Man . . . what a book. I knew this was going to be good, but . . . . wow! Judd Winick writes it, he was also the writer on the Green Arrow series. And I'll tell you what, the last year or two of that series . . . was incredible. And now we've moved to this title, and he hasn't missed a beat. What a fantastic first issue. Cliff Chiang does the artwork. The style that he used for the Dr. 13 storyline, is the same style he uses here. I really liked Scott McDaniel on the GA series. But I gotta say, I really like Cliff's work here. To recap, Ollie and Dinah got married. However, when they went on their honeymoon, Ollie tried to stab her, and Dinah used one of his arrows to stab him back . . . in the neck. This story picks up a month later. Dinah is convinced that the body she has in cold storage is not Ollie's. But no one, other than Connor wants to believe her. Finally Batman tries to put the who synopsis together, and he's convinced that it doesn't make sense. So he and Doc Midnite do an autopsy. Everything looks right. Except for a small cluster of cells right above the knee. It turns out it's not Ollie. It's actually . . . . Everyman. You know. The shapeshifter from Lex's everyman project. So now they have to find out where he's at. She thinks back about everyone who's contacted her in the l
ast month, and the only one that seems out of place . . . . is the Amazons. "Come join us. Away from this world of men." But now they have to figure out how to get him back. We flash to a scene on Themyscria and we find Ollie locked in a hanging cage. Remember men cannot touch the ground of their island. He's babbling, and they tell him to shut up. To which he replys " . . I'm just telling you, when my wife finds out about this . . . . you big bitches are gonna be in some very deep @#$%!" Cliff Chiang does the variant cover also. And it's definitely worth it. Fantastic book. I'm glad to see we're back on track. I couldn't wait to read this one!
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