Green Arrow, Vol. 5: Black Arrow

Green Arrow (1988) (Collected Editions)

by Mike Grell (Writer), Dan Jurgens (Illustrator), Grant Miehm (Illustrator)

In these stories from the start of the 1990s, Green Arrow ventures into the last frontier, Alaska, to investigate an oil spill. And back home, Oliver must assist in a drug bust that goes terribly wrong, until Black Canary comes to his rescue.

Collecting: Green Arrow 29-38

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Crime, Adventure

312 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Mike Grell (born 1947) is a comic book writer and artist.

Grell studied at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, and took the Famous Artists School correspondence course in cartooning. His entry into the comics industry was in 1972, as an assistant to Dale Messick on the Brenda Starr comic strip.

In 1973 Grell moved to New York, and began his long relationship with DC Comics. His first assignment at DC was on Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, a high-profile assignment for an artist with no prior experience illustrating a monthly comic book. Grell says he got that job because he was walking in the editor's door to ask for work, literally, as the previous artist was walking out the door, having just quit. These stories were written by Cary Bates and Jim Shooter. The Bates/Grell/Shooter run on the title is very well-regarded today by Superboy/Legion fans, who consider it one of the high-water marks in the character/team's history. Grell's work on SATLOSH is widely thought to be some of the best beefcake/cheesecake ever committed to comic book pages, and is affectionately referred to as the 'disco Legion' in retrospect by fans of the title.

A writer as well as artist, Grell cemented his status as a fan-favorite with his best-known creation, The Warlord, one of the first sword and sorcery comics, and reportedly the best-selling title published by DC Comics in the late-1970s.

The character first appeared in 1st Issue Special #8 (Nov 1975) and was soon given his own ongoing title (The Warlord #1, Jan/Feb 1976). In this book, Air Force pilot Travis Morgan crash-lands in the prehistoric "hidden world" of Skartaris (a setting highly influenced by Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar). For years thereafter, Morgan engages in adventures dressed only in a winged helmet, wristbands, boots, and breechclout, and armed with a sword and (years before Dirty Harry handled one) a .44 Auto Mag.

At DC, Grell also worked on titles such as Aquaman, Batman, and the Phantom Stranger, and with writer Dennis O'Neil on the re-launch of the Green Lantern/Green Arrow series in 1976.


[edit] Tarzan
Grell wrote and drew the Tarzan comic strip from July 19, 1981 to February 27, 1983 (except for one strip, February 13, 1983, by Thomas Yeates). These strips were rerun in newspapers in 2004 - 2005.


[edit] First Comics: Jon Sable Freelance and Starslayer

Cover to Jon Sable Freelance #7. Art by Mike Grell.Through the 1980s Grell developed creator-owned titles such Jon Sable Freelance and Starslayer. Jon Sable Freelance was published by the now-defunct First Comics. Starslayer, a space-born science fiction series, started at Pacific Comics, but shifted to First.

The titular character of Jon Sable Freelance was a former Olympic athlete, later a African big-game hunter, who became a mercenary. First appearing with a cover date of June 1983, Jon Sable Freelance was a successful non-super-hero comic book in an era when successful non-super-hero comic books were almost unheard of, and a graphically violent comic sold in mainstream comic book stores in an era when such was as rare. Jon Sable was a precursor to what would eventually be called, by some, "the Dark Age of Comics," when even long-established super-heroes would become increasingly grim and violent.

The character was heavily influenced by Ian Fleming's James Bond novels as well as drawing on pulp fiction crime stories. Also, many of the stories of Sable's hunting exploits in Africa were influenced by Peter Hathaway Capstick's novels. At a convention in the late 1980s, Grell stated that his idea for Sable was "something like a cross between James Bond and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer."

Sable was adapted into a short-lived television series and the character's origin tale, "A Storm Over Eden," from the comic book, was expanded and novelized by Grell under the title Sable, which was publ

Reviews

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actual rating 3.7 stars.
This was not what I thought it would be and I’m a little disappointed.
Maybe it’s the Arrow TV show influence but I thought this would involve an old mentor of Oliver’s hunting him or something.

Anyway, Oliver is being hunted by… the government! After he was set up by them.

