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Legends of the DC Universe (Single Issues) #7-9
Batman: El anillo, la flecha y el murciélago
El Anillo, la Flecha, el Murciélago.
¡Tres de los mayores superhéroes de la Tierra descubren esta verdad universal combinando sus fuerzas!
¡Tres de los mayores superhéroes de la Tierra descubren esta verdad universal combinando sus fuerzas!
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Dennis O'Neil
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Dennis "Denny" O'Neil
was a comic book writer and editor best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement.
His best-known works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams, The Shadow with Michael Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan. As an editor, he is principally known for editing the various Batman titles. From 2013 unti his death, he sat on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and served on its Disbursement Committee.
His best-known works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams, The Shadow with Michael Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan. As an editor, he is principally known for editing the various Batman titles. From 2013 unti his death, he sat on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and served on its Disbursement Committee.
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November 9, 2021
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November 8, 2017
'Bait-and-switch' warning - Green Arrow is the main character through two thinly-connected stories. Green Lantern is featured in the first part, and Batman doesn't appear until the second half of the book. There is unfortunately no trio team-up though the cover art would certainly make you think otherwise. That said, it was altogether not too bad . . . unless you tire quickly of GA's motor-mouth self-amusement. At least he was properly heroic in the climax.
February 8, 2021
Batman: The Ring, the Arrow, and the Bat is a collection of eight issues from the original run of Legends of the DC Universe and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. Despite advertising as a Batman book, it collects two Green Arrow team-up stories. Batman: The Ring, the Arrow, and the Bat collect eight issues (Legends of the DC Universe #7–9 and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #127–131) and collect two stories: "Peacemakers" and "The Arrow and The Bat".
"Peacemakers" is a three-issue storyline (Legends of the DC Universe #7–9), has Oliver Queen as Green Arrow teaming up with Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern and take on the forces of General Zho of the fictional country of Minglia.
"The Arrow and The Bat" is a five-issue storyline (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #127–131), has Oliver Queen as Green Arrow teaming up with Bruce Wayne as Batman and take on the forces of Minister Skave and Master Haim from the fictional country of Dhabar and is tangentially connected to the above story as a sequel.
Dennis O'Neil penned the entire trade paperback. For the most part, it is written moderately well. O'Neil depicts the first interaction between Oliver Queen as Green Arrow with Hal Jordan as Green Lantern and Bruce Wayne as Batman – separately. While advertised as a Batman story, it is mainly a Green Arrow-centric story as it was it wasn't the story that I was expecting. While the interactions between the heroes were good, the villains are much to be desired as they are rather forgettable.
Sergio Cariello (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #127–131) and Greg Land (Legends of the DC Universe #7–9) penciled the trade paperback. For the most part, their penciling style is rather unique, but the flow wasn't too badly interrupted as they each penciled one story each.
All in all, Batman: The Ring, the Arrow, and the Bat is a mediocre trade paperback centering on the first interactions between Oliver Queen as Green Arrow with Hal Jordan as Green Lantern and Bruce Wayne as Batman respectively.
"Peacemakers" is a three-issue storyline (Legends of the DC Universe #7–9), has Oliver Queen as Green Arrow teaming up with Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern and take on the forces of General Zho of the fictional country of Minglia.
"The Arrow and The Bat" is a five-issue storyline (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #127–131), has Oliver Queen as Green Arrow teaming up with Bruce Wayne as Batman and take on the forces of Minister Skave and Master Haim from the fictional country of Dhabar and is tangentially connected to the above story as a sequel.
Dennis O'Neil penned the entire trade paperback. For the most part, it is written moderately well. O'Neil depicts the first interaction between Oliver Queen as Green Arrow with Hal Jordan as Green Lantern and Bruce Wayne as Batman – separately. While advertised as a Batman story, it is mainly a Green Arrow-centric story as it was it wasn't the story that I was expecting. While the interactions between the heroes were good, the villains are much to be desired as they are rather forgettable.
Sergio Cariello (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #127–131) and Greg Land (Legends of the DC Universe #7–9) penciled the trade paperback. For the most part, their penciling style is rather unique, but the flow wasn't too badly interrupted as they each penciled one story each.
All in all, Batman: The Ring, the Arrow, and the Bat is a mediocre trade paperback centering on the first interactions between Oliver Queen as Green Arrow with Hal Jordan as Green Lantern and Bruce Wayne as Batman respectively.
