Not that there isn’t cool stuff coming through into the summer of 2026, but I’ve got to tell you, the book that I’m most excited about so far next year is right here in the DC Comics November 2025 trade paperback and hardcover solicitations — January’s New History of the DC Universe HC. A new history of the DCU has been such a long time coming, needed for so long, and I want to believe that every once of care that DC’s advertising Mark Waid and company are putting in to this will pay off. There’s no event books announced (yet) between January and July, no major crossovers; for me, the headline of 2026 comes right at the start (also Pitt season 2).

Otherwise I’m in for the usual suspects — Absolute Batman Vol. 2 (the review of Volume 1 about to arrive here directly), Simon Spurrier’s final Flash volume, Nightwing, Poison Ivy (that series is so detailed and I’m so behind), Batman: Brave and the Bold, and DC Power: Rise of the Power Company (I’d like to see more evidence said Power Company is actually being used in the DCU).

You omnibus-waiters get some treats. I’m thrilled to see how many people are excited about the Superman: New Krypton omnibus, a great time in the super-titles. The Green Lantern by Robert Venditti omnibus material was a good read, and the Green Lantern: Rebirth compendium has some deep cuts in it. The Justice League Dark: The New 52 will be a great all-in-one read, particularly the Jeff Lemire/Mikel Janin issues that really found a way to make it feel like “Justice League” as well as supernatural, on in to the large-scale “Blight” crossover. And the Young Justice Omnibus Vol. 2 has got Spyboy/Young Justice in it.

On the less pricey side, the Compact Comics edition of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is going to be like printing money for DC, at least for the next year or more. Let’s take a look at the full list.

• Absolute Batman Vol. 2: Abomination HC

Coming in February in hardcover and paperback, collecting issues #7–14.

• Absolute Blackest Night (New Edition) HC

Said to collect Blackest Night #0–8, and Green Lantern #43–48 and 50–52, though listings of previous printings say the first Green Lantern issue is #44, not #43, plus from DC Universe #0. After I read Blackest Night in trades, I re-read it in single issue order in 2011.

• Batman & Robin by Grant Morrison: Absolute Edition HC

New printing (with “Absolute” bumped to the end), collecting Morrison’s Batman & Robin #1–16, Batman: The Return #1, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1–6, and bonus content.

• Batman & Superman in World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 (New Edition) HC

Collects stories from World’s Finest Comics #117–158 from the mid-1950s and early 1960s, coming in January.

• Batman Adventures: Mad Love Deluxe Edition (New Edition) HC

New edition of the classic animated-style comic by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.

• Batman RIP (New Edition) TP

Previous editions contained the main Batman RIP story, issues #676–683, by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. I reviewed Batman RIP in 2009. No contents listed for this current one, but also no reason to think it’d be any different.

• Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Myths and Mysteries TP

It seemed like DC was getting a collection of these out every other month at the end of the year, though this one, originally scheduled for December, is now out in February. Said to be issues #12 and #15–19, including Batman, Renee Montoya, Tim Drake and Damian Wayne, and John Constantine and … Streaky, the Super-Cat?!

• Batman: White Knight: Absolute Edition HC

Fascinatingly, this Absolute edition of the eight-part Sean Murphy masterpiece is a “two-volume set showcasing both color and black & white versions of the story.” I reviewed Batman: White Knight, a fantastic Black Label title, in 2018; it doesn’t nearly feel like it’s been that long.

• DC Finest: Doom Patrol: The Death of The Doom Patrol! TP

Picking up from DC Finest: Doom Patrol: The World’s Strangest Heroes, this is Arnold Drake’s Doom Patrol #103–121, ending in 1968 when he killed off the team, and then Paul Kupperberg’s Showcase #94–96, introducing a new team, plus appearances in Superman Family #191–193.

• DC Power: Rise of the Power Company HC

Collects the DC Power: Rise of the Power Company anthology and The Power Company: Recharged, plus the 2002 Power Company: Josiah Power one-shot by Kurt Busiek and Keith Giffen.

• The Flash Vol. 4: Bad Moon Rising TP

In December in paperback, Simon Spurrier’s Flash #20–25 and Flash: Bad Moon Rising Special #1 (this was previously listed as Flash 2025 Annual #1, but there isn’t such a thing). This is Spurrier’s final issues on the series; Mark Waid comes on in the next issues, tied to a DC crossover.

• Green Lantern by Robert Venditti Omnibus Vol. 2 HC

Coming in January (and good to see DC pre-scheduling entire omnibus runs), this is Robert Venditti’s final New 52 proper Green Lantern storyline, the “Godhead” team-up with the New Gods, and then Venditti’s two DC You volumes where Hal Jordan gains a new costume and seemingly goes rogue. That’s Red Lanterns #35–37, Green Lantern: New Guardians #35–37, Green Lantern Corps #35–40, Green Lantern #35–52, Green Lantern Annual #3–4, Sinestro #6–8, Green Lantern: Futures End #1, Green Lantern Corps: Futures End #1, and Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead #1, being the Green Lantern Vol. 6: The Life Equation, Green Lantern Vol. 7: Renegade, and Green Lantern Vol. 8: Reflections collections.

