Green Arrow, Volume 6: Moving Targets

Green Arrow (2001) (Collected Editions)

by Judd Winick, Phil Hester, Tom Fowler

Star City's underworld has been taken over by criminal mastermind Brick, and Green Arrow finds taking him down harder than imagined. Brick wants the Emerald Archer out of his way, preferably dead. So does the Riddler, who's back in town and seeking revenge. Adding to the Emerald Archer's troubles is Drakon, the inhumanly agile mercenary, who returns to plague Green Arrow and his comrades. Mia Dearden, Green Arrow's new ward, also experiences new highs and lows--first she gains a costume and sanction as the new Speedy, but she also recieves tragic news that alters her outlook on life.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Crime

Paperback

First published February 1, 2006

About the author

Judd Winick is an American cartoonist, comic book writer, screenwriter, and former reality television personality known for his diverse contributions to storytelling across multiple media. He first entered the public eye in 1994 as a cast member on The Real World: San Francisco, where he formed a close friendship with AIDS educator Pedro Zamora, an experience that deeply influenced his later work. Winick memorialized their bond in Pedro and Me, a critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel that earned several literary awards and became a staple in school curricula.

Winick's career in comics took off with The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius and continued with major runs at DC Comics, including Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Batman. His stories often explored socially relevant themes, such as HIV, homophobia, and identity. He was recognized for introducing gay characters and tackling difficult subjects with empathy and clarity. His work on Batman notably included resurrecting the character Jason Todd as the Red Hood, a storyline later adapted into the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood, for which Winick wrote the screenplay.

Beyond comics, he created The Life and Times of Juniper Lee for Cartoon Network and served as head writer for Hulu's The Awesomes. In 2015, he launched the Hilo series, an all-ages sci-fi adventure inspired by his own children. The bestselling series has been widely praised and is expected to reach its eleventh volume in 2025.

Winick lives in San Francisco with his wife, Pam Ling, also a Real World alum, and their two children. He continues to create heartfelt and imaginative stories for audiences of all ages.

Reviews

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty big ass volume! But it works because it's actually a pretty important one.

So we find out poor Mia has aids. It's not a huge twist or anything, it's part of the actual story. Before dealing with that though we have a new player in town. His name is Brick and he's a nasty piece of shit, but not as stupid as the general scum around the city. He plans it all out, even setting up a plan that Green Arrow has trouble dealing with. On top of that we also deal with the return of Daken, the master warrior, after he finds Roy Harper, the old speedy.

Good: The issues dealing with Mia and her coming out as a person LIVING with HIV is pretty powerful and strong stuff. People react and talk to her in a realistic way instead of this feeling like a after school special on safe sex. I also thought they didn't try to make it over the top and worked well to give Mia even more character development. Brick is a cool villain too and him outmanuvering Oliver and co was great. Also the one on one fight was a blast.

Bad: The last few issues kind of feel rushed and not that interesting. There's moments, especially with the Riddler.

Overall a great volume and Judd Winick is easily becoming one of my favorite DC writers. I want to read more and more from him! A 4 out of 5.

[Shaun Stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Green Arrow Vol. 6 Moving Targets collects issues 40-50 of the series written by Judd Winnick and art by Phil Hester and Tom Fowler.

Star City has a new criminal underworld boss in Brick, a gangster with impenetrable skin. Mia, Olliver Queen's newest ward, takes up the mantle of Speedy but learns some horrible news.

Another steady volume of Green Arrow. It seems they are setting up Brick to be a longtime adversary in this volume as he gains power and control of the underworld. Mia's arc deal some real-world issues of the sex slave industry and it really tugs at the heart strings. Tom Fowler takes over the art halfway through this volume which is took me some getting used to.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one got really dark and brought the book into reality with the situation regarding Mia, but we also got superhero action as they battled Brick and the Riddler. This is pretty good read as we are exploring the characters as three dimensional rather than just comic book heroes.

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

After the terrible battle of last volume Mia deeply evolves when she's diagnosed Hiv positive.

This issue is very skillfully handled by Winick and leads Mia to be at last acknowledged by GA as an official sidekick, taking Roy's name as Speedy. Good idea since a new local kingpin takes over Star City gang related activities in the aftermath of the aforementioned battle. 4* for this one.

Alas, Phil Hester and Ande Parks leave the series after this first part and the new team (Tom Fowler/Rodney Ramos) just doesn't play in the same league (Eric Battle issue was ok though).
Coincidentally, this is when the second part is much more muddled, with among others the improbable Duke of oil (and I thought "Ten fingers" was a stupid character!) and a rather confused plot. The would-be-Franck-Miller ending doesn't help much. This one rates 2/3*.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a great read and story. They handled Mia's health diagnosis with grace I feel like. The reason this gets 4 stars is because they switched artists half way through this collection and it just got way too distracting.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection was a mixed bag. The first was extremely good. The second half was poor. In this first half Oliver deals with the newcomer, Brick, who is handling organized crime in a different way. He's vicious and obvious. Then Mia has to deal with her past life and the consequences are severe. It was all very good, especially how the Green team dealt with Mia's news. The second half, with some subpar art by Tom Fowler had some underwhelming villains and then some strange choices by those villains. Overall, the book is decent but its worth the read due to the first half alone.

[শিফাত মহিউদ্দিন · Rating 4 out of 5]

ভাল! জুড উইনিকের গল্প বেশ ভাল লাগছে।

[Amna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Winick's Ollie continues to be insufferable. The Mia-focused story saves this.

[Sydney Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

ollie talking ab how he loves living in a normal house and then it IMMEDIATELY getting blown up was so funny to me

[kirsten · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm mostly giving this four stars for how it handles Mia's storyline in the first half. Mia is one of my favourite minor comic book characters and I really wish there was more of her. Her story could have been horrible but it was dealt with in a respectful and meaningful way.

Minus a star for the changing artists. Though to be fair almost anything is a downgrade after Hester and Parks, especially after they've done 40+ issues.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read,I really like Green Arrow's character, though I'd never heard of him until the TV series si this was a good start for me. The artwork was great with nice,easy to read colours. There were also a few tragedies in this story, what with the the new "Speedy's" origin story and Roy(aka, Arsenal) getting stabbed in the shoulder. Great book, loved it. 4 stars. :D

[Nicolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This ends of being a pretty pivotal volume in this swell run. It's not without flaws, but definitely one you don't want to miss. I like what Mia brings out of Oliver. She is a good addition to the character.

We discussed this run, plus the Green Arrow's complicated history in a special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/ep...

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the first half of this collection a lot, then the art switched and it took a second to get used to. This is a really good story, with the evolution of Mia's character at the forefront. Overall good, but the switch of art was a little jarring. Great writing.

[Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art after Hester and Parks leaves is a big let down. That's the missing star there. It's hard to have a team like that leave and worse when they leave in the middle of a collection so that the new art suffers from the immediate switch.

[Rob McMonigal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as strong as the others, but still worth reading. See my review here: http://trebro.livejournal.com/268876....

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good character piece, Brick and the Riddler are truely frightening. The way it handles Mia's circumstances should be applauded.

[LBK · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just love these

[~Cyanide Latte~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

[REVIEW TO COME LATER UPON RE-READ.]

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Teen Titans ftwwwwwwwww.