This summer, DC Comics announced Batman/Static: Beyonda new six-issue limited comic series, launching next month under its DC Elseworlds imprint.
The comic pairs acclaimed writer Evan Narcisse with visionary artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey for an unprecedented futuristic team-up.
In Batman/Static: Beyondtwo of DC’s most dynamic heroes – Terry McGinnis, the cyberpunk guardian of Neo-Gotham, and Virgil Hawkins, the electrifying architect of Dakota City’s future, both renowned as animated stars – unite for a high-stakes mission that could reshape Earth’s place in the cosmos.
In the first issue, Terry McGinnis patrols the neon-lit streets of Neo-Gotham while Virgil Hawkins pioneers a technological revolution with the launch of the Q-Wave energy network. As Earth prepares to join a powerful interplanetary alliance called the Cooperative, the Justice League Beyond is ready to usher in a new era of peace.
However, when a mysterious villain triggers a global power outage, the future of the planet hangs in the balance. As technology is crippled and chaos grows, Static and Batman Beyond must forge an unlikely alliance and take a grounded approach to save the world before it’s too late.
“Static is a former teenage hero who has grown up to take on even more responsibilities for his city and the world at large, while Terry is still figuring out how to do these things his own way,” Narcisse said of the series. “Terry is still a high school student, but he also carries the weight of the Batman mantle and the expectations that come with it as key parts of his life now.”
“As an adult member of the Justice League, Virgil is at a different stage in his journey. But he is driven by an adolescence where systemic injustice changed what it meant to live in his Dakota hometown. Their approaches to making the world safer and more just are wildly different.”
“This difference energizes the big question they face: Can they learn to work together at a critical moment when everything they took for granted has crumbled?” continued the writer. “The entire creative team will try to answer this question in Batman/Static: Beyond with a story where deep emotions collide against the backdrop of an uncertain future.”
DC Comics has shared a preview of Batman/Static: Beyond #1which sets the stage for two of the DC Universe’s most beloved characters to fight side by side.
BATMAN/STATIC: BEYOND #1
Written by EVAN NARCISSE
Illustration and cover by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY
On sale 11/12
