***I received a copy of this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  All opinions are my own.***

The second volume of Green Arrow collects issues #6-11.  The Ninth Circle has been taken down and we ended Volume 1 with finding out Ollie is once again stranded on a deserted island.  This volume read as a series of transition issues as we actually get 3 different storylines, that aren’t necessarily connected.

We start with a brief storyline featuring Emiko as she fights to free her mother from her handlers control.  There is also a little flashback of when Emiko first started living with Ollie.  It’s an okay storyline and it offers some good insight, but I was eager to get to the island with Ollie.

The Emiko storyline read better on second pass (I read these issues individually before I got the trade), but it was the weakest part of the volume.  Emiko is a character I’m just not that interested in.  She’s growing on me, but after the cliffhanger of the first volume, I thought it was an odd choice to jump into a different storyline completely.

The second storyline involved Black Canary tracking Ollie down on the island.  It’s actually a pretty cute romantic interlude from the action as they romp around the island.  Of course until they discover a field of poppies for opium.  And they get right back to the action.

After a series of fights, they make it onto the transatlantic railway where they end up witnessing a diplomatic murder… And then are blamed for it.  Pretty standard stuff.

I actually really enjoyed the romantic break, I’m a sucker for that in my comics and I really enjoy that.  I love Black Canary and Ollie’s relationship and their back and forth is just so perfect.  I’m always happy to see that between them.

Overall I really did enjoy this volume.  Green Arrow is becoming an easy to read comic for me.  It doesn’t disappoint me, but it’s very much business as usual.  I definitely recommend giving it a chance and reading it.

Lots of Emiko at the beginning of this one. She's trying to save her Mom from the Ninth Circle, and she also gets very involved with (and gets Ollie involved too) the Clock King. And, I thought that this version of the Clock King was super interesting take on the character.

Then we get more with Dinah, Ollie, and Diggle. They're on a transcontinental underwater train. And they're trying their best to try and save not just the train, but world peace too.

I thought that the Black Canary/Green Arrow stuff especially hit all the right notes. Not trying to make them too lovey dovey, or too standoffish towards each other either. Perfect balance.

I got this ARC through Netgalley on behalf of DC Entertainment.

I can't believe this is my favorite Rebirth book, but here we are. Percy has a great hand with the characters and their dialog. The stories, especially the one focusing on Emi, are quite good. Nothing ground breaking, sure, but fun, with great action. And the art is still fantastic. This is just a book that looks great.

fantastic green Arrow Arc, I look forward to reading more of these soon.

Percy continues his thoroughly enjoyable Green Arrow run with "Island of Scars." Always fun and adventurous, the book also makes its social commentary very accessible. The highlight of this book is the dynamic between Green Arrow and Black Canary, a fan favorite relationship that has been absent from comics and television appearances of the characters in recent years. The art is sleek, stylish, and lends itself well to the action driven story.