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Meet the tiny troublemaker before he became the lasagna-loving legend in Baby Garfield

Everyone’s favorite Monday-hating feline debuts a new series at BOOM! Studios with Baby Garfield! A baby’s big little moments are some of the most special and cherished experiences for doting parents—pet parents included! Join the sassy but oh-so-adorable baby Garfield in navigating a series of universal “firsts” in this positively silly new comic series perfect for Garfield-lovers, feline fanatics, and readers of all ages.

This first of four issues features two short stories brimming with humor: writer Grace Ellis and artist Asia Simone capture Garfield’s very first word, while writer Michael Northrop and artist Rob Justus commemorate the often overlooked, but just as moving milestone…Garfield’s first hairball!

Additional creators lending their talents to this feel-good series include Ben Clanton, Stephanie Cooke, Brittany Williams, Whitney Gardner, Jordan Morris, Olivia Amoah, and Kay Davault.

Baby Garfield #1 features main cover art by Agnes Garbowska and colors by Sil Brys, with variants by Rob Justus and Asia Simone and comes to comic shops March 18, 2026.

FCBD 2025 Preview: Superman’s Good Guy Gang 2025 FCBD Special Edition

Superman’s Good Guy Gang 2025 FCBD Special Edition

(W) Rob Justus (A) Rob Justus
All Ages

DC’s debut early reader graphic novel for ages 5-7!

Nine-year-old Clark Kent is pretty super: super-fast, super-strong, and super-cool! But being so super can also be super lonely, until he meets fellow super-powered kids Kendra Saunders and Guy Gardner, a.k.a. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern! Together, they’ll form a club where other supers can be themselves, test their powers, grow to-gether, and maybe earn some good-guy points along the way. Future books in the series will include Mr. Terrific, Batman, Wonder Woman, and more as the Good Guy Gang grows!

Superman’s Good Guy Gang 2025 FCBD Special Edition

Free Comic Book Day 2025: DC reveals details on DC All In, Superman’s Good Guy Gang, and Kanga-U: Tests and Tournaments

DC is celebrating Free Comic Book Day (FCBD), Saturday, May 3, with a can’t-miss selection of free comics showcasing their 2025 All In publishing plans and two new original graphic novels for Early and Middle Grade readers, available exclusively at local participating comic shops (available while supplies last). Additionally, DC’s All In FCBD flipbook will be available free-to-read with registration on DC Universe Infinite.

First up in DC’s FCBD flipbook, the core-line DC Universe soars into Superman action with the dazzling debut of superstar writer Dan Slott alongside acclaimed artist Rafael Albuquerque and colorist Marcelo Maiolo! In this special “zero issue” installment of the forthcoming Superman Unlimited ongoing series, you will witness the prelude to the biggest Superman comic book adventure of the year, as well as an ominous new threat from the heavens that will change the course of Kryptonian life on planet Earth as we know it!

Then, on the flip side of DC’s FCBD flipbook, DC’s Absolute Universe expands in a new story by Jeff Lemire, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Stefano Nesi. Dark forces begin to gather in the shadows… forces that have been waiting a very long time to shape events and seize control. All the while, a mysterious figure watches—but who is this powerful new character, and what do they want with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the emerging heroes?

DC All In/Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition, a flipbook written by Dan Slott and Jeff Lemire with art by Rafael Albuquerque and Marcelo Maiolo, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Stefano Nesi, will be available exclusively at local participating comic shops on May 3 (available while supplies last). An additional foil variant cover by Rafael Albuquerque, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Nesi, and Frank Martin will be available for purchase for $4.99 US.

In Superman’s Good Guy Gang, eight-year-old Clark Kent is pretty super: super-fast, super-strong, and super-cool! But being so super can also be super lonely, until he meets fellow super-powered kids Kendra Saunders and Guy Gardner, a.k.a. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern! Together, they’ll form a club where other supers can be themselves, test their powers, grow together, and maybe earn some good-guy points along the way. Future books in the series will include Mr. Terrific, Batman, Wonder Woman, and more as the Good Guy Gang grows!

DC’s Superman’s Good Guy Gang 2025 FCBD Special Edition includes a chapter of the new super-powered buddy comedy from the creator behind Death and Sparkles, Rob Justus, and launches DC’s Early Reader initiative timed to DC’s Summer of Superman! Fans will delight in seeing characters from the film featured in this charming story perfect for first-time readers aged 5-7.

