Review: Detective Comics 2026 Annual #1

In this review of Detective Comics 2026 Annual #1, if it’s the fifth Wednesday of the month, DC Comics fills it in with a bonus installment of your favorite ongoing series. Two all-new tales to thrill. Lobo is in the first story (they probably booked him before the movie tanked). Detective Comics 2026 Annual #1 main cover by Nicola Scott (DC Comics) DETECTIVE COMICS 2026 ANNUAL #1 Written by TOM TAYLOR and DAVE WIELGOSZ Art by NICOLA SCOTT and FRAN MARISCAL Main Cover: NICOLA SCOTT Variant Covers: GUILLEM MARCH and JAVI FERNANDEZ Page Count: 48 pages Release Date: 7/29/26 This review contains spoilers Detective Comics 2026 Annual #1 begins with a story (with a revealing title) that finds Batman at Alfred Pennyworth’s grave commemorating his surrogate father’s memory with his favorite tea. An alert comes too late for Batman to react as intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo zooms by and nabs the Dark Knight. Knowing about the Main Man’s healing abilities allows Batman to cut loose against the miscreant, forcing a truce with Lobo, while also hiring him to track down whoever framed Batman for murder (a regicide). Batman hitches a ride on Lobo’s bike to the planet Durghan where the king was ...