Written by: Joshua Williamson, Chris Condon
Art by: Amancay Nahuelpan,Montos
Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr.,Adriano Lucas
Letters by: Troy Peteri, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover art by: Taurin Clarke
Cover price: $3.99
Release date: October 23, 2024
Green Arrow #17, by DC Comics on 10/23/24, gives readers two stories for the price of one. Ollie ties up loose ends resulting from his place in the Absolute Power event, and he soon finds himself on the trail of a revenge killer who murders corrupt executives.
Is Green Arrow #17 Good?
Given the transitional nature of Green Arrow #17, this issue ain't half bad. The two-part anthology gives Joshua Williamson a space to say goodbye to his run with a cleanup story while Chris Condon steps into the title to tease what he has planned for the Emerald Archer. While not perfect, Green Arrow fans will have a lot to like in this issue.
Trial By Justice
Oliver Queen cycles through a series of vignettes in the aftermath of Absolute Power to tie up loose ends, face the consequences of his actions, and figure out what he needs to do next.
First, Ollie hunts down the Peacemakers to ensure they don't skirt justice for their participation in Amanda Waller's schemes. After Ollie drops the pair off in jail, he visits Waller to remind her that she won't get away with any notions of payback.
Second, heads to the new Watchtower to face the music for betraying everyone while he goes deep undercover. After a rousing "I did what needed to be done" speech, the JL welcomes Ollie back without complaint. The JL may not completely trust Ollie, but they understand.
Last, Ollie pays a quick visit to Inter-Meds (likely a subsidiary of Bruno Manheim's InterGang) to put an end to their scheme to gouge medical patients who need life-saving medicines.
In all, Joshua Williamson's cleanup story ties up the loose ends and clarifies Ollie's status quo after Absolute Power. Ollie's return to the Justice League feels a little too easy, but the story gets the job done.
But of course, Williamson couldn't leave the title without making one more continuity blip. When Ollie pays Waller a visit in prison, she has full memory of Green Arrow's identity and his family. At the end of Absolute Power, Dreamer blocks Waller's memories to prevent her from knowing any superhero's true identity. C'est la vie.
A Change Of Scenery
Ollie settles into a partner for some time and space away from his family to get his head together after Absolute Power. When he enters his new digs, Ollie finds a box containing a new costume made by Dinah. The deliverer of the box? Batman. Ollie and Batman exchange cordial but tense words over Ollie's temporary betrayal, ending with Batman's promise to keep an eye on Ollie until he earns his trust back.
Meanwhile, a wealthy executive returns to his apartment to find a small box waiting. The box contains incriminating evidence about a dumping site he authorized. Suddenly, he's knocked out from a blow to the head. When the executive wakes up, he's force-fed contaminated water from the dumping site by a masked individual.
The short ends with Ollie mocking Batman's speech while trying out his new suit and a dead executive.
Chris Conrad's entry into the Big 2 shows promise with a grounded, back-to-basics thriller. The nature of the crime is very Batman-esque and basic in nature, so the big question is whether or not Condon gets Ollie's voice correct. Thankfully, he does. I'm looking forward to seeing what Condon does with Ollie.
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Final Thoughts
Green Arrow #17 gives readers two stories for the price of one when Joshua Williamson cleans up his loose ends before departing the tile, and Chris Condon teases what's to come as the new writer. Both stories capture the heart of what makes Ollie unique, and Condon's prelude story appears very promising.8/10
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Didn't this issue basically imply that this whole series up to this point is kinda pointless??? After all this trouble we went to and all the plot holes we endured only for Ollie to go live alone for a while to "get his head straight" whatever that means, just cheapens and invalidates all these issues. (At least if the plan is a solo run with just GA and no one else for some time). Look I definitely get that the cast was over crowded and I was one of the people continously criticising the character dynamics but that was a failure of writing, not that we should scrap the whole idea. We barely even tried since we dealt mostly with filler fights to pass the time and gather the members around. Of course some members could feature only occasionally like Arrowette or Red Canary (or whatever she is called) and definitely Jade but Roy, Mia, Connor, Lian and Emiko? Those are Ollie's family and the whole point was him being there for them from now on.( an Ollie, Roy and Lian story arc for example)At least they should be featured in turn from story arc to arc. So this felt like a waste of time to get back where we started at start of Rebirth or new 52 and a regression of a series that wasn't going well to begin with. Basically not nearly as high as the score of this review, a 5 at best but probably lower.
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