And in Kanga-U: Tests And Tournamentsby writer Sholly Fisch and artist Yancey Labat, is Jumpa ready to hop into action? Wonder Woman’s home island of Themyscira holds many surprises…the most adorable having floppy ears and long tails! Kangas are companions and partners of the Amazons, beloved steeds and protectors of their bonded warriors. And on the island, a school exists to train the next generation of kangas for the many battles and challenges of the future.

Bonding Day, the long-awaited time when Amazons are matched up with newly trained kangas to make the perfect pairs, is finally here. This special event only happens once every 20 years, but this Bonding Day is unlike any other because this is the year when Princess Diana—the only teenager on Themyscira—will choose a kanga for the first time.

Jumpa has been training hard to compete in the Tournament of Kangas, where all the kangas get to show off what they can do. She knows she has what it takes to match with the princess. The only catch is her friends Skippa, Rooth, Goldie, and Big Red are all determined to do the same—and the competition is fierce.

When Ares arrives on the island with a threat that forces the festivities to be canceled, Jumpa must convince her friends to work together for the good of Themyscira and to protect the princess they admire.

DC’s Kanga-U 2025 FCBD Special Edition features an excerpt from the middle grade original graphic novel by writer Sholly Fisch and artist Yancey Labat. Fans will be charmed by this graphic novel suitable for readers aged 8-12.

Kanga-U 2025 FCBD Special Edition

DC Announces its Fall 2025 Kids Graphic Novel Lineup

DC has revealed the lineup for six graphic novels (and one box set) to publish in Fall 2025, with more to be announced in the coming months! Check out the new books coming from DC next year, including a new early reader (ages 5-7) book about Superman!

Superman’s Good Guy Gang

by Rob Justus
On Sale July 1, 2025; ISBN 9781799504061; $12.99US
Early Reader (5-7)

Clark Kent befriends fellow super powered kids––Hawkgirl and Guy Gardner––for a super team up that is guaranteed to delight fans in DC’s debut early reader graphic novel!

Nine-year-old Clark Kent is pretty super: super fast, super strong, and super cool! But being so super can also be super lonely, until he meets fellow super powered kids, Kendra Saunders and Guy Gardner a.k.a. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern! Together, they’ll form a club where other supers can be themselves, test their powers, grow together, and maybe earn some good guy points along the way.

This super powered buddy comedy from the creator behind Death and Sparkles, Rob Justus, launches DC’s early reader books timed to the Superman movie in July 2025. Fans will be thrilled to see characters from the film featured in this charming story for readers aged 5-7.Future books in the series will include Mr. Terrific, Batman, and Wonder Woman as the Good Guy Gang grows!

Rob Justus is an award-winning author, illustrator and graphic novelist. His graphic novel series Death & Sparkles won the Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award in 2023. In 2022, Rob was selected as the illustrator for the prestigious TD Summer Reading Club in Canada. Prior to all this, Rob spent nearly a decade as a market researcher writing very bland reports. Taking a chance on himself, Rob decided to return to his childhood passion of drawing and storytelling and hasn’t looked back. Rob has written and illustrated five picture books and two graphic novels. When Rob isn’t telling people that he draws unicorns for a living, he is wrangling his two young boys in Ottawa, Canada.

Superman’s Good Guy Gang by Rob Justus, on sale July 1, 2025, is available for preorder.

Superman’s Good Guy Gang

Kid Flash: Going Rogue

by Steve Foxe & Jerry Gaylord
On Sale September 2, 2025; ISBN 9781799502296; $12.99US
Middle Grade (8-12)

Kid Flash and his uncle, Barry Allen a.k.a the Flash, team up to teach a teenaged group of rogues—Golden Glider, Pied Piper, Trickster, and The Top—an important lesson. But is Kid Flash the one who has the most to learn?

Ace West has it all figured out. He’s the fastest guy in National City after all! Well, second fastest if you count his uncle, Barry Allen, aka THE FLASH. But this young superhero has more to learn than he thinks.