I thought the way it was written was pretty decent, I just wasn’t as invested in the story as much as the ‘Blood of the Dragon’ story line.

I also didn’t love how Dinah’s portrayed. There are moments where she's this awesome kick ass character, a hero in her own right. Then there’s a lot of times where she is the stay at home wife, waiting for her man to come home.
It’s frustrating though, I understand to some extent. This series is called Green Arrow after all.

I really liked the conversation between Dinah and Shado.

I did not like Oliver with no hair. He’s meant to be handsome, right? He was not drawn as such in those last few issues.

Overall, I think this was a good look at another side of Oliver but they kind of reused their own plot device.

[Lost Planet Airman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr. Grell's plotting talent continues to shine, as does the pencil/ink/color work of the Green Arrow team.

Ollie again leaves Seattle for Alaska to find a disgraced oil tanker captain in the two-part "Coyote Tears", then undergoes an ordeal rivaling Dinah's past when captured by the drug dealers plaguing his city in (two-part) "The Canary is a Bird of Prey" and "Broken Arrow".

Then "The Black Arrow Saga", as Ollie is framed as a terrorist, jailed, and transformed into a fugitive from justice, in a glorious 5-part thriller. Can Dinah and Shado come to his rescue without forcing frenemy operative Eddie Frye to sacrifice Ollie?

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book collects Green Arrow issues #29-38 from volume two of the run which spanned 1988 - '98, long before 52 was new or any of the other such reboots. Mike Grell was the writer, and he followed the Adams-O'Neill tradition of focusing on social issues and Oliver and Dinah's association with the rest of the DC universe was tenuous at best. The themes were intended for a mature audience, not for kids, with lots of sex and violence and drugs. There are three primary stories included. In the first, Oliver goes after the captain of an oil tanker that's wrecked and caused a lot of ecological damage, then he's captured and tortured and abused and Black Canary has to save him (a nice counterpoint to the earlier arc in which she was the victim), and the final, very long titular one, sees him framed as a terrorist and he shaves his head and Shado (and their son, Robert) guest; it's a very moving story. The art in the first half is quite good, though the quality decreases as we go on; perhaps it's just shaved-head Ollie that looks wrong. One thing that's quite amusing is a pair of pages from near the end of the book set on a downtown Seattle street where Oliver is thwarting a gang holding up an elderly couple outside of a store that has a newspaper vending machine in front. In two of the panels, you can clearly read the headlines of the newspaper inside the machine, which say: "PSYCHIC SAYS QUEEN SON OF TRUMP." Who knew?

[Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot going on in this volume, with Oliver Queen living through some life changing experiences, Dinah getting some bad news, and us - the readers - finding out about how Shado got her son. Once again, great writing by Mike Grell, with serious subject matter, street-level drama, and smart dialogue.

Coyote Tears is a two-parter about a devastating oil spill in Alaska from stranded oil tanker, inspired by then-recent events. Ultimately a powerful - though not preachy - message about the 'progress' of Man and his impact on nature.

In The Canary Is A Bird Of Prey 2-parter, Reggie Mandell, a druglord from a previous storyline, is back and is setting up a big operation. Oliver goes to stop him, but gets captured and then tortured. He is eventually rescued by a machine-gun toting Dinah. This mirrors the events of The Longbow Hunters, where Oliver rescued Dinah from the same predicament and killed the torturer with an arrow through the chest.

In Broken Arrow, Oliver is getting therapy following the trauma of torture, and Dinah realises that she needs something of Oliver's in case something happens to him: she wants to have his child.

In an untitled story laying the groundwork for the following 4-parter, Oliver gets sent on a covert mission, which turns out to be a major set-up, ends up getting him placed under arrest and declared a traitor. Dinah learns that, because of injuries sustained while under torture in The Longbow Hunters, she is unable to get pregnant.

In the 4-part title story, Black Arrow, Oliver is on the run from the authorities, tries to clear his name and expose the true guilty parties responsible for the bombing of a US Navy vessel. Dinah and Shado finally meet and have a significant conversation about their relationships with Oliver.

Looking forward to Green Arrow, Vol. 6: The Last Action Hero.

