Comedian books are, on the finish of the day, a tough pastime to maintain up with. There’s new content material hitting retailer cabinets each Wednesday, and as comforting and dependable as that schedule is, it implies that each week there are dozens of comics from dozens of various corporations that every one struggle in your consideration. Even limiting your choice to singular corporations can solely restrict the choices a lot. DC launched fifty-six comics this month, break up throughout ongoing collection, restricted collection, one-shots, and annuals. Even for probably the most devoted followers, that’s a complete lot of comics, and even when we ignored limiting components like money and time, that’s nonetheless manner an excessive amount of for anybody to be anticipated to learn.
That’s precisely what we’re right here to treatment right this moment. We’re going to check out 5 comics DC launched in September 2026, and I’ll break down precisely why these points are those I’d advocate to followers new and previous alike. These are the problems that supply both a top quality that any fan can respect, a storyline that’s assured to be vital to DC as a complete, an incredible entry level to a run or character, and even a mixture of all three. These are removed from the one points price studying, however they’re those I’d give to a buddy first. So, with all that established, let’s swing into September’s suggestions from DC.
5) Teen Titans (2026) #1
The Teen Titans are one in all DC’s hottest groups, however for the previous twenty years, they’ve struggled to depart the shadow of the Wolfman period and their beloved TV present. The workforce has tried to reinvent itself a lot through the years, however each try has both didn’t discover a foothold or been wiped away by occasion/reboot shenanigans. This latest incarnation of the workforce may be precisely what they should lastly get away of the rut they’ve been caught in. This new incarnation of DC’s greatest teen workforce options a complete new solid and route, that includes, importantly, a mixture of obscure and new characters, with Pink Hood of all folks as their reluctant mentor.
This new period for the Teen Titans kicked off with a bang. It has all the things the workforce wants, together with a solid with nice chemistry, a Robin who is certainly out of his depth, and a route that genuinely appears to wish to enchantment to a teenage viewers. Better of all, this primary concern doesn’t fall into tropes or infantilize its heroes or goal demographic. It presents its characters as sensible youngsters who wish to make a distinction in a contemporary manner that doesn’t disparage the eras and generations that got here earlier than. That is one of the simplest ways to begin a Teen Titans e-book, and it has me extraordinarily excited for what’s subsequent.
4) Superman: The Stranger #1
On the alternative finish of the demographic spectrum, we’ve got DC’s latest Superman-focused Black Label collection. Superman: The Stranger takes the Man of Metal again to his Golden Age roots, displaying him as a poor, working-class man within the Forties whose powers are each far decrease scale and much much less understood than within the common timeline. This Clark Kent was an orphan who discovered himself and his buddies taken benefit of as a result of they’d no energy. Now, he has all the facility on this planet and is attempting to determine methods to use it to make an actual distinction.
That is gearing as much as be a very particular Superman story. It tackles the inherent worry and loneliness that Superman’s place would carry him, particularly if he doesn’t know the place he comes from. At its core, this comedian is all a few deeply human man attempting to make use of his items to assist others, even when he doesn’t perceive how, just because it’s the correct factor to do. That is quintessential Superman, and each the script and the artwork achieve this a lot to humanize all the things he does. Each shot and phrase offers us such an intimate, weak view of this man. Even when the remainder of the collection can’t maintain as much as this high quality, this concern alone is one thing I can’t advocate sufficient.
3) Legion of Tremendous-Heroes (2026) #1
Not solely have the Teen Titans blasted onto the scene with a brand new incarnation, however so has DC’s different influential workforce of younger heroes. The Legion of Tremendous-Heroes have been a core a part of DC’s lore since they first debuted in Superboy’s comics, being proof that the higher tomorrow that each hero within the twenty first Century fights for can and can come to cross. Very similar to the Titans, they’ve had lots of difficulties establishing who they wish to be in recent times, with a number of incarnations and variants of the workforce current in tandem due to some time-travel shenaniganery. That is an all-new rendition of the traditional Legion roster, and its reimagining is stellar from the outset.
This new model of the Legion takes the time to discover every of its future heroes lengthy earlier than they’re a workforce, letting us delve right into a universe-sized thriller and particular person, private issues that every one of them must face. This story is intimately conscious of all the things that makes the Legion tick, from its pure-hearted heroes to the reverence for Superboy (and all the superhero style) that they’re based on. It is a story of hope in a universe that’s lengthy forgotten methods to hope, and that’s the hallmark of an excellent tackle the Legion.
2) Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand
The Absolute Universe is continually increasing, and this month, we acquired a one-shot devoted to everybody’s favourite body-reading world-class fighter, Cassandra Cain. As a substitute of being Batgirl, on this universe, she’s the world’s best murderer and the co-leader of the League of Shadows. Nevertheless, earlier than any of that occurred, she was a younger lady who grew up within the shadow of tragedy and worry. Whose voice was taken from her at a younger age, just for the mom she at all times longed for to throw her into the river of hatred and demand she swim or sink. And but, by way of all of it, she held onto her compassion.
I’m positively a biased celebration, on condition that Cass is nearly my favourite hero to ever do it, however I can simply advocate this one-shot to everybody, no matter whether or not you’re a fan of the character. It is a compact, fascinating story of a younger lady’s rise to energy. It’s a unbelievable mixture of motion and coronary heart, mixing all the things along with a stylized artwork that I’d pay an unreasonable sum of money to see flip into an ongoing. This concern is all the things a one-shot ought to be, increasing on Cass’s origins and making me past excited to dive again into Absolute Catwoman.
1) Absolute Batman #24
Sticking with the Absolute Universe, our ultimate suggestion is the most recent chapter within the line’s best-selling e-book. That is the penultimate chapter of “The Strawman” arc, and this story to this point has been unbelievable. We’ve seen Batman pushed to his breaking level as Joker and Scarecrow manipulate the narrative to show everybody towards the Darkish Knight, even himself. That is Batman emotionally and psychologically damaged in a manner that we’ve by no means seen earlier than. This concern brings us to Batman at his lowest level, the place he’s confronted with the selection to beat his fears or grasp up the cowl for good. On the similar time, we see Barbara Gordon take step one in her struggle towards corruption, changing into the Absolute Bat.
This concern has all the things nice in regards to the Absolute Universe. It’s that unbelievable mixture of acquainted and breathtakingly new, calling again to Batman’s most iconic moments whereas giving us one thing fully distinctive. It’s daring, loud, and all the things Batman ought to be. After all, it’s additionally a story of unyielding rise up towards the corruption at Gotham’s coronary heart, and about how Batman is one thing way more than a person. He’s an emblem that’s touched all of us. Any comedian that understands that, and combines it with artwork and script this good, is a traditional within the making.
These are my DC suggestions for the month, however there are dozens extra points which might be additionally price a learn. What was your primary decide for the month? Tell us within the feedback under!