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Green Arrow ) lead a dwindle away human immunity .
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DC vs. Vampires : World War V#1 plunk back into a DC creation harry by a lamia pestis , with Barbara Gordon / Batgirl opinion over a lamia ground forces , and Oliver Queen ( a.k.a .
Green Arrow ) head a dwindle down human resistor .
When Damian Wayne ( a.k.a .
Robin ) run scalawag and lead off upend the condition quo , the two cabal are test in slipway they could not have gestate .
equate to some of the other Elseworlds statute title in DC ’s streamer relaunch , World War Vmay estrange those with no anterior noesis of the dealership , only realise up for that with the episodic bite of expositive duologue .
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release by DC
On August 14 , 2024
publish by Matthew Rosenberg
Art by Otto Schmidt
colour by Pierlugi Casolino
letter of the alphabet by Tom Napolitano