[James DeSantis · Rating 5 out of 5]

2025 Review: This volume is both a tough read and a deeply powerful one.

The first section lays solid groundwork with a compelling look at environmental destruction and how we're failing wildlife. It’s a good, meaningful start, but the real emotional punch comes later, as Oliver Queen returns to clean up the streets, reconnects with Reggie, and ultimately gets caught and tortured. The parallels to what happened to Dinah are hard to miss.

What really elevates this story is how Oliver processes everything, especially in his sessions with the therapist and his conversations with Dinah. Those scenes are incredibly well done. The Shado segments are beautifully written too, though they veer into some murky, uncomfortable territory. There are moments that feel sexually coercive, but it’s also clear that Oliver himself is confused and conflicted. It’s not easy to unpack, but it adds a layer of complexity to the narrative.

All in all, this is an excellent volume with a powerful, emotional ending. I’d rate it a 4.5, but I’m rounding up to a 5.

2020 Review: I actually had to look up "Suggested for Mature Readers" line in the 80's and 90's after reading this. I saw Green Arrow wasn't on Vertigo but this title contained plenty of cursing, murder, and sex. Learned it was a title that still focused on more superheroish heroes while still being M rated. Interesting. Kind of like the pre-black label days.

Anyway, on to volume 5. This is about midway point for Grell run and it's pretty great. The first portion is about a man being hunted and Green Arrow becomes apart of it. The 2nd story is Green Arrow going on a mission, getting kidnapped, and tortured, and Black Canary comes to the rescue. The last volume is having Green Arrow try to exact revenge but also dealing with a heavy dose of PTSD.

I really dug most of this. Let's talk about weakest part. The first story is just okay. Its message is solid enough but the storytelling is confusing. Now, with that out of the way, the next story about Street Crime and Green Arrow tortured is both fucked up and well done. Then we have Black Canary take the spotlight and she's boss. Then the final storyline is great, and I love seeing both of Oliver's loves in his life come together to help him.

This has been a great run for the most part and it's mostly thanks to Grell obviously wanting to write Oliver in a new light. A darker and grittier take but it works well. A 4 out of 5.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s circles within circles and wheels within wheels as Oliver and Dinah are wrapped in a web of intrigue encompassing multiple government agencies, Eddie Fyers, and Shado in the Black Arrow Saga that puts Oliver at the top of the Most Wanted list. Plus, Green Arrow: Environmental Warrior, and the revenge of Dinah Lance…

Mike Grell’s really hitting his stride now. The pacing of the series is working perfectly, with shorter, more focused arcs to keep momentum flowing between the larger character-changing ones, and this volume is a perfect example of that. After the explosive action of Blood Of The Dragon in volume 4, we’re treated to two two-parters and a one-shot before we hit the five part Black Arrow story.

The first story, Coyote Tears, is a direct response to an environmental crisis from around the time the issues were produced as Oliver tackles an oil spill and a corrupt corporation trying to cover it up. It’s sickening that stories from 30 years ago are still as relevant as they are now, but it goes to show how powerful comics can be in that they always have their fingers on the pulse of the world and can turn real world tragedies into a good story without beating you over the head with the moral. It’s clear, but it’s not one of those PSA comics, and it fits right into Ollie’s continuing agenda. I really liked the framing sequence for this one as well, using the god Coyote as a narrator.

The Canary Is A Bird Of Prey restores some of the agency that Dinah seems to have lost recently; this series is definitely Oliver’s, and I’m not sure what role Dinah had in the DC Universe at the time, but she’s definitely been a supporting character rather than a co-lead. She steps up majorly here, with this story being her version of The Longbow Hunters, the repercussions of which have been echoing through her character since that story hit. With Ollie out of action, Dinah has no choice but to go after him guns blazing (quite literally), and the pure despair in the final few pages of this story is horrible to read, but extremely powerful.

The one-shot, Broken Arrow, looks at Oliver and Dinah’s psychological wellbeing after the past 30-odd issues. It’s another effective issue that really digs into what drives them, and brings their relationship to a whole new level only for it come crashing back down as soon as the Black Arrow Saga starts. The art here is particularly well done, staying grounded in reality while showing how damaged Ollie’s mind has become recently.

