The best thing to be said about Green Arrow is that it provides conclusive proof that Dan Jurgens is a better artist than writer. His pencils won’t ever set the art world abuzz, but there’s a yeoman’s quality to his staid, solid panels. When inked by George Perez, as Jurgens is here, his art even hits a few graceful notes.

Still, the new Green Arrow is an aggressively mediocre superhero tale. It lends the best proof I’ve seen to my colleague Brent’s assertion that the New 52 are, at least partly, trying to mimic the characters’ more famous film and TV versions. I didn’t get that vibe as much as Brent did from Justice League, but this Oliver Queen—a younger, hipper hero and millionaire mogul—looks and feels a lot like the goatee-free Justin Hartley iteration from Smallville. He even has a support team, headed by a computer whiz/hacker extraordinaire named Naomi, who fills the Chloe role.

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This fall, a new era begins for Oliver Queen. We caught up with GREEN ARROW penciller Dan Jurgens about working on the series’ art with industry legend George Perez.

“Once upon a time, I was asked to draw an issue of Teen Titans because the book’s usual artist, George Perez, needed a break,” Dan told us. “Marv Wolfman was the writer, and one of the things his script asked for was a double page spread with so much detail that it would ‘make George Perez jealous’.

Ri-i-i-ght. As if I, or anyone else, could have done so. When it comes to detail, or, more importantly, attention to detail, George is unequaled. Some people view that as an element of his personal style, which is true. But, more importantly, that stylistic detail exemplifies the fact that he cares tremendously about the quality of his work. George’s commitment to the page, be it as writer, penciller or inker, is second to none.

That’s why J.T. Krul and I are so thrilled to have George inking GREEN ARROW. In the first issue, I drew a spread with a cobblestone street, simply because I knew George could make it sing. Now, that might not sound like much in and of itself, but in terms of making a page work with a sense of something extra, that’s a fastball down the middle of the plate for George. He’ll put it in the seats every time.

George’s legendary status in this business is well earned. It’s a pleasure to work with him again and a total and complete thrill to watch him elevate the art on GREEN ARROW into something special.”

GREEN ARROW #1, written by J.T. Krul and featuring art by Dan Jurgens and George Perez, goes on sale September 7th.