‘Absolute Green Arrow’ Coming In 2026 From Pornsak Pichetshote And Rafael Albuquerque

The next big title in DC Comics‘ Absolute Universe line? As announced at San Diego Comic-Con, it’s Absolute Green Arrow, by Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque. And while the book itself won’t be out until 2026, you’ll get to meet Absolute Oliver Queen a little early. Specifically, this October.

And double specifically, in the October debuting Absolute Evil special, where Oliver Queen is… One of the bad guys? In the issue, written by Al Ewing with art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, the rich baddies of the Absolute Universe are getting together for the first time. That includes Ra’s al Ghul, Veronica Cale, Elenore Thawne, Hector Hammond, and Joker… But eagle-eyed comic book fans likely noticed there are seven hands “all in” on the cover to the issue, and those are only five characters listed.

Well, now we know who six of those seven hands are — the seventh remains a mystery — and you might be scratching your head as to why Oliver Queen is teaming up with the bad guys.

“You’ve seen these powerful, rich people on the outskirts of the Absolute Universe,” said Pichetshote on the DC All In panel at SDCC. “Now for the first time, they’re actually meeting.”

Well, as reported by The Beat, it seems like billionaire Oliver Queen is “a billionaire, who gets fed up with how other billionaires are acting,” which seems like pure fantasy to me — but is consistent with Oliver’s character in the mainline comics, where that happens all the frickin’ time. Also of note, per art shared at the panel, this is your classic Oliver Queen with Robin Hood beard and all.

And also of note? It’s great to see Albuquerque on this… He was slated to be the original artist on Absolute Superman, but due to catastrophic flooding in his home country of Brazil, he had to bow out of the title, and pass it over to Rafa Sandoval. Now he’s back on an Absolute Universe title, and it feels so good.

Absolute Green Arrow #1 is slated to debut in Spring of 2026.

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