Issue

The Longbow Killer, Chapter 1

5.0/5 (1 review)

Overview Market Data $28+ Variations 39 Discussion

Description

The hunt begins. Someone is executing the city's most corrupt billionaires and leaving a single green arrow buried in each corpse. Dinah Lance, an executive protection specialist known in this reality as Black Canary, is brought in to identify the killer, and her list of suspects reads like a roster of the deadliest archers alive, every one of them connected to the murdered Oliver Queen. Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque open their Absolute take on Green Arrow as a slasher mystery, where the man who should be a hero has become the thing victims fear in the dark. Chapter one of The Longbow Killer.

Issue Details

Series

Absolute Green Arrow (2026)

Issue Number

Release Date

May 20, 2026

Cover Price

$4.99

Cover Date

July 2026

Average Rating

(1 review)

FOC Date

April 27, 2026

Page Count

40 pages

Age Rating

T+

Diamond Code

0326DC0014

SKU

0326DC0014

UPC

76194139422000111

Series Details

Publisher

DC Comics

Type

Limited Series

Status

Ongoing

Run

2026 - 2026

Issues Count

Universe

Absolute Universe (Earth-Alpha)

Format

Standard

Age Rating

T+ - Teen Plus

Original Language

English

Language

English

Creators

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Bruno Di Sano

Letterer

Chris Conroy

Editor

Gerald Parel

Cover Artist

Jeff Powell

Letterer

Katie Kubert

Editor

Marcelo Maiolo

Colorist, Cover Artist

Philippa Rice

Writer

Pornsak Pichetshote

Writer

Rafael Albuquerque

Penciller, Artist, Cover Artist

Reiko Murakami

Cover Artist

Sabrina Futch

Editor, Assistant

Tula Lotay

Cover Artist

Characters

Annie Green

Hector Hammond

Jubal Slade

Merlyn

Arthur King

Mia Dearden

Black Canary

Dinah Lance

Green Arrow

Oliver Queen

Larry Lance

Roy Harper

Roy William Harper, Jr.

Longbow Killer

Dinah Lance (Earth Alpha)

Dinah Lance

Hector Hammond (Earth Alpha)

Reviews

1 review

Dangioffre Pro 1mo ago

5.0/5

A buddy told me I had to read this and he was right. Absolute Green Arrow #1 is an absolute banger. I will be upfront that Green Arrow has never really been my character. I tried the Dawn of DC run and fell off it pretty quick, but this is a completely different animal. Someone has taken up the Green Arrow mantle in the most brutal way possible, hunting corrupt billionaires and leaving green arrows in the bodies, and the central mystery of who is actually behind the mask is the hook that makes this impossible to put down. The kills are brutal, creative, and genuinely shocking. It feels more like a slasher film than a superhero comic and that is exactly what makes it so good.

The art from Albuquerque is fantastic and perfectly matches the dark, gritty tone. Dinah Lance is the real POV character here, an ex MMA fighter turned bodyguard, and she is a great lens into this wild story. There is a lot of history and moving pieces being set up and Pichetshote handles it all with confidence. This is the kind of first issue that makes you angry the next one is not already in your hands. Hurry up issue 2.