Wait… what? Didn’t we JUST drop the “/Black Canary” title to give Ollie his title back again? I’m confused.
Well, apparently in June, they’re going to relaunch the entire book with issue #1. This week, issue #31 just came out, and issue #32 has been solicited for April… so this is a tad confusing to say the least. But, of course, it does all tie-in with the love it or hate it Rise And Fall event spinning into Justice League and the current Green Arrow title.
“This is it! We’ve been saying for awhile now that 2010 was going to be big for Green Arrow, and you can’t get much bigger than this. As we put together the story for the Fall of Green Arrow and developed where he was going to end up and what Ollie’s life was going to be like, we knew it was truly a new beginning. A BRIGHTEST DAY beginning at that!
In the wake of the turmoil in Star City, the people need someone in their corner more now than ever. Most of those in power, be it business or government, are looking for ways to exploit the situation to their advantage. The city is rife with crime and corruption of epic proportions and it’s only getting worse. But all is not lost. Oliver Queen’s got his quiver. Now, it’s time for Green Arrow to move into the role he was always meant to be – outlaw for the people.
For this relaunch, Eddie and Adam and the guys at DC have put together the best team possible to make Ollie shine like never before. Diogenes Neves and Vicente Cifuentes killed on the Black Lantern Green Arrow special and we knew they were the guys to relaunch the Emerald Archer. And don’t even get me started on the cover work by Mauro Casciolli. I’m so happy to finally share it with the rest of the world – because it’s been my screen saver ever since I saw it. Now THAT’S Green Arrow!!!”
Hmm. I’m still confused about the whole title relaunch thing. It seems like a marketing ploy to me, which is fine I suppose. It helps bring in new readers to the title ready to start a Green Arrow book at the ground floor. However, what happens to the current book that Krul is writing? Does that just disappear, or does it revert to the team up book between Arrow and Canary? Does it just fall to the wayside, or does it have something to do with a plot point that hasn’t been revealed yet?
Either way, I’ll continue reading. Krul is a pretty good writer, and those that grabbed the Blackest Night special issue saw how good that was. Granted, the Justice League special by Krul was pretty awful, but I’m willing to look past that. It’s still a decent book, and I’m excited for the Green Arrow to become relevant again. I was never a fan of the whole team-up book between him and Canary. So I’ll be happy to pick up issue #1 just as much as I would have already been buying issue #33. I just don’t really get the whole “point” of the relaunch in this scenario.
