Batman / Static: Beyond #2

The Elseworlds banner signals something genuinely fresh in this 2026 DC series, and issue two's cover — titled "System Shutdown" — delivers an arresting image: Batman Beyond and Static are sent reeling as a towering, glowing figure radiates concentric rings of fiery energy above them, suggesting a threat on an entirely different scale. Nikolas Draper-Ivey's cover art crackles with motion and heat, Wil Quintana's warm amber and crimson palette amplifying every charged pulse across the composition. With Evan Narcisse and Draper-Ivey co-writing and Draper-Ivey handling the full interior art, Batman/Static: Beyond continues to feel like one of the most visually distinctive team-up books DC has put out in years.