New Batman/Superman 2022 DC comic series is from legend Mark Waid

DC’s oldest team up book will return in 2022 with a new creative team. Mark Waid is a Comics Veteran. ()Dan Mora’s dynamic talents will join forces with us. Batman/Superman: World’s FinestSuperman, Batman, and Superman will join forces with the Doom Patrol.

Readers will be able to get a first taste of Waid and Mora’s plans for the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel in the back up story Detective Comics#1050 will be released on January 25, 2022. Mora has already released a peek at the classic Batman and Superman looks he’s using for the story.

Character designs for Batman and Superman. Batman is in his classic blue and grey with a black bat on a yellow oval, and Superman is in his classic blue and red with red trunks and a spit curl.

Image: Dan Mora/DC Comics

But, Polygon can reveal, Waid and Mora’s Batman and Superman will burst out of Detective ComicsThey were then incorporated into their own series for March. Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #1 will hit shelves on March 15, 2022, with variant covers by Mora, Jim Lee, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Jason Fabok, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Lee Weeks, and twin covers from Chip Zdarsky that … well, take a look for yourself, courtesy of DC Comics:

“Hey Superman, looking forward to the first issue of Batman & Sup—” Batman begins to say, as Superman interrupts him with a slap across the face, yelling “It’s Superman/Batman: World’s Finest! on the cover of Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #1 (2022).

Image by Chip Zdarsky/DC Comics

“Hey Batman, looking forward to the first issue of Superman & Bat—” Superman begins to say, as Batman interrupts him with a slap across the face, yelling “It’s Batman/Superman: World’s Finest! on the cover of Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #1 (2022).

Image by Chip Zdarsky/DC Comics

Brilliant.

Take a look at the rest Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #1’s covers, and DC’s official synopsis, below:

The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. They are the two finest superheroes that the world has ever known…and they’re together again in an epic new series from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Dan Mora!

In the not-too-distant past, Superman’s powers are super-charged from a devastating chemical attack by the villain Metallo … and the only ally that the ultra-powerful Man of Tomorrow can turn to in this turbulent hour is Gotham’s own dark vengeance: the Batman. Bruce Wayne takes a near fatal power surge to save his friend, and enlists the Doom Patrol to assist him.

It’s the world’s greatest superheroes from the world’s greatest comic book talent in an epic comic book experience that kicks off the next big events in the DCU. Get ready, it’s time to soar.

Superman and Batman in a collage of their various supporting characters on the cover of Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #1 (2022).

Image: Dan Mora/DC Comics

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