![]() ![]() Oliver doesn’t know he’s been dead, and in fact doesn’t remember much since his 1970s tour of the USA in the company of Hal Jordan. Smith just returns him without any explanation, and stretches out the mystery tantalisingly and amid some good jokes. It was a suitably heroic death, and seemingly definitive. ![]() When last seen before this work, Oliver Queen died in order to let Connor take over the Green Arrow role. ![]() ![]() Mia Dearden is rescued from a life of abuse and exploitation, and Stanley Dover is a rich old man given a new lease of life by meeting Oliver. Smith does this with good humour, includes the substitute Green Arrow Connor Queen rather than sidelining him, features Black Canary well throughout, and broadens Oliver’s world with the introduction of two new characters. It was a signifier that something different was going on, and now has a timeless noir quality.īack in 2001 when this Green Arrow material was first published as comics Kevin Smith was a writer still excited by the opportunity to transfer his talents from film, and this was a big project, the mission being to restore Oliver Queen from death and rebuild his world. The minute cover credit would be disrespectful even if the drawing was poor, but it’s a very important part of the package, Hester’s jagged cartooning a novel step away from the standard look of superhero comics at the turn of the century. He wrote these stories, but every single one of them is very nicely drawn by Phil Hester. No, you’re not going to see page after page of Kevin Smith artwork. ![]()
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