Green Arrow #11

Green Arrow #11 is the eleventh issue of the Green Arrow Volume 5 series under DC's 'New 52' initiative, released on July 4, 2012, titled 'The Joy of Crime,' and running 32 pages. The script for this issue is by Ann Nocenti, the interior art is by Harvey Tolibao, and the cover is by Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and the Hi-Fi coloring team. The story follows the 'Triple Threat' arc of the previous issues: Oliver Queen returns to Seattle from abroad and finds that during his absence the city's safety has deteriorated severely and its lower-income neighborhoods have fallen into chaos, with a group of masked vigilantes calling themselves the 'Dark Arrows' appearing in the streets. Oliver must both figure out what relation these people imitating his crime-fighting style have to him and to Q-Core, and deal with the crisis of his family business, Queen Industries, being subjected to a hostile foreign takeover, and so has to shuttle back and forth between Seattle and China. The issue moves at a relatively fast pace, continuing the urban vigilante thread of the 'Dark Arrows' while pushing the corporate battle to a new stage. Among issues 7 to 16 written by Nocenti, this issue is characterized by its interweaving of social issues, street crime, and corporate intrigue. The comic itself is a single-issue magazine-style publication, 32 pages in full color, rated Teen, and is best read in order. This volume is issue 11 of the series.