Green Arrow: The Archer's Quest - Softcover

Meltzer, Brad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401275400 ISBN 13: 9781401275402

Publisher: Dc Comics, 2018

Synopsis

The #1 New York Times best-selling novelist Brad Meltzer makes his DC Comics debut alongside the acclaimed art team of Phil Hester and Ande Parks in GREEN ARROW: THE ARCHER’S QUEST.
 
With a second chance at life, Oliver Queen has some unfinished business. Green Arrow must find the lost treasures of his first life, to preserve his past and discover what his new life means. Roy Harper, his former ward, now known as Arsenal, joins him as they cross the country, encountering the likes of the Shade, Solomon Grundy, and even the pathetic Cat-Man! Along the way, Ollie finds out what is truly important to him...

About this title

About the Author:

Brad Meltzer is a name that is instantly synonymous with the term "creative visionary." Raised in Brooklyn and Miami, this graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School, he is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of THE BOOK OF FATE, as well as the bestsellers THE TENTH JUSTICE, DEAD EVEN, THE FIRST COUNSEL, THE MILLIONAIRES, and THE ZERO GAME. He is also co-creator of the TV show Jack & Bobby  -- and the author of the critically acclaimed comic books IDENTITY CRISIS and GREEN ARROW: THE ARCHER'S QUEST. He got 24 rejection letters for his true first novel, which still sits on his shelf -- published by Kinko's. The first comic book Brad ever read was JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #150 (1978). He was seven years old. Needless to say, it changed his life. Brad currently lives in Florida with his wife and his comic book collection.

From Publishers Weekly:

Green Arrow died. Then he came back to life. But in the meantime, the Shade dropped the ball on a job Green Arrow had asked him to take care of in the event of his death: gathering various artifacts to protect Green Arrow's identity (and, by extension, his family and friends). So the reborn superhero and his old sidekick, Speedy, now known as Arsenal, embark on "The Archer's Quest," gathering those artifacts and taking several trips down memory lane. Crime novelist Meltzer (The Millionaires; The Zero Game) does a good job of giving the Emerald Archer some depth in this installment, but it isn't the quest structure that does it-it's Meltzer's tongue-in-cheek dialogue and the excellent rapport between Green Arrow and Arsenal that reveal more of the character than usually meets the eye in DC Comics' stories. If anything, the contrived search for various mementos of his career detracts from Meltzer's intimate depiction. For one thing, if Green Arrow is alive, why does he need to collect what he wanted destroyed in the event of his death? For another, most of the relics give no indication of his identity-so why were they to be destroyed in the first place? But Meltzer's humor almost makes up for it. Hester and Parks continue to give Green Arrow a fresh, cartoony feel that is just right for the kind of story Meltzer is telling: while it doesn't take itself too seriously, it's bold and exciting.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dc Comics
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1401275400
• ISBN 13: 9781401275402
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• Illustrator: Hester Phil, Parks Ande