DC Pride 2023 Has All Your Favorite Queer Superheroes In One Place

'DC Pride' is one of our favorite queer comics of the year!

DC Pride is back again with all of our favorite LGBTQ+ superheroes!

DC Comics’ annual tradition is back in the new DC Pride 2023 #1, a 104-page anthology full of stories featuring queer characters and made by queer creators.

This year, stories in the anthology include one about Tim Drake and Connor Hawke by Nadia Shammas and Bruka Jones; Circuit Breaker and Flash of Earth-11 by A.L. Kaplan; Midnighter, Apollo, and Alan Scott Green Lantern by Josh Trujillo and Don Aguillo; Ghost-Maker and Catman vs. Cannon and Saber by Rex Ogle and Stephen Sadowski; Jon Kent and John Constantine by Christopher Cantwell and Skylar Patridge; Natasha Irons and Nubia by Mildred Louis; Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Crush by Leah Williams and Paulina Ganucheau; and Multiversity by Grant Morrison and Hayden Sherman.

Will Harley and Ivy be able to find a date spot that Crush can’t crash? What will happen when the trans masc Circuit Breaker and nonbinary Flash of Earth-11 meet up for the first time? How will the conversation between Tim Drake and Connor Hawke – two old friends who have since come out – go?

Find out all these and more, plus a five-page preview of the upcoming Dreamer YA graphic novel by Nicole Maines and Rye Hickman in DC Pride 2023 #1, out May 30.

This year DC is also releasing a few other books celebrating their queer characters and important queer milestones in the comic. One is The DC Book of Pride by Jadzia Axelrod, a new character encyclopedia that will help fans “discover the rich history of DC’s LGBTQIA+ superheroes” with “detailed character profiles and comic book artwork.” Featuring profiles of over 50 queer characters including Harley Quinn, Jon Kent, Nubia, Tim Drake, Batwoman, Dreamer, Aquaman, and Circuit Breaker, The DC Book of Pride comes out May 16.

Another is DC Pride: Through the Years #1, which will reprint three groundbreaking out-of-print comics that introduced some of DC’s most iconic queer characters. It contains reprints of The Flash #53, in which villain turned hero Pied Piper comes out to The Flash and teams up with him; Detective Comics #854, which launched Batwoman’s first solo series; and Supergirl #19, which introduced Lee Serrano, a nonbinary teen who befriends the Girl of Steel. It also includes an all-new story about Alan Scott Green Lantern.

'Spirit World #2' variant cover by Jessica Fong

In honor of Pride, DC is also releasing Pride themed variant covers highlighting the queer characters in their everyday books. Continue scrolling to see more of those.

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #4 variant cover by Stephen Byrne

Green Arrow #3 cover by Luciano Vecchio

Superman #5 variant cover by W. Scott Forbes

Batman Incorporated #9 variant cover by Rosi Kämpe

Tim Drake: Robin #10 variant cover by Travis Moore

Nightwing #105 variant cover by Yoshi Yohshitani

Wonder Woman #800 variant cover by Ted Brandt and Ro Stein

Detective Comics #1073 variant cover by Amy Reeder

Connecting variant covers for Halrey Quinn #31 and Poison Ivy #13 by Claire Roe