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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9781563899652
ISBN number: 1563899655
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 232
Printing Date: May 01, 2003
Publishing house: DC Comics
Release Date: May 01, 2003
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Studio: DC Comics
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Ollie says the darnest things, but y'know, he's right.
Not for the casual fan, this book packs in a lot of backstory and showcases everyone's reunion with a long-dead and magically resurrected Ollie.
Ollie and Hal also have a heart-to-heart about their strong, but oft contentious friendship -- one that's survived beyond Hal's evils and Ollie's heroic death.
A tale as absurd and ridiculous as this, could've been easily botched, but Kevin Smith focuses on consistent character psychology and DC metaphysics, pulling together all the elements in a fun and thoughtful way.
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Everyone else has hit it on the head, but allow me to reiterate: this book is fantastic. Collecting issues 1-10 of the re-launched Green Arrow series, this sees the intricate but ingenious return of Oliver Queen from the dead.
Being dead, to be sure, is a very touchy subject and returning from it can be controversial but these ten issues tell it very well and very sensibly with respect to all the characters involved.
Not only that, there are plenty of nods to the hat of the DC Universe. Making references to many kinds of ACCESSIBLE history, this book is a love letter to the DC Universe and all its characters; it's a love letter to Oliver Queen as a bleeding heart liberal and a struggling father, a love letter to his supporting cast (his son, his ex-lover, a new sidekick, a new friend) and a love letter to his relationships (with his ex-lover, Batman, Aquaman, his son, et cetera!)
And in the end, it's a love letter to the fans. This is a comic book that masterfully succeeds at being a comic book, and you'd do yourself a favor to pick it up.
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I am not a particular fan of Kevin Smith's film work, but I absolutely love much of his comics work, and the ten issues collected in "Green Arrow: Quiver" represent his finest hour.
Oliver Queen, aka the Green Arrow, was created in the Golden Age of superheroes as an arrow-themed Batman ripoff (which Smith humourously acknowledges here), and survived thanks to the patronage of his creator, Mort Weisinger, eventually joining the Silver Age Justice League of America. Circa 1970, Denny O'Neill suggested that what the character really needed was a personality, and recreated Queen as a socialist crusader, and paired him with Green Lantern in a series of famous adventures. Later on, Mike Grell reinvented him as a Punisher-esque figure in a grim series, before being unceremoniously killed off in the early 90s, part of a wave of replacement characters that emerged at DC in that period (although Queen's replacement was one of the few meant to be permanent). Dead for a few years, he finds himself returned to life in this stellar story by fan Kevin Smith.
One can clearly see Smith's love for the DC Universe in every detail of this comic; this is a true epic, spanning the streets of Star City to the JLA's Lunar Watchtower to the gates of Heaven itself, and Smith mixes these disparate elements flawlessly. In bringing Ollie back, Smith clearly has an eye towards his more liberal O'Neill incarnation, rather than the Grell interpretation of the character, and includes commentary about the different eras of superhero comics (although this is somewhat incongruous with some of Smith's other work in the field; his "Daredevil" and "Black Cat" stories take a lot of 'grim and gritty' elements at face value).
This is a very busy comic; Smith includes a lot of dialogue, and a lot of narration; the latter is going out of style, but Smith somehow avoids becoming a latter-day Chris Claremont (which Claremont himself sadly failed to avoid), and the narration works, for the most part). His dialogue is replete with references to pop culture (and a few too many oral sex jokes), but captures the characters well. Smith makes a prominent addition to the Arrow family by introducing Mia Dearden, who will eventually become the second Speedy, and deserves plaudits for not killing off the second Green Arrow to make room for the return of the first.
All in all, a brilliant piece of work, one of my favourite DC stories.
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Ollie: "We're close - me and Green Arrow."
Teenager Mia Dearden: "What am I, stupid or something? You ARE the Green Arrow!"
Ollie: "How did...? When did...? Who told you?"
Mia: "Oh, please! I'm not a total idiot! That little mask you wear doesn't exactly Batman your face. And the beard's a dead giveaway, too."
Ollie: "You wanna blow my secret identity?! Keep your voice down."
Green Arrow's back! In 2001 DC's resident hotheaded superhero activist Oliver Queen returned from the dead to once again star in his own monthly series. Indie film writer/director Kevin Smith does comic book fans a solid by taking a crack at chronicling Green Arrow's exploits. Smith would once again prove his storytelling gifts as this awesome hire would consistently place the Emerald Archer's title firmly on the topselling lists in the comic book realm. So, yes, Green Arrow, better than ever.
