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  • DC Amplifies ‘Next Level’ Initiative with Legion, Titans, and Doom Patrol Ongoing Series

    DC’s All In era is officially moving into its second act, and the publisher isn’t hitting the brakes anytime soon.

    DC has announced the expansion of its Next Level publishing initiative, slating three brand-new ongoing team series to drop on the same day: September 2, 2026. Fans can look forward to fresh, creator-driven entry points for the Legion of Super-Heroes, Teen Titans, and The Doom Patrol.

    The Next Level line—which has already found success with standalone titles like Batwoman, Lobo, and The Deadman—is designed to be friendly to new readers while letting top-tier talent play in the main DC Universe sandbox without being heavily bogged down by dense crossover continuity.

    Here is the breakdown of the creative teams and directions heading to comic shops this fall:

    Legion of Super-Heroes #1

    • The Creative Team: Joshua Williamson (Superman) and Eisner-winner Hayden Sherman (Absolute Wonder Woman).
    • The Pitch: Set one thousand years after Superman’s rocket originally landed in Smallville, this 40-page debut tackles a dark future where superheroes have been outlawed, the United Planets are policed by the ruthless Persuaders, and financier R.J. Brande has been murdered. It falls to Brainiac 1 of 5 to solve the crime and assemble a scattered rebel alliance of young heroes.

    Teen Titans #1

    • The Creative Team: Darcy Van Poelgeest (Little Bird) and artist Niko Henrichon (The Pride of Baghdad).
    • The Pitch: To avoid complete financial and emotional ruin, the world’s strangest heroes adopt a “heroes-for-hire” business model. What starts as a seemingly mundane case tracking down a missing cat quickly spins out into a bizarre cosmic crisis.
    • The Creative Team: Kyle Higgins and Daniele Di Nicuolo—the powerhouse team behind the massive Power Rangers: Shattered Grid event.
    • The Pitch: Don’t expect the standard Titans lineup. This series spotlights a network of missing, powered teenagers. When a young hero vanishes from a rally for a youth movement called “Ascend,” a core group consisting of Fairplay, Cheshire Cat, Proxy, and Wildcard must team up with Red Hood to find their friend.

    The Doom Patrol #1

    September 2 is going to be an expensive Wednesday at the local comic shop. DC also teased that the Next Level rollout will continue through the end of 2026, with more independent, creator-driven titles planned for characters like Deadshot, Deathstroke, and Zatanna.

    Which of these three titles are you putting on your pull list first?

    Source: DC Comics

  • DC’s ‘Legion of Super-Heroes’ Sets its Cast

    DC’s ‘Legion of Super-Heroes’ Sets its Cast

    DC has set its cast for its animated Legion of Super-Heroes movie. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Meg Donnelly (The Winchesters), Harry Shum Jr. (Shadowhunters), Darren Criss (Glee), Matt Bomer (White Collar), and Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) have joined the cast.

    Donnelly will voice Supergirl/Kara, Shum Jr. will voice Brainiac 5, and Criss will lend his voice to the Man of Steel, Superman. Bomer, who currently stars in DC’s Doom Patrol series, is on hand to voice The Flash, while Ackles has been set as Batman. Also cast in the film are Cynthia Hamidi as Dawnstar, Gideon Adlan as Phantom Girl, Ely Henry as Bouncing Boy, Robbie Daymond as TimberWolf & Brainiac 4, Yuri Lowenthal as Mon-El, Eric Lopez as Cosmic Boy & Chemical King, Darin De Paul as Brainiac & Solomon Grundy, Ben Diskin as Arms Fall off Boy & Brainiac 2, Victoria Grace as Shadow Lass, Jennifer Hale as Alura, Daisy Lightfoot as Triplicate Girl and Zeno Robinson as Invisible Kid & Brainiac 3.

    The synopsis for the film hints at Kara struggling to adjust to her new life on Earth after the loss of Krypton, and her life at Legion Academy.

    The story picks up as Kara, devastated by the loss of Krypton, struggles to adjust to her new life on Earth. Her cousin, Superman, mentors her and suggests she leave their space-time to attend the Legion Academy in the 31st century, where she makes new friends and a new enemy: Braniac 5. Meanwhile, she must contend with a mysterious group called the Dark Circle as it searches for a powerful weapon held in the Academy’s vault.

    Jeff Wamester (Green Lantern: Beware My Power) directs the film from a script by Josie Campbell (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous). The animated film, which hails from Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, is slated to be released next year.

    Source: THR.