Preview: Batman, Green Arrow, and The Question cross paths in this fall’s Arcadia

A utopian society being built off the coast of Greenland might be more than it appears in Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia.

Old school thrills, in the DC Comics style

DC Comics is calling back, way back, to the 1980s. That’d be for the upcoming DC Black Label limited series, Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia. Not that the story takes place in the decade, but the book’s narrative is meant to be “a hard-boiled modern twist on the DC thrillers of the 1980s”, according to the publisher. That’s more than enough to get us interested. Those kinds of premier titles have been a glaring omission for a long time, and this one’s looking sharp.

The title will hail from Gabriel Hardman, who’ll be handling the book’s writing, art, and inks. Not that it’ll be a completely one-man show though. Romulo Fajardo Jr. will provide colors for the four-issue series, and Simon Bowland will be onboard as letterer.

Events will surround a sea-bound city that’s being built off the coast of Greenland, a utopia of the modern age. Its goal is to survive extreme climate events… or is it? While Bruce Wayne appears to be an interested party, he seems to have his doubts as well, and that’s where his alter-ego of The Batman comes in. As mentioned though, Batman isn’t the only hero looking into the city of Arcadia. And while Green Arrow and The Question both are on the side of justice, they’re also not exactly eye-to-eye with the Dark Knight.

Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia

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.”

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.

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?

DC Comics press release

A variant that actually does hail from the 80s?!

Hang on, because we’ll get to that in a second. As you can see in the gallery however, Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia will ship with both standard and variant covers, though not all of the latter have been included in this preview. The standard that you see will be from Hardman, obviously, while the pair of variants will spin out of the pencils of Kevin Nowlan and the team of Denys Cowan & Bill Sienkiewicz.

Cowan and Sienkiewicz’s variant is the second image you see above, and will be a bit special. And yes, that means it has roots in the era that the book itself is meant to harken back to. The piece was originally a DC poster that promoted “the 1988 “Fables” crossover between Detective Comics Annual #1, Green Arrow Annual #1, and The Question Annual #1″. Apparently it hasn’t been seen since, at least as a variant cover. That changes this year, as it’ll be made available as both cardback and “trade-dress-free foil versions” for Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1.

Speaking of availability, Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 (of 4) will debut this fall. Look for it to land in stores (along with its variants) on November 26th. As for pricing, cardback covers will be priced at $5.99 USD, and foil variants at $7.99. When all is said and done with the limited series, there’s also a hardcover volume inbound that’ll include the full tale.

Fans can look for that in stores on June 16th, 2026, with a price tag of $24.99 USD.