DC Comics’ best villain team returns with… Superman on the Secret Six?

For this writer’s money, the best cult DC Comics hit of the ’00s was Secret Six, a series about a team of superhumans whose rap sheets were too long to ever hang with real superheroes, but who were too annoyingly principled about little things like “human trafficking” or “murdering children” to ever hang with the real supervillains.

The Secret Six will return in 2025, Polygon can reveal courtesy of DC Comics, in a new form with even more potential for hero-vs.-villain morality. Because the new team is comprised of three villains and three superheroes.

The new six-issue Secret Six miniseries will star three classic team members: Catman, Deadshot, and Black Alice — and three troubled young superheroes: Superman (Jon Kent), Gossamer (his boyfriend, Jay Nakamura), and Dreamer. The series is from the pens of writer and actress Nicole Maines (Suicide Squad: Dream Team), who also played Dreamer in the Supergirl TV series, and artist Stephen Segovia (X-Force).

“Getting to be part of DC All In and to continue telling a new story involving Jon Kent, Jay Nakamura, and Dreamer means the world to me,” Maines told Polygon via email. “They’re all at a crossroads right now, at the start of their potential villain origin stories; so having them team up with these Secret Six veterans, all former villains themselves, feels like a mirror into their futures.” 

What brings these very different characters together? A hunt for one missing person who has a history of threatening anyone with superpowers, hero and villain alike: Amanda Waller.

“Mixing heroes and villains on the same team is always fun,” Segovia told Polygon via email, “and I’m looking forward to showing fans the different personalities of the character’s Nicole’s writing.”

Secret Six #1 will hit shelves on March 5, 2025, with all the variant covers seen above, as well as two foil variants from Ariel Olivetti and Fico Ossio. Read on for DC Comics’ official summary of the issue and four pages of unlettered preview art from the book!

In the wake of Absolute Power, the Justice League has returned, the war criminal Amanda Waller is in prison, and things are finally getting back to normal… that is, until Dreamer, Jon Kent, and Jay Nakamura discover that Waller has somehow vanished into thin air from her cell! With seemingly no leads and nothing but questions (and enough trauma to fill a swimming pool), our three heroes are forced to team up with the bad guys — Deadshot, Catman, and Black Alice — to track down Waller, reclaim the infinite trove of secrets in her head, and uncover what the deal is with all these freakin’ chess pieces they keep seeing around… all without letting their own individual secrets tear them apart from the inside. From acclaimed writer and actress Nicole Maines (Supergirl) and superstar artist Stephen Segovia (Spawn), the Secret Six are back in an all-new high-stakes, twist-filled limited series!