The Score You Would Expect to See!
I picked this up due to the wedding of Green Arrow and Black Canary and would really love to wish them a happy marriage! :D
Okay, so horrible things happened last time. Green Arrow got murdered by Black Canary but Canary isn't so certain that that was the real Green Arrow.
I have to give props to the art. It's cel-shading art and cardboard cut-outs (in a good way). You don't really expect a lot of texture-type detail with cel-shading art but is supported by the texturing in the background on the cover. However, inside the comic, I was disappointed at the art. It was so good on the cover and on the inside, the cel-shading had lost its true charm, even though a few provided the detail on the front cover.
I thought the introduction was nicely done and gave us an ideal contrast of what it was like when Green Arrow was "alive"; when they were both happy and their relationship had started. When it cuts back to present time, we can see Black Canary's sorrow pretty easily, thanks to the introduction. I also have to give credit to the writer, Judd Winick, for writing out the plot flowingly. He got it really well to the point where the ending of the first issue ended with a surprise. Mentioned before, he also presented Black Canary's sorrow and anger pretty well again through words. I also have to give props to how he captured Speedy's sarcasm pretty well, when Green Arrow (Connor Hawke) had commented on Black Canary's anger when he says, "She's not coping very well" and Speedy replies, "Oh my GOD... You really think so, Dr. Phil?"
Once you read this, you can see it's a nice twist on the usual things in the DC universe and it's a nice break from the Big Three.
