The DC Comic That Saved Green Arrow

And how it made everyone love a hated superhero trope...
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[@andreasm3535]

In my opinion Percy's Rebirth run is the best Green Arrow run ever, 6 volumes of greatness

[@GjordDeLad05]

Yeah It was awesome... Rebirth definitely the best Green Arrow story in my book, Schmit & Feyrerra ( sorry if I misspelled ) arts also what makes it so good. I enjoyed Bensons sister run as well despite the arts, too bad it was sort lived.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Yeah I really love it, also nice pfp lol, 4 years of consistency

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

Lemire run is good. Percy run was cool at times

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

noo they just changed it, makes sense tho Otto Schmitt is iffy

[@Romezguide]

Jeff Lemire’s Run on the new 52 was classic I loved it I have it digitally and Physically

[@cyclone927]

Adolfo Romero jr Sorentinos art whoooo!!!!

[@braydencarter7309]

I love Green Arrow

[@kingbeauregard]

Judd Winick's run is criminally underappreciated. Month after month of solid storytelling, giving us an Arrow family dynamic that stands up to anything before or since. I particularly like the issue where Connor and Roy had a night off and decided to paint the town together (Roy took them to a strip club, Connor took them to a cool indie book store, and they stopped a convenience store robbery together using their different M.O.'s). Just a really good character issue.

[@carn9507]

Yeah I enjoyed his run a lot.

[@mikaelolofsson2852]

I seem to remember that. I think I read everything from the resurection to DC borking up their whole damn universe.

[@rensm7873]

yeah! the Judd Winnick run is awesome!! the whole deal with star City trapped in a magic dome, patrolled by law demons? great! the whole Brick storyline? golden.

[@ryphiusrabenfu5430]

I realy disliked Winnick BEFORE his GA run. But I thoroughly enjoyed him on Green Arrow.

[@melancholiclonging8641]

Ryphius Rabenfuß Winnick’s Under the red hood and Red Hood Lost days is really good

[@octaviomoreno3542]

You are not the emerald archer, you are only his quiver.

[@EyeHeytEwe]

I can't be the only one who sees Captain America before he took the super soldier serum

[@FnRenner]

Damn....damn....lol

[@nftlproductions6047]

Goodbye arrow....

[@clemke36]

Genuinely thrilled you mentioned this run. I loved it thoroughly and it doesn't get mentioned often.

[@rensm7873]

the Judd Winnick run immediately after the Archer's Quest that builds on the Smith and Meltzer stuff is really good as well. Green Arrow is my favorite superhero, and I feel like if a script could capture the actual character we've seen in the comics, not just broody batman analog man, (not Amell's fault, that tv show is poorly written) a pretty great movie could be made about angry self righteous social justice eco warrior Ollie.

[@IamTheBuckethead]

So many good aspects of this character.

[@johnminehan1148]

In the Silver Age, GA's only major post 1964 new stories were in the JLA (and a couple of B&B Team-ups). He was redesigned by Neal Adams in B&B # 86 in 1969 and Denny O'Neil made him a key figure starting in JLA # 75.

[@marcusjavier8901]

The best Green Arrow Runs .Green Arrow By O'Neil & Adams .Green Arrow By Grell .Green Arrow By Smith & Meltzer .Green Arrow By Lemire .Green Arrow By Perey & Schmet

[@darrellmetcalfe3615]

not mike grell.you have failed your city.

[@barrydutton9056]

Along with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman, Green Arrow was in publication (though generally as a backup feature) throughout the 40's and 50's, unlike most other heroes.

[@bunyan4.20]

Green Arrow is the best and awesome i loved the New 52 run of his so much the show along with that run of the comic which took some stuff from the show was two of the reason Green Arrow is one of my favorite Superheros i am so sad to see the show ending after next years season

[@kennethdennis9399]

Now we can get a green arrow movie.

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

Lemire was the only thing good about GA New 52. Other stories were 🗑

[@prabijshrestha]

I don't know how good is comic Green Arrow but Netflix Arrow is on different level . I love that show .

[@anthonyhorton7839]

I'm a fan of Green Arrow. I enjoyed most of his books and I look forward to new and better ones.

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

This was a good book. Learned about Ollie past. What he cared about mosr. Deep touching story

[@MAM-nm6lq]

I like his shirt 👕

[@HOLYGRAILSTONE]

Damn ....I would watch that in the movies,they could even go by the story....!

