Scott Lobdell's Red Hood/Arsenal is in some part Outlaws epilogue and in some part study of this interesting, intimate male friendship that Lobdell invented from the ether for the New 52. What's always driven the book is the characters, their own struggles, and the relationship between them. Artist Denis Medri brings an appealing simplicity to Red Hood/Arsenal, straightforward and without excess; the art feels geared more toward Jason and Roy's friendship than the bad guys they hunt.

It would've been a star more, because I highly enjoyed the vast majority of the volume. But the new third member of the team was: a) One of my least favorite DC characters ever AND b) Was somebody a Bat-family member (even a former one) would NEVER work with!!!!! Just, ugh. What the heck were they smoking?!