DC Comics has announced that writer Stuart Gibbs (Spy School) and artist Berat Peckmezci (Flash) are set to reimagine the DC Universe in next year with the release of Bruce Wayne: Not Super, an original graphic novel for middle-grade readers which sees a young Bruce Wayne as a misfit in an exclusive prep school not for the gifted, but the super-gifted.
It’s hard enough being in middle school, but it’s even worse when you’re the only kid at your school who doesn’t have super-powers. Bruce does have a goal though: he wants to make a difference in the world. But how can he do that when he doesn’t have any powers? While the Future-Supers are currently content to simply use their gifts to glide through school and court popularity, Bruce struggles to figure out if he has any gifts at all — and if so, how to use them. His challenge comes when he discovers fellow student Jack Napier and his hired bully Bane shaking down lesser-powered students for money, including that hapless kid Dick Grayson. Someone must stand up to them and somehow, it’s going to be Bruce!
Bruce Wayne: Not Super represents an alternate origin story for Batman and a number of other iconic DC characters, imagining them all as school age kids and with Bruce as the misfit. Filled with a lot of humor, this is a light-hearted take on a well-known and beloved character.
Bruce Wayne: Not Super will go on sale on February 7th 2023.
