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Green Arrow: Year One #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis 2008 hardcover collects the six-issue miniseries that reimagines Oliver Queen's origin story. Written by Andy Diggle with art by Jock, it follows the billionaire playboy's transformation from a castaway on a remote island into the hooded archer who becomes Green Arrow. The volume presents a modern, gritty take on the character's early days, stripping away decades of continuity to focus on survival and the birth of a hero.
Green Arrow: Year One #1, written by Andy Diggle and illustrated by Jock, kicks off with Oliver Queen stranded on a remote island, stripped of his wealth and privilege. As survival becomes his only focus, he confronts the raw edge of his own instincts—where the line between man and prey begins to blur. The cover by Jock captures the moment with stark intensity, setting the tone for a story where the hunt is no longer just physical.
After a humiliating drunken outburst at a charity gala, Oliver Queen flees to his yacht for solitude—only to be betrayed by a trusted associate and left drifting in the open sea.
In "null," Oliver Queen confronts the raw essence of survival after washing ashore on a remote island, stripped of his wealth and identity. As basic needs replace the complexities of his past, he begins to shed the trappings of a spoiled aristocrat, discovering a fiercer instinct within. When armed strangers arrive, Oliver makes a decisive choice—no longer the hunted, but the hunter.
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↩ Reprints Green Arrow: Year One #1 (2007), Green Arrow: Year One #2 (2007), Green Arrow: Year One #3 (2007), Green Arrow: Year One #4 (2007), Green Arrow: Year One #5 (2007), Green Arrow: Year One #6 (2007)
Reprinted in Green Arrow: Year One #[nn] (2009), Green Arrow: Year One ― The Deluxe Edition #[nn] (2020)
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