Green Arrow #28

This is issue #28 of DC's Green Arrow series during the New 52 era (released February 5, 2014; cover date April 2014), part three of "The Outsiders War" arc written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Andrea Sorrentino, subtitled "The Final Lesson." The story picks up directly from the previous issue: Oliver Queen finally confronts his father, Robert Queen, who has "returned from the dead." Shocked and furious, he nearly kills the man wearing his father's face. Robert proves his identity with memories only father and son could know—he had faked his death in collusion with Magus and Walter Emerson in order to protect his son and to track down Simon Lacroix (later Komodo), who had betrayed the family and defected to the Outsiders. He bought the island, arranged for Oliver to be stranded there, and even fought his son in person as a masked figure to force him to grow. Only then does Oliver realize that his "escape" years ago was in fact a release, and that the near-fatal duel was a test. Before father and son can settle their accounts, Kodiak of the Shield Clan attacks, and the battle begins early. Meanwhile in Seattle, Naomi Singh and Henry Fyff notice that mob bosses are dying one after another, with the mastermind pointing to Richard Dragon; and the long-missing John Diggle suddenly appears, looking for Oliver. This issue is a key link in Lemire's reconstruction of the Green Arrow myth, driving the family feud and the war of the seven clans toward its climax.