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So this is what Justin Hartley will look like in ten years time.
I don't know how old Ollie is supposed to be here, but I'm thinking (hoping) that with the Wolvie stubble going on on the cover and the shape/shading/stubble in the main art, that Ollie is in his late 30's/very early 40's. Besides, unless Mystery Woman accelerated/retarded individual personal time-lines, Ollie would ordinarily be around that age anyway (he celebrated his 44th birthday at the beginning of Grell's run remember).
Okaay, that's the last I'm saying on Ollie's age.
Anyway, despite the Smallville makeover Ollie's had, I quite liked the way he's been set up. Back to targeting street-level crime and it's causes, there was probably a bit too much action, and not enough character exposition in this issue. That said, while this issue wasn't a particularly good introduction to Oliver Queen, it was a necessary welcome to the nu Green Arrow.
I suppose we all wondered where old Ollie got his 'wonderful toys' pre-reboot; Here we see Ollie has basically copied Nolan-Bruce (assuming he's even aware of Bruce at this point in time) and has basically turned the R+D division of Queen Industries into his own private [non-lethal, (from what I can tell)] gadget manufacturer and mission-support team.
Do I like this new direction? It's too early to tell. One issue-long fight, with very little personal exposition doesn't sit well with me, where Ollie has always been more about him as a person, rather than a guy with a bow and arrows - if I wanted to read an issue-long action scene on a regular basis, I'd 'read' The Punisher.
Last Thought, does the main bad-guy at the end of the issue remind anyone of the King of the Vampires, last seen in Hellblazer #70. He might be British, it's hard to tell with comic accents.
I don't know how old Ollie is supposed to be here, but I'm thinking (hoping) that with the Wolvie stubble going on on the cover and the shape/shading/stubble in the main art, that Ollie is in his late 30's/very early 40's. Besides, unless Mystery Woman accelerated/retarded individual personal time-lines, Ollie would ordinarily be around that age anyway (he celebrated his 44th birthday at the beginning of Grell's run remember).
Okaay, that's the last I'm saying on Ollie's age.
Anyway, despite the Smallville makeover Ollie's had, I quite liked the way he's been set up. Back to targeting street-level crime and it's causes, there was probably a bit too much action, and not enough character exposition in this issue. That said, while this issue wasn't a particularly good introduction to Oliver Queen, it was a necessary welcome to the nu Green Arrow.
I suppose we all wondered where old Ollie got his 'wonderful toys' pre-reboot; Here we see Ollie has basically copied Nolan-Bruce (assuming he's even aware of Bruce at this point in time) and has basically turned the R+D division of Queen Industries into his own private [non-lethal, (from what I can tell)] gadget manufacturer and mission-support team.
Do I like this new direction? It's too early to tell. One issue-long fight, with very little personal exposition doesn't sit well with me, where Ollie has always been more about him as a person, rather than a guy with a bow and arrows - if I wanted to read an issue-long action scene on a regular basis, I'd 'read' The Punisher.
Last Thought, does the main bad-guy at the end of the issue remind anyone of the King of the Vampires, last seen in Hellblazer #70. He might be British, it's hard to tell with comic accents.
Although I did like Mayhew's work on the latest run, Neves lacked a lot when it came to backgrounds.
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