It’s absolutely a new year for DC Comics and we are all in on… Okay, let’s leave those jokes in 2024, shall we? Looking for a breakdown of the top DC Comics for January 2025? We’ve got you covered.
This month there continues to be a slew of new #1s from the publisher. The Absolute Universe drops banger after banger. And there are even some standout ongoing titles as well, if you can believe it.
With that in mind, we’ve broken down 11 of our highlights for January 2025, below, presented in chronological release order.
1. Absolute Superman #3
Release Date: January 1, 2025
While this series has been a slow burn with some incredible action, issue #3 is the bee’s knees, as the action flashes to the destruction of Krypton and zeroes in on Superman’s relationship with his parents.
2. Two-Face #2
Release Date: January 1, 2025
Two-Face is battling Harvey Dent for control of their mind, while the series also balances a new villain and a procedural format. And it makes that all work. Impressive stuff!
3. Justice League: The Atom Project #1
Release Date: January 1, 2025
An all-star team takes on what will likely be a key book in the new DC All In initiative, as Ryan Choi and Ray Palmer team-up to repower Captain Atom after the events of Absolute Power.
4. Absolute Batman #4
Release Date: January 8, 2025
This blockbuster title jumps back in time to give us Absolute Batman Year One, with guest artist Gabriel Hernández Walta.
5. Action Comics #1082
Release Date: January 8, 2025
After the conclusion of the weekly “Phantoms” arc, we’re back to Superman Superstars, with John Ridley and Inaki Miranda teaming up for a story pitting Superman against Major Disaster.
6. Batman: Dark Patterns #2
Release Date: January 8, 2025
The first issue of this dark mystery by Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman was like Se7en, but with Batman. Will issue #2 follow up on that great, disturbing debut?
7. Aquaman #1
Release Date: January 8, 2025
Aquaman, Aquaman, does whatever an aqua can. Coming from Jeremy Adams and John Timms, the King of the Seas gets his first ongoing title in years.
8. Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum #1
Release Date: January 8, 2025
A big day for Jeremy Adams, the writer also launches a new status quo for Green Lantern in this issue, which spins out into two different titles. V. Ken Marion handles art for this one.
9. Wonder Woman #17
Release Date: January 15, 2025
After several issues of simmering tension, Wonder Woman and her amazing gals take the fight directly to The Sovereign in this issue.
10. Absolute Wonder Woman #4
Release Date: January 22, 2025
Every issue of this book by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman has been a mic-drop so far, and I’d expect the fourth issue to be the same.
11. Superman: Lex Luthor Special #1
Release Date: January 29, 2025
The Superwoman special from Joshua Williamson was pretty damn excellent, and here we settle Lex Luthor’s amnesia plot, once and for all. Probably. Eddy Barrows tackles art duties.
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