DC Compact Comics: Your Guide to the Upcoming Graphic Novel Releases (2026-2027)

Following in the footsteps of French publisher Urban Comics and its ‘Urban Nomad’ collection, DC Comics has recently started to release a new line of graphic novels called DC Compact Comics. The concept? A new-reader-friendly collection at a good price that you can take with you everywhere!

What is the DC Comics Compact Edition?

Launched in June 2024 with the ultimate classic DC Comics (and best-seller of all time!) Watchmen, the new DC Compact Comics line is designed to appeal to prose and manga readers with a smaller format than the traditional 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″. Featuring a 5.5″ x 8.5″ standard book trim—the most widely circulated softcover size in the US—DC wants to attract new readers by offering iconic stories in a more portable and affordable format. With a price point of $9.99, these compact editions deliver a full-color self-contained, best-selling DC stories that you can take with you everywhere!

Spanning stories from many genres, such as science fiction, thrillers, horror, fantasy, adventure, and mystery, the DC Compact Comics line will introduce readers to Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein with Far Sector, a sci-fi murder mystery on the other side of the universe, or revisit the myth of Superman with the multiple-award-winning All-Star Superman. While the emphasis is put on self-contained stories, the release of American Vampire Book One shows that the collection isn’t limited to one-off tales but also serves as an opportunity to collect long-running series.

Starting in July 2027, DC’s best-selling Compact Comics line expands with Compact Comics Adventures, featuring all-ages stories for young readers and beyond!

DC Compact Comics Release

Upcoming releases

September 1st, 2026

• Fables: No More Happily Ever After – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Fables #1-10.

September 15, 2026

• Batgirl of Burnside – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Batgirl #35-52, Batgirl Annual #3, Secret Origins #10 and DC Sneak Peek: Batgirl #1.

September 29, 2026

• Dark Nights: Metal – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Dark Nights: Metal #1-6, plus tie-in issues Batman: Lost #1 and Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1!
• Injustice: Gods Among Us – Year One: DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects the entire series of Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One.

October 6, 2026

• Swamp Thing: The Anatomy Lesson – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects The Saga of the Swamp Thing #20-27.
• Batman: Harley and Ivy – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects stories from Batman: Harley and Ivy #1-3, The Batman Adventures Annual #1, The Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1, The Batman and Robin Adventures #8, The Batgirl Adventures #1, Batman: Gotham Knights #14, and Batman Black and White #3.

November 3, 2026

• Crisis on Infinite Earths: DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12.
• DC Compact Comics Box Set
  Collects All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke, Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross and Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

December 1st, 2026

• Justice League: Origin – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Justice League (2011) #1-6.
• Mister Miracle – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Mister Miracle #1-12.

– 2027 –

January 5, 2027

• Preacher: Gone to Texas – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Preacher #1-7.
• 100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects 100 Bullets #1-5, Vertigo: Winter’s Edge #3.

February 16, 2027

• Batgirl: Year One – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Batgirl: Year One #1-9.

March 2, 2027

• Wonder Woman: Year One – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Wonder Woman #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12, #14, and stories from Wonder Woman Annual #1.

March 16, 2027

• Superman: Man of Steel – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects The Man of Steel #1-6.

March 30, 2027

• Batman: The Dark Knight – DC Compact Comics Adventures
  Collects The Batman Adventures #1-6.
• Superman: The Man of Tomorrow – DC Compact Comics Adventures
  Collects  Superman Adventures #1-6

April 13, 2027

• Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Hellblazer #41-50. 

April 27, 2027

• Catwoman: When in Rome – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Catwoman: When in Rome #1-6.

June 1st, 2027

• Green Lantern: Rebirth – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6 and Green Lantern #1-6 (No Fear).
• Superman: Brainiac – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects Action Comics #866-870 and pages from Superman: New Krypton Special #1.

June 29, 2027

• JLA: The Tower of Babel – DC Compact Comics Edition
  Collects JLA #18-21, #32-33, and #43-46 and JLA Secret Files #3.
• Justice League: Heroes United – DC Compact Comics Adventures
  Collects Justice League Unlimited #1–7
  
• Teen Titans Go!: Truth, Justice, Pizza – DC Compact Comics Adventures
  Collects Teen Titans Go! #1–6

Check also our DC Comics Omnibus Release Schedule