April 11, 2019
This one surprised me. At the end of the day, this story is a Green Arrow story, not a Batman one -dont let the title fool you. Part 1 of this book titled Peacemakers did not thrill me. Its the first meeting between Arrow and Lantern and unfortunately Oliver Queen is written like an A-hole. I dont know much about Green Arrow so maybe that's how he always is but I found it off-putting. I figured I needed to keep reading at least until Batman showed up before I gave up on this book. Part two of this book, The Arrow and the Bat, takes place a couple months (?) after part 1 and it seems like Queen learned his lessons. His jokes are still cheesy and he's still misogynistic but not to the Nth degree like in part 1. In short, he was tolerable, much to my relief. Imagine my surprise when Part 2 perfectly wraps up the previous story and gives Green Arrow an arc that actually made me like him by the end. And damn does Denny O'Neil know how to write Batman- its no coincidence he was put in charge of the Bat's IP for so long. His Batman and Alfred are written perfect to their characters and I genuinely understood Batman's willingness to help Green Arrow and his satisfaction when Arrow makes a turn for the better. I started this book ready to hate on it but I thought the last half was so great it completely changed my mind. If you can stomach through the beginning of this book, the payoff is worth it.
June 15, 2019
Make no mistake, this is a Green Arrow comic, not a Batman one. Not only that, but it's specifically a prequel to O'Neil's Green Lanter/Green Arrow run from the 70's. And as such, it works remarkably well. These were quite a lot better than I expected. There's definitely some unfortunate instances of orientalism. But otherwise, the voice of Ollie is captured so well and the pace is brisk enough to make the story fly by. Green Lantern and Batman are both used to good effect here, vividly contrasting their ideologies, intentions, and methods. I'm glad this exists, because it fills the gap between Year One/Wonder Year and the GL/GL series quite well.
September 28, 2019
This takes a look into the earliest meetings of a couple of heroes and its okay. The Batman/Green Arrow story was better but not spectacular. Sergio Cariello's art was fantastic. The plot was pretty hokey but serviceable. The Green Arrow/Green Lantern tale was not that good. The dialogue was pretty generic and borderline awful at times. Overall, a decent read but definitely not the best team-ups.
May 4, 2021
Concuerdo con todo el mundo:
Este tomo es una historia de Green Arrow.
Entiendo que Batman sea un gancho atrayente para leer, pero en este caso es exagerado el título.
Dejando esa molestia de lado, el tomo es una colección de historias con todo el trazo, estilo y corazón de Dennis O'Neil.
Para quienes disfrutamos de los cómics sin tantas preguntas, es un tomo entretenido en trama y muy fluido en los dibujos.
Este tomo es una historia de Green Arrow.
Entiendo que Batman sea un gancho atrayente para leer, pero en este caso es exagerado el título.
Dejando esa molestia de lado, el tomo es una colección de historias con todo el trazo, estilo y corazón de Dennis O'Neil.
Para quienes disfrutamos de los cómics sin tantas preguntas, es un tomo entretenido en trama y muy fluido en los dibujos.
May 28, 2021
Did all DC comics during the nineties feel the need to tackle shenanigans in foreign climes? The decidedly iffy representations, especially in the Batman sequence, really spoil an otherwise entertaining bit of character based storytelling
October 7, 2021
Every now and then it is nice to take a peek to exploits of characters I do not follow. And realize there is a reason why I do not follow them.
Best part for in this collection were the foreword and afterword bits. Always nice to read people reminiscing what you have just read.
Best part for in this collection were the foreword and afterword bits. Always nice to read people reminiscing what you have just read.
July 30, 2019
Two ok cross over stories featuring Green Arrow as well as Green Lantern in one, and Batman in the second.
September 11, 2022
Batman sells. A clear example of this statement is this collected edition entitled Batman: The Ring, The Arrow, and The Bat, which contains two stories written by Dennis O'Neil. The title is misleading. It should have been called Green Arrow: The Ring, The Arrow, and The Bat because Green Arrow (GA) is the only character that appears in both stories.
The first story is a three-issue story from the Legends of the DC Universe series. This is Green Lantern (GL) and Green Arrows's first encounter, which will be the start of a beautiful friendship. However, in this story, GA and GL have conflicting interests. This is not uncommon, though, and this will continually be present in their stories together wherein they tackle various social issues (GL represents the establishment ideology, while GA represents the anti-establishment ideology).
The second story is a five-issue story from the Legends of the Dark Knight series. This story tells of GA and Batman's first encounter. Let us face it, when GA was first introduced into the DC Universe, he was another Batman-lite character (heck, even CW's Arrow series feels like a Batman show). However, there was an apparent effort to differentiate the two characters in this story. This story is a test of GA's character. Not only does he have to adjust his lifestyle because he gave up his fortune, but he also has to deal with the loss of his skill with the bow caused by his defeat at the hands of another archer. In short, he lost his mojo. This story is interesting. I also like the fact that the two stories have a shared antagonist.
This is a good book that does not get enough love. The stories and art are great. Aside from the fantastic interiors of Greg Land and Sergio Cariello, this book also collects the virgin covers of the issues at the back, which look phenomenal. This book is a good entry point for Batman fans who want to learn more about GA. Dennis O'Neil's introduction and John Wells' afterword did an excellent job explaining what GA is all about.
