DC Officially Announces Batman's Next Game-Changing Release

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Published Jul 24, 2026, 2:40 PM EDT

TJ Mills is an editor on ScreenRant's Comic team, where she combines her lifelong passion for DC with her analytical background as a former Intelligence Analyst. Since joining ScreenRant in 2023, she has specialized in covering major DC storylines, character evolutions, and industry developments.

DC Comics has officially announced its next Batman release, and it won't just be the publisher's most ambitious project in years, but one that could prove truly game-changing for the Dark Knight. The release will forever alter Batman's canon and officially usher in a new era that will be remembered for generations. And we have a first look at the release here.

Thanks to Screen Rant's on-the-ground reporting at San Diego Comic-Con, we now have breaking news of a brand-new Batman project on the horizon: Batman of Two Worlds. This will be one of DC Comics' most ambitious Dark Knight-centric projects in recent years, as it promises to bring together the main-universe Batman and the Absolute Batman for an action-packed, canon-consequential event.

The project will consist of two stories, with writer Matt Fraction and artist Javier (Javi) Fernández spearheading one, while writer Scott Snyder and artist Nick Dragotta take on the other. If the project follows the format of DC's previously released DC All In Special, which featured both a Superman-centric story and a Darkseid-centric story, fans can likely expect a similar flipbook-style dual narrative, with one side focusing on Absolute Batman and the other on the main universe Batman.

If that proves to be the case, fans can expect the creative teams behind DC's ongoing Absolute Batman and Batman series to handle their respective versions of the Dark Knight. Snyder and Dragotta would likely spearhead the Absolute Batman-centric story, while Fraction and Fernández would likely take point on the main universe Batman tale.