2025 is shaping up to be a monumental year for DC's Batman. Chip Zdarsky's run concludes with Batman #157, making way for Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee's Hush 2 in March. Following Hush 2, a relaunched Batman #1 will debut with a new writer, artist, costume, and Batmobile.

Matt Fraction (Uncanny X-Men, The Invincible Iron Man) will pen the new Batman series, with Jorge Jimenez returning as artist. They've crafted a vintage-inspired blue and gray Batsuit, a departure from the traditional black and gray. Fraction states, “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Batman. Jorge and I have a very superhero-forward kind of take on Batman. We’ve got a new Batmobile, we’ve got a new costume, we’ve got new characters, and we’ve got a lot of old ones too—good and bad; all the stuff that makes Batman the coolest character in comics. We want to celebrate it all.” Batman #1 arrives in September 2025.

DC also unveiled plans for its Superman titles at ComicsPro, continuing its "Summer of Superman" event. Supergirl receives a new series and costume (designed by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau), written and drawn by Sophie Campbell (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). The series returns Kara to Midvale. Campbell comments, “I came up in the comics industry doing mostly graphic novels that I wrote and drew myself, so doing the same with Supergirl feels like I’m returning to my storytelling roots…In creating this version of Supergirl, I’ll be drawing on some of those influences as the series unfolds.” Supergirl #1 releases May 14.

Action Comics welcomes a new creative team: Mark Waid (Justice League Unlimited) and Skylar Patridge (Resonant). The series focuses on Clark Kent's teenage years in Smallville, exploring his early experiences with his powers. Waid explains, "I start the book with Clark as a 15-year-old boy, learning to be a superhero for the first time…Skylar and I are also bringing Smallville a little more up to date—it still has that rustic feel to it, but farms don’t look like that anymore." Their run begins with Action Comics #1087 in June.

Finally, Krypto gets his own five-issue miniseries, Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton, as part of the DC All In initiative. Written by Ryan North (Fantastic Four) and drawn by Mike Norton (Revival), the series delves into Krypto's origin story. North notes, “Krypto's origin has always been done at kind of a high level…The chance to really define Krypto—to show what a little lost dog would go through if he landed all alone on a strange alien world named Earth—was really enticing. And I also fell in love with the idea of treating Krypto as the actual dog he is: he doesn't talk, and we don't cheat by reading his thoughts in balloons either.” Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 launches June 18.