DC Next-Gen

DC Next-Gen is a comic initiative designed by DC Comics to build a new and unique take on the next generation of superheroes and villains, with one rule: to not pull anyone from canonical DC futures. The initiative gets published since May 18th, 2022.

Ongoing

 * Batman Next-Gen
 * Superwoman Next-Gen
 * Wonder Woman Next-Gen

Batman Next-Gen

 * Akihiro Fukura/Batman - a Japanese student who is prone to violence and getting in fights after his parents' death as after saving a man in peril, he learns that the man is actuality Damian Wayne, son of the MIA Batman who has been looking for a new succesor to the Batman cowl after he has been paralyzed during an attack on Wayne Enterprises. Due to this, Akihiro becomes the next Batman, making it his goal to defend Gotham while trying to calm his more violent side.

Superwoman Next-Gen

 * Mea-Zod/Mia Creed/Superwoman - the daughter of the infamous General Zod who crashed on Earth as a child, getting raised and adopted by the Creed Family while she gradually expands her powers, with Superman occasionally visiting her to help her grow stronger. Turning 18, she decides to follow Superman's path of being a superheroine while pretending to be a model as she tries her best to live up to Superman's image.

Wonder Woman Next-Gen

 * Sigurn/Samara Ross/Wonder Woman - a Valkyrie who has never went beyond Valhalla's walls as during one of the original Wonder Woman's last missions before becoming Queen of Themyscira, she met and befriended her, being fascinated by her goal to unite man's world and woman's world, deciding to continue her legacy, becoming the next Wonder Woman while using a blade that can cause frost to opponents as well as a pair of wings that allows her to glide. In the mortal world she takes the guise of an agent of ARGUS, enjoying the thrill of it.

Batman Next-Gen

 * Damian Wayne - the current CEO of Wayne Enterprises who was paralyzed after an attack on Wayne Enterprises as he absolutely despises the feeling of being helpless, as well knowing that Gotham needs a Batman as after Akihiro saved his life from muggers, he realized that he is the perfect candidate for the new Batman, deciding to try to train him to become the new Batman.

Superwoman Next-Gen

 * Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman Prime - the legendary and pure hearted hero of Metropolis who has been fighting against evil and tyranny for a while as after Mea reveals her plans to become like Superman, he decides that it is time to take a sabbatical from heroism and find a way to get more powerful, building a new Fortress of Solitude inside the sun itself, occasionally returning to Earth.

Wonder Woman Next-Gen

 * Director Victor "Vic" Stone - the current head of ARGUS and the former superhero known as Cyborg who decided to try and reform ARGUS after Amanda Waller's passing and Superman's recommendation of him taking over, as he tries to be a better person than Waller was while willingly recruiting Sigurn, being aware that she is a Valkyrie.

Batman Next-Gen

 * Ezekial "Zeke" Pappas/Ignition - an insane and flamboyant rising gang leader who can willingly light himself on fire as he believes that all of Gotham belongs to him, learning of the new Batman and becoming obsessed with him, claiming that one can't exist without the other.
 * Annabelle "Anna" Graham/The Riddler (II) - a psychopathic yet intelligent young adult who idolizes the original Riddler, having found him to be the perfect specimen as after learning of the new Batman and no Riddler to challenge him, she snaps and decides to carry on her idol's legacy, wanting to challenge and break the new Batman.

Superwoman Next-Gen

 * General Dru-Zod/The Phantom King - Mea's father and a legendary yet infamous Kryptonian general who during a final confrontation with Superman, was banished to the Phantom Zone for good as he begins to go mad, experimenting on himself and the Zone itself, until he becomes bonded to the Phantom Zone itself, deeming himself the Phantom King and heading to Earth to destroy everything, no longer caring about building a new Krypton and instead on bringing death to everyone.

Wonder Woman Next-Gen

 * Loki - the mischievous yet villainous and deranged god of mischief who claims that they have no true gender as they want to bring forth a new Ragnarok, one that could possibly doom all nine realms, as they become one of the new Wonder Woman's most dangerous threats, although they find the new Wonder Woman to be quite fascinating.