GREEN ARROW #12 Written by Benjamin Percy Art by Otto Schmidt Published by DC Comics Release Date: December 7, 2016 The Emerald Archer’s life in Seattle is…complicated. Percy and Schmidt go highly political with this issue, bringing real world issues into Seattle and smashing them head-on into Green Arrow’s vigilante life. When I say political,…
Review: GREEN ARROW #11
GREEN ARROW #11 Written by Benjamin Percy Art by Juan Ferreyra Published by DC Comics Release Date: November 16, 2016 An assassin! A bullet train! World peace at stake! Just another day for Green Arrow, Black Canary and Diggle. Benjamin Percy has done a great job of turning Green Arrow into a James Bond/Mission: Impossible…
Review: GREEN ARROW #9
GREEN ARROW #9 Written by Benjamin Percy Art by Stephen Byrne Published by DC Comics Release Date: October 19, 2016 After the steamiest moments in superhero comics this year, Arrow & Canary search the island to find Diggle and get the hell off the rock. Naturally, they find something bizarre and are stuck in something…
Review: GREEN ARROW #6
GREEN ARROW #6 Written by Benjamin Percy Art by Stephen Byrne Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 7, 2016 This one’s all Emi….and it’s one of the best issues in this series yet. Green Arrow has been a gem in the Rebirth lineup, the strongest the title has been since Lemire and Sorrentino had…
30 Comics, 30 Words: August 2016
Summer’s coming to a close but the wild world of comics never stops coming at us. Nikki Powers and I are back with 30 more single-word reviews of 30 different comics released in the month of August, and despite all odds we’re still managing to not overlap words. If you missed last month’s first edition…
Review: GREEN ARROW #5
GREEN ARROW #5 Written by Benjamin Percy Art by Juan Ferreyra Published by DC Comics Release Date: August 17, 2016 The opening arc of Green Arrow: Rebirth ends here. Black Canary held captive. Emiko a betrayer. Diggle begrudgingly at Oliver’s side. And the entire Queen fortune (and more) about to sail away or sink to…
Review: GREEN ARROW #4
GREEN ARROW #4 Written by Benjamin Percy Art by Juan Ferreyra, Nate Piekos Published by DC Comics Release Date: August 3, 2016 On first glance flipping through Green Arrow #4, it appears that the main plot is Arrow and Diggle squaring off. Writer Benjamin Percy and artist Juan Ferreyra quickly remind readers that there is…
30 Comics, 30 Words: July 2016
You know what’s an interesting task? Summing up an entire comic book with a single word. Because Nikki Powers and I are insane, we teamed up for this new column, “30 Comics, 30 Words”. This column will drop on the last day of each month, and will feature 30 comics, each described by a single…
Review: GREEN ARROW #2
GREEN ARROW #2 Written by Benjamin Percy Art by Otto Schmidt and Nate Piekos Published by DC Comics Release Date: July 6, 2016 The buzz on Green Arrow coming out of Rebirth has been unavoidable and, for anyone who has sampled this comic can attest, contagious. I tried to resist, truly, I did. Then I…
HOT FIVE: Week of July 6, 2016
Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market. BATMAN #2 Written…