HE'S BACK BABY
Green Arrow #17(b) and Green Arrow #18
So, in williamson's story in #17, we get Ollie letting go of money. FINALLY. He's not supposed to be rich.
Now I classify Ollie giving away money in two levels, the gold standard, which is when he donates it(Green Lantern(1960) #87, barely has anything, donates what he can; Green Arrow(1988) #6, donates a money he got that if he spends, it compromises him, he donated it anyway; Legends of the DC Universe #9, sold the company and donated all his money).
The silver standard is when he does get rid of the money, but it ends up being just switching one rich person for other. That's Green Arrow(1983) #4 and now, Green Arrow(2023) #17, since he gave his money to Connor.
In this backup story from #17 we get Ollie going to his new apartment. And as of issue #18, no mention of any job. Is he really jobless? I would like him to get some job. Back to columnist would be great.
In #17 we get our first connection to the 1983 series. Horton Chemicals is mentioned, it's the company he gave to Maxwell Stein. The former CFO of Horton Chemical, Donald Sherman(new character), is killed by this guy who's killing people related to shit the company is involved with, dump sites and poisoning people, y'now.
Back to #17, Batman breaks into Ollie's apartment. Not the first time he has done that at night. Look back into Legends of the Dark Knight #127.
They have an interesting argument, Ollie stands his ground very well and doesn't let Bruce have anything.
Also, Ollie calls Batman this:
He did that in Detective Comics #559. And Chris Condon already confirmed that's the issue he toke it from.
I love this scene. There's this vibe, he recognizes how he doesn't get respect, and then makes a baddas pose. He's standing up. He's not letting it put him down.
Oh, yeah, we get more clear shots of the costume in #18.
I like it. Certainly better than the previous one. I like the opera gloves without any hole. The little cape isn't great. The rest is okay to me.
We get this crazy shot:
Now, notice in the last panel, there's a weird circle line there. I think it's part from the balloon that they forgot to remove in the editing. Wonder if they will pick up on that and fix for the TPB.
Now, for something that really got me.
Ollie and his not giving a shit about the law, baby, yeah.
Of course, I'm not gonna go over the million times he expressed his disdain and not giving a shit about the law. But he did use the word "damn" with "law" before.
Legends of the DC Universe #9
DID YOU READ THIS CONDON? I fucking hope so.
And yeah, I cut off Hal's nonsense from this panel.
Back to the scene, Ollie is on fire. He calls a senator a war criminal to his face and refuses to shake his hand.
Beautiful Ollie.
In the end of the issue we get the cop who's gonna be working with him in this story. Let's hope for heavy conflict, like between him and Cameron.
She throws a flashlight at him.
Anyway, that's it. Great issue, the epilogue was great too.
Ollie's back in high force,(yeah not full force)
And PUT HIM TO WORK, CONDON.