Green Lantern #162 (Vol 3)
Green Lantern #162 (Vol 3)
"Black Circle: Urban Knights," Part 2 of 6, presents a mystery to unravel, an intergalactic crime syndicate to dismantle, and rising tensions between Green Lantern and Green Arrow. What seem like straightforward crimes escalate in complexity, and the stark differences between the heroes become evident. This is not the Hal and Ollie team-up of old! Connor Hawke might be the only one who can prevent them from coming to blows, unless The Black Circle gets to them first. Ollie Queen and Kyle Rayner are caught brawling while drug dealers are murdered nearby. After a brief interrogation by a Star City police officer, their rooftop argument persists. Connor intervenes, sending Kyle home and mandating Ollie to take a break. Following a venting session on some would-be street thugs, Jade persuades Kyle to continue his investigation. Kyle discovers the boss of the Tratino crime family holed up in a restaurant; the mobsters mistake him for an alien assassin and attack. Eventually, Kyle convinces them of his intent to assist. The crime boss reveals that months earlier, Russian mobsters, later discovered to be aliens, demanded large quantities of bleach, using it as a narcotic. Concurrently, Ollie, while hiking with inner-city kids at Mount Seldeed, witnesses a spaceship crash. An alien resembling Abin Sur emerges, seeking Ollie's aid.