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DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1 Delivers Crossovers as SupermanHomelander Ends in a Draw

DC positions the tie-in as optional reading that fuels the Final Four with Omega Energy before the tournament resumes.

Overview

  • The World Forger halts the main tournament and sends fighters through rifts to collect Omega Energy by battling champions from other realities.
  • Matchups include Superman versus Homelander, Wonder Woman versus Red Sonja, Plastic Man and Black Lightning versus Mortal Kombat opponents, and Joker encountering Annabelle.
  • Several bouts conclude without decisive winners as the rifts collapse, with Superman and Homelander portrayed as evenly matched before their fight is cut short.
  • The one-shot is written by Jeremy Adams, with art by Ronan Cliquet, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Kieran McKeown, and Pablo M. Collar, colors by Hi‑Fi, and letters by Tom Napolitano.
  • Reviews call the special inventive and energetic yet overstuffed and constrained by its single-issue scope, noting it functions as a detour rather than essential reading.