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Green Arrow, Vol. 4: Blood of The Dragon by J.J. Birch, Trevor Von Eeden, Dan Jurgens, Mike Grell
4.0

Blood of the dragon ain't playing, there's a shit load of deaths in this one.

Oliver goes back to Japan after something happens to Shado. When a kid goes missing they both team up to take care of the bad guys. And this isn't a normal team up beat up bad guys, this is slaughtering them all to get the baby back. Then we have another story of a young girl who is claimed to be a witch. And last but not least a mystery figure goes into Green Arrow's city but the bad guys think he is Oliver and try to kill him. So he decides to pay Oliver a visit.

The first story is great revenge tale. Fast paced, brutal, and well drawn. The witch story is okay, some cool ideas, but not one I'll remember probably. The last story isn't great but it's really fun. Mostly thanks to Oliver and Dinah relationship shown here. Overall, this is a really solid collection of stories this time around.

A 4 out of 5 all together.