A review by 19lindsey89
Red Hood/Arsenal, Volume 1: Open for Business by Scott Lobdell

2.0

2.5 Stars

I really love Red Hood and Arsenal in most of their incarnations, but this comic fell flat for me. After the Outlaws falls apart, Roy and Jason form their own partnership to look out for one another. Generally, all of their interactions are full of banter that felt a little too stiff. Any moments for character growth are rushed or glossed over too quickly. I think this happened because several spreads of every issue retread the same ground. It went over the fact that Jason Todd was a formerly dead Robin and Arsenal is some form of stupid genius who broke away from Green Arrow at the start of every issue. Then we got a summary of sorts of the events of the last issue. It didn't leave much time at all for new story.

Also, what is up with that art in the first issue? Why did Jason look more like Bluebird than himself? Why did Roy have crazy Joker face?

P.S. When your characters start pointing out that death has no stakes and it's no reason to get upset over, you know you have problems.