The titular five part arc drags Oliver back through the mud once again as he attempts to do the right thing and ends up being blamed for all the wrong ones. This whirlwind of a story drags in Shado and Eddie Fyers, so you know it’s going to be a good time, while also doing what all good stories do – stripping Oliver back to basics and making him take a good look at himself in the mirror. The middle two issues are especially good at this, showing Oliver from the perspective of another character, and the long-awaited meeting between Dinah and Shado goes in unexpected directions that show how mature both the writing and the characters are when it would have been much easier and more predictable to have them hate each other, especially given the previous revelations about Shado and the ones we get about Dinah in this arc.

I did expect to see Merlyn at some point in this arc given the title but, like when I misunderstood The Longbow Hunters title, that’s on me, not the story.

This collection of issues is superb. It’s a perfect cross-section of what this series is about, and it’s a rollicking good time as well, dissecting the characters and putting them through their paces like never before. This series seems to be going from strength to strength.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Coyote Tears (#29-30). Ollie trying to bring to justice a captain complicit in an ecological disaster is pure Grell Green Arrow. Beyond that, Grell does some interesting playing with the form, though it's not obvious if it improves the story or just muddies it [3+/5].

The Canary is a Bird of Prey (#31-32). This sort of urban crime story has grown pretty standard, but it's good to see Dinah in the role of rescuer instead of victim, for once [3+/5].

Broken Arrow / Black Arrow (#33-38). The short two-part arcs in Grell's book have often kept it from becoming a truly great serialized story. This continuous story that begins with Ollie's PTSD from his capture and continues into a mad scheme afterward shows us what we've been missing. Not only is the focus on Ollie's character great, but the actual plot is an interesting (if overly complex) caper that more notably brings together multiple crucial characters in the Grell mythos (with Dinah meeting Shado being the most intriguing) [4+/5].

[Rj Veit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grell’s treatment of canary is a rollercoaster

[Stelios · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice edition of Green Arrow!

[Alex Sarll]

The midway point of Mike Grell's Green Arrow run, which understandably gets overshadowed by Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns when people tell the story of the eighties' grim'n'gritty reinvention of superheroes, but perhaps provides an interesting comparison precisely through being lower-profile, and carrying straight on from its initial prestige miniseries into a standard-ish ongoing run. Albeit one which, while nominally existing within the standard DCU of its era, is far more embarrassed about being a superhero book than Moore or Miller. Sure, they brought in sex and violence, but they also had loud costumes, codenames, superpowers, whereas Grell does a Green Arrow book in which nobody ever calls Ollie Queen Green Arrow, where guest stars are only welcome if they leave their costumes at the door, and where the one metahuman regular, Black Canary, is depowered. Not that Dinah's ever called Black Canary here either, of course. As for that depowering – it came from trauma, back at the beginning, a way to get Ollie angry, rescuing and avenging his lover, part of what would become a sufficiently overdone trend that it got its own name. And I don't know whether Grell was already becoming uneasy with that, but here, long before Gail Simone gave fridging a name, that episode gets replayed in reverse, Ollie a helpless, brutalised captive rescued by Dinah, who may not have powers anymore, or a bow, but can still handle herself, and has fewer qualms than her partner about good old automatic weaponry.

Of course, equal opportunities only go so far; she does get the big angry rampage during, and pretty kick-ass it is too, but afterwards she's back to being a bit sad at home while he heads off on another mission of vengeance. Although, further poking at the established arc, one where because he's so angry and hasn't properly worked through things, he's easily misdirected and played, and ends up on the run from the law (obliging him to disguise himself by shaving his head and trademark beard, though the covers sensibly never mirror that). It all ends up very urban noir, a bit thriller, exactly the sort of thing you could imagine being loosely adapted into a JCvD film – or indeed, an overly pseudo-realist TV series a couple of decades later. Which admittedly might need to go a bit easier on the pointedly non-pseudonymised references to Noriega and Iran-Contra, though the tabloid headline "Psychic Says Queen Son Of Trump" remains more horribly relevant than anyone can possibly have envisaged last century. Still, my favourite bit of topicality is the corrupt oil company in the volume's opening story, a two-parter which has lots of unfortunately still valid things to say about the immunity that comes with wealth, but wrapped in painfully earnest speaking for nature, and one incredibly eighties comics panel where a man in a Greenpeace top yells "AND WHAT ABOUT THE SEA OTTERS?"

