First look at DC’s epic new Superman/Batman comic from vet Mark Waid

Mark Waid returns to the world of Superman (and Batman) in March, however first he and artist Dan Mora (Detective Comics) are staking a declare in Batman’s personal Detective Comics. Beginning on Jan. 25, the 2 will take over the title’s backup function with a prelude to their very own run on Batman/Superman.

Waid and Mora set their story in a extra colourful previous of Batman and Superman — a time when Robin was nonetheless round and Superman’s secret identification was nonetheless a secret. After a vicious assault by the kryptonite-powered villain Metallo, Batman has to hunt out the assistance of some unlikely allies … the DC Universe’s largest staff of weirdos, the Doom Patrol. However that’s all within the pages of Batman/Superman.

The Detective Comics pages beneath, courtesy of DC Comics, discover the trio of Batman, Superman, and Robin up in opposition to a really completely different foe: Poison Ivy. It have to be good for her crops to get some solar for as soon as.

This prelude to Waid and Mora’s Batman/Superman will kick off in Detective Comics with subject #1050. Batman/Superman #1 hits comics cabinets on March 15.