Well written saga of Oliver Queen's journey through his past in an attempt to find his present. My favorite part was his return to Seattle and the Space Needle. ( )

A nice enough story with nice enough art, although it definitely feels like it's lacking a bit of meat. ( )

More of Ollie reacquainting himself with life. Most of this TPB is taken up by a road trip by Roy, the former Speedy, and Ollie. Their quest is getting back the stuff that wasn't destroyed by Shade (the man he tasked with destroying the stuff). Ollie's quest is retrieving the secrets that he hid.

This was definitely an onion of a story. And I really liked how Brad Meltzer peeled away the layers as the story unfolded. And the end, I didn't see it coming.

I also liked how much Roy there was in it (one of my favorite DC guys), and there was even some Oracle and a couple of actual panels of her too.

Then there was the art. At first I didn't love it, but, as I kept reading I think the story pulled me in and the art grew on me. Even though it was a bit more cartoon-y than I usually like. ( )

This is the only trade left in the Green Arrow series not penned by Judd Winick. Despite being volume 4, it actually collects the issues that ran before Straight Shooter, which is just kind of annoying, as it plainly takes place before them. The first three volumes focused on Oliver Queen's growing relationships with his family of Dinah "Black Canary" Lance, Connor "Green Arrow" Hawke, and Mia Dearden; this one gives some much-needed focus to his connection to Roy Harper, his former sidekick "Speedy", now known as "Arsenal". The two of them hit the road to recover some artifacts Queen left behind after his untimely demise. Unfortunately, the story never quite comes together: why does Queen think recovering these things is urgent now, as he was plainly fine with them being where they were before he died? (I do like the whole bargain he set up with the Shade for after he died, though.) And why does he have to be so sneaky about it? If he just teleported up to the JLA satellite and asked for his old trick arrows, surely they'd just give him them? Some of the sneakiness is explained by the final revelation of the book, but not all of it. And as for the final revelation, I'm undecided as to what I think about it; I feel like it undermines Quiver somewhat, but I'll reserve judgement until I see what (if anything) is done with it later on. Meltzer gets Oliver Queen himself, though; I especially like the almost-not-proposal to Dinah, and the final touch in his relationship with Roy is great, as is the moment where Oliver and Connor decide that they can both be Green Arrow. The story may be somewhat problematic (what's with the thing that randomly pops out of a wormhole and eats Catman?) but as a character piece, it's first-rate.

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This graphic novel contains Green Arrow (series 3) #16-21. I have to admit, that this third series is one of my favorite comic series of all time! This particular graphic novel compiles the story of Green Arrow and his old "ward" Arsenal in a long-overdue reunion/roadtrip. As they travel around, collecting seemingly unrelated items, both Arsenal and the reader slowly discover secrets of the past of Green Arrow. This includes some sentimental memories regarding the original Justice League, the Flash, and Green Lantern, as well as Green Arrow's son, Connor. ( )