GREEN ARROW: QUIVER presents the collected very first 10 issues of this new regular monthly. As the series opens, the intimates of Oliver Queen reflect on him and his untimely passing. I don't think it's much of a giveaway when I mention that the last page of the very first issue has Green Arrow back from the dead. Homeless, unkempt and in tatters, yeah, but back from the dead. The wealthy old man Green Arrow rescues from being murdered in a scummy alley becomes a staunch friend who takes in the amnesiac Oliver and who then finances his return to costumed vigilantism in Star City. Corrupt fat cats, watch out!
One thing, though: Ollie's been stricken with amnesia, to the point where he doesn't recall events past when he and his pal Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) were trekking across America (as told in those classic, socially relevant issues by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, remember?). So here we have a more innocent, less jaded, but still very much opinionated Green Arrow. Except, in his eyes, he hasn't killed anyone or cheated on his pretty bird. Or perished in a bomb explosion.
Plenty of guest stars in these issues as Ollie's old acquaintances learn of his resurrection. These definitely include folks in his inner circle: Roy, Connor, Dinah, and Hal. The Justice Leaguers try to welcome him back, but changes in the ranks have Ollie disconcerted and disgruntled. Too, his abrupt reappearance draws the suspicions of Batman, who sniffs around for a few issues to see what's up with that. Then several of DC's mystical denizens pop in, including the demon Etrigan, who seems intent on reestablishing Ollie's non-living status. By the way, Kevin Smith teases the readers by holding out on explanations on Ollie's return, which aren't provided until around the 7th issue. But until full disclosure he keeps us entertained with good storytelling.
There are several satisfying "relationship" moments here, from Ollie's re-introduction to his Arrow family to his interactions with colleagues Batman and Aquaman and with his best friend Hal Jordan, who'd just taken up the Spectre's mantle. And, of course, there's his reunion with the pretty bird. Smith also introduces a promising new supporting cast member in troubled teen Mia Dearden, whom Ollie takes under his wing. If you've been brushing up on Green Arrow lore, you know what's in store for Mia.
Oliver Queen will always question authority. In reintegrating Ollie into the DC universe, Kevin Smith keeps intact Green Arrow's iconic characteristics, keeps him headstrong and liberal. It's not too long before the Emerald Archer is again crusading against Star City's governing fat cats and street scum. These stories contain an element of that grit typically associated with the Green Arrow, yet combined with several supernatural sequences. Green Arrow's villains here range from lowly muggers to political crooks to devil worshippers and demons. Somehow Smith makes it all work, and with less use of Ollie's trick arrows. Phil Hester and Ande Park's vivid and energetic art graces these pages. Hester has impressed me to the point where I consider him third only to Neal Adams and Mike Grell as the definitive Green Arrow artists (but are you really considered definitive if you're third in line? Whatever, Phil Hester rocks!).
Green Arrow's always worked in the shadow of Batman. We all know his Arrow-Plane, Arrow-Car, and Arrow-Cave are ideas borrowed from Bats. But I've always liked him, anyway, maybe because I like Robin Hood. Glad to see DC took Green Arrow serious enough that they got someone like Kevin Smith to write him. GREEN ARROW: QUIVER, at 232 pages, is a pleasantly thick read as trade paperbacks go. It also comes with a three-paged intro by Kevin Smith. This volume is for folks who like their heroes to be not too powerful yet be able to bust heads with relish. And for those who also like their heroes to be vocal and argumentative, and maybe with a touch of social conscience, yet old-fashioned and romantic at heart, well, then, ... Read More
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Kevin Smith is one of my favorite filmmakers: Clerks was awesome and helped redefine film, Mallrats was good, Chasing Amy was great, Dogma was Smith's finest film and the most important (it said much about God), Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back was Smith's parody of himself, Jersey Girl really sucked, and Clerks 2 should have been great, but it ended like every other 80s and early 90s film we've ever seen. But Kevin Smith is a huge comic book geek (thank God for that). And he wrote the beginning of the new Green Arrow series. I don't know what it is about GA, but I really like the guy (I'm not a huge DC fan, though I love Batman, Nightwing and Superman if he is done right). Smith and Green Arrow--he really makes it worth the time.
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