Collects Legends of the DC Universe 7-9 and Legends of the Dark Knight 127-131.
My Batman Collected Editions Instagram page
The first story is a three-issue story from the Legends of the DC Universe series. This is Green Lantern (GL) and Green Arrows's first encounter, which will be the start of a beautiful friendship. However, in this story, GA and GL have conflicting interests. This is not uncommon, though, and this will continually be present in their stories together wherein they tackle various social issues (GL represents the establishment ideology, while GA represents the anti-establishment ideology).
The second story is a five-issue story from the Legends of the Dark Knight series. This story tells of GA and Batman's first encounter. Let us face it, when GA was first introduced into the DC Universe, he was another Batman-lite character (heck, even CW's Arrow series feels like a Batman show). However, there was an apparent effort to differentiate the two characters in this story. This story is a test of GA's character. Not only does he have to adjust his lifestyle because he gave up his fortune, but he also has to deal with the loss of his skill with the bow caused by his defeat at the hands of another archer. In short, he lost his mojo. This story is interesting. I also like the fact that the two stories have a shared antagonist.
This is a good book that does not get enough love. The stories and art are great. Aside from the fantastic interiors of Greg Land and Sergio Cariello, this book also collects the virgin covers of the issues at the back, which look phenomenal. This book is a good entry point for Batman fans who want to learn more about GA. Dennis O'Neil's introduction and John Wells' afterword did an excellent job explaining what GA is all about.
Collects Legends of the DC Universe 7-9 and Legends of the Dark Knight 127-131.
My Batman Collected Editions Instagram page
April 16, 2015
Very much grounded in the politics and storytelling of the late 90s, but still a good little tale. Denny O'Neil was crazy reliable for this kind of cross-over, cross-title stuff, but there are some problems with this one. The art is VERY much indicative of this period in comics, but that's true of a lot of art; the casual racism of Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle, the weird conventions of Renaissance art, and so on. The characterizations of some of the Asians are a little racist and the secondary villains are just weird. Finally, touting this as a "Batman" collection is simply misleading; Green Arrow is the only through-line character in the whole story, and he interacts with Green Lantern for the first three parts, then Bats for the last five or six. Odd, but a fun story, and worth it when collected all together like this.
August 3, 2016
La tapa engaña de dos maneras:
1) El dibujo interior no se parece en nada al de afuera; y aunque no necesariamente los dibujantes de adentro son malos, no tienen para nada esa estética oscura y detallada que insinúa la portada.
2): Debería llamarse "Green Arrow: El anillo, la flecha y el murciélago" y no "Batman: ...", ya que el protagonista que tienen en común las dos historias del libro es el arquero esmeralda, no el caballero oscuro.
Superadas estas dos terribles ofensas a mi buena fe, me encontré más o menos con lo que me esperaba de un cómic de O'Neil más o menos actual: historias superheroicas urbanas, con un cachito de componente social, que se dejan leer sin mayor revuelo.
1) El dibujo interior no se parece en nada al de afuera; y aunque no necesariamente los dibujantes de adentro son malos, no tienen para nada esa estética oscura y detallada que insinúa la portada.
2): Debería llamarse "Green Arrow: El anillo, la flecha y el murciélago" y no "Batman: ...", ya que el protagonista que tienen en común las dos historias del libro es el arquero esmeralda, no el caballero oscuro.
Superadas estas dos terribles ofensas a mi buena fe, me encontré más o menos con lo que me esperaba de un cómic de O'Neil más o menos actual: historias superheroicas urbanas, con un cachito de componente social, que se dejan leer sin mayor revuelo.
August 18, 2013
The cover is amazing. But, as the old expression goes, "Never judge a book by its cover." That goes for both bad-looking covers and good-looking covers. There is not one moment where all three heroes are together; Green Arrow meets Green Lantern in one story arc and meets Batman in another story arc. The stories themselves were not as interesting as I hoped they would be. I enjoyed Green Arrow's sarcastic remarks, but there were a few moments in this book which were too goofy.
June 26, 2008
The title of the book and the cover art are a little misleading. At first I thought that there might be a story featuring all three characters, but instead there are two team-up stories whose plots are connected. Both feature Green Arrow; the first involves Green Lantern, and the second one Batman. After reading a string of writers who just don't "get" Batman, O'Neil's Batman was refreshing.
September 29, 2019
Not a bad read. I like seeing other characters interact with each other when they wouldn't normally, and it's amusing to see how Batman takes to Oliver Green's sarcasm/silliness. Hal Jordan doesn't seem to be too crazy about the jokes, which is a great departure from how they portrayed Green Lantern in the recent movie. But I suppose humour sells tickets more than backgammon does.
June 15, 2016
love the old stories,
October 27, 2016
interesting, nice graphics, compelling story line
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