The Most Exciting DC Comics Still Ahead in 2026
DC has already packed plenty into 2026, but the final months of the year still have a surprising amount left on the calendar. Between horror-heavy one-shots, long-awaited character returns, anniversary celebrations and major storylines reaching their conclusion, October through December gives readers plenty worth keeping an eye on. These are the upcoming DC releases we’re most curious about—and the ones that have already given us a reason to start counting down.
DC’s Quoth the Raven… Whatever #1 — September 30
DC is getting a one-day head start on October with Quoth the Raven… Whatever, an 80-page Halloween one-shot that gathers some of its best supernatural characters under one roof. Raven is joined by Swamp Thing, Constantine, Zatanna, Deadman and others across a collection of shorter stories from creators including Tini Howard, Patrick R. Young, Domo Stanton, Nina Vakueva and Rebecca Mock.
Seasonal anthologies can be unpredictable by design, which is part of the appeal here. DC has a deep bench of characters made for horror, occult weirdness and stories that can get a little stranger than the monthly books usually allow. Giving that corner of the universe 80 pages right as Halloween season begins feels like an easy way to sample several of them at once.
The Demon #1 — October 7
Etrigan getting another book would have been enough to catch our attention. James Harren writing and drawing it makes The Demon considerably harder to ignore. The new DC Next Level series returns to Jason Blood, a man carrying centuries of history with Hell and a fractured existence tied to Etrigan, as another supernatural threat pulls him back toward the demonic world he knows far too well.
Harren having control of both sides of the page gives this one a distinct identity before issue #1 has even arrived. Etrigan can support horror, fantasy, grotesque monsters, and big physical action without any of those elements feeling out of place, and that type of range makes The Demon one of the more intriguing character revivals DC has lined up for the fall.
Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death #1 — October 7
Michael Walsh is taking Jonah Hex somewhere nastier than the average gunfight. The six-issue Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death finds an older, worn-down Hex in the town of Ashecott, where otherworldly entities have appeared and a child with mysterious abilities has become their target. Walsh writes and draws the entire series, bringing a strong horror pedigree to a character whose Western world has always had room for uglier things lurking beyond the edge of town.
That combination is definitely a big part of what makes the project stand out. Hex already belongs to one of DC’s harsher corners; introducing outright supernatural horror doesn’t require stretching him very far. Add a redemption thread for a man with plenty to answer for, and there’s more here than simply dropping monsters into the Old West.
Superman: The Wedding Album 30th Anniversary Special — October 28
Thirty years after Clark Kent and Lois Lane finally got married, DC is returning to the occasion with a 56-page anniversary special—and bringing several creators connected to that era back with it. Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson and Karl Kesel are among the writers, while Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Jon Bogdanove and Tom Grummett return on art alongside newer additions Rainbow Rowell and Cian Tormey. This time, Jon Kent is attempting to arrange an anniversary celebration for his parents, with some unwanted fifth-dimensional assistance complicating the surprise.
There’s an appealing bit of symmetry to revisiting one of Superman’s defining personal milestones with people who helped tell the original story. More importantly, it puts Clark and Lois’s marriage at the center of a book during a period when that relationship has become such an established part of the Superman mythology.
Batman: Bad Seeds — Sunrise #1 — October 28
After spreading across the Batman line for months, Bad Seeds reaches its finale with Sunrise, a 48-page conclusion from Matt Fraction, G. Willow Wilson, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Cliff Rathburn. Poison Ivy’s superbloom has transformed Gotham into a city overrun by prehistoric plant life, and the final chapter gives Batman and his allies until dawn to prevent the damage from becoming irreversible.
The scale alone earns Sunrise a place here. Bad Seeds has moved through Batman, Detective Comics, Poison Ivy, Batgirl, Nightwing and dedicated side stories, turning one disastrous night into a citywide event rather than keeping the crisis contained to Bruce Wayne. An oversized finale now has the job of pulling those threads back together—and showing what Gotham looks like once the sun finally comes up.
