r/GreenArrow

Been working my way through a big DC master reading order and have started in on my Green arrow reading with post-crisis. Have had a decent time with it so far (shado is bit uh well you know), but I really like the take on the more vigilantism focused stories (and how that can even be a bit uncomfortable when you think about it) and I think it just has really good edge without falling into cringe like many other books in the era did.

Curious to see what other people thought of it?

Ok folks lets talk about it

How sis everyone like the first issue?

Image courtesy DC (DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH 2017/DC SHOWCASE 2010)

IK we had a crossover with these two around three years ago titled Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target, which was phenomenally written and really fun; but the fact that we never had them team up in the mainstream prior to that one Season 02 episode of Batman: The Brave & The Bold still irritates me. At this point, unless there's another continuity reboot coming or James Gunn incorporates it OR BOTH (cause the plan is for his universe to become the mainstream), IDK if we'll get another team-up with these two.

If I were involved with DC back when the Rebirth was still ongoing, I would have had the two of them team-up almost indefinitely and combine their runs till the continuity reset. A hot take?? Might be.....let me know

Ahead of the debut of the comic book series Absolute Green Arrow at your local comic shop on May 20, publisher DC Comics has announced plans to go back to press on the first issue for a second printing. While DC isn't saying publicly that the first printing has sold out at the distributor level (yet?), all signs point to that.

According to sources familiar with the situation, the print run of Absolute Green Arrow #1 wasn't paltry — in fact, it is larger than the first print run of Absolute Batman #1, a series which is now the line's highest seller — and has been the best-selling comic book in the superhero space since its launch in October 2024. Absolute Batman #1 has gone back for multiple printings meaning the number of physical copies out there is ultimately (or would that be absolutely?) bigger than the first printing or Absolute Green Arrow's.

Absolute Green Arrow #1's first printing was over 300,000 copies according to our sources, which at its cover price of $4.99 would mean that there is over $1.4 million in Absolute Green Arrow #1 pre-orders ahead of its May 20 debut... and that's just the first printing, and only printed comics for that matter.

Read on: http://thepopverse.com/comics-absolute-green-arrow-1-second-printing-continuation-question

I recently finished Green Arrow: Year One from Andy Diggle and Jock, and now I’m looking for more Green Arrow runs to read. Any recommendations are helpful, thank you!

Wanna read percy rebirth so I asked ai gemini if the politics of this run is wrriten well (before I head into it) and that was his response

From a purely literary and analytical perspective, no, the politics in Benjamin Percy’s run are not considered "good" political criticism.While the run succeeded as a fast-paced superhero action book, critics, reviewers, and fans generally agree that its social and political commentary completely lacked depth, nuance, and structural insight.The political critique fails to land effectively due to three core structural issues:1. It Attacks Symptoms, Not SystemsGood political fiction (like Chris Condon’s Fresh Water Kills or Denny O'Neil's work) explores how laws, economics, and institutional systems crush everyday people. Percy’s run completely avoids this complexity.The Problem: Instead of examining how white-collar crime or financial systems actually exploit the public, Percy shifts the blame onto a secret, literal cult of disfigured devil-worshippers (The Ninth Circle).The Flaw in the Criticism: By turning systemic corporate corruption into a cartoonish "evil monster" problem, the story completely loses its real-world critical edge. You aren't reading a critique of capitalism; you're just watching an archer fight monsters who happen to own a bank.2. It Uses "Buzzword Dialogue" Instead of Real ArgumentRather than letting a political message emerge naturally from the plot, Percy forces characters to speak in transparent, real-world political slogans.The Bad Guys: The corporate villains and right-wing political stand-ins speak like caricatures designed entirely to be wrong. They deliver villain monologues that explicitly spell out why they hate the poor, leaving no room for subtext.The Good Guys: Green Arrow frequently uses internet activist slang to lecture his enemies. As reviewers noted at the time on platforms like Bleeding Cool, the book often feels like it "thinks it's a lot smarter and deeper than it actually is." It tells the reader exactly what to think rather than allowing them to feel the weight of the injustice.3. It Offers Shallow, Naive SolutionsA great political story forces the hero to confront the fact that some problems cannot simply be punched away. Percy's run handles solutions with a heavy hand.The "Billionaire Savior" Paradox: Oliver spends the whole run yelling about how evil the 1% is, but the final solution to the city's problems is simply Oliver winning his money back and funding progressive welfare programs.The Flaw: The book critiques massive wealth disparity but concludes that a "good billionaire" throwing money at a problem fixes society. It fails to offer any meaningful critique of the structures that allowed those problems to exist in the first place.The Verdict on the CriticismThe political commentary in this run functions as surface-level catharsis rather than intelligent criticism. If you already agree with Percy's real-world political views, it can feel satisfying to see Green Arrow punch a Donald Trump surrogate or a corrupt banker. However, if you are looking for an analytical, well-crafted critique of modern society, the execution is heavy-handed and lacks genuine substance.

Do you agree?

If this is truly the case , Idk if i wanna read that honestly

(BTW I've read all the green arrow comics from Dennis o'neil up to this point)