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such a nice collection of stories and we see Ollie on search for this guy Springsteen who was behind some oil spill and how his company is tryna find him and we get the stories from that perspective and its clearly a nod to the big oil spill from that time and its nicely woven in with the themes of this run but the ending was weird ngl.

Then there is the main story where Ollie is fighting against some drug dealers/narcotics and then gets captured and its pretty brutal and you see Dinah on the look for him and how she rescues him and its really well done, and you see Dinah in action and well Ollie's PTSD and him learning how Dinah went through the same thing previously and its very mature and really well handled which is so rare, and I wanna give it kudos just for that and then the big story with Eddie Fryes who dupes him into attacking some drug hideout and so Ollie becomes an "Outlaw" and we see the whole story playout.

I really love the hero on the run, everyone after him and how he saves himself and all that but here we see Dinah and Shado involved and a lot of tension spill over and their relationships clashing against each other and the whole run coming together in a way but the way it ends with the twists of why he was implicated and all that really brings it home for me and it can get a bit confusing but by the end it all wraps up and its so awesome!

Seriously awesome collection of stories and it really brings the whole run together and also increases the emotional tension and complex layer of storytelling and really changes Ollie in such a great way and I really love the art and colors here, they contrast so well and have that 90s feel but also very much mature! Amazing volume yet again!

[Darik · Rating 2 out of 5]

... I gotta stop reading this junk.

This is just more macho reactionary trash from Mike Grell. Oliver gets pissed about an oil spill! Oliver gets pissed about drive-by shootings! Oliver gets pissed and wants to kill a drug kingpin that had him tortured! Oliver gets pissed after being framed as a terrorist by the U.S. government as part of a ridiculously convoluted plot to heavily militarize the Panama Canal! Also, apparently, Shado r*ped Oliver during their second meeting? (Of course, the book in no way frames it as a r*pe.)

It's all just anger, cynicism, and violence, with absolutely no sense of reflection as to the root causes of the problems it's railing against. Drug dealers are inhuman monsters, teenagers are violent hoodlums... it's all about dehumanizing the "bad guys" so that you don't question why they do the things they do. The romance between Dinah and Oliver is the only real positive respite, but it's constantly undercut by tragedy and angst.

Overall, though, I think the weirdest and most alienating choice this volume makes has to be framing Oliver Queen, former rabble-rousing leftist firebrand and anti-authoritarian, is framed by Dinah Lance as some sort of unquestioning super-patriot. "He loves this country more than anyone I know... because he loves the dream it was built on." WHAT?! The guy who called cops "blue fascists" and would almost certainly have had a thing or two to say about the slave-owning founding fathers?

This is it. I'm done with this crap.

[Nate]

This volume contains the longest arc to date, a continuous story spanning six issues that sees Ollie framed and on the run. A lot happens here: Ollie dealing psychologically with his situation (and other recent events), Eddie Fyres covering his ground, the media circus surrounding Ollie, and Dinah meeting Shado for the first time. There’s even an issue told from the perspective of another character that works quite well, given its (relative) break in the action. So, this is significant turning point for the series. If it wasn’t apparent already, Grell now has an end goal for his run. He’s done an excellent job pacing the series so far, placing the two-parters and longer arcs where they need to be, with clear character growth along the way. Ollie, Dinah, and Shado, all experience changes in this book that set the stage for later stories. It’s let down somewhat by a rushed and exposition-heavy ending, but I really enjoyed this arc.

Also included here are two stories that take on environmental harm and gang warfare, respectively. The former stands out for gorgeous Dan Jurgens art, while the second has some good, if disturbing moments for Ollie and Dinah. The two-parters usually take on social issues and strike a fine balance between being overtly PSA and character-driven. It’s a tough line to walk, but I’d say Grell manages it.

[Shaun Stanley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Green Arrow Vol. 5 Black Arrow collects issues 29-38 of the series written by Mike Grell with art by Dan Jurgens and Dick Giordano.

