Preview: Webtoon’s Batman: Wayne Family Adventures returns for season 2

This comic is a slice-of-life superhero comedy. Batman: Wayne Family AdventuresThis week Polygon has exclusive information about the return of Will for a second season. The news comes courtesy Webtoon, DC Comics, and Polygon.

“Last season, we wanted to focus on the moments that make the Batfamily a family,” writer CRC Payne told Polygon via email. “This season, we’re going to dive deeper into these characters and explore what makes them heroes, both in the everyday sense and in the superhero sense.”

More information is available at the Wayne Family creative team on their comic’s success, and a sneak peek at season 2 before it starts on Wednesday, read on!

DC Comics partnered with Webtoon a little more than a year back Wayne Family Adventures. The comic wasn’t like anything on Warner Bros.’ movie slate or DC’s monthly listings. But a silly family comedy about Bruce Wayne’s gaggle of bat-symbol-wearing kids made perfect sense if you were introduced to Batman through Tumblr, and it seems that audiences have responded accordingly.

Though the DC and Webtoon partnership has lead to a few other titles — Vixen NYC, Zatanna & the Ripper, Red Hood: Outlaws — Wayne Family AdventuresWebtoon says that the first season was a huge success. David Lee, vice president of content at the international webcomics publisher, said the first season was “beyond [their] expectations” in a press release, and the foremost industry awards in American comics agreed, including Wayne Family AdventuresIn the nominees for Best Webcomic at the 2022 Eisners.

Naturally, each member of the creative team has their favorite moments.

Payne has a soft spot for “All-Seeing,” a chapter about how the nearly nonverbal Cassandra Cain communicates. “I loved being able to tell her story and show the Batgirls supporting one another. These episodes were a huge success thanks to the amazing art team. They went above and beyond to visually depict how Cass reads body language and show how it can make her feel like an outsider.”

Artist Starbite called out “Unbelievable” for very understandable reasons: “I got to draw the Justice League! It’s hard to not get excited over that! Plus, Batman on a skateboard. Enough said.”

And both agreed that “Recovery,” a chapter where all of Batman’s children collaborate to enforce his bed rest orders, was high on the fave list. Starbite loved drawing Bruce Wayne in his petulant state, as Starbite was delighted to draw the adult children. Payne, you ask? “I remember seeing the art for that episode and laughing so hard when I noticed the card from Selina on Bruce’s bedside table,” the writer said.

Payne stated that Payne was adamant about the success of Payne’s first season. Wayne Family Adventures was all about introducing the creative team’s take on its menagerie of characters — Batman, Batgirl, Nightwing, the Red Hood, Spoiler, Orphan, Red Robin, Robin, and Signal. The second opportunity to build on this foundation was an exciting one. That, and more villains, according to Starbite: “Batman villains are my absolute favorite, and I can’t wait to try out my style on a few specific ones.”

But it won’t be all bad guys and gloom. “Of course,” Payne said, “there will be more laughter and silly moments. It wouldn’t be Wayne Family Adventures without Batkid shenanigans!”

If you can’t wait for the season opener this Wednesday, you can get a peek at several upcoming stories right here:

Image by CRC Penne, Starbite/Webtoon DC Comics

Image by CRC Penne, Starbite/Webtoon DC Comics

Image by CRC Penne, Starbite/Webtoon DC Comics

Image by CRC Penne, Starbite/Webtoon DC Comics

Image by CRC Penne, Starbite/Webtoon DC Comics

Season 2 is an additional treat Batman: Wayne Family Adventures will also feature the first crossover in Webtoon’s DC Comics line, when Duke Thomas/Signal runs into Vixen.

Season 2 of Batman: Wayne Family AdventuresIt will be held on September 28th, and the creative team is excited by the wealth that has been accrued from the first. “I’ve been absolutely blown away by the response to Wayne Family Adventures,” Payne shared.

“Batman fans have always drawn slice-of-life fan content, so I also think it filled a much-wanted void,” said Starbite. “That’s why we all love it, and why I’m so excited to be a part of it.”