DC Announces 'Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia'
Main cover to Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 by Gabriel Hardman
When justice fails, what remains? When power corrupts, who resists? And when principle becomes weaponized, who gets hurt?
BURBANK, CA — DC today 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.
Written, pencilled, and inked by Hardman, 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.
"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,” said Gabriel Hardman. “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."
Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 interior art by Gabriel Hardman and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
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 interior art by Gabriel Hardman and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
Expect bold storytelling, dynamic visuals, and a tone that honors the psychological depth of its vigilante protagonists, each guided by their own code and clashing as often as they unite, while posing difficult questions: When justice fails, what remains? When power corrupts, who resists? And when principle becomes weaponized, who gets hurt?
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. The Cowan and Sienkiewicz variant will be available in standard card stock and trade-dress-free foil versions.
Variant cover to Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 by Denys Cowan & Bill Sienkiewicz
Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 publishes November 26, 2025, available wherever comic books are sold. 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.
For the latest information on DC Black Label, Batman, Green Arrow, the Question, floating cities off the coast of Greenland, and more, visit the official DC website at dc.com and follow @DCOfficial on social media or visit the official DC website at https://www.dc.com/. The DC UNIVERSE INFINITE digital subscription platform (DCUI) is a great way to discover classic stories featuring Batman, Green Arrow and the Question, and more; for more information and a free trial, check out the DCUI website at https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/. DCUI is not available in all countries and is not intended for children.
Author Bio: 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. Hardman is also an accomplished storyboard artist, having worked on movies such as A Complete Unknown, Logan, Interstellar, and Inception. He lives in Los Angeles.
