Happy Free Comic Book Day! Hope everyone has enjoyed reading comics on this great, lazy Saturday.

If you can't figure out who today's comic book review is on, I suggest reading some DC comics. You should be able to find him quickly. It's also rated T for Teen if anyone cares.

Anyways, this comic book review is on the April 2016 Green Arrow comic titled, "Primal Instincts"

BACKSTORY:

I will keep it brief: He's got Werewolf AIDS after being bitten by biker gang leader, Dolph "Big Bad Wolf" Marrock. The people infected are called Warg's, which is ironically the just another term for wolf. Green Arrow was bitten by Marrock has contracted a Lukos infection that causes him to act out with wolf-like primal instincts, hence the name. If you want more details, check out this article by Dan Avery on NewNowNext.

STORY:

The Patriots, a rebellious, KKK looking group (not the football team), had just been cleared by the courts of any wrongdoing at a recent Midnight Parade attack that targeted Wargs. Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) is frustrated with the decision, knowing they let a dangerous group walk free.

The story jumps to a restaurant where Oliver is conducting a business deal for researches on developing carbon nanotubes. Oliver lets his business partner do most of the talking, distracted by a Korean gangster known as Kraken.

Kraken leaves for the bathroom and Oliver follows him just as he is starting to lose control of himself. Queen attacks Kraken, tackling him out a window onto the dining room floor. Kraken shoots back at him and runs to the back alley to escape, his limo patiently and predictably waiting for him.

Before Oliver can chase after him, he is suddenly shot with tranq arrow...by Emiko. Emiko, his sister, takes him back to their base of operations and injects him with Lukonex to settle the symptoms.

Meanwhile, at the New Christian Church and Outreach Center, the Patriots begin to plot on how to get Dolph Marrock out of solitary confinement and allow him to cause havoc in the city.

Oliver, having a renewed sense of determination, readies for war with Dolph upon hearing word he just escaped from prison.

IMPRESSIONS:

I thought the story was okay. It wasn't my favorite and sort of misleading. the cover alone (a sweet Neal Adams variant cover) had me thinking it was going to be a Green Arrow vs Green Lantern fight. There is no Green Lantern in this story at all.

The overall story also seems to be a rather safe interpretation of the KKK and white supremacist groups vs a liberal (or even LGBT) society. The Dan Avery article above brings some interesting insight into that and although I don't fully agree with the every point, I do feel the story was chunky. Not bad, but it could have done more build in the beginning of the story to impact the ending better. That being said, I probably should have read the first one in the series.

The art by Szymon Kudranski in combination with Gabe Eltaeb color work and Rob Leigh's lettering really made the story visually interesting. Especially with the montage escape scene of Dolph. I think the story does more good than bad overall.

I'll give the comic one scared Green Arrow. Even though he is on a war path, part of me feels he would be somewhat scared.

Again, sorry for the late review. I just passed my drone test this week so I have been behind on basically everything. Will try not to do that again and maybe next week I will do a small article on drones. They are pretty cool! -J.J.