This week, DC Comics announced a stacked lineup of books for November. Now we’re taking a closer look at what the publisher has planned for all the members of its Super-Family before heading into the holiday season. November includes a landmark 25th issue to close out one of the year’s biggest arcs, plus Lex Luthor’s origin is still unfolding one careful step at a time in Smallville.
Here’s the full Super-Family lineup for November 2026:
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #25
Written by JASON AARON, Art by JUAN FERREYRA, CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO, and RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant covers by TERRY DODSON and JUAN FERREYRA
Glow-in-the-dark variant cover by FRANK QUITELY ($8.99 US)
Connecting variant cover by BRYAN HITCH
Showcase variant cover by BJÖRN BARENDS ($24.99 US)
ON SALE 11/4/26
The oversize conclusion of “Get Brainiac”! Ever since he came to Earth, the Last Son of Krypton has been chased, tortured, and almost driven insane by the psychotic alien butcher known as Brainiac. Now comes their final confrontation, a showdown unlike any other! The shocking ending of this issue will send Superman into a whole new era…don’t miss it!
A proper landmark issue too — 40 pages, with a Frank Quitely glow-in-the-dark variant and a $24.99 Björn Barends Showcase cover for the collectors among you.
ACTION COMICS #1104
Written by MARK WAID, Art by PATRICIO DELPECHE
Cover by CHRIS BRUNNER
Variant covers by RYAN SOOK and MANNY VINCENT CARBONILLA
Foil variant cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
Watchmen 40th Anniversary variant by MAHMUD ASRAR
ON SALE 11/11/26
“Lex Luthor: Year One” continues! Young Clark Kent gains a new best friend as Lex Luthor moves back to Smallville—but will Clark’s influence be enough to turn Lex to the straight and narrow?
SUPERGIRL #19
Written by SOPHIE CAMPBELL, Art and cover by SOPHIE CAMPBELL
Variant covers by MIGUEL MERCADO, KAREN S. DARBOE, and CHUMA HILL
Watchmen 40th Anniversary variant by GERALD PAREL
ON SALE 11/11/26
Kara Zor-El’s exposure to gold Kryptonite has left her without superpowers but not without super friends. The recently reborn Matrix and gloriously goth Nightflame get into a fight to prove themselves worthy of the Supergirl mantle, but another of Kara’s Super Force might surprise everyone. Meanwhile, Kara’s not just going to sit on the sidelines: She’s reenrolling at Stanhope! But will she make it past orientation with Reactron still on the loose?
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #19
Written by DAN SLOTT, Art and cover by LUCAS MEYER
Variant covers by ANGELA WU and EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
ON SALE 11/18/26
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s—oh dear god, what is that thing?! It’s got one big eye and three tentacles, and it couldn’t possibly be—but it is! That’s Superman! Smack dab in the middle of an adventure with his son, Tomorrow Man, Superman finds himself transformed into the strangest alien life-form of all time!
SUPERMAN #44
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, Art and cover by XERMÁNICO
Variant covers by DIKE RUAN, DAVID LAPHAM, ARIEL COLÓN, and RAFAEL PEREZ
Watchmen 40th Anniversary variant by CHRIS BACHALO
ON SALE 11/25/26
An old friend of Superman has gone missing in Metropolis. And they are not alone. Superman must show how he is not only a great hero but a great detective to uncover the truth behind a secret cult in Metropolis. But his search takes a deadly turn when he finds the cult worships a corrupted Black Lantern ring! One that tries to claim Superman as its new master! If Superman succumbs…Nekron will rise again!
SUPERMAN: THE STRANGER #3
Written by WES CRAIG, Art and cover by WES CRAIG
Variant covers by BRYAN HITCH and JEFF LEMIRE
$4.99 US | 32 Pages | Variant $5.99 (card stock)
ON SALE 11/4/26
Superman’s methods of cleaning up Metropolis are causing more problems than he wants. Everyone he’s stopped ends up back out on the streets. He needs someone who can help get him the information he acquires out to the masses, and Lois Lane is just the reporter to do it!
SUPERGIRL: SURVIVE #5
Written by ETHAN S. PARKER and GRIFFIN SHERIDAN
Art and cover by ROD REIS
Variant covers by TAURIN CLARKE and KAREN S. DARBOE
ON SALE 11/4/26
Kara and Kal’s journey to Earth has been waylaid by entry to an interdimensional wasteland filled with phantoms of their past, and the one thing standing in their way…is Zod.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #57
Written by MARK WAID, Art by ADRIÁN GUTIÉRREZ
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by MARIO “FOX” FOCCILLO and ADRIÁN GUTIÉRREZ
ON SALE 11/18/26
Ra’s al Ghul has put into play his Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse—Poison Ivy, Tokamak, Ocean Master, and Queen Bee—and only Superman and Batman are left to defend every life on Earth from extinction as famine, war, pestilence, and death sweep the globe!
You can catch up with what DC has planned for the Bat-Family right here and pick up all of our DC Comics’ coverage over on our DC Hub.
