The new series, Batman/Static: Beyond, will be a part of the Elseworlds imprint with the first issue releasing in November
DC Comics announced a new limited series, Batman/Static: Beyond, a six-issue comic book story launching this fall under its DC Elseworlds imprint. The series will pair acclaimed writer Evan Narcisse with artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey. Batman/Static: Beyond #1 is set to launch on November 12, 2025.
This futuristic team-up unites two of DC’s most dynamic heroes: Terry McGinnis, the guardian of Neo-Gotham known to many as Batman (Beyond), and Virgil Hawkins, aka Static, the architect of Dakota City’s future. Both characters, renowned for being breakout animated stars, embark on a high-stakes mission that could reshape Earth’s place in the cosmos.
In Batman/Static: Beyond #1, Terry McGinnis patrols the streets of Neo-Gotham while Virgil Hawkins pioneers a technological revolution with the launch of the Q-Wave Energy Grid. As Earth prepares itself to join the Cooperative, an interplanetary partnership, the Justice League stands ready. But when a global blackout occurs, the planet’s future is at risk. It’s up to Static and Batman Beyond to become an unlikely duo to save the world before it’s too late.
Writer Evan Narcisse expressed his excitement about exploring the dynamic between the two heroes: “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, and the most exciting part of this new project has been exploring how different Terry and Virgil are from each other.”
Enjoy this preview of the covers for Batman/Static: Beyond #1, courtesy of DC Comics:
Artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey added, “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.”
Draper-Ivey further emphasized, “we now use our watches to find our phones, we use our phones to connect to everything else. We don’t rely on our own memories. We rely on technology to remember for us. That deeply concerns me. I worry that we are getting to a point where if all these things were to be suddenly taken away from us in an instant—at the rate we’re going now, humanity will be at a huge disadvantage.”
This isn’t the first time the duo appeared together. Back in 2023, Draper-Ivey wrote and drew a story involving the two where the elder Bruce Wayne reached out to the grown Virgil Hawkins to give him a hand in calming his new, maverick Batman. The tone between Terry and Virgil that appeared in “Static Beyond” in 2023 will be present in Batman/Static: Beyond.
Narcisse further elaborated on the characters’ dynamics:
“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. 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 releases on November 12, 2025, and will feature a main cover by Draper-Ivey, retailing for $4.99 in the US. Variant cardstock covers will be available for $5.99 and are drawn by Dustin Nguyen, Rahzzah, and a 1:25 incentive variant by Denys Cowan and Ho Che Anderson. Nguyen’s cover will also be released as a foil variant. The series will run for six issues, with a collected edition scheduled for release on August 4, 2026.
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