Sideways

Derek James is a teenager who gained the ability to tear rifts in space and teleport through a dimension called the Dark Matter after falling into the Source Wall during the events of Dark Nights: Metal.

Sideways burst onto the DC scene in 2018, debuting in the pages of Batman during the Modern Age and signaling a fresh wave of new talent being woven into the broader DC universe. With a relatively compact but meaningful footprint across Detective Comics, Batman, and the Dark Crisis #0 FCBD Special Edition, this character moves in rarefied company — sharing pages with icons like Batman, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern. Ten appearances may seem modest, but rubbing shoulders with DC's heaviest hitters from the very start speaks to a character with real potential energy. For collectors hunting the next generation of DC voices, Sideways is a Modern Age debut worth having on your radar.