When writer Gerry Duggan was on our live podcast last week, he indicated there was more to come from him at DC after his Tales From The Green Lantern Corps special. Well, now we know what at least one of those things is… Or should we say one-shot of those things is, as he and artist Fernando Blanco will take on Next Level: One Shot, a 48-page special from DC Comics.
In the special, per a press release from DC, Deadshot “uncovers a conspiracy that will change everything. Duggan and Blanco tell the tale of a job gone sideways, a father and his daughter, and a web of super-powered lies that stretches throughout the entire DC Next Level cast of characters…and points in the direction of war on the horizon. This epic issue tells you everything you need to know about what’s next for Next Level…if you survive the experience.”
Curiously, the synopsis doesn’t say whether this at all ties into the Next Level title Deathstroke: The Terminator, which featured an appearance by Deadshot at the end of issue two. It also seems to indicate that this will tie into a bigger story being seeded through Act II of the “All In” initiative, which is what Next Level is part of… Similar, perhaps to the Absolute Evil for the Absolute Universe, versus the fun character study of Guy Gardner and John Stewart Duggan did in the Green Lantern Corps one-shot.
Next Level: One Shot #1 will hit stores on August 19, 2026, and feature covers by Blanco, Mark Spears, Jorge Corona, and Carmine Di Giandomenico, “with a 1:25 variant cover by Mario Foccillo and a foil variant by Mark Spears.” Check out those covers below:
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