Flashpoint: Green Arrow Industries #1

    In the Flashpoint universe, Oliver Queen isn't a hero- not even close. He can't shoot an arrow to save his life. He's incredibly self-centered, and his got more kids and ex-wives than most Hollywood superstars.

    What Ollie is is the top weapon's designer in the world. But he's not gotten that moniker through hard work or a smattering of honesty. Ollie has hired out a squad of Green Arrows, an ex-military private security force that takes out the worst enemies imaginable. Then they steal their weapons, bring them to Queen's Green Arrow Industries and the billionaire reverse engineers the tech and sells it back to the US military. 
      Oliver Queen has never been more wimpy, more selfish, or more like Tony Stark than in this Flashpoint one-shot tie-in. But I'm not really sure if I like it. It's definitely a different take on the Green Arrow- well almost. In the DC Universe, he's quite the Lothario but Queen is also known for being a bit of a bleeding heart liberal. Not this Oliver Queen, he's just in it for the money. I kinda felt like I was reading the first issue of Iron Man.
     By the end of this issue, Queen will have that moment that changes everything. It's that turn that makes me very interested in learning what happens next. Unfortunately, unless Oliver Queen pops up in either the remaining issues of Flashpoint or one of the tie-ins, the story of Green Arrow Industries ends here. This was a one-shot.
      Darn!

    Worth Consuming

    Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.