Queen learned what is important is watching out for the little guy. He is not the owner of Halliburton or of Stark Industries or of Wayne Tech. Oliver Queen is not that guy–his back story is that he was a millionaire that lost all of his money. Other than in the first Iron Man movie, I have never cared for Tony Stark. He is Tony Stark from Marvel Comics’s Iron Man, and nothing else. Green Arrow Industries has Oliver Queen as the head of some military industrial complex. I also read the one-shot issue Flashpoint: Green Arrow Industries, which seemed to be a lead in to the new Green Arrow. Then I put it aside because I hate when reviewers, instead of reviewing what is in front of them, review what they wish was in front of them. The DC Comics New 52 Green Arrow #1 came out two weeks ago. But lately, especially with the recent Green Lantern movie, it’s getting harder to tell Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen apart, with Hal becoming more critical and brooding. Green Lantern/Hal Jordan learned from Green Arrow/Oliver Queen as their relationship grew.

Over the years Green Lantern, watcher and guardian of Earth, became more like Green Arrow, critical of the status quo. Green Arrow was influential, even in his first meeting with Hal in Green Lantern 76. Superman tending to be the holier than thou determiner of right and wrong, and Batman more subversive, critical of the powers that be, cutting through everything to solve real problems, in a practical way. Even early on with O’Neil and Adams, Green Arrow and Green Lantern were a mirror image of Batman and Superman. As re-envisioned in the early 1970s by Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams, he became less of a Batman knockoff and more of a completely separate and identifiable voice. It’s no secret that Green Arrow is my favorite DCU character.

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