Green Arrow, Vol. 1: The Midas Touch (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Dan Jurgens provides occasionally good art, which is muddled by the colorist's modern, colorful-yet-boring look. The story falls flat by being uninteresting, un-suspenseful, overly wordy and it makes you realize they *had* to reboot Green Arrow just because everyone else was getting one during DC's New 52 relaunch. There are no fresh ideas to be found here, and Green Arrow himself has more character design than he does characterization. It was a big mistake to drop the tradtional Robin Hood-esque jubilance of the character in favor of a grim-yet-quippy cardboard cutout personality. Buscando hallar nuevos lectores, el relanzamiento del Arquero Esmeralda descarta las temáticas urbanas y el crimen social en favor de su imagen como empresario high-tech, cambio que le resta su cariz más interesante. Como un Tony Stark descafeinado, Oliver Queen enfrenta opacos villanos con la ayuda de sus flechas modificadas y dos jóvenes geeks que respaldan desde su base. Nada mal para un cartoon sabatino, pero insuficiente para un personaje que en los guiones de Denny O'Neill y Mike Grell alcanzó cuotas potentes, las cuales penan al pasar la página de historias sin personalidad ni norte; quizás pasaba si se tratara de un nuevo personaje juvenil, pero al ser Green Arrow la deuda es grande.
What do You think about Green Arrow, Vol. 1: The Midas Touch (2012)?
Not terrible. Not great. Kind of simple stuff here. Close to 2.5 stars but I'm feeling generous.
—Princess
Not a lot if substance. Just plain ol' supey hero adventurin'.Nothing wrong with that.
—ktj
