Green Arrow #24 – Chris Condon, Writer; Montos, Artist; Adriano Lucas, Colorist
Ray – 9/10
Ray – 9/10
Ray: The Freshwater Killer was defeated last issue, which makes it surprising that there’s one issue to go – but then, the collective of sick, dying, and grieving people who made up the killers weren’t the actual villains of the arc. Horton Chemicals, the corporation that built homes on a toxic waste dump, is – and Green Arrow is determined they see justice as well. The issue opens with the young man who became the mastermind praying at his mother’s grave for forgiveness as he plans his killing spree, and picks up with Green Arrow visiting him in prison to promise to try to undo the damage he was tangentially linked to. This is a really good example of how to do a villain who’s probably never going to be fully redeemed – he masterminded the killing of multiple people by torture – while still keeping them sympathetic and tragic to the point that the audience understands why their dark turn was inevitable.
And of course, this is personal for Ollie – his turn as the head of Horton was a favor to a friend’s brother after the friend was murdered, but he was never plugged into the day to day corporate stuff – and his name was used to cosign a crime against humanity. This is the most we’ve seen Ollie channel the version from the TV series, carrying out a campaign of revenge against the city’s most corrupt residents. Condon and Montos are obviously very much at home in this genre of storytelling, and there are some great tense scenes here. There are also some lighter ones, although I’m not sure exactly what direction they’re taking Ollie’s link to Detective Benitez, given that they seem to be flirting here and Ollie is still very much together with Black Canary – something that’s driven home when he reunites with several members of his family for chili in the epilogue. Strong arc, very much looking forward to seeing what the creative team has planned for the next chapter.
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