[@TheRezro]

I generally don't have problem with hero deaths and resurrection. After all "hero never dies" ;D What I consider as problem though is when heros die for cheap shocking value and are resurrected immediately after that. If hero end his journey he should end it in epic way (and not like Ted Kord) and where he is resurrected is during legit reboot, not immediately after event.

[@kcollier2192]

I tend to think that eventually characters have to die - after all, it will be several generations since WWII- just how long can Steve Rogers BE Captain America? If you want to revive a hero revive their legacy but let someone else become that hero (Terry McGinnis in Batman Beyond for example).

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

They need to stay after a while. Then it becomes an overkill. Professor X and Jean Grey died too much. 😪👎🥱🥱🤮😴😴 So boring. Then bringing back Destiny and other annoying characters. Cop outs. Death means nothing,

[@jasonbean1176]

Neal Adams is a freaking legend.:)

[@hubrism4861]

But don't dismiss O'Neil's importance. ;) (not that you did)

[@MGSBigBoss77]

Actually a great video and look into Green Arrow, well done WhatCulture Comics!

[@jamalvargas4783]

I was always a green arrow fan and a John Constantine fan as well green arrow is one of those characters I really like from DC comics

[@FnRenner]

Not even punctuation can save that.

[@courtneygillespie1187]

Are you ready to do this movie? Yes...... I'm nervous because I've never acted in a blockbuster before 🤔 I'm excited for the challenge tho.......

[@sdlstr91]

Y’all gotta put his mic in the middle of his shirt!

[@osiancoleman8447]

Either longbow hunters or the Kevin Smith one calling it before watching it. EDIT: was mainly wrong as although they mainly mentioned Kevin Smith they mainly talked about brad metlza’s run.

[@robmckenzie283]

I could not agree more. Great video mate.

[@DrPluton]

I need to read some older GA comics now that the Rebirth GA series just finished its run. I really enjoyed it, and this gives me a place to start.

[@adamsifford6228]

You have failed this City...

[@kylemagaro3163]

Kevin Smith NEEDS to write more comics. He has written definitive runs on Green Arrow and Daredevil.

[@carn9507]

Read Batman - Widening Gyre or Spider-Man/Black Cat - The Evil That Men Do and reconsider. :P

[@BoyNamedSue4]

No. Nope. Not a chance. No way. Not in a million years. No way Jose.

[@kylemagaro3163]

@@BoyNamedSue4 Why?

[@kylemagaro3163]

@@carn9507 Every writer has their ups and downs, but his ups are worth giving him more opportunities when he has time.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@carn9507 glad I wasn't the only one thinking that...I've said it before and I'll say it again. People only ever remember the gems. XD

[@TimberWolfsDen]

Awesome as usual, Ewan!

[@hydra66]

when I got back into comics in the 2000s, I loved Kevin Smith's initial run (Quiver) and its take on various characters in the DCU

[@jarrodcavett2163]

Really great one again.

[@avalonqt6285]

Nice, I learned a lot, as I have in other vids (Even in the first seconds-minutes)

[@mikaelolofsson2852]

Green Arrow was (is?) my favorite character. What damn reboot did to him is what finally made me quit buying DC, and eventually comics altogether. What made GA special? His personality. His many flaws. He was undoubtly heroic, but also so very capable of letting people down. That made him interesting, made him stand out in a world of paragons. What the hell was that New 52 shithead? I couldn't stand him! For DC to whipe the slate clean like that, that was the stupidest thing they could've done. They lost me, probably forever. The way things are looking it seems I wasn't the only one.

[@ii3lazelordz267]

New 52 was terrible on SO many levels. All of Batman's history happning in the span of five years(meaning he had one Robin per year, lol) Green Arrow being trash, GA/BC not being canon, the first Teen Titans being formed by Tim Drake (TF?). But Ollie got MUCH better once Rebirth came along

[@mikaelolofsson2852]

Amany Ekongolo Bebe Agreed. As a kid it was Marvel all the way, I had very little use for DC. But when I grew up that changed. Because in DC you could feel the weight of history in a way I felt you couldn't in Marvel. DC's story spanned generations. They did away with their greatest strength! I've heard Rebirth is good, but they probably would have to put everything back more or less the way it was to bring me back.

[@ii3lazelordz267]

@@mikaelolofsson2852 I still have no clue why they don't bring the Justice Society back, they keep teasing them, but they never go all the way. You'd think a company would be proud to have the first superhero team ever made under their banner, but i guess they don't know in what story they should use them

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

Lemire run was good in the New 52. Gritty and violent. Beginning of the run was crap. Made him younger like the show. ,52 made all the heroes younger. Dumped sidekicks. Weird reboot

[@taiswolf]

Great vid!

