Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters | Mike Grell’s Transformative Masterpiece

Mike Grell’s ambitious run on Green Arrow set the standard for the character. One that writers still struggle to match, today. He submerges the hero and his girlfriend, Black Canary, into a seedy pit of lies and deceit.
Oliver Queen’s embrace of street-level crime brought the character into the limelight for the first time. Grell’s focus on the character, not the mythos made his tenure on the book truly prestigious. Longbow Hunters starts off that incredible run with three intense, beautifully drawn issues of Green Arrow and Black Canary forcefully adjusting to middle age, and a dark, unfamiliar world.

[@zuffin1864]

Anything Mike Grell touched back then was at the very least, beautiful. Here the story seems better than ever, i'm definitely hunting this down

[@jd5100]

So Cool seeing you give your take on a western comic and green arrow at that 👏🏾😎

[@KeroRiripaddo]

Hey, thank you for watching! I’m going to add comic reviews to my channel from here on out. Love Green Arrow. Such an underrated hero.

[@RLucas3000]

@@KeroRiripaddo I love Mike Grell, especially his Legion of Super Heroes work. FYI (for your information): Black Canary’s first name is not pronounced Dee-nah, but rather Die-nah. (Like Dinah Shore, but I’m sure that’s too old a reference for you. She had a famous talk show in the early 70s, but the only trace of her celebrity left today is a women’s golf tournament named after her.)

[@KeroRiripaddo]

Hey, thanks for watching and that bit of history. My aunties names is Dinah and pronounced as it is in the video, so that’s my only frame of reference.

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

GOOD retrospective on these titles,completely forgot about it. You're the only comic channel I've come across who's done a study on the LBH. Some comic fans may not like Grell's art,but,I do. Wonder if you'd do a retro-review on his old title-THE-WARLORD.

[@KeroRiripaddo]

Thank you for watching my video. I love Grell’s work. I think he’s one of the greatest from his era. I haven’t gotten through all of the Warlord, but I’ll add it to my list. Appreciate the kind words. Thanks!

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

@@KeroRiripaddo You're welcome,I enjoy your videos and thanks for adding The Warlord to your list.