Green Arrow and Black Canary #3 - DC

This is another book that I'm really coming to look forward to every month. Judd Winick did a fantastic job with the Green Arrow solo series, and, I actually think, he's doing an even better job with this one. His characterizations and interactions are spot on. Add to that Cliff Chiang's pencils, and this is going to be another hit of 2008. But, I also have to say, I don't particularly like the way this one ends. But more on that
later. Dinah, Connor and Mia have come to Themyscria to rescue Ollie. The current queen of the island . . . I'm not sure where Hippolyta is . . . wants Dinah to train her new recruits. Her furies. So, to that end, they put together this elaborate plan to try to bring Dinah in to their fold. They replace Ollie with Everyman. He was supposed to pose as him for a month. Then they would kill him in front of her. In her mourning they were hoping that she would relinquish the world of man, and come to them out of solace. I know. A sketchy plan at most. Anyways, the plan got blown because Everyman couldn't perform. What I mean is, on their wedding night, Everyman couldn't perform, so he was afraid Dinah would've become suspicious. Which she did. So now, in order to keep everyone busy while Connor is trying to rescue Ollie, Dinah has to prove her fortitude to those that she's going to be training. Needless to say, they pull off the rescue, and all escape unscathed. But, there's still a few things they don't know about how things went down. First of all the whole thing was put together by Desaad and Granny Goodness. She was the one posing as the new Amazon Queen. Secondly, they also wanted Everyman to infiltrate the Justice League. And also, they already have other people on the inside of the super-hero community. But we don't know who they are yet. As they're escaping the island, I guess, they decide they're not done with the Arrow family yet. A shot is fired from the clouds that pierces straight through Connor's chest. On the final page, Ollie is holding a fallen, bloody Connor. What a fantastic ending. This book, and Booster Gold, could just end up in my top 10 for 2008. We'll have to see.