Green Arrow #43

This issue is Green Arrow #43 from DC's New 52 era (published August 12, 2015). Titled "The Night Birds, Part 3: The Hood," it closes out the opening arc of "The Night Birds" by writer Benjamin Percy and artist Patrick Zircher. The story is set in Seattle. Oliver Queen had previously funded the city's surveillance drone program, Panopticon, and it has now slipped out of control: driven by an algorithm designed by engineer Aaron Zimm, the drones not only replace police street patrols but also target and injure civilians based on racially biased judgments, casting the whole city under their shadow. As the issue opens, Green Arrow himself has been captured by Zimm's side, and Seattle cowers under the drones' watch, with citizens and police alike afraid to act. Meanwhile, Oliver's half-sister Emiko Queen, ignoring her brother's wish that she live an ordinary teenage life, takes up her bow, brings her wolf companion George, and, with tech support from Henry Fyff, goes on the offensive to rescue Oliver and stop Zimm's plan. The story ends in dense action, involving Zimm, a mysterious albino figure, and the unraveling of a string of conspiracies, and it throws the question of what responsibility a hero bears in city governance back at Oliver himself. This is the single issue of Green Arrow (New 52) #43, part of "The Night Birds" arc (issues #41–44 and the annual), later collected in Green Arrow Vol. 8: The Night Birds.