Black Canary #4 - DC

Man . . does Dinah go off this issue. At the end of last issue, she thought that Ollie had his the rope to the dingy, and, as it fell in the water, it was crushed in the propellers of the barge. So now she is . . . . pissed. This also happens to be right around the time when Merlyn shows up. He doesn't know what's going on, but he kills 2 cops on his way to get on the boat. When he finds out Green Arrow dropped the dingy that cause Sin to be killed, he's pissed and ready to take it to Ollie. But Dinah, in a flying leap, blind-sides him. "He's not your problem now . . . I AM!!" And she proceeds to kick the crap out of him. She's really ready to kill him, until Ollie talks her down. "I know he deserves to die. But if you kill him, he can't suffer anymore. is that what you want?" The members of the League of Assassins that are still alive, Ollie lets live. "Go now, or you'll miss your chance. Go home and tell your friends what happened. I want the League to know there's nothing left for you here. And it would be a mistake to ever come back. And forget Merlyn. He belongs to Black Canary now." 3 days later, Ollie finally shows Dinah the letter to her from Sin. Basically it says that she was following Ollie's plan, and she's sorry that she's upset, but she's safe with another Sensei. Conner took her there. She wants to see Dinah, but she wants to wait for a little while until it safe for both of them. So when she finds out that Ollie set all of this up . . . to save Sin . . . knowing that Dinah may never forgive him, even though he really did do the right thing . . . . . she accepts his marriage proposal. I mean we all knew it was going to happen. But . . the way it happened . . . was fantastic. A brilliant story by Tony Bedard. And Mike Norton, Paulo Siqueira and Joe Prado did a great job on the art. Now we have to finish the Green Arrow Year 1 mini, have a couple of wedding specials coming up, and then later this year . . . we get the Green Arrow / Black Canary series. It's going to be by Judd Winick and Cliff Chiang. I can't wait.