Green Arrow, Volume 1: The Midas Touch

UGHHH. I picked this up because I started watching the TV show Arrow and I thought I'd give the comics a try. This is vol one of the New 52 reboot so THEORETICALLY it should have been approachable to me, a first time Green Arrow comics reader, because that was like, the whole point of the New 52. But it was not. There was no explanation about who Oliver's support team is? I would have accepted a one panel text box. Where did they come from?? On the show, his Batcave friends are my favorite part.

Also, on the show, Oliver is like a rich playboy but I find him likeable? Here he's PRETTY GROSS and calls women “skanks” and “attention whores”. Like... in the show we see him kind of like that BEFORE his Island adventure that turns him into a hero. Now he's already a heroic figure, why is he still gross.

Also let's not... talk about how the main villains here are a sexy lady robot and her lover who is made out of toxic waste....?

Anyway, I'm aware that this came out a year or so before the show premiered, but I don't care. I like the show, I don't like this, I won't be picking up any more Green Arrow comics unless I hear that it's significantly changed. (Although I have heard that Felicity is in the comics now so maybe I'll pick them back up when she comes in. Or maybe I'll just keep watching the show.)

These have been my thoughts about new 52 Green Arrow vs Arrow the TV show, good night.