Absolute Green Arrow#1(2026)

A masked killer armed with a bow breaks into a penthouse owned by disgraced billionaire and pedophile Jubal Slade. He kills all of Slade's security and tortures Slade to death. The next day, professional bodyguard Dinah Lance is escorting a celebrity client, when she is shoved by an onlooker trying to take a picture. Enraged, she punches the man out and is suspended. That evening she has a remote therapy session and tells her therapist that scientific research shows that people with money have been demonstrated to lack empathy, and so she tries to numb herself when she has to deal with her rich clients. She also says that, although she hates her job, she needs the money to pay for her father's medical care as his health insurance only covers half of it. The next day, Dinah is called in for an interview with a sister company to her bodyguard firm for another assignment. She meets with Malcolm Merlyn at Hammond Consulting, where he tells her he wants her to protect Reese Tyler, a nationally-despised pharmaceuticals CEO. Dinah asks Merlyn why he wants her for the role after what happened with her previous client, and in response he asks her if she spoke to Oliver Queen or Jubal Slade before they died. Eight years ago when Queen and Slade were operating their start-up "GreenArrows Trading" out of their apartment, Dinah was their neighbour and briefly dated Oliver until he cheated on her. She asks if the assignment is related to Slade's recent murder and Merlyn tells her that Hector Hammond wants to increase protection around himself and Reese as he fears they may be targeted by Slade's killer, and Dinah was chosen to not only protect them but help find the killer's identity due to her past as a police officer and history with Queen and Slade. Merlyn reveals that Slade's mutilated body was found with two green arrows, the symbol of his company, lodged in his eyes. He also shows her three possible suspects he has identified: Roy Harper, Mia Dearden and Tom Hallaway. Dinah turns down the assignment, but then suddenly Hammond and Reese walk in. Hammond reveals that he knows about her father's illness and money troubles, and tells her that if she takes the job he will pay her enough to cover all the cost for his care. He then cancels her father's health coverage with a single tap on his tablet, giving her no choice but to take the job. He insults her and tells her to go home and check, then come in for work on Monday and be grateful for the money. When she gets home Dinah's father confirms that his health insurance was just cancelled out of the blue. On Monday Hammond and Reese, accompanied by Merlyn, Dinah and some other guards; go to check out Oliver's bunker, nicknamed the "Arrow Cave". Suddenly a hail of arrows flies towards them. Dinah catches an arrow heading for Reese and stops it hitting him, but it scratches his cheek and he quickly dies a horrible death from the poison on the arrowhead. An arrow with a hand grenade tied to the shaft then hits nearby and explodes, knocking them all back. The "Green Arrow Killer" emerges from the flames and splits his bow into two swords joined by a cord. He quickly kills all the guards except Dinah and Merlyn and then attacks Hammond, slicing off his right hand. Dinah shoots at Green Arrow and he flees, promising to get Hammond next time. Dinah binds up Hammond's stump to prevent him bleeding out, but enjoys his pain as she does so. Later, Dinah and Merlyn return to the cave to search it thoroughly. Behind a false wall they find a vault, and inside is the body of a young boy. Despite being dead for some time the body has not decomposed, and the upper body is covered with eyes.