At the “Jim Lee and Friends” panel Friday at New York Comic Con, the publisher announced that the Mortal Kombat character, Sub-Zero, would be appearing in the DC Universe through the event comic, DC KO.
Jim Lee and Friends is an annual panel where Lee — who is DC Comics’ publisher and chief creative officer—hosts guests who give out bits of news. He had Ed Boon join him, and the two discussed how Lee had often wanted to do stuff with Mortal Kombat characters in the comics space, but they never had—until now.
But that wasn’t the only news out of the panel. The creepy doll character, Annabelle from The Conjuring, will also appear in DC KO. Lee had DC KO writer Scott Snyder out to talk about the crossover, and he revealed that Sub-Zero and other non DC Universe characters would be coming from a bonus level in February that pulled entities from other universes.
And it didn’t stop at Sub-Zero and Annabelle. A cadre of comics characters from Dynamite Comics also showed up, including Homelander, Vampirella, and Red Sonja.
“Who doesn’t want to see Homelander fight Superman?” Snyder asked.
But maybe the best surprise was that Samantha the Bear from the breakout indie comics hit, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, will also be in the event. That series is a break out indie horror comic from cartoonist Patrick Horvath, published by IDW.
“And there might be some more after that, but these are the ones that are locked in,” Lee said.
Stay tuned to The Beat for more coverage from NYCC ’25.
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