In this volume of Green Arrow we have Oliver Queen investigating a cover up of an oil tanker that has run around in Alaska, battling Seattle drug dealers, and running from federal agents when it is believed Oliver has blown up an American vessel in the Panama Canal.

There are some absolutely fantastic arcs in this volume of Green Arrow. I especially liked the arc dealing with a fantasy version of Exxon Valdez disaster. The Black Aarow saga was also some amazing plotting and storytelling by Grell that weaved a story of espionage, backstabbing, and revenge. The art and colors in this volume are fantastic and vibrant and hold-up to today's standards.

[Zachary King · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Mike Grell run shows no signs of stopping! After Ollie is enraged by an oil spill, he finds himself in Dinah's shoes after he gets in over his head, loses his edge, and then finds himself embroiled in a frame-up job at the Panama Canal. Very political volume, but perfectly consistent with the character. Jurgens appears again, and Rick Hoberg joins the art team. Grell's breakneck plotting doesn't let up, and the book is a true page-turner.

[TK · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the way Oliver reads something upsetting in the news and is just like "ARGH! I'm going to go do something about it!" And then he does. But I love it in a 2-star-review-this-is-ridiculous-roll-my-eyes kind of way.

[Nicolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice to see Black Canary get some play and it was interesting to see how a traumatic incident that mirrors what happened in Longbow Hunters affects the characters. Though I liked the interplay between Canary and Shado, I didn't particularly enjoy the Black Arrow arc.

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mucho sucede en este libro. Dinah brilla como nunca lo ha hecho (en la serie) y no deja de conmoverme la devoción que tiene ella por Oliver y viceversa. He leido comics en mi vida donde hay muchas paginas donde sucede poco, pero puedo decir que en esa serie no hay desperdicios.

[dude · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Graham · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art goes downhill in the latter half of the volume, and with it some of the storytelling. Not the best sample of this era of Green Arrow.

[Holger Haase · Rating 2 out of 5]

Must admit I wasn't too familiar with the Green Arrow before reading this volume but when I read up about this afterwards was surprised that these are indeed some highly acclaimed stories cause.... well, I thought this was one of the lamest heroes in a while.

Yes, funny, that the writer hated the Green Arrow name so much that apart from the covers the character is never named that way in the actual stories. But apart from that there wasn't all that much going for it.

The first story is some eco-warrior plot with pretty much unintelligible ending that features only very little Green Arrow involvement. Second story has more of him but he's pretty much ineffective and ends up tortured and in need for rescue. Third story has him wingeing to a psychoanalyst about the torture experience. And last not least, the Black Arrow story line just shows him as being one of the dumbest superheroes around and falling for a totally ridiculous premise that ultimately makes him an internationally hunted terrorist.

The supporting cast is way more interesting and the comic even features some surprising glimpses of nudity. May return to the Green Arrow if I find more volumes in the bargain bin but else may not be too pushed.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another solid volume from Mike Grell's run. The short Exxon-Valdez inspired story at the beginning wasn't great, but the rest of the book goes back full circle and deals with the emotional fallout from Grell's very first story arc. This stuff I loved . As usual, the use of silent panels heightens the emotional and visceral impact and the art is uniformly excellent.

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can find my spoiler-free review here:
https://www.nerdinthenoke.com/2018/12...

[Chris W · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mike Grell's best since Longbow Hunters and Hunter's Moon. This is dark, heavy socio-political matter along with lots happening to both Green Arrow and Black Canary with this volume. It's captivating, bleak, but also carries a realistic tone that adds a lot of weight, danger and vulnerability to the characters. I enjoyed this volume a lot

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this volume of comics. It was the first Green Arrow comic I've read, but not the first comic. I learned some new things about Oliver Queen, and am interested in reading the rest of this series.

[Richard Harrison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always like Green Arrow as a political figure and Grell's portrayal of him involved in spy drama always seemed an interesting way to go with the character. This collection wasn't as good as the previous few but still solid work.

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Quinto tomo del Green Arrow de Mike Grell.

[Elise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some heartbreaking stuff in this volume. And also Dinah had some very cringey dialogue which really bothered me. Throughout the series I have enjoyed how Grell plays with the narrators. I especially enjoyed the "fairytale" narration and the coyote narration in this collection.