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Green Arrow: Year One by Andy Diggle
4.0

Not a huge Andy Diggle fan (Nothing against him, he seems awesome, just don't love a lot of his work.) but this was pretty fun!

So this is the origins of Green Arrow. Oh, you don't know it? It's almost as famous as Batman or Spider-man at this point. Especially since Arrow became a hit. A lot of what Arrow does is taken from this comic actually. So Oliver is a rich prick who plays to much in life. What happens? His best buddy backstabs him, throws him in the ocean to die, and then he ends up on a island. He has to learn to survive, becoming the Green Arrow in the process, and then of course meets his friend again but not in the way you'd expect.

Good: The art is pretty great, with some awesome fight scenes and badass posses. I also thought Oliver's internal monolog was pretty fun. You can tell he's a conflicted guy sometimes but he a liberal tree huger no matter what.

Bad: The storyline isn't epic or brand new, everything you expect happens happens, and the pacing can be a little slow int he middle.

Overall a perfect book for people who haven't read many Green Arrow stories. It's actually solid no matter what, but can't help but feel like been here before. Still, good stuff, solid 3.5, I'll bump it to a 4 just because I think it's worth reading for any fan of the green arrow himself.