DC Comics has announced that the successful Webtoon series, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, will be collected in print form. The partnership between DC and Webtoon began with the series in 2021. Currently, the series is in the middle of releasing chapters for season two.
Both DC and Webtoon shared their thoughts on the announcement.
“Fans can’t get enough of our DC and WEBTOON content,” said Anne DePies, DC’s senior vice president and general manager, “and expanding DC’s creative partnership with WEBTOON into print with books like Batman: Wayne Family Adventures reflects this demand. Each page of these new volumes is meticulously reproduced to be read seamlessly in book narrative format. DC’s continuing partnership with WEBTOON combines legendary franchises with new technologies and global fandoms, and we can’t wait to get these new print editions into your hands.”
“We’re immensely proud of the stories we’ve been able to tell with DC and thrilled to bring these narratives to bookshelves,” said David Lee, VP of content at WEBTOON. “The creative teams behind these series have given fans fresh takes on legendary DC characters, and we’re excited to give WEBTOON and DC fans a new way to enjoy these titles.”
Volume one of the print version of Batman: Wayne Family Adventures will combine the first twenty-five stories from the series in collected form. It will be priced at $14.99 and released on August 1, 2023. You can preorder the collection on Amazon.
Also, part of the announcement included that two other series Webtoon is producing will also be collected in print; Vixen: NYC and Zatanna & the Ripper. With the first releasing in August and the second coming in October.
Are you looking forward to adding these print editions to your collection?