After messing up one too many missions by getting distracted signing autographs and snapping selfies, Flash takes him and a group of ne’er-do-well kids to a pocket dimension for an intervention. Kid Flash assumes he’s there to show the other kids how to use their powers responsibly, but when Flash gets unexpectedly called away on important Justice League business, Kid Flash must learn it takes a lot more than being super to be a hero.

From the writer behind the Spider-Ham trilogy, Steve Foxe, with dynamic and action-packed art by Jerry Gaylord, comes a story about a ragtag group of kids who must work together or be doomed to life as the “bad kids”.

Steve Foxe is the Eisner and Ringo Award-nominated writer of many, many comics and children’s books including Max in the Middle with Mike Amante, the Spider-Ham trilogy with Shadia Amin, and The Archives of the Unexplained series. He has written for properties like X-Men, Spider-Man, Pokémon, Mario, LEGO City, Justice League, and quite a few more. He lives in the Midwest with his partner and their dog and can run moderately fast, if he warms up first.

Jerry Gaylord has been a Superman fan all his life, with the cartoons, movies, and comics inspiring him to become an artist and pursue a career as a storyteller. Originally from Oxon Hill, MD, Jerry began his career in comics with Boom! Studios and was nominated for a Harvey Award for his work on Fanboys vs Zombies. He has worked with IDW, Archie Comics, and independent publishers, and exhibits at conventions all over the country. After getting his first shot at storyboarding on Disney XD’s Ultimate Spider-Man, Jerry moved to LA to start a full-time career in animation, where he is living the cowabunga lifestyle with his amazing and talented wife, Penelope. He has worked with Warner Bros. Animation, Blizzard Entertainment, and Marvel Studios on the Disney+ series X-Men 97. When Jerry isn’t spending time with his family, he still saves just a little time to draw for fun.

Kid Flash: Going Rogue by Steve Foxe & Jerry Gaylord, on sale September 2, 2025, will be available for preorder soon.

Kid Flash: Going Rogue

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade

by Landry Q. Walker & Eric Jones
On Sale August 5, 2025; ISBN 9781799501978; $12.99US
Middle Grade (8-12)

Meet Linda Lee, a.k.a Kara Zor-El, the newest kid on the planet! Find out how an ordinary girl from Krypton became the most extraordinary girl on Earth.

If you think life is tough as a hero, try being in the eighth grade! Super-strength, the ability to fly, and extra-speedy reflexes should make a kid’s life easier, but they only seem to complicate things for Supergirl. Life gets even more messy when a new enemy named Belinda Zee shows up. Suddenly, facing down super-villains doesn’t seem so bad.

Arch-frenemies, scheming faculty, an intergalactic orange kitty, and a flying horse are just a few things that come Linda’s way. Will Supergirl even make it to graduation?

New York Times bestselling author Landry Q. Walker has been making stories happen for over twenty-five years. He has worked on well-known properties such as Star Wars, Batman, Supergirl, Frozen, The Incredibles, the Avengers, and many more. He’s also the author of the all-ages book series titled Project Terra, and writer of several creator owned comics including Danger Club and The Last Siege.

Eric Jones (1971–2022) was an artist of Batman, Supergirl, Star Wars, Danger Club, Pepper Page, and perhaps best known for co-creating the Little Gloomy comic book series for Slave Labor Graphics and Danger Club for Image.

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade by Landry Q. Walker & Eric Jones, on sale August 5, 2025, will be available for preorder soon.

Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade

Birds of Prey: The Origins

by Sara Shepard & Stephanie Pepper
On Sale November 4; ISBN 9781799503088; $16.99US
Young Adult (13+)

After a long summer, four teens from various walks of life return to Gotham City with devastating secrets—and some unexpected talents.

Gotham City is a place where people of all walks of life mingle, where the weird, opulent, and violent are celebrated. Helena Bertinelli lost her family here. Barbara Gordon suffered a tragic accident. Dinah Lance ran away from the foster system. And Harleen Quinzel is looking for her place. But each of these girls is hiding something—a secret that could destroy their lives in an instant.

When strange things start happening to students at Gotham Prep, everyone at the school is on edge, worried they might be next. Will Helena, Barbara, Dinah, and Harley be able to put their differences aside and learn to trust each other in time to find out who is behind the mysterious accidents before another victim turns up?

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard (Pretty Little Liars) and artist Stephanie Pepper take readers on a thrilling mystery that is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats!

