DC Comics has dropped a brand new teaser for its summer event, Batman: Bad Seeds, announcing that a special experience is coming later this week. Told across one long, dark night, the event kicks off in August and runs through to October 2026.
Fans who tune in to the DC Official YouTube channel on June 17 from 14:00-17:00 PT (22:00-01:00 for us here in the UK) will be treated to a special Bad Seeds experience featuring announcements from all over Gotham. Every few minutes you will see new art and title reveals as part of the 10-week event, plus special messages from talent along the way.
Watch the brand new trailer in the player below:
Get ready for special prize giveaways including signed comics, variant covers, and even an original drawing by a legendary Batman artist we will need to stay “Hush” about for now. Enjoy the sunlight now before sunset, because a long, dark night is coming…and that fresh air won’t last for long. SURVIVE THE NIGHT. FEAR THE MORNING.
Led by showrunners Matt Fraction and G. Willow Wilson, Batman: Bad Seeds is a Gotham-wide comic book crossover that pulls every corner of the city into the crisis. While Fraction (Batman) and Wilson (Poison Ivy) steer the event’s core narrative, the writers and artists behind Detective Comics, Batgirl, Batwoman, Catwoman, Nightwing, and Harley Quinn each deliver pivotal chapters that track Gotham’s transformation as the night deepens. Across ten weeks, readers will follow the crisis as it spreads from block to block, title to title.
As Ivy’s plants spread, Gotham begins to mutate—buildings swallowed by vines, streets overtaken by carnivorous flora, and entire neighborhoods reverting to a primordial state. With the Bat-Family hunted, the GCPD fractured under Commissioner Vandal Savage’s militarised rule, and civilians trapped in a city turning against them, Gotham City becomes a living battleground where every chapter brings a new evolution.
Following August’s prelude and kickoff, the event continues across September and October in the pages of Batman, Poison Ivy, Detective Comics, Batgirl, Batwoman,Catwoman, Nightwing, and Harley Quinn, alongside several new event titles. More details on these chapters will be revealed in the coming months as DC unveils the full scope of Batman: Bad Seeds.
