Our heads are still spinning from the craziness that was this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, but we managed to wipe the sleep from our bleary eyes to bring you a nice Monday morning exclusive in the form of preview pages from DC Comics’ Arrow #9. Not only do you get an original story from Arrow writer-producer Marc Guggenheim with art by the legendary Mike Grell, Allan Jeffeson, Le Beau Underwood and Eric Nguyen, but you also get Stephen Amell’s handsome mug brooding on the cover. In the industry, that’s something we call a “win-win.”

Issue #9 finds Oliver Queen’s trusted and consistently face-punched bodyguard Dig looking into Ollie’s mysterious past and putting two and two together. Also he gets punched in the face because it’s Diggle, damn it, and that’s what happens.

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Arrow #9 hits your local comic book store this Wednesday. What do you think? Have you been watching the show and reading the comic? Let us know in the comments below!