Sara Shepard is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series, which ran for seven seasons on Freeform and two seasons on Max, as well as many other novels for middle grade readers, teens, and adults.

Stephanie Pepper is an American artist with a background in illustration from the School of Visual Arts and is now based in Australia. Her work includes character design, covers, and comic art for notable clients like DC Comics, Marvel Studios, Boom! Studios, Skybound, and Dark Horse.

Birds of Prey: The Origins by Sara Shepard & Stephanie Pepper, on sale November 4, 2025, will be available for preorder soon.

Birds of Prey: The Origins

Teen Titans: Together

by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo
On Sale November 4, 2025; ISBN 9781799503064; $16.99US
Young Adult (13+)

The highly anticipated team-up is finally here!

H.I.V.E. has been experimenting on teens with super-human abilities, and Kori Anders was next on their list. Dick Grayson, Raven Roth, Garfield Logan, Max Navarro, and Damian Wayne got to Los Angeles to save her before Slade Wilson found her, but should she trust these strangers? After all, they’ve accused her mom’s fiancé of abduction, experimentation, and torture! And Kori’s new friend, Victor Stone, has a summer internship designing next-level prosthetics in Edge Labs, a company funding H.I.V.E.

To make matters worse, Kori’s sister, Kira, is working with the organization and singing their praises. H.I.V.E. has a plan for taking down Raven’s demon father, Trigon. They’ve got a plan for training the next generation of superheroes. They’ve got plans for everything.

Lines blur as the teens struggle to decide what to do. H.I.V.E. might be their greatest ally…but at what cost? Can the Teen Titans pull together a plan before they fall apart?

Join #1 New York Times bestselling author KAMI GARCIA (Beautiful Creatures) and artist GABRIEL PICOLO, the creative duo behind the New York Times bestselling TEEN TITANS graphic novel series, for the ultimate showdown!

Kami Garcia is the #1 New York TimesUSA Today, and international bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures and Dangerous Creatures novels. Beautiful Creatures has been published in 50 countries and translated into 39 languages. Kami’s solo series, The Legion, includes Unbreakable, an instant New York Times bestseller, and its sequel, Unmarked, both of which were nominated for Bram Stoker Awards. Her other works include X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos and the YA contemporary novels The Lovely Reckless and Broken Beautiful Hearts. Kami was a teacher for 17 years before co-authoring her first novel on a dare from seven of her students. She is a cofounder of YallFest, the biggest teen book festival in the country. She lives in Maryland with her family.

Gabriel Picolo is a Brazilian comic artist and illustrator based in Sao Paulo. His work has become known for its strong storytelling and atmospheric colors. Picolo has developed projects for clients such as Blizzard, BOOM! Studios, HarperCollins, and DeviantArt.

Teen Titans: Together by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo, on sale November 4, 2025, will be available for preorder soon.

Teen Titans: Together

Nubia: Too Real

by L.L. McKinney, Robyn Smith & Manou Azumi
On Sale September 2, 2025; ISBN 9781799500179, $16.99US
Young Adult (13+)

The highly anticipated sequel to Nubia: Real One highlights the importance of self-acceptance and the enduring power of true friendship!

After a turbulent school year, Nubia is both thrilled and anxious as she embarks on a transformative summer training with the Amazons on Themyscira! Amid the mounting pressure of expectations, she grapples with feeling like an outsider, letting the weight of her self-doubt strain her most important relationships.

Just when she thought her life couldn’t get more complicated, her biggest fear threatens the safety of everyone on Paradise Island. Will Nubia rise above the chaos and embrace her true self as the hero she was destined to be?

From critically acclaimed author L.L McKinney and brought to life with delightful, vivid art by Robyn Smith and Manou Azumi, Nubia: Too Real follows Nubia as she explores her Amazonian identity, navigates her friendships, and learns how to love herself.

L.L. McKinney is an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing, and the creator of the hashtag #WhatWoCWritersHear. Elle’s also a gamer, Blerd, and adamant Hei Hei stan, living in Kansas. Her works include the Nightmare-Verse books, starting with the A Blade So Black trilogy, the upcoming Black Widow: Bad Blood as presented by Serial Box; Splintered Magic of the Mirror novels from Disney; and the Jane Eyre reimagining Escaping Mr. Rochester.

