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DC Comics is teasing the debut of another addition to the Absolute Universe, as they revealed today a redacted version of the cover to Absolute Batman #20 by Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin.
That big giant “R” kind of gives things away, doesn’t it?
Continue reading “DC teases a big debut in ‘Absolute Batman’ #20”The landmark series by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley will be honored with new editions, variant covers, facsimile reprints and more.
DC Comics will honor the 40th anniversary of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, the landmark four-issue series by writer/artist Frank Miller, inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley with a yearlong celebration that includes new editions, reprints, variant covers and more.
The celebration kicks off later this week at the ComicsPro meeting, where Miller and Janson will appear together for a panel for comics retailers. Also beginning this month, DC will release monthly Facsimile Editions of The Dark Knight Returns #1–4, reproducing the single issues complete with their covers, original advertisements and back matter. A DC Compact Comics Edition will arrives April 7.
Continue reading “DC Comics will mark 40th anniversary of ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ with yearlong celebration”The oversized collection will include more than 75 classic covers and stories by Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino and more.
Skybound and Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing have announced that they will release DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s Edition, an oversized art collection spotlighting some of the most influential work from DC Comics’ Silver Age era, in the fall.
Like the other Artist’s Editions, the collection will measure 15 by 22 inches, and it’ll feature more than 75 covers and interior pages drawn at the original “twice-up” size. Highlights include the complete interior pages from the 1960s Green Lantern #1, full stories from The Flash by Carmine Infantino, Action Comics #282 by Al Plastino and a Sugar and Spike story by Sheldon Mayer. Iconic covers include Flash #123, the first appearance of Earth-Two, and the debut of the Silver Age Hawkman in Brave and the Bold #34 by Joe Kubert.
Writer and historian Mark Waid contributes an introduction to the volume.
Continue reading “Skybound + Act 4 will release ‘DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s Edition’ in November”Arriving in November, the all-ages graphic novel follows six-year-old Mariam as she discovers that real superheroes live in her neighborhood.
DC has announced You’re A Superhero!, a new early reader graphic novel by Supergirl actor and writer Azie Tesfai, with art by Penelope Rivera Gaylord.
Aimed at ages 5–7, the story follows a six-year-old girl, Mariam, who lives in the DC universe and longs to see the heroes on TV closer to home. She discovers her own local heroes in the everyday people in her neighborhood, from her building super to her bus driver to her mom.
“I wrote this book because playing a superhero on television opened me up to a world filled with imagination, power, and possibility, one I hadn’t fully experienced when I was growing up,” Tesfai said. “It made me think about how meaningful it would have been to meet these heroes at a younger age and to see myself reflected in that world from the very beginning. With this story, and as DC begins an exciting new chapter in the kids’ space, I wanted children to have that experience early on.”
Tesfai played Kelly Olsen, sister to Jimmy Olsen, on Supergirl. After her TV brother left the show, she also became a superhero and took on the mantle of the Guardian. The actress is the first Ethiopian and Eritrean person to portray a superhero on U.S. television, and the first CW actor to write for the network, penning the Guardian’s debut episode, “Blind Spots.”
Continue reading “DC will publish Azie Tesfai + Penelope Rivera Gaylord’s ‘You’re A Superhero!’ this fall”Their half of the crossover with DC will now include contributions from Stephanie Phillips, Phil Noto, Jeph Loeb, Jim Cheung and more.
Following their announcement last month of the preliminary line-up for the upcoming Spider-Man/Superman crossover, Marvel has announced two additional stories and several new variant covers for the one-shot.
Marvel announced a star-studded creative line-up for the anthology in January, including new stories by Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, Dan Slott, Brad Meltzer, Pepe Larraz and, in his first work for Marvel in quite awhile, Geoff Johns — among many others.
Joining them will be Stephanie Phillips and Phil Noto, whose story will feature Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider and Supergirl.
“Spider-Gwen and Supergirl both represent different kinds of strengths and powers, but they’re united by their compassion and resilience,” Phillips said. “I really loved the chance to let these heroes save the day together and have fun doing it. And Phil Noto on art just takes it to another level. Kara, Gwen and I are lucky to have him!”
Continue reading “Marvel reveals more stories + covers for ‘Spider-Man/Superman’”The anthology graphic novel will arrive in June ahead of the Supergirl film.
Ahead of the theatrical debut of the Supergirl film, DC will release Supergirl: The World, an anthology graphic novel featuring stories by international creative teams.
Like the previous volumes featuring Batman, The Joker and Superman, Supergirl: The World will be published simultaneously by DC and their global publishing partners on the same day, June 2. The creative teams contributing stories include:
Each country’s edition will feature a different cover by a local artist, some of which you can check out below:
Continue reading “‘Supergirl: The World’ will feature stories by creators from 15 countries”Rick Veitch and Michael Zulli’s cancelled Swamp Thing run will finally be completed this year.
As announced at last year’s New York Comic Con, DC will finally publish Rick Veitch, Michael Zulli and Vince Locke’s work on Swamp Thing #88 from 1989. The first of four issues of the DC Black Label title will arrive in April, featuring a cover by Veitch and a variant by Zulli.
