The sequel to ‘Barda’ will arrive in shops in 2026.

Ngozi Ukazu, creator of the fantastic Verify, Please, introduced the New God Huge Barda, together with others from Jack Kirby’s Fourth World comics, to DC’s younger grownup graphic novel line final yr. That graphic novel, Barda, will get a sequel subsequent yr that may deal with one other New God — Orion.

Within the first quantity, Barda began the story as the fitting hand of Granny Goodness and has been tasked with an not possible process — break their prisoner, the unbreakable Scott Free. However one thing broke in Barda on the fiery Apokolips within the story of first loves. The brand new quantity particulars Orion’s life on New Genesis as he his fears about not likely belonging there are confirmed when Highfather reveals his true lineage.

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When Prince Orion uncovers his sinister parentage, he should resolve for himself if he’s destined to be a hero—or a villain.

The festivals on New Genesis are merry, and the gods who fill its skies are lovers. However Prince Orion, adopted son of the Highfather, is none of this stuff. A brooding, battle-hungry warrior, Orion wonders how he was ever chosen to change into an intergalactic prince, secretly in worry that he doesn’t belong on the planet he calls residence. 

After which Orion’s darkest nightmares are confirmed when the Highfather himself brings Orion’s true parentage to mild: not solely is Orion from Apokolips, adopted as a part of a cosmic pact, however he’s the spawn of the tyrant Darkseid. How can Orion face his family members as a beast from Apokolips? How can he reside with himself when a tar-black evil runs by way of his veins? And when Darkseid threatens to destroy all of New Genesis, Orion should reply the last word query: may he ever be a hero? Or was he born to change into a monster?

Orion isn’t the one graphic novel arising from Ukazu; this fall will carry Flip, the story of a poor scholar at a wealthy personal college who switches our bodies with the most well-liked child in her class.

Flip arrives in September, whereas Orion arrives in June of 2026.