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Green Arrow by Jeff Lemire
5.0

Every once in awhile a writer/artist comes along and defines a character. This is what Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino did.

Green Arrow was the bottom of the barrel in quality when New 52 started. Unlike Batman and Wonder Woman, Green Arrow was as bad or worse than even Superman. Giving shitty storylines, ruining major character, reverting the character back to a kid basically, and so on. So after almost 2 years of this terrible shit Lemire and Sorretino come on the scene and change the game completely.

We're thrown into a darker world than before as Oliver loses everything. His father figure, his company, his friends are kidnapped. The relentless villain Komodo goes after everything Oliver holds dear, and man does he not stop. With plenty of fun twist to the Mythos of Green Arrow this run gives Oliver some of his highest moments ever as a character, excellent art and fight scenes, and a satisfying growth of the entire cast. If only it could have been another 3-4 arcs to give it legendary status.

A 5 out of 5.