DC Confirms More Batman Beyond, With a Twist

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There's good news for Batman Beyond fans, with DC confirming a new story with the beloved character. It comes with a twist: Batman Beyond is teaming up with another underrated superhero.

DC officially announced Batman/Static: Beyond, a new six-issue limited comic book series that will hit stores this fall under the publisher's DC Elseworlds imprint. The debut issue is set to launch on Nov. 12, and DC has already teased how Terry McGinnis, the cyberpunk guardian of Neo-Gotham, and Virgin Hawkins, the protector of Dakota City's future, will unite to save the planet. Both characters are breakout animated stars from the Batman Beyond and Static Shock series, respectively, and now they'll be going on a high-stakes comics mission that DC claims will 'reshape Earth's place in the cosmos.'

Batman Beyond & Static Team Up For New DC Series

DC previewed four pieces of cover art for Batman/Static: Beyond #1, with a main cover by Nikolas Draper-Ivey and variants by Dustin Nguyen, Rahzzah and Ho Che Anderson. The new series is written by Evan Narcisse (Rise of the Black Panther, Batman: Gotham Knights - Gilded City) with art by Draper-Ivey (Static: Shadows of Dakota).

Terry McGinnis patrols the neon-lit streets of Neo-Gotham while Virgil Hawkins pioneers atechnological revolution with the launch of the Q-Wave Energy Grid. As Earth prepares to join a powerful interplanetary alliance called the Cooperative, the Justice League Beyond stands ready to usher in a new era of peace. But when a mysterious villain triggers a global blackout, the planet’s future hangs in the balance. With technology crippled and chaos rising, Static and Batman Beyond must forge an unlikely alliance and take a grounded approach to saving the world before it’s too late.

Speaking in DC's press release for the series, Narcisse teased how the new story would highlight the unique aspects of both Batman Beyond and Static. "I loved the dynamic Nik set up between Static and Batman in the Milestone 30th Anniversary Special where these characters first teamed up with each other," Narcisse shared, "and the most exciting part of this new project has been exploring how different Terry and Virgil are from each other."

Draper-Ivey talked about the message the series hopes to impart upon its readers. "This story is intended to be a commentary on our overreliance on technology and the imminent dangers becoming complacent and too comfortable using AI to substitute our own imagination and human ingenuity."

Narcisse added that Terry and Virgil's backgrounds will be a key part that helps them solve their new crisis together. "Static is a former teen hero who grew up to take on even more responsibility for his city and the larger world, while Terry is still figuring out how to do those things in his own way," Narcisse shared.

"Terry's still a high school student, but he's also got the weight of the Batman mantle and the expectations that come with it as key parts of his life now. As an adult member of the Justice League, Virgil's at a different part of his journey. But he's driven by an adolescence where systemic injustice changed what it meant to live in his hometown of Dakota. Their approaches to making the world a safer, more just place are extremely different. That difference energizes the big question they have to deal with: can they learn to work together during a critical moment when everything they've taken for granted has fallen apart?”

Batman/Static: Beyond #1 launches Nov. 12, 2025 and will run for six issues, with a collected edition scheduled to hit stores on Aug. 4, 2026.