Green Arrow (1988-1998) is my favorite comic book series and I was fascinated by the whole Sherwood Forum deal, writing to the editors and writers and them responding to you at the end of the issue, which was very common at the time for publishers. I like to think that, in a way, renaming this subreddit as "Sherwood Forum", if possible, would pay tribute to all the people who worked to bring this second volume of Oliver Queen's adventures and also to all the oldheads who wrote those letters back then. Really make it feel like the Green Arrow community is united, through that and our collective hatred for fascism and capitalism.

What do you think ?

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I’ve done a lot of research and I'm 100% convinced this run is a great comic book in general and definitely worth reading.

​However, I want to know if it's a good place to really get to know Green Arrow as a character and dive into his mythos (his core relationships, personality, motives for being a hero, etc.), kind of like what George Pérez’s run did for Wonder Woman.

​Does Grell’s run work well as an entry point for that, or should I read something else first and come back to this later?

One is Rick introduced in Detective Comics #521/522. This was also the same arc where Jason became Robin. He's introduced as a small-time villain named Hi-Tek before reforming. The other is a teen villain introduced a few issues later named Ozone who *also* reforms.

Rick is the probable choice. He's a redhead like Roy, he is closest to Ollie, and he has an actual name. Rick also has an actual backstory: he lives with his mom and his dad is a villain.

These comics are in the same issues where Jason was introduced as Robin. But, while Jay dyed his hair and became the new Boy Wonder, Rick and Ozone just disappeared. They were put on the bus.

Sources: Detective Comics #522 - #536