DC Rebirth: Green Arrow

Even though for the character’s first 28 years, he was clean-shave, it’s just not Green Arrow without the goatee. Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns even commented, “every great Green Arrow story, he had a goatee.” And I’m hard-pressed to think of an exception to that statement.

So one of the first promises of the DC Rebirth event at Wondercon was that the beard was back on Oliver Queen. And so, allegedly, returns Black Canary.

Otherwise, with current Green Arrow writer Benjamin Percy still on board, it seems like back to basics may be more of the same. But if his work has been working for you, you’re going to love it. When done right, Green Arrow can be a very cool character, and Oliver Queen has been one of the most complex characters in DC’s stable, though often treated very simplistically.

DC has enough faith in this book, with art by Otto Schmidt and Juan Ferreyra, that it will be one of the twice monthly books, beginning in June. This does seem to go along with the early rumor about Rebirth that there would be a heavy emphasis on those characters that had already gone wildly transmedia — or at least had [amazon text=a hit TV show&asin=B00HETHVKM].

Green Arrow

You can check out Percy’s [amazon text=previous run here&asin=1401262554].

 

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In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has written for ActionAce, Daily Radar, Once Upon A Dime, and The Wave. He has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].