In recent years, there’s also been an attempt to heal Batman mentally. To reforge the character into in an individual who is well aware of just how damaged he is, and how he can channel that trauma towards a less destructive path. Batman as he is now, is an icon. A symbol of overcoming fear and other limitations to be a better person. Unfortunately, that’s a lesson that the Batman of the dark multiverse didn’t learn.

Able to leap tall chasms in a single stroke. Faster than a Mantis Shrimp Punch. More powerful than a speeding blue whale. This amazing visitor from under the sea! Aquaman! DAMMIT PEOPLE HE IS NOT A JOKE! For decades now, Arthur Curry has been the running joke of DC Comics, a character who has faced unimaginable horrors in the deepest …

Where did the idea for Jaegers first come from, and why were these weapons of massive kinetic destruction chosen to be the bastion for humanity’s final stand against monsters from the deep? Those are questions…which were conveniently answered in Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero. For Pacific Rim Uprising, the tale set between films will once again be told in comic book form.

Not even a nursing home can keep Spider-Man and Deadpool from dishing out some geriatric justice as they prepare for their biggest story ever.

Jack "The Joker" Napier is a man with a plan to save Gotham, and he can’t do it behind the mask of a harlequin of hate. Gotham needs a hero who the people can rally behind, and it certainly isn;t the dark knight in Batman: White Knight.

It’s hard not to know who Freddy Krueger is, a character whose multiple trademark design ideas have gelled together to form a monster with an unmistakeable presence. That sneering smile, the striped jersey and a clawed glove that was designed to maim, not kill. That’s the Freddy Krueger that audiences are more than familiar with. And also the character that his latest action figure just oozes with absolute ease. Welcome to prime time.

The time-displaced and surlier version of Wolverine is going to find himself butting heads with Deadpool in a new series soon, the titular Deadpool Vs Old Man Logan. Cerebro has detected a new Omega-level mutant whose powers are starting to go haywire, and certain elements want to catch and weaponise her. Fortunately, Old Man Logan is off to rescue her. Unfortunately, Deadpool is also on the case.

With West back in action as Doctor Manhattan’s attention shifts to the DCU, it’s time then to settle an age-old debate: Who’s the better Flash? That’s the question that Flash team Joshua Williamson and Howard Porter will seek to answer in Flash War, a new event that will provide a “definitive” answer as West establishes his role in the new DC Universe.