DC is bringing the all-star creative team of writer Matt Fraction and artist Jorge Jiménez together for a fresh Batman relaunch. A new Batman #1 is coming this September with a throwback blue and gray costume, a new Batmobile, and "all the stuff that makes Batman the coolest character in comics."

DC Comics to relaunch the Batman ongoing with a new Batman #1 written by Matt Fraction and drawn by Jorge Jimenez in September 2025

Rounding out the announcements was a new creative team and direction for Action Comics: Writer Mark Waid ( Batman/Superman: World’s Finest) and artist Skylar Patridge, a veteran of DC’s anthology specials, will refocus the book on Clark Kent’s early years as Superboy in Smallville, starting with June’s Action Comics #1087.