Veitch’s run on Swamp Thing in the late 1980s was cut short when issue #88, which featured a time-displaced Swamp Thing arriving in time to meet Jesus Christ, was cancelled by the publisher. While this book was solicited to be published in May of 1989, it never was released. Instead Swamp Thing #88 featured a story by Doug Wheeler and Tom Yeates.
Veitch credits years — or decades, even — of fan campaigns for convincing DC to finally finish the story Veitch intended to tell.
“The response from readers was immediate and overwhelming,” said Veitch. “It helped make the final decision to publish these issues. I am grateful to the fans for stepping up, and to DC’s team, especially editor Alex Galer and Editor-in-Chief Marie Javins, for pulling off the impossible.”
Continue reading “‘Swamp Thing 1989’ will debut in April”“They say at DC there’s nowhere to go but down after writing ‘Batman,’ and, yeah, it’s true. It’s very true.”
MAD Magazine is turning its attention to the DC universe this April with a one-shot issue that will arrive on April Fool’s Day. DC has given former Batman writer Chip Zdarsky the reigns, as he pulls together a host of creators as the book’s guest editor.
“They say at DC there’s nowhere to go but down after writing Batman, and, yeah, it’s true,” said Zdarsky. “It’s very true.”
Continue reading “Chip Zdarsky is ‘Mad About DC’ in a new special”‘Bizarro: Year None’ will launch in April.
Clerks writer/director Kevin Smith will team with Eric Carrasco, a writer of the CW’s Supergirl TV show, to co-write a new miniseries exploring the origins of Bizarro. Nick Pitarra, artist of the wonderful The Manhattan Projects, will bring Bizarro: Year None to life, presenting an “indefinitive” origin for the character.
“Me am NOT excited for new comic!” Bizarro said in the press release. “Bizarro: Year None am worst thing to happen!”
A teen version of Bizarro first appeared in Superboy #68 by Otto Binder and George Papp in 1958, and the adult version quickly followed in the Superman newspaper strip. The sometimes villain, sometimes anti-hero has had several incarnations over the years, typically serving as an antagonist to Superman , but also teaming with heroes like Red Hood and the Outlaws. He’s also starred in back-ups, specials and his own miniseries in the past.
Continue reading “Kevin Smith, Eric Carrasco + Nick Pitarra will explore Bizarro’s origins in a new miniseries”DC Next Level continues with two more series.
DC has announced two more titles that’ll debut in April as part of their DC Next Level publishing initiative, featuring two characters who have had their own ongoings in the past — Fury of Firestorm and Zatanna.
Jeff Lemire and Rafael De Latorre will bring Ronnie Raymond and Professor Martin Stein — as well as their alter ego, Firestorm — back in what Lemire is calling “both a deconstruction of the character and a love letter to his past.”
“The Fury of Firestorm by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick was one of my favorite comics when I was a kid in the 1980’s, so it’s a huge thrill to be relaunching the title, along with artist Rafael DeLatorre, and colorist Marcelo Maiolo, as part of DC Comics “Next Level” initiative,” Lemire said in his newsletter.
Jamal Campbell, who wrote and drew a Zatanna miniseries last year, returns to write and draw an ongoing Zatanna series. The new series will focus on Zatanna’s role as the “newest and first Prime Magus in millennia,” as she embarks on a world tour “to oversee and guide the world of magic.”
Zatanna and Firestorm follow the announcement of three news series that’ll launch in March featuring Lobo, Batwoman and Deathstroke. Other Next Level series the publisher has teased for 2026 include The Demon, Jonah Hex, the Teen Titans and more.
Continue reading “DC announces ‘Fury of Firestorm’ + ‘Zatanna’ for April”The crossover one-shot arrives in April.
Following DC’s reveal of the creative teams working on Superman/Spider-Man, Marvel has now revealed the creators for their side of the crossover. Spider-Man/Superman will include stories by Brad Meltzer, Pepe Larraz, Dan Slott, Marcos Martin, Geoff Johns, Brian Michael Bendis and more.
Like the DC title — and the two Batman/Deadpool crossovers that proceeded it — Marvel’s title is also an anthology and will feature stories with not only Clark Kent and Peter Parker, but also Miles Morales, Steel, Gwen Stacy, Lana Lang, Wonder Woman, Jane Foster and more.
“I’ve been waiting 50 years to write this book,” Meltzer said. “Superman and Spider-Man have affected me more than most real people. I carry them with me everywhere — and our story cuts to the core of what it means to be a good person. I’m honored that Nick Lowe and everyone at Marvel even asked. Just wait until you see Pepe’s work. Get your capes and web-shooters ready…”
Continue reading “Marvel announces the line-up for ‘Spider-Man/Superman’”See what you can get for free on Saturday, May 2.
This year’s Free Comic Book Day is starting to take shape, with publishers announcing some titles and the FCBD website sharing many more. The titles have also popped up on the distributors’ websites, revealing some of the cover art you can expect to see in May.
Universal Distribution now owns Free Comic Book Day and its branding, having bought it in the wake of the Diamond Comics Distributors bankruptcy. They’ve teamed up with Lunar Distribution for the event, which will occur on May 2, which is the same day as Penguin Random House’s Comics Giveaway Day.
Here’s a look at what to expect:
Continue reading “Free Comic Book Day 2026 will include titles from DC, Skybound, Titan, Vault + more”
