{"id":274963,"date":"2026-01-08T23:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/274963\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:44:08","slug":"homelander-vs-superman-other-dream-fights-set-as-dc-crossovers-with-mortal-kombat-more-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/274963\/","title":{"rendered":"Homelander vs. Superman &#038; Other Dream Fights Set as DC Crossovers With Mortal Kombat &#038; More &#8211; Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DC<\/a> stunned fans with the announcement that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/superman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Superman<\/a><\/strong> would face <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/homelander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Homelander<\/a><\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/the-boys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Boys<\/a> in a canon comic. Now, the publisher has confirmed some of the other crossover death battles in the upcoming special event book. These include beloved characters from other comics publishers, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/archie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Archie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/idw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">IDW<\/a>, as well as the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/mortal-kombat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mortal Kombat<\/a><\/strong> franchise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/shh_spoiler_alert_b9187e_9331b8.webp.webp\" alt=\"Homelander vs. Superman &amp; Other Dream Fights Set as DC Crossovers With Mortal Kombat &amp; More\" class=\"wp-image-646679\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The action will unfold in <strong>DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1<\/strong>. The current saga has various heroes and villains competing for the title of King Omega and a claim to the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/darkseid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Darkseid<\/a>. However, given the twisted nature of Darkseid\u2019s tyrannical power, it must be claimed in conquest. This requires a cosmic tournament, pitting various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/justice-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Justice League<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/legion-of-doom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Legion of Doom<\/a> members against each other in a series of challenges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Superman-vs.-Homelander-by-Darick-Robertson-and-Diego-Rodriguez.jpg\" alt=\"Superman vs. Homelander by Darick Robertson and Diego Rodriguez\" class=\"wp-image-646680\"  \/>(Image Source: DC \/ Darick Robertson and Diego Rodriguez)<\/p>\n<p>One of these challenges will apparently involve facing the champions of other universes. DC released several covers highlighting the characters involved in December. However, beyond the fight between Homelander and Superman, none of the other battles had been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Who else is fighting in DC K.O.: Boss Battle?<\/p>\n<p>DC released six unlettered preview pages from DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1. Beyond the Homelander vs. Superman fight, the following matches have been confirmed. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wonder Woman vs. Red Sonja<\/li>\n<li>Batwoman (Kate Kane) vs. Vampirella<\/li>\n<li>Plastic Man and Black Lightning vs. Sub Zero <\/li>\n<li>Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris) vs. Sabrina the Teenage Witch<\/li>\n<li>Lex Luthor vs. Samantha Strong from Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is logic to most of these matches. For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/red-sonja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Red Sonja<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/wonder-woman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wonder Woman<\/a> are both warriors blessed by a war goddess. However, some of these conflicts make little apparent sense. Despite this, there is method to the madness according to writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/jeremy-adams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jeremy Adams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatrick Horvath created an incredibly complicated and frankly, scary, character with Samantha Strong,\u201d shared Adams. \u201cI feel lucky to be able to pit this serial-killer bear from IDW\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees<\/a>\u00a0against the greatest criminal mind of our time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/lex-luthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lex Luthor<\/a>. Especially because Lex has no idea who it is he\u2019s stumbled upon. And, having written four animated\u00a0Mortal Kombat\u00a0movies, I jumped at the chance to write more of the Netherrealm world, especially for comics. These characters hold a place dear to my heart as I\u2019ve had the chance to interact with a huge swath of their fandom, their creators, and the MK universe as a whole!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1 arrives in comic shops everywhere on February 4, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DC stunned fans with the announcement that Superman would face Homelander from The Boys in a canon comic.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[28538,139381,139382,139383,139384,13788,1980,7472,113163,139385,139386,139387,18,117,139388,139389,139390,19,17,121774,63457,43268,1892,327,139391,139392,139393,139394,928,31695,336,139395,33134,50521],"class_list":{"0":"post-274963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-annabelle","9":"tag-archie-comics","10":"tag-batwoman","11":"tag-beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees","12":"tag-black-lightning","13":"tag-comic-news","14":"tag-dc","15":"tag-dc-comics","16":"tag-dc-k-o","17":"tag-dc-k-o-boss-battle","18":"tag-dynamite","19":"tag-dynamite-entertainment","20":"tag-eire","21":"tag-entertainment","22":"tag-homelander","23":"tag-idw","24":"tag-idw-publishing","25":"tag-ie","26":"tag-ireland","27":"tag-jeremy-adams","28":"tag-lex-luthor","29":"tag-mortal-kombat","30":"tag-movie-news","31":"tag-movies","32":"tag-plastic-man","33":"tag-red-sonja","34":"tag-sabrina-the-teenage-witch","35":"tag-sub-zero","36":"tag-superman","37":"tag-the-boys","38":"tag-tv-news","39":"tag-vampirella","40":"tag-video-game-news","41":"tag-wonder-woman"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}