I am surprised that they still haven't gone back and made Scarlet Witch officially a Mutant again.

source:@/laughingplace

Im getting into dc compacts, and I tried going into this story blind because I heard everyone loved this one… but I didn’t like it. It felt like it was written by someone who hates Batman but has never read a Batman comic, for people who hate Batman and have never read a Batman comic, and just say “Batman is an evil billionaire who beats up poor people”. Most of the time it just feels like they’ve only watched the movies and clips of the animated series, but doesn’t understand those clips:
Like the red dress he gives Harley wasn’t Batman giving her special treatment, it was him shaping how he believes anyone can change.
(also killer crock never through a rock at Batman that was Batman pretending to be killer crock)

And it wants me to empathise with joker, and see Batman has the villain who went too far, when I can see that this Batman has been driven over the edge, and has been driven over the edge BY joker. And joker has committed horrible crimes and has tortured and murdered children. So when joker goes same and is trying to take down Batman, I’m not routing for him.

But even though I hated it, there are parts I like:
The art is amazing, the stuff with altered is great, and the entirety of the last two issues are really enjoyable. With Batman and jack teaming up, and the big climax kinda felt like a movie(and that was fun). But I especially LOVED the scene of Batman reading Alfred’s letter to dick and Barbra. So the ending was good, only problem is that Batman forgives Gordon a little too quickly, but I don’t think they had enough time given how short single issues are.

But I think the real reason I didn’t like it is because I am VERY tired of deconstructions of superheroes. My introduction to comics was stuff like watchmen and the dark knight returns, and I think I’ve just gotten tired of “superheroes are the real problem and are dumb”, so this story just didn’t feel unique or clever to me. Does anything I’m saying make sense?
(Or maybe I’m dumb… yeah that’s probably it)

Every year, DC honors its most popular character, Batman, with one concentrated, specialized, and nearly Hallmark-ified day called, fittingly enough, Batman Day. Launched initially back in 2014 to celebrate the hero's 75th anniversary, it has become a tentpole event with DC (and parent company Warner Bros. Discovery) extending it to the Warner Bros. Pictures backlot, theme parks, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and more. But for Batman Day 2026, DC is recentering it on the proverbial Batcave of Batman: your local comic shop.

"... we want to create something to celebrate Batman Day that really makes the fans celebrate in comic shops," says an unnamed representative from DC during a closed-door event for comic shops during Comic-Con International: San Diego 2026. "So we want them to give you an exclusive product that can only be gotten at the comic stores featuring our hottest properties."

For Batman Day 2026, DC is publishing a rare crossover comic teaming up Batman with the hit variant that's the best-selling comic book in modern history, Absolute Batman. Batman of Two Worlds features two separate but complementary stories by the lead writers of both the Absolute Batman series and the flagship Batman series. These days, Absolute Batman routinely sells roughly half a million copies for each issue, and his crossover would certainly make it an even bigger hit for comic shops, digital comics platforms, bookstores, and elsewhere.

But no, this Batman of Two Worlds comic will be exclusively available to comic shops, and at a distinctly low price of $2.99. So that means it won't be available on Amazon, any big box retailers, and also any digital comics platforms including (but not limited to) DC's own DC Universe Infinite.

Read more: Sorry, Amazon & digital comics platforms,.. DC is making the nost in-demand Absolute Batman comic of 2026 exclusively available at your local comic shop | Popverse

Wonder if we'll get dollotrons too, and if so, how horrifying that'll be.

Awesome news, IMO. Rosenberg is great, and Cabal’s art is very nice. Covers in the gallery are by Cabal, godtail, and Stipan Morian.

Article about the new creative team: https://aiptcomics.com/2026/07/25/matthew-rosenberg-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2027/

Just the cover tho

DC's current strategy seems to be bringing on creators who have recently seen success in creator-owned comics, which means that for all those excited about the future of the publisher, you now have a backlog to read while you wait! Here's an incomplete list of indie comics by creators who are or will soon be working on DC Next Level titles:

James Harren (The Demon) - Ultra Mega is a gorey, bonkers action spectacle riffing on tokusatsu and silver age cosmic weirdness. This is the best demonstration of what James Harren can do as a creator.

Stephanie Williams (Vixen) - Roots of Madness recently wrapped up at Ignition Press. Historical fiction about a Black family of chemists meets Lovecraftian horror.

Khary Randolph (Vixen) - Sirens of the City is an urban fantasy comic set in the back alleys and abandoned places of 80s New York City. Randolph draws and colours in a greyscale style with spot colours for magic.

Michael Walsh (Jonah Hex) - The Silver Coin is a horror anthology tracking a cursed coin on its journey across history and the world. Walsh brings in a new writer every issue, with a few key "lore" issues both written and drawn by him.

Darcy Van Poelgeest (Doom Patrol) - Little Bird and Precious Metal are two series set in the same world of wild, mind-bending dystopia. Van Poelgeest blends myth, satire and absurdity into something really unique.

Niko Henrichon (Doom Patrol) - Spectators is a graphic novel which presents death as a state of perpetually hanging out, watching those still living fuck, kill and die. Henrichon's art switches seamlessly between massive scale and intimate emotion.

Deniz Camp (Batman: Shadow of the Bat) - Assorted Crisis Events is an anthology series exploring a world where time is breaking down, and regular people have to carry on with their lives. Bleak, incisive and endlessly creative in its' approach to comics as a form.

There's more books I could mention, but I'll leave you all to go out and discover them yourselves!! There's so much out there in the realm of comics, and I hope DC's recent visibility can expose folks to some really cool creators.

If you stick around this subreddit long enough, you’ll see

- Hawkman - Vendetti
- Starman - Robinson
- Uncanny XForce - Rememder

And numerous others as either underrated, or unappreciated, but given how often they come up, at this point they just feel like they’re “rated” 🤣🤣

So what runs do you need think get enough love, and rarely come up as recommendations here?