A New Era Begins

So I just read "Green Arrow and Black Canary" #15 and I have to say, it's not bad.

When this book first launched, it was really a continuation of Judd Winick's GA run as opposed to a new title. In my opinion, you don't relaunch unless you plan on doing something differently, and nine times out of ten that also includes a new creative team (JSA breaks the rule). JSA had the same team, but the book's mission changed. It WAS a team book about aging superheroes in modern DCU continuity. When it was relaunched, the teams directive was to track down all the superpowered youth (re: legacy characters) and train them to maximize their potential (also preventing Kingdom Come from becoming a reality).
GA/BC was the same. exact. book. as Winick's GA...the only difference was that the two main characters were married....except that technically Dinah married and then killed Everyman and not Oliver Queen.

So after a year of crappy Judd Winick GA stories, we finally get the "Green Arrow and Black Canary" #1 the fan (I'm pretty sure I'm the only person that was still a fan after Winick wiped his ass with the character for the last 5 years) wanted and it's a great jumping on point for anyone interested in the characters. That being said, the story only is so so. It's the classic Watchmen swipe where the whole issue takes place in 5 seconds....which is cool if you never read Watchmen. Kreisberg uses flashbacks to tie up the Winick run nicely (and a brief Green Arrow Origin). We see the Green Arrow family trimmed up with Connor leaving to find himself and Mia moving to London to spread HiV...I mean be with her new boyfriend. All that is left are the title characters. The tone of the book is very similar to the Mike Grell run and I think fans of the Grell's Green Arrow could really dig it, after all this is how Longbow Hunters started. It's really too early to say if this is good or not, because the whole issue is spent tying up Winick's loose ends. Kreisberg has a clean palette to work with, let's just hope it's not too late in the game.