Mikel Janín

Dick Grayson, presumed dead after Forever Evil, becomes a secret agent working for Spyral — a shadowy intelligence organisation targeting superheroes. Tom King and Tim Seeley write Grayson with the wit and physical grace that defines the character, while Mikel Janín provides some of the most visually inventive pages in DC publishing of the era. A complete genre switch for a character who had always been a superhero, proving that Dick Grayson works in any narrative One of DC's most creative series of the 2010s.

Justice League Dark gathers the people DC calls when magic has already gone wrong. Constantine, Zatanna, Deadman and the rest move through curses, betrayals and occult disasters that the regular Justice League cannot punch into shape. It is messy, dangerous and full of supernatural bad decisions, which is exactly where this team works best.

Batman by Tom King Omnibus Vol. 2 carries the run through collapse, aftermath and emotional reckoning, with Bruce Wayne forced to confront love, fear and the idea that Batman may not be enough to protect him from himself. Tom King treats the symbol like a wound that keeps reopening. For Batman readers, the value is the tension between casework and psychology: Gotham is not only a backdrop, but a pressure system that keeps exposing what Bruce can and cannot control.

Batman by Tom King Omnibus Vol. 1 begins a psychological Batman run where romance, trauma, war stories and impossible heroism all press against Bruce Wayne at once. The book is less interested in Batman as a flawless machine than in the cost of asking one damaged man to become a symbol forever. For Batman readers, the value is the tension between casework and psychology: Gotham is not only a backdrop, but a pressure system that keeps exposing what Bruce can and cannot control.