• Green Lantern: Rebirth Compendium One TP

If you ever thought DC might run out of ways to repackage Geoff Johns' Green Lantern, here’s another (awfully tempting) version that includes various other Green Lantern shenanigans around the DCU at the time – how far does this go, you ask? So far as to also include Howard Chaykin’s Guy Gardner: Collateral Damage miniseries, is how far this goes. Contents are Green Lantern #1–17, Green Lantern: Rebirth #1–6, Green Lantern Secret Files 2005 #1, Rann/Thanagar War #1–6, Green Lantern Corps #1–6, Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1–5, Guy Gardner: Collateral Damage #1–2, Ion #1–12, and Rann/Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special #1, so up to Green Lantern: Wanted.

• Justice League Dark: The New 52 Compendium TP

Justice League Dark #0–40, Justice League Dark Annual #1–2, Justice League Dark: Futures End #1, Constantine #5, #9–12, I, Vampire #7–8, Justice League #22–23, Justice League of America #6–7, The New 52: Free Comic Book Day Special Edition #1, Trinity of Sin: Pandora #1–3 and #6–9, and Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger #11, #14–#17 (previously listed as #14 and #17, but this makes more sense). What we’ve got here is the New 52 JLD series by Peter Milligan, Jeff Lemire, and J.M. DeMatteis, plus crossovers and parts of the Trinity War and Forever Evil: Blight. This is done in one, as the main series ended with issue #40.

• Justice League of America: The Nail: The Complete Deluxe Edition (2026 Edition) HC

Whereas a previous listing said this volume contained Alan Davis' Elseworlds stories The Nail and Another Nail, this solicitation doesn’t mention the contents. I assume it’s both books, but I couldn’t say for sure.

• New History of the DC Universe HC

In hardcover in January, the much anticipated four-issue miniseries from Mark Waid. Said to include “timelines [and] variant covers.”

• Nightwing Vol. 2: Death Trap HC

In hardcover and paperback in January, issues #125–129 and the Nightwing 2025 Annual by Dan Watters.

• Poison Ivy Vol. 6: A Death in Marshview HC

In hardcover and paperback in January, issues #31–37 of the ongoing G. Willow Wilson series.

• Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow: DC Compact Comics TP

Great story; I reviewed Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow in 2022. How all that narration will reprint at this smaller size, I don’t know, but clearly this one is good to have on the shelves at a good price in time for next year’s movie.

• Supergirl’s Zoo-per Heroes: Krypto’s Big Break HC

New young readers graphic novel from Rob Justus, who also did the Superman’s Good Guy Gang graphic novel.

• Superman: New Krypton Saga Omnibus Vol. 1 HC

A fantastic, expansive crossover between Superman, Action Comics, and Supergirl, with James Robinson, Geoff Johns, Sterling Gates, and Greg Rucka. I can speak to you at some length about how this long story didn’t end as well as it began, but it was still a great interconnected time on the Super-titles in the late 2000s. This first book collects Action Comics #866–879, Adventure Comics Special Featuring the Guardian #1, Supergirl #35–42, Superman #681–685, Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1, Superman: World of New Krypton #1–3, Superman: World of New Krypton Special #1, and stories from Action Comics Annual #10 and Supergirl Annual #1.

The previous listing had some mistaken information from other collections — there’s no issues of Manhunter or Flash #12 here. The Supergirl issues are one less than originally stated (no #43), we’re absent a previously listed Superman Annual, I think “World of New Krypton Special” is just supposed to be the “New Krypton Special,” and World of New Krypton only goes to issue #3 now, not #5. One assumes they have this mapped out to be complete.

This appears to be the Superman: Brainiac lead-in story, and then Superman: New Krypton Vol. 1, Superman: New Krypton Vol. 2, Superman: New Krypton Vol. 3, Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird Vol. 1, and Superman: Mon-El, give or take.

• Wonder Woman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC

Issues #150–177 and The Brave and the Bold #63 and #78 from the 1960s, with an introduction by comics historian John Wells.

• Young Justice Omnibus Vol. 2 HC

Said to collect Peter David and company’s Young Justice #20–55; Young Justice: Our Worlds at War #1; Spyboy/Young Justice #1–3; Impulse #77, #85; Superboy #91, #99; Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1–3; stories from JLA/JSA: Secret Files & Origins #1 and Teen Titans #50. Missing since a previous listing is Robin #101, part of the “World Without” crossover, especially since the Impulse and Superboy parts are there. Also this listing omits Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DCU 2000, but newly added is that Spyboy crossover.