This book, all around, is just fantastic. First of all, Andy Diggle is tremendous at these types of stories. He brings in to focus every nuance of Ollie's dilemma when he becomes trapped on this island. The character becomes very believable. Secondly, Jock's art is . . . . off the hook. I mean look at that cover. Honestly . . that's suitable for framing. Think about it really. Who out there doesn't know the story of Ollie Queen, or Green Arrow? If they don't know the whole story, they at least know pretty much what it's all about. So there's nothing really new here. But, somehow, Andy and Jock make it exciting and original. Even the coloring is tremendous. There's this scene on page 4, where Ollie is waking up on the beach, and the whole scene is this tremendously bright color. Which is probably all you would see, waking up in this situation, seeing the sand and the sun, being in the heat, and starving and thirsty. It conveyed the whole message. Even without the words on the page, you'd be able to put together the situation just by the art. The lines and the colors. On the final pages, Ollie here's a plane flying overhead. He's hoping to get rescued. But he soon finds out that these are probably the same people that took out the little village, and it's people. And by the gunfire it's apparent that they don't want to leave any survivors behind. Like I said it's a story that pretty much everyone knows. But we have to give serious props to Andy and Jock for making it so exciting and fresh. That's a sign of somebody that's a master of their craft.
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