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I would recommend starting with Green Arrow:Year One by Andy Diggle. It modernized his origin and is what the island flashbacks were roughly based on.
Then I would move to the best Green Arrow run from the New 52 by Jeff Lemire which can be found in Volume 4: The Kill Machine, Volume 5: The Outsiders War, and the first half of Volume 6: Broken which releases in May.
I would also recommend Green Lantern/Green Arrow by Denny O'Neill & Neil Adams, as it was the original run that modernized the character.
As for other characters from the show appearing in the New 52, Roy is a main character in Red Hood and the Outlaws along with Red Hood (Jason Todd, the second Robin) and Starfire. Laurel was also the leader in Birds of Prey, but I never read it so I don't know if it's good or not.
Edit: And for a good Ra's al Ghul story I would check out JLA: Tower of Babel.
Sidebar.
Also, you have a Green Arrow flair. You wanna check out Green Arrow #17. The first 16 are trash, but from 17 on they got a new creative team and it got really, really, good. [Here's the first part on amazone] (http://www.amazon.com/Green-Arrow-Vol-Kill-Machine/dp/1401246907/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417921635&sr=8-1&keywords=green+arrow+volume+4), and here's the second.
I don't know what else you're interested in, but for most characters you can just start at the New 52 #1 and go from there.
Don't forget outsiders war!
First step is to figure out what characters you think you might like, then find out what the recommended reading is for those characters.
The sidebar is a good resource for that.
My person recommendations:
Batman: Death of the Family: You can't go wrong with Batman, and this is a great Joker story. It is the third Volume of Batman New52, this collects Issues #13-17. #1-13 is also worth your time if you're a Batman fan.
Batman Eternal Vol.1: A great on-going series, following the wake of Forever Evil, which was a recent big event.
Green Arrow: The Kill Machine: Vol. 4 of Green Arrow New52, this collects #17-24, and is a great arc, Vol. 5 Outsiders War collects #25-31 and is also amazing. Other essential Green Arrow books: Year One, Longbow Hunters.
Flashpoint: This is a large scale book, it is the event that led to the creation of the New52 universe, worth checking out, but if you want to save time, there is an animated DC movie that covers this story pretty reliably. Justice League: War is another decent DC movie which covers Vol. 1 of Justice League new52.
Stories outside of the New52 world:
Batman: The Killing Joke: an amazing Batman/Joker story from Watchmen writer Alan Moore.
The Flash: Rebirth: This is an essential pre-new52 Flash story that covers Barry Allens return to comics after being dead for a very long time.
Kingdom Come: A very interesting older book. Good story, and unique art.
Injustice: Year One: This is a comic based on the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, but it has turned into so much more. Absolutely amazing on-going elseworlds book.
If you're looking for darker themed books, check out:
Hellblazer, Vol. 1 Original Sins: Very different from classic hero comics, in this series Constantine deals with magic, demons, etc.
The Sandman Vol. 1 Preludes & Nocturnes: Another great book, this follows the story of Dream, younger brother of Death, and sibling to the other Endless.
Lucifer: Book One: Lucifer Morningstar started out as a side character in Sandman, but received his own book later. This series begins where his character left off in Sandman, having resigned his post and abandoning his kingdom of Hell he lies low on Earth, however things change when he receives an offer from his father, God himself.
I'll add some more if I think of anything, or if you even find this helpful. I imagine it is pretty overwhelming. Good luck.
I completely agree with MisterBigStuff, I think the perfect starting point for Green Arrow could be The Outsiders War series. The art is just phenomenal & absolutely fantastically written to match. It's one of those comics that will keep you coming back, and reading to find out what is going to happen next unable to put the book down. Definitely a highlight of the Arrow series!
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Okey, so this is (obviously) my opinion but I'd start reading in this order:
And then move on to Green Arrow Rebirth run which is the newest and ongoing run. You can also continue the run after Broken but in my opinion it was pretty meh. Rebirth has been great though. Don't read any super old stuff at first, comic fans like to recommend that stuff but it's not for most beginners.
For Green Arrow, purchase Green Arrow Vol. 4: Kill Machine and Green Arrow Vol. 5: The Outsiders War.
You can always use the internet to fill in the gaps. I've been reading GA via comixology. There's bound to be a sale once Arrow season 3 kicks into gear. Usually issues go for a dollar during those types of sales. If not that: ebay, midtown comics, amazon and other sites may have them.
But the trade isn't that far off. October 14th this year according to Amazon. Of course that's subject to change, but still... There's plenty more to read if you end up having to wait.
If you're worried about waiting, hey... welcome to comic books. haha! You're going to be waiting for a lot of different things. Might as well get on board while I sit here waiting for Sandman: Overture issue 3. :P
Yep.
Well if he's not reading the comic books then Lemire's Green Arrow run has been really good and this [first](http://smile.amazon.com/Green-Arrow-Vol-Machine-Graphic/dp/1401246907/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408554646&sr=8-1&keywords=green+arrow+lemire_ of his GA trades is already out with the second out in Oct. They have also been rereleasing some of the older stories by Grell that are considered classics. Unfortunately; the deluxe Kevon Smith one keeps getting pushed back and off top of my head there is only GA trades and not any graphic novels. For Batman there are quite a few current coll things out because of his 75 anniversary. They put out a 75th anniversary book that collects quite a few of his more important issues through the years since his creation and another in Oct that collects three of his most popular trades in the modern era. Though it is all going to depend if he is a active reader and is actively reading the current stuff, has the classic stories, or doesn't have many comics to begin with because there are more recent trades like Court of Owls which is very popular and a lot of people like the mask that came with one of the trade editions.