Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. With the San Diego Comic-Con upon us, we have news and announcements dropping left and right, so here’s an attempt to keep up with it all. Hit the links for more information.
From the DC All In Panel earlier this week came news of a tie-in title for the big DC K.O. event that DC announced last week — and it involves a whole lot of fighting and a whole lot of Robins.
According to reports from the panel, Knightfight by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora “explores Batman’s worst nightmare: what if the Robins all became Batmen in twisted alternate futures?”
Yes, Dan Mora is adding another book to his schedule, and still killing it:
Here’s a look at his design for Batman:
In addition to Knightfight, an Absolute Green Arrow title by Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque was announced, arriving in spring 2026.
Speaking of DC, they’re taking an interesting approach to their booth in San Diego — not just this year, but for the next 10 years, leading into their 100-year anniversary in 2035:
This year, the DC Booth will have a new, yet familiar, look. In 2025, DC enters the final decade of its first 100 years. With reverence for the past and an embrace of the future, DC plans to celebrate every era of its storied history annually in 10-year increments, starting at the beginning: 1935-1945. The 2025 DC Booth will feature art and experiences from this first decade of publication.This nascent age was a time of unprecedented creation and saw the birth of not only DC, but of the comic book art form with DC’s New Fun #1, Super Heroes, and the DC Trinity: Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
It’ll be interesting to see what they do over the next decade with the booth. Also, props for long-term planning! You can watch the video above for a behind-the-scenes discussion with the designers of the DC Booth.
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BOOM! Studios has announced Marian Heretic, a new miniseries by Tini Howard and Joe Jaro. It will feature “murderous, religious fury”:
Sister Marian is a witch hunter of the highest order, a Mother Superior, and a heretic guided by a Goddess the Church refuses to acknowledge. When the Holy Father brands her order blasphemers, Marian strikes a dark bargain to become their personal enforcer.
As she delivers murderous judgement night after night in the city of Vespers, she can feel her soul fracture…but what else can she do with the lives of her sisters at stake?
The first issue arrives Oct. 1.
Dark Horse is serving up another batch of the Bad Batch, the experimental clone troopers who appeared in the Clone Wars animated series. Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch—Rogue Agents is by Michael Moreci, artist Reese Hannigan, inker Elisabetta D’Amico, colorist Michael Atiyeh and letterer Comicraft, and it is set before the end of the war (and before the Empire took over):
When a Separatist scientist and his dangerous invention go missing during the Clone Wars, Clone Force 99 is sent to track him down and prevent the device from falling into the wrong hands. But when Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, and Tech arrive at the scientist’s abandoned laboratory, they quickly realize that they aren’t the only ones on his trail, and that this mission will be different than any they’ve faced before!
The first issue of four arrives Dec. 17.
Mad Cave Studios has announced Terrorbytes, a new science fiction/horror anthology written by Mark London and Mark Russell. They’ll work with a host of different artists on stories, including Juan Doe, Alberto Ponticelli, Val Halvorsen, Felix Ruiz and more:
In an age where technology intertwines seamlessly with our everyday lives, TERRORBYTES delves deeper into the shadows of our digital existence, exploring the uncharted territories of human consciousness shaped by technological evolution. This new series pushes the boundaries of speculative fiction, presenting stories that challenge the very essence of identity, morality, and reality in a hyper-connected world. In the first issue, a headset that lets users relive their greatest memories at the moment of their death extracts a brutal price.
Terrorbytes will arrive sometime this fall.
BOOM!’s Power Rangers line gets spooky in October with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Halloween Special #1. It’ll include stories by Sina Grace, Meghan Camarena, Danny Lore, Nick Marino, Zachary Sterling, Jodi Nishijima and Arielle Jovellanos, with appearances by the Pumpkin Rapper and the debut of the sugary Colonel Maize.
Dick Tracy is also getting in on the Halloween fun with a special this year. Mad Cave will publish it Oct. 29, and it features a story by Alex Segura, Michael Moreci, Chantelle Aimée Osman, Craig Cermak, Mark Englert and Jim Campbell:
THE GHOULS AND GHOSTS ARE OUT IN THE CITY – and so are some of Dick Tracy’s deadliest Rogues…or are they? As Tracy, Pat, Sam, and Tess try to piece together the return of one of The City’s most bloodthirsty killers, other Tracy baddies start to creep out from under the woodwork. But the heroes dig deeper into the twisty mystery and discover something new – and perhaps more sinister! Featuring the Mad Cave debut of one of the most iconic Dick Tracy characters ever – THE KID!
The Winchester brothers will return to comics this fall, courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment. Supernatural, the long-running CW TV show about two brothers who battles monsters, demons and the apocalypse on a weekly basis, will fire up the Impala and hit the road.
Presumably this is set before the terrible final episode … oh yes, it is! Check it:
This comic book series featuring brand new tales is set between the foundational first and second seasons of the revered Warner Bros. Television series, bringing readers back to the early era of adventures where the dark magic first began. The bickering brothers will be confronted with a disturbing new threat to take down before they can turn their focus to vengeance for their departed mother.
Writer Greg Pak teams with artist Eder Messias on the series, which will debut in October.
Rob Liefeld returned to Youngblood earlier this year, launching not only remastered editions of the original series, but also a direct-to-consumers title he sold on his website. Now Image is releasing a version of it in November, and they shared all the variants it’ll come in. Artists include Skottie Young, Daniel Warren Johnson, Ryan Stegman, Ryan Ottley, Kael Ngu, Erik Gist and Mark Spears.
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