Stephen Robinson
Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 5835
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I re-read Grell's GREEN ARROW run recently and was shocked
by how conservative it was. It was clearly of the
1980s/Reagan/Rambo era.
I point this out not to bash conservatism but it is *very*
far removed from the character Denny O'Neil "revamped" in
the 1970s. This was the leftie who went after slumlords.
There was a scene in Grell's run when Oliver explains why
he's Green Arrow and he talks about the criminals who "walk
on technicalities" and who "escape justice." It was closer
to the Punisher than to Denny's Green Arrow.
I thought Denny's Oliver was a natural progression from the
stories he told (losing his fortune, as a start) but Grell's
seemed to come out of nowhere. And it was so clearly John
Sable with a goatee.
BTW, in the quest for "realism," there's nothing realistic
about a costumed vigilante killing perps and not having all
of law enforcement coming after him. And Oliver had no
secret identity at that point!
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I always thought that once Batman
took a life, Jim Gordon would be the first to bring him in.
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