Synopsis: Oliver Quees is trying to scrape together enough money to pay the rent on his P.R. firm office/apartment, and man, is he really scrimping. He finally scrounges the $200 and heads across town to make his payment, but while ogling a cute woman in a short skirt on the subway, his pocket gets picked. Baffled when he can't find the envelope, Ollie retraces his steps. He runs into a snatch-and-grab, where a pair of thieves steal a shoebox containing a vauable artifact from a plainclothes museum courier (so as not to draw attention, natch). Green Arrow follows the thieves to their drop. He cuffs the theives and baggs their employer by shooting the whirling blades off a flying helicopter. Ollie's quite ticked to learn that the shoebox contains only pottery shards, but at the police station, the museum curator explains that they're very rare fragments of an ancient Greek amphora. At that point, the police bring in the pickpocket from the subway, and Ollie is able to claim his envelope by telling the cops exactly what denominations it contains. So Ollie paid his rent -- but he was an hour late to meet Dinah at the museum, and she wouldn't speak to him for three days.

Yeah, But Is It Good? A slight tale, but well done. It's pretty much a typical Green Arrow backup from either the Action or Detective run he starred in. Ollie's financial troubles are a nice touch, dovetailing nicely with his history of being an ex-millionaire who can't hold onto his money. Beyond the good character portrayal, the story's little more than a simplistic chase the bad guys tale. The artwork's nice, though.

Synopsis: Ollie and Dinah return to Ollie's P.R. office after sitting through a bad Kung Fu movie, to find Zatanna waiting. Zatanna immediately runs to Ollie and puts a major liplock on him, which sends Dinah off in a huff. Ollie figures she's under some kind of spell, as she can't keep her hands off of him, so he takes her along to an exhibit of a new burglar alarm at a nearby bank while he tries to figure out what to do. The alarm, apparently, is connected to a super computer which will identify who the robbers are before they've even finished their robbery (it's hooked into an FBI databank with files on every man, woman and child in the country). Ollie grouses about "Big Brother" and police states. Naturally, when the "simulated" bank robbery begins it quickly becomes the real thing. Switching costumes, Green Arrow takes down one robber while Zatanna opens a can of whoop-ass on the other, slapping him around with expert judo. Ollie figures out that somehow she's spelled herself to think she's Black Canary, with all of Canary's abilities. So Ollie starts saying words backwards, and when the confused Zatanna repeats them, spells happen (since Zatanna's magic is based on the truly hoaky notion that whatever she says backwards happens). Zatanna gets her memory back, and explains that the day before she'd encountered a gang of gem smugglers, and fought them with judo -- the spell "Zatanna become Black Canary" (I'm not going to spell it backwards for you!) had not only given her Dinah's fighting ability, it also gave her BC's memories as well. "So it was all an accident! Dinah will be pleased to hear that!" exclaims Ollie. "Sure Ollie... an accident..." says Zatanna, who promptly slips him the tongue before leaving. After she's gone, Dinah kicks down Ollie's door and is ready to kick Zatanna's butt. Some anti-climactic explaining follows.

Yeah, But Is It Good? This is a really, really fun story. I like it. And it plays into the "Ollie the womanizer" history that's come into vogue as of late. Unfortunately, the last page with Dinah is pretty anticlimactic -- ending the story with Zatanna's kiss would really have been a great kicker. The inane backwards wordplay Ollie engages in to trigger Zatanna's magic was laughable, but then what else are you going to get with Zatanna (good character, lousy gimmick).

Synopsis: A little white dog wanders around the Star City docks, and perks up when a man flies overhead. The man is Green Arrow, flying via his "flight arrow" and rocket-powered quiver. Green Arrow lands on a ship, and tackles a bunch of crooks smuggling "brain homogenizers." The boxing glove arrow makes an appearance. The dog helps Oliver by using a rope to trip up some of the fleeing thugs and tie them up. Later, at the Pretty Bird Flower Shoppe, Oliver discusses the strange tying of the bad guys with Dinah. The dog scratches at the door, and they let the mutt in. The dog drops a red gun-like gizmo, which Ollie identifies as one of the smuggled brain homogenizers. Ollie accidentally triggers it, and causes Dinah to experience wild and dangerous hallucinations. She attacks Ollie, but the dog flies across the room, scoops up the gizmo and uses it to cancel out the hallucinations. Wow, a dog that can fly! There's only one name that suits such a super canine, so Dinah names him... Demian.

Yeah, But Is It Good? It's good if you're one of the hoardes of Superboy fans who want to know whatever happened to Krypto. For Green Arrow or Black Canary fans, it's not so hot (at least it's not Zippo the SuperMonkey!). I'll give Maggin credit tho -- "brain homogenizers" is the most hilariously brilliant name for a super-weapon I've ever head. I giggle every time I think of it. If I ever write comics, some how, some day, I will include brain homogenizers in a storyline! Hmm... and the art by this Grell guy is okay, too. Ooh, I just thought -- Krypto's been a stray for a long time, and obviously hasn't been vaccinated. Wouldn't it be the worst Cujo scenario ever if this Kryptonian dog got rabis? Old Yeller from hell, indeed!