Hey, kids, welcome to Brightest Day! Can't wait for that parent to come into the shop with a seven year old looking for comics starring that cool Green Arrow from the Brave and the Bold cartoon!
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As for the Green Arrow cover -- it looks representative of the comic inside, judging by the previews in the end of this week's DC books -- GA fighting what looks to be a rape gang. I'd rather have that parent pass it up because of the cover than buy it and show the kid what's inside.
Personally, I'm completely cool with GA being a mature readers book -- he's got a history of it, and this cover doesn't indicate otherwise. He doesn't even *look* like the B&B Green Arrow. It's not what I'm interested in, long-term, but there could be a decent audience for it. Since Batman is too high-profile for the job, Green Arrow is perfect to be treated like DC's version of Daredevil. Street-level, morally gray intrigue and action.
Which means, marketing aside, they're probably doing the stories a disservice by tying them in with Brightest Day. An urban Robin Hood is cool, until he comes face to face with aliens that vomit liquid rage. Why bother rebuilding the concept if you're just going to dilute it with the overall DCU ridiculousness?
I may have convinced myself that this is OK...
The brutality of the cover still bugs me, though...
Jesus wishes he had a boxing glove arrow!
Well, if you stand back and look at the Brave and Bold cartoon objectively without the superhero-love, it's way to violent for 7 year olds. All problems aresolved by punch-ups and force, even friends greet each other with some form of violence.
Which never has any lasting consequences.
Those messages are very unhealthy for growing minds.
He may an urban hunter but I see him more as a modern crusader, fighting for the defenseless against those who would try to exploit, criminally or politically. He may wound his enemies even though it would easier to simply kill them. That's why he's a hero!
It's a tie-in to Brightest Day because it takes place the the new Forest in the middle of Star City that was created by Boston Brand in Brightest Day #0.
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