So with my birthday having just past and Christmas coming up, I will be getting an influx of new comic books. One of the books I received for my birthday was Green Arrow: Year One. Having read batman year one, I though that would be a good launching point for green arrow. I knew a little bit about Oliver Queen before reading this. I already knew he was a good friend the Hal Jordan (the Green Lantern), I knew he was rich, his dad died, and he was stranded on an island for several years. Also, the CW has come out with a show called Arrow, that is supposed to be the green arrow story, just like Smallville was the superman story. I already knew I liked the idea of Oliver Queen because of his run in's with Hal Jordan. As an origin story it was fun. But for whatever reason it just didn't grab me. Maybe because this origin has different elements compared to the CW's show Arrow. In the show Oliver is basically a useless human being. No skills, no guts. But in this origin, he already knew how to use a bow and use it well. One of the things I had a hard time with in this book was the passage of time. Either I just didn't pick it up or they did a poor job of portraying that, but I couldn't tell how long Oliver was supposed to have been on the island before he finally comes into contact with people. Is it like the title says... one year or like the show, five years. Though not a bad book, it just didn't grab me. With Green Arrow being somewhat of a cheesy robin hood knockoff character and a second tier DC character, I was hoping for something more. This book is just ok. If something hasn't already drawn you to find out more about Green Arrow, I wouldn't pick this one up.
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