[@blazakin246]

I like to think GA was the more focused on in JLU than any of the other characters in the season.

[@Masterlordrx]

The only book I read was Jeff Lemire’s and Andrea Sorentino (i think it’s how it’s spelled). I thought that Tun was amazing!

[@jacobscuito7642]

Create a petition to change Green Arrow’s hideout name from the Arrow Cave to the Quiver.

[@jeffreytsao5710]

"VVD beard." Love that. YNWA

[@TheRichmaster24]

this is pretty amazing

[@celticwolff5429]

Maybe Oliver & Felicity will retire to Seattle and open Sherwood Florist at the end of "Arrow."

[@saintlugia]

I love arrow, but I really hope he dies in crisis on infinite Earths

[@Christ2010Grad]

That would be cool!

[@russiancream2631]

@@saintlugia agreed, I would also love to see the A class hero's (Batman, Superman, etc) in the finale.

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

Felicity is overrated 🗑️

[@aurahoneydew9607]

I actually only read this run simply because I'm fan of Kevin Smith both on his podcast Fatman on Batman and his comedy special Silent but Deadly. That being said would definitely be down to watch a Green Arrow movie by Smith. Perhaps rework Escape from Super Max for the DCEU mix the return of Oliver Queen with Suicide Squad.

[@anothertalkshow220]

Dam I can see Oliver shot of your chin

[@thegreatpapyrus921]

I only have archers quest hardcover

[@tylermane77]

IDK, Quiver is overrated imo. The pacing is lopsided and the scripts far too wordy. Outside of Grell, the Judd Winick Green Arrow run is fantastic.

[@FnRenner]

2:00 everything before that is him trying to convince people Green Arrow didn't suck for the longest time.

[@KingKong-ww1px]

he still is just a green batman

[@harrambou9468]

Tell me you don’t know him without telling me

[@adrianaslund8605]

I kind of like the idea of Green Arrow being a well read leftist on the side. More like the Frankfurt school than Tumblr. He's just not preachy about it.

[@CaptainTae]

He was for civil rights. Not social justice. Your age is showing.

[@carlospointofview]

Taylor Johns ooooooooooooh that even HURT me!!!!

[@franciscosantossilva4202]

Civil Rights are Social Justice.

[@woogha]

Another example of the poisoning of vocabulary. People used to treat civil rights the same way you treat social justice. One day you will understand your mistake.

[@carlospointofview]

Francisco Santos Silva civil rights are constitutional. Social Justice = fighting for what you believe is right based on personal opinion.

[@franciscosantossilva4202]

@@carlospointofview That's what people were saying about Civil Right in the 60s, before they became constitutional. You are on the wrong side of history.

[@seanmc6974]

A 12 minute video on GA comics and you talk for 1 minute about Oneil/Adams and Grell runs and the rest on Smith and Meltzer runs??????? Should be the other way around. You have failed this video!!!!!

[@jintaro97]

Can you say o? As in h-o-listic? Asking for a friend

[@pedroarjona4618]

Something is wrong with the video

[@missskabls2247]

👍🏾

[@robertwilhite450]

I’m sorry, but if you don’t include Longbow Hunters then you have dropped the ball.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Which they mentioned.

[@HOLYGRAILSTONE]

I am nobody that has any say in such things but dang that would be fine....

[@the_horror_fan]

can you please show pictures next time thanks.

[@Bruh-ts8wq]

K

[@avalonqt6285]

DerpyFaceBoii 21 k

[@deadzone4033]

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[@KitchenSinkSoup]

Y

[@FnRenner]

Oliver Queen is Miller Lite compared to Batman's Irish Carbomb breakfast

[@HOLYGRAILSTONE]

Or if they mixed a bunch of those stories..Kevin Smith could write it too

[@adam1984pl]

I think Green Arrow is Indian-native american.

[@saintlugia]

No that's his sidekick

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

He is not. Harper was raised by them but he is white. Oliver does have a black Asian son and another son with Shado

[@harrambou9468]

@@francoisdemorcy5084 Harper was RAISED BY THEM??

[@francoisdemorcy5084]

@@harrambou9468 yep. Green Arrow Rebirth goes into it

[@HOLYGRAILSTONE]

I mean they dont need to go by the comics so much...just my opinion..

[@dicklemeelmo8401]

Who’s the one person that disliked this vid we’re throwing hands now

[@BLasherman]

There's four of them now, I got your back brother!

[@FnRenner]

Jules was probably first