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Green Arrow: Heading Into The Light by Judd Winick, Ron Gareny, Tom Fowler and Paul Lee
01/02/2007 . Source: Geoff Willmetts 
Pub: Titan Books. 160 page graphic novel. Price: £ 8.99 (UK). ISBN: 1-84576-344-0. Buy Green Arrow: Heading Into The Light in the USA - or Buy Green Arrow: Heading Into The Light in the UK  check out website: www.titanbooks.com and www.dccomics.com
I've always had some misgivings about the Green Arrow. That distinctive blonde moustache and goatee beard matched with a small domino mask and hat, which he tends to lose, isn't going to make it tough to identify him amongst the rich vigilantes on DC Earth. Is it any wonder that in the 'Infinite Crisis' book where he has Zatanna rob Dr. Light of any memory of the JLA's secret identities that this particular villain would seek vengeance when he gets it back. One could readily say it wouldn't be tough to identify that rich Oliver Queen was Green Arrow anyway which would immediately identify who the rest of his team are, including the new Speedy, Mia Dearden, his son Connor Hawke or even his previous side-kick, Roy Harper aka Arsenal. Dr. Light enlists several foes to take them out and trash Star City into the bargain.
Another problem the emerald archer has is that unlike others in the super-hero stakes, he isn't a meta-human. Indeed, his bow only really comes into its own at long range and is continually out-matched throughout this book. That's not to say that he doesn't give a good account of himself and in some instances, as with the Mirror Master, some intelligent strategy to beat him. However, the odds aren't good and Green Arrow sees his world tumbling down around him.
Can't say more than that without giving the plot away. This is a very tightly plotted story that becomes a page turner. Quite how readers of the original mini-series had to wait a month between issues only they can decide. Collected in one volume, though, you better make sure you have a couple hours to read it in.
The art is a little variable in places as it switches between artists and although they are listed together there is no indication of who to blame any inconsistency on. I have to confess that I pay more attention to the story I'm reading than the original creators. If I didn't do that then you chaps aren't doing your job correctly. Saying that, the change in appearance of Killer Frost is more jarring in a collective than it would have been in individual issues.
Having said that, this makes for an interesting volume with only one question: What happens next?
GF Willmetts
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