Together, writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino have molded Green Arrow into one of DC's best ongoing series over the past 18 months. The bad news is that their run is coming to a close now. They wrapped up their core Green Arrow saga with last month's Green Arrow #34. The good news is that they have one final story to tell as part of DC's Futures End flash-forward event this month. Green Arrow: Futures End #1 will explore the final days of Oliver Queen before his death in the main Futures End comic and the rise of his half-sister Emiko as the new Green Arrow.

We had a chance to chat with both Lemire and Sorrentino via e-mail to find out more about this upcoming issue. Look for that and an exclusive preview of their final Green Arrow comic below.

This one-shot is probably the most connected to the Futures End series due to my involvement and the large role GA plays in the series. But I also tried to write something that would be a cool coda for Andrea and my run on the book as well.

It actually takes place right before his death. We see his final days and the secrets of his murder are revealed.No, there will be no Firestorm (sorry for the fans of him!). On the other side there will be another beloved (and dreadly!) character that, you'll see, will be directly involved with Ollie's death (but I'm not going to spoil too much!)Well, by my side it was mostly about.. well, aging her! We already have seen her presenting herself as 'the new Green Arrow' in the last 'Broken' arc, so the costume and the attitude was mostly set. We just had to push it a bit forward in the future where, as you may know, she took the 'cape' (or the hood, if you prefer) of her brother due to his absence.She's also going to have some kind of sidekick\mentor\friend in Naomi Singh as the new Dart! Seems that she has been so excited to use the dart-thrower against Killer Moth in Green Arrow #34 that she decided to put the computers aside for a while and jump directly into action!Yes, if you've followed our arc on Green Arrow, you're for sure going to see some familiar faces in this issue!Not much, to be honest. I think my style is, by its nature, gritty enough to depict the future the book is set in. I like sometimes to change a bit my style to fit to some specific scenes, but I didn't think it was the case this time. Of course, expect some dark settings, gritty action and the return of one location that has seen a 'war' in recent issues..Yes. If a reader loved our run, I definitely suggest to pick-up this issue as well. The way Jeff wrote it, it really closes the circle with all the things and the mythology we've built for Oliver in last 20 issues. There's a page in the middle of the book that is one of my favorite of the whole run, as it features lots of the character we've put in Green Arrow and, by my side, it was like a good way to tell 'em my 'goodbye'.Not so much in JLU, but rather its taking what we did on our run in GA and extrapolating that forward. To see where Ollie, Emiko etc. would end up.

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Check out our exclusive preview of Green Arrow: Futures End #1 below:This issue will be released on Wednesday, September 3. The issue is priced at $2.99 for the standard version and $3.99 for the 3D motion cover version.

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