Focusing On Dinah

Green Arrow & Black Canary #22
Written by Andrew Kreisberg
Art by Mike Norton

This is probably the best issue since Kreisberg took over the book. I really enjoyed seeing Dinah talking to Wildcat about wanting to be a hero when she grows up in the flashback and all of the main story with Black Canary. Giving so much attention to Dinah kind’ve makes up for his previous issues where he seemed to be turning her into a damsel-in-distress character. The back-up Green Arrows story was very sad. One thing is Dinah’s asking of Ollie to give up being Green Arrows seems so weird and forced. He has only been slightly more violent, why is she acting like this? In fact, he really didn’t do anything violent in this issue. It is odd.

That’s All I Can Say About It

Green Arrow & Black Canary #21
Written by Andrew Kreisberg
Art by Mike Norton

This was good but didn’t really contain a lot of story. The man behind Star City losing sound is of course the new villain Discord and it was interesting to see some of Dinah’s past as it is not something that we see very often. We got a little Green Arrow teaming up with Cupid, who is delightfully nuts. But this still feels very decompressed. Nothing is really accomplished within this issue. I don’t know how Dinah will survive the explosion at the end of this issue but I am sure she will of course. This issue was just okay, and that’s all I can say about it.

She’ll Still Kick Ass Without It

Green Arrow & Black Canary #20
Written by Andrew Kreisberg
Art by Mike Norton

I enjoyed this issue but there were some things that bothered me. For one, why are Ollie and Dinah acting so damn violent?!They are heroes, they should not be kicking and throwing things in a freaking office. For another thing, why does Dinah act like her mom is still alive or at least doesn’t mention that she is dead. And is Kreisberg hinting at that there is secret reason as to why Dinah has the sonic scream? Because that would be a lame unneeded retcon.  Almost as Lame and uneeded as retconning in the murder of the parents of Barry Allen (Oh wait DC did that already!). I hope that is not what Kreisberg is going for. I like the new villains; Discord and Cupid that Kreisberg has created. The idea that everyone in Star City has gone deaf is pretty awesome and makes Dinah’s Canary Cry particularly ineffective but Dinah is an excellent martial artist, one of the best in the wold in fact, she doesn’t need it. Oh and look for a cameo from the Shield