DC Comics is changing up the format of DC Pride for the special's 5th anniversary. In past years DC Pride was an anthology series spotlighting LGBTQIA+ heroes, but in 2025 the special will instead feature a "singular story arc of interweaving narratives." These narratives are framed by an Alan Scott story from Tim Sheridan, Emilio Pilliu, and Giulio Macaione.
Several of DC comics' heroes will come together when "a century-old tavern, the center of queer life in Gotham City, unexpectedly announces its imminent closure. It’s a huge loss to the community, and generations of patrons return to pay respects to a space they’ve endowed with entire lifetimes of memories, wishes and dreams—including Alan Scott, the Green Lantern. Alan returns, for one last time, to the place he fell for his first love, Johnny Ladd, to touch the wall on which they carved the symbol of their love, to remember the days before everything went to hell for them...and to say goodbye.
But love is a kind of magic, and, in Alan’s experience, magic can take on a life of its own. Before anyone knows it’s happening, heroes, villains, and civilians alike from across the DCU with powerful ties to this mysterious place—the Question, Midnighter and Apollo, Harley Quinn, Green Lantern Jo Mullein, Bunker, Connor Hawke, and Blue Snowman among them—find themselves spirited away to strange, alternate worlds where everything they ever thought they wanted can be theirs…but at what cost?" (DC Comics)
Stories taking place in the framing device of Scott's return to the beloved bar include:
a Jo Mullein story from Vita Ayala, Maya Houston, and Vincent Cecil;
a story about new character Ethan Rivera from Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Josh Trujillo, and A.L. Kaplan;
a story about Connor Hawke from Sam Maggs and Phillip Sevy;
a Bunker story from Josh Trujillo and Don Aguillo;
a Harley Quinn story by Maya Houston and Max Sarin;
a Blue Snowman story by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Alex Moore;
a Renee Montoya story by Vita Ayala and Skylar Patridge;
and a Midnighter and Apollo story by Sam Maggs and Derek Charm.
Additionally, fans can submit about how DC's legacy has impacted or reflected their LGBTQIA+ identity, journey, and/or experience on the DC Official Discord Server until March 28, 2025. DC's editorial team will then select some of the letters, cosplay, and fan art to be published in a letters column inside DC Pride 2025.
DC Pride 2025 goes on sale on June 4, 2025. The special features a main cover by Kris Anka, variant covers by Sozomaika and Julia Reck, and a 1:25 variant cover by Jack Hughes.
Other DC Pride products from DC Comics in 2025 include:
DC Pride-themed variant covers on several titles.
Hardcover collection of DC Pride: To the Farthest Reaches - on sale on May 27, 2025 - which collects DC Pride 2024 and additional stories. Cover by Kevin Wada.
DC Pride Box Set - on sale May 27, 2025 - collecting the first three hardcover volumes of DC Pride and a tribute to Rachel Pollack and Kevin Conroy's autobiographical comic "Finding Batman." Cover by Gabriel Picolo.
Batwoman: Elegy: DC Compact Comics Edition by writer Greg Rucka and artists JH. Williams III, Jock, and Scott Kolins - on sale June 17, 2025.
DC Pride comics will be added to the DC GO! webcomics collection - adapted into the vertical scroll format during June 2025.
(Image via DC Comics - Kris Anka's Cover of DC Pride 2025 and Gabriel Picolo's Cover of DC Pride Box Set)
