisfied with this conclusion.
So much is just shoved in here without much actually happening, you get a bunch of exposition dumps and a finale which is essentially a family squabble, yeah the ninth circle get pushed aside as if they didn't even matter in this. They've only been building them up for 6 volumes now, they're just a throw away villain. There was just far too much to resolve in one trade, it's a good read and doesn't feel long but I can't say that I feel satisfied with this conclusion.
April 3, 2019
This climax to the long plot arc does, at times, get a little soapy as Percy brings together a whole host of dangling plot threads, and the ending (and the necessity for the reset button to leave things open for the next writer) is a little pat. But, on the whole, it works well, doing a good job of bringing out Ollie's ideals and personality, and giving him some well-earned reward. There are some good set pieces along the way, and well-written character moments, especially with Dinah and Emiko, in a story that's about more han simply beating up the bad guys.
December 20, 2021
Engaging from cover to cover. What I loved best about this series is that it manages to take the idea of a "social justice warrior"--which in some cases can have a pretty negative connotation these days--and bring it back to what that phrase is really about: Helping others who have fallen through the cracks. Green Arrow is the perfect character to showcase just that, and Benjamin Percy handled it deftly, keeping the story and characters focused and true without ever becoming preachy. That is a difficult task, especially with Green Arrow. Well done, Mr. Percy. Well done.
December 10, 2018
Tying up a number of story threads that Percy has woven throughout his run, vol. 6 of Green Arrow also brings a strong conclusion to the character arc of self-understanding and reflection that Oliver Queen has been undergoing--all while fighting to protect himself and the city he cares about. With strong art and Percy's consistently effective writing, this volume ties closely to the larger vision Percy has been crafting, but it's an effective and exciting next chapter in Arrow's saga.
January 24, 2019
Basic plot: Ollie finally goes to trial for murder after a showdown with his mother and the 9th Circle.
This was a fantastic end to 3 years' worth of story. Everything came together in the end, and there were some really stunning panels of art to show it. There are plenty of openings for further stories- the Circle isn't gone, after all- and the characters come together to form a more complete Team Arrow. I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes next.
This was a fantastic end to 3 years' worth of story. Everything came together in the end, and there were some really stunning panels of art to show it. There are plenty of openings for further stories- the Circle isn't gone, after all- and the characters come together to form a more complete Team Arrow. I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes next.
August 13, 2019
Although I'm a little tired of the whole white dude falls from grace and redeems himself storyline, complete with blunt 99%-er messages (which I generally agree with, even if it's completely oversimplified, and weirdly dated even in the short time since publication), I enjoyed the action in this volume. It's tied up a bit too neatly, and I have to suspend my disbelief, but I was happy to read something that ended so hopefully, and I'm looking forward to a new arc.
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