Chad Burdette
Today, DC Comics announced Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia, a bold, character-driven new four-issue comic book series by acclaimed storyteller Gabriel Hardman, launching November 26, 2025, and publishing monthly under the publisher’s DC Black Label imprint.
Writer/artist Hardman comes to DC Black Label with a hard-boiled modern twist on the DC thrillers of the 1980s, updating this opinionated trio of lone-wolf vigilantes, Batman, Green Arrow and the Question, for a new era of open class warfare and ecological collapse.
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DC Black Label Presents Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia, a four-issue comic book miniseries by Gabriel Hardman that spotlights the intersection of three legendary vigilantes—Batman, Green Arrow, and the Question—as they navigate the corrupt undercurrents of a broken city.
Writer/artist Hardman comes to DC Black Label with a hard-boiled modern twist on the DC thrillers of the 1980s, updating this opinionated trio of lone-wolf vigilantes, Batman, Green Arrow and the Question, for a new era of open class warfare and ecological collapse.
Gabriel Hardman is the co-writer and artist of the Hugo-nominated Image sci-fi series Invisible Republic and the co-writer and artist of DC’s Green Lantern: Earth One series, as well as writer/artist of Kinski and The Belfry published by Image Comics. He has drawn Hulk, Secret Avengers and Agents of Atlas and also an accomplished storyboard artist, having worked on movies such as A Complete Unknown, Logan, Interstellar, and Inception.
The series will deliver high-impact storytelling focused on vigilante power, principle, and justice, tailored for readers who crave moral complexity and psychological depth.
Hardman’s writting, pencils, and inks will be joined with colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettering by Simon Bowland, Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia unites three of DC’s most ideologically distinct heroes in an expansive narrative of global stakes and personal reckoning.
As Bruce Wayne forms a tenuous bond with a billionaire climate visionary, Batman begins to question the true purpose of Arcadia—an ocean-sailing city, climate-hardened against weather extremes, being constructed off the coast of Greenland. Meanwhile, Green Arrow and the Question investigate the darker realities hidden beneath Arcadia’s utopian promise.
In the press release announcing the series, Hardman said:
“I’ve wanted to tell a story about Batman, Green Arrow and the Question since I was 14 years old and I couldn’t be more excited to finally get the chance,”. “While I’m taking inspiration from the great work of Denny O’Neil, Denys Cowan and Mike Grell, this series isn’t an exercise in nostalgia. I’m taking the grounded approach they spearheaded in the late 80s and moving forward, having these three difficult, opinionated personalities confront a contemporary brand of criminality on a global scale.”
Through a high-stakes blend of suspense, espionage, and conflict, Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia is perfect for readers seeking complex narratives and iconic archetypes as the comic book series dives deep into the moral gray zones of three of the DC Universe’s most unyielding vigilantes. In Arcadia, working from the decaying husk of Hub City, Vic Sage, the Question, goes deep undercover on the trail of a human-trafficking operation in the frozen Arctic. Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, pushed out of his own company’s C-suite, must get his crumbling life back together…but what is Queen Industries’ involvement with a mysterious project dubbed Arcadia? Spurred on by the Question, Green Arrow joins the hunt for answers…but one obstacle stands in the way of their investigation: the Batman.
Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 will feature a main cover by Hardman and variant covers from Kevin Nowlan and the legendary duo of Denys Cowan & Bill Sienkiewicz. The Cowan and Sienkiewicz variant was originally seen on a DC poster promoting the 1988 “Fables” crossover between Detective Comics Annual #1, Green Arrow Annual #1, and The Question Annual #,1 and has never been offered as a variant cover until now.
Denys Cowan & Bill Sienkiewicz Variant Cover:
The Cowan and Sienkiewicz variant will be available in standard card stock and trade-dress-free foil versions.
Card stock covers will retail for $5.99 US while the foil variant cover will retail for $7.99 US.
Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia will carry DC’s Ages 17+ content descriptor (for mature readers). Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia is edited by DC executive editor Chris Conroy and assistant editor Ash Padilla. Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia (hardcover, ISBN 9781799505518), collecting all four periodical issues, hits shelves June 16, 2026, and will retail for $24.99 US.
Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 publishes November 26, 2025, available wherever comic books are sold.
