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What Justice Requires. Arrow Season 2.5  produced its finest issue yet as the 'Blood' story arc reached its conclusion. The finale featured two chapters; 'Choice' detailed the epic showdown between the Arrow, Arsenal, the Huntress and the Renegades, whilst 'Flames' saw Brother Blood make his last stand. In 'Choice', our heroes take on the ragtag band of villains in an awesome fight. Lock-Up was particularly devastating, taking out Roy and Oliver in a display of his electrical powers. His ultimatum at the end, along with Oliver's choice, was a good cliffhanger too. A decision that was blindingly obvious after reading the following issue. Said issue, 'Flames', was the eventful finale. The Huntress was able to finally have a good story arc, recognising her wrongdoings and accepting that she deserved to sit out her sentence. Also she was surprisingly mature with Felicity, which again made me like her character more (way more than her TV app...

You're Gonna Need Backup. After the focus on the Suicide Squad last week, we return to Oliver's war against the Church of Blood. Once again there are two stories; in 'Assault' the Arrow and Arsenal go on the hunt for Felicity, whilst in 'Assurances' Roy turns to Lyla for backup when the Arrow takes on Brother Blood and the Renegades single-handed. We also get an epilogue to the 'Crisis in Khandaq' story-line. In 'Assault', we get out first proper team-up mission for the Arrow and Arsenal, as they track Felicity. Brother Blood tries to blow the pair up, before taking Oliver hostage. It's straight-forward plotting and merely serves to bring us back to Starling and its problems following the detour to Khandaq. The next chapter is much more eventful, as in 'Assurances' we learn that it was Oliver's plan to get captured and he wanted Roy to get backup, which he does in the dramatic ACTUAL return of the Huntress! A few issues ago,...

Moira Queen, You Have Failed This City. 'Betrayal' is a needed injection of adrenaline in the middle of Arrow 's first season. In this episode, Oliver finally learns the truth about his mother's deception and his dramatic final line is a great cliffhanger as the Hood confronts Moira. Moira's sneaking around had grown stale, so it is nice to finally move forward in the Undertaking story line. In the past, we are introduced to Slade Wilson for the first time, an excellent character who will go on to play a big part in the Hood's origin. We see him begin to train Oliver and the seeds of Deathstroke are sown in Slade's own origin story. Back in the present day, it was a nice twist to see the Hood teaming up with Quentin to take down Cyrus Vanch. Vanch himself was a very dull villain-of-the-week who posed little to no threat, proving the low point of the episode. Apart from that, 'Betrayal' is a generally interesting mid-season episode that finally...