Shannon's Reviews > Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters

This late 1980s graphic novel took me by surprise with its fine artwork, especially in the vein of its pencil coloring. Oliver Green (a la The Green Arrow) and his lady love, Dinah Lance (a la Black Canary yet she expressed no powers and takes a back role to the main story) decide to move to Seattle. As was expected of the times drug trafficking was considered a big issue and so they both go on separate investigations to stop it.





Ollie meets an Asian bow woman who seems as good as him if not better and the story asks the question of whether they are allies or adversaries? There's some nice story and artwork showing the backstory of this Asian adversary and how she came to be and I felt the flashback crossover with contemporary tales on the same page was done well.



Back to the main story . . .

Ollie is tracking down a serial killer and his sub story is having a midlife crisis and desiring children with Dinah.



Written by Mike Grell. Artwork by Julia Lacquement. Interesting introduction by Mike Gold (look for the gun story with negotiations).

ACTION SCENES: B to B plus; CHARACTERS/DIALOGUE: B to B plus; ARTWORK PRESENTATION: B plus to A minus; STORY/PLOTTING/EDITING: B plus; WHEN READ: mid to late November 2012; OVERALL GRADE: B plus.