Season 5 Cover Countdown: Green Arrow #52

Every year on GreenArrowTV’s Twitter feed and Facebook page, we’d count down to the new season’s premiere with a classic Green Arrow-related comic book cover. After all, it was the comic books that inspired the TV series to begin with.

Since there had sometimes been confusion about the covers without any context, this year we’re going to describe the comic book covers that we are showing. The issue numbers on the comics will correspond to the number of days left before Season 5 begins. For example, there are 52 days left until Arrow Season 5, considering The CW has announced an October 5 premiere date.

Here’s today’s entry.

Green Arrow #52 (New 52)

The number 52 is a special one to DC Comics, as their weekly series 52 was a great success, and of course they had their “New 52” initiative.

This particular cover was a variant for the 52nd and final issue of the “New 52” Green Arrow series, and itself was an homage to the reboot’s first issue from 2001. It is the last issue to come before current “Rebirth” Green Arrow comic that is doing so well. Still, it’s an interesting place to leave off, and now that we’re below #52 in the countdown, that means many more modern covers are coming your way.

52 days are left to the Arrow season premiere – be sure to come back daily for more countdown posts! Past “Cover Countdown” posts can be found here.