Mr. Terrific Year One (2025)

THE SECRET ORIGIN OF SUMMER'S BREAKOUT SUPERHERO! Brilliant young inventor Michael Holt's life was destined for greatness...yet everything screeched to a halt when his wife Paula and unborn son were killed in a car accident. The Holts once shared ambitious dreams of using their technology to help others, but after the tragedy, Michael retreats from society and sells Holt Industries to mysterious and craven tech billionaire Athena Prescott. The domino effect of Michael's actions set off an explosive chain of events that take a not-so-ordinary man from the depths of despair to the heights of heroism! Meanwhile, in the present day, Mr. Terrific continues his research into what became of Darkseid after the events of the DC All-In Special...and comes to realize that his past and the present might be inextricably linked... Discover all the secrets, sorrows, and triumphs of Mr. Terrific and how he came to be in this thrilling modern retelling and expansion of his origin story by DC Writer’s Workshop alumnus and multiple-award-winning TV writer Al Letson (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters) and British Fantasy Award-winning artist Valentine De Landro (Black Manta, Bitch Planet)!

MR. TERRIFIC'S PAST AND PRESENT ARE CATCHING UP TO HIM! In the past, Michael Holt violently lost his very last lifeline to the outside world--and he's certain that it's entirely his fault. Guilt and grief bring him to the Gateway City bridge in an effort to put an end to the pain once and for all, where the Spectre awaits to render divine judgment...and perhaps even salvation! And in the present, Mr. Terrific's investigation into a mysterious new rift in his old city brings him face-to-face with an unexpectedly Apokoliptian foe!

THE DEFINITIVE ORIGIN STORY CONTINUES! Propelled by a new sense of purpose and a clear target for his vengeance, Mr. Terrific dons his superhero costume (or the closest approximation he can scrape together from his workshop) for the very first time to lay siege to Athena Prescott's tower at the center of Gateway City. But while he's got his sights set on Prescott...she's got her eyes on him too. And the third-smartest man in the world might just find that you can't bring T-Spheres to a gunfight and expect to walk out alive... Meanwhile, in the present day, Mr. Terrific's surprise encounter with an Apokoliptian hellhound lands him in some dimension-hopping hot water!

GUEST-STARRING BRUCE WAYNE! Michael Holt's first outing as Mr. Terrific goes terribly awry, and he barely escapes with his life. But just as he's about to hang up the leather jacket for good after one single use...Bruce Wayne arrives at his doorstep with an unexpected proposal. But that's not the only surprise guest star...in the present, a mysterious young interloper rescues Mr. Terrific from a parademon onslaught!

GUEST-STARRING BLACK LIGHTNING! Maybe super-heroics are best left to those with superpowers and science best left to the scientists. At least, that's what Michael Holt tries to tell his old friend Jefferson Pierce--Black Lightning himself--as Athena Prescott's reign of terror grows into something altogether otherworldly...and threatens to bring Gateway City to its knees. Meanwhile, in the present, Mr. Terrific desperately searches for a way home, lest he remain trapped in the Palace of Eternity with a mysterious enemy who wants him dead!

THE PAST AND PRESENT COLLIDE IN THIS TERRIFIC SERIES FINALE! Billionaire Athena Prescott was once an ordinary woman of extraordinary wealth, just trying to beat out her fellow titans of tech to the next big advancement in human history--and she was willing to kill to do it. But now her fully powered Nexus Engine has ripped a transdimensional tear in the heart of Gateway City...and granted her a great and terrible new power she can’t control! If Michael Holt hopes to survive, let alone save his city, he’ll have to finally embrace his role as Mr. Terrific...which promises to alter the course of his life forever! Long-buried secrets are unearthed and mysterious forces revealed as Mr. Terrific: Year One hurtles toward its epic conclusion!