Robyn Smith is a Jamaican cartoonist known for her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town, illustrating Nubia: Real One (written by LL McKinney) and Wash Day Diaries (written by Jamila Rowser) which won the 2022 LA times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel.  She has an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has also worked on comics for College Humor, Nike, and The Nib. She loves cake and her cat, Benson, and holds onto dreams of returning home to the ocean.

Manou Azumi is a self-taught Haitian-American artist hailing from Las Vegas. She began her journey as a cashier but made her breakthrough into the comic industry with the WEBTOON series Vixen: NYC, the longest-running DC comic featuring a Black female lead. Beyond her artistic endeavors, Manou has a deep passion for fashion, spending her free time curating her wardrobe and discovering new pieces. She’s also a fan of video games, anime, and campy ’80s movies.

Nubia: Too Real by L.L. McKinney, Robyn Smith & Manou Azumi, on sale September 2, 2025, will be available for preorder soon.

Nubia: Too Real

DC Spooky Graphic Novels for Kids Box Set

On Sale July 1, 2025; ISBN 9781788503514; $39.99US
Middle Grade (8-12)

Mischief and mayhem abound in four of DC’s spookiest graphic novels for kids!

Deadman is ready to share some spine-tingling adventures in Deadman Tells the Spooky TalesMystery of the Meanest Teacher stars thirteen-year-old Johnny Constantine and his new teacher who may be more dangerous than any of the angry demons he’s escaped before. We Found a Monster features a young boy and his growing creature collection he’ll need to keep secret from the townspeople at all costs! Welcome to the magical, mystical, topsy-turvy world of Zatanna and the House of Secrets where Zatanna embarks on a journey of self-discovery and adventure!

No tricks and all treat, middle grade readers will delight in these four graphic novels collected together for the first time just for spooky season!

Deadman Tells the Spooky Tales bios:

Franco Aureliani is an Eisner Award-winning writer and artist who last worked on Superman of Smallville for DC Books for Young Readers. Other greatest hits include the Dino-Mike book series, Patrick the Wolf Boy, and Aw Yeah Comics!, as well as critically acclaimed comics like Superman Family Adventures, and the New York Times bestselling, multi-Eisner Award-winning series Tiny Titans and Super Powers for DC Comics. He has also worked on Grimmiss Island and Itty Bitty Hellboy with Dark Horse Comics. Franco is also one of the principal owners of Aw Yeah Comics retail stores. When he is not working on comics, Franco can be found shaping young minds as a high school teacher.

The Mystery of the Meanest Teacher: A Johnny Costantine Graphic Novel bios:

Ryan North is the writer responsible for Dinosaur Comics, the Eisner and Harvey award-winning Adventure Time comics, the #1 bestselling anthology series Machine of Death, and the New York Times bestselling and Eisner-Award winning Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series for Marvel. He’s adapted Kurt Vonnegut’s SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE into a graphic novel, turned Shakespeare into NYT-bestselling choose-your-own-path books, and his book HOW TO INVENT EVERYTHING is nothing less than a complete cheat sheet for civilization. He lives in Toronto.

Derek Charm is an Eisner Award-winning comics artist and illustrator living in New York. He was the artist on the Jughead and Jughead’s Time Police comics series for Archie Comics, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for Marvel, and Star Wars Adventures for Lucasfilm/IDW Publishing. Outside of comics, he has done illustration and design work for Random House, Marc Jacobs, and DreamWorks Animation.

We Found a Monster bios:

Kirk Scroggs is an author-illustrator best known for the Snoop Troop books, It Came from Beneath the Playground and Attack of the Ninja Potato Clones, as well as the series Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet and Wiley & Grampa’s Creature Features.

Zatanna and the House of Secrets bios:

Matthew Cody is the acclaimed children’s author of several popular books including the award-winning Supers of Noble’s Green trilogy: Powerless, Super, and Villainous. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and son.

Yoshi Yoshitani is a California based illustrator inspired by fairytales and bright patterns. Yoshi uses their own multiethnic background to inform their work, creating bold graphic mythologies for the new mixed generation. Originally a concept artist for video games, Yoshi now freelances and creates band posters, book covers, and comics.

DC Spooky Graphic Novels for Kids Box Set, on sale July 1,is available for preorder.