DC x AEW (2026-) #1 (DC x AEW

by Steve Orlando, Travis Mercer (Artist)

Kindle Edition

Published February 4, 2026

Reviews

[Brandon Roy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its a quick story in two parts. It is all style over substance but if you like AEW you will enjoy this.

Jon Moxley and Guy Gardner. Timeless Toni Storm and Zatanna. Swerve Strickland and John Stewart. Batman and Darby Allin. So many more, they get their catchphrases off and a few fun moments with both well known and lesser villains.

[Cybernex007 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yeah I am not the target audience for this, I barely know anything about wrestling and I especially don’t know anything about AEW. I’m also the type of person that believes the term “comic slop” is thrown around way too loosely, but wow that was slop. But at the very least the end made me chuckle. The entire story is built around the idea that the AEW champion belt is made out of element X, only for one of the contenders challenging, the current CEO boss lady, for it to loose their mind after loosing and break it up sending the tiny fragments of altered reality all throughout the universe. Why they have this in the first place is a mystery, but this spurs a team up between the justice league and AEW stars to go around and get the fragments back before villains can do harm with them. But it’s very clear this book is focused on making sure you are aware of who everyone is at all times, leading to very wordy scenes which is especially detrimental when the entire book is told in two page increments. You get a team up and a villain as you see them get the shard but you don’t actually see the fight end. Are they saving the end of the fights for the second issue? An odd choice as the end of the issue reveals the shards were teleported back to the CEO of AEW and Aquaman so they can reforge the belt in Khandaq, only for a double cross to be revealed at the end when Aquaman is knocked out by Lex Luthor, the AEW CEO’s new silent partner. Out of all of these, I think my favorite team up was the Zatanna and Toni Storm one where they fought Johnny Sorrow. Like most fights, the dc hero carried but Zatanna made great use of Toni by teleporting her on top of Sorrow so she could slam her heel into his face. Although the most ridiculous one was the idea to send Kenny Omega on his own to face intergang, only to find that Bane beat him to it, forcing Kenny to go up against Bane. Luckily there was a bunch of Apokolips tech laying around that he could use to defeat bane, but that also means Kenny either brought his own mother box or somehow found it with intergang and knows how to communicate with it…all of these possibilities send up red flags, lol.

[Jerry Aguirre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Look, let me defend this issue. Is the story dumb? Yea. Is it just a quick crossover without any real substance? Yes. HOWEVER, if you like AEW like me, or maybe you love it, this issue is for us.

The wrestlers said their signature lines (really fun), had cool moments, and the art work is underrated. It’s really good, for some wrestlers, but for others likeKenny omega, it is weird.

I’d recommend this issue to AEW fans. The dialogue was def worth it. Toni Storm and Darby were probably the best ones.

[Nelson Nantanapibul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Multiverse crossover between the heroes of the DC Universe and the All stars of All Elite Wrestling. They team up to save the universe from complete and utter destruction. Will they succeed? Is there a traitor among their ranks? It's a fun and campy story for any comic book and wrestling fans out there.

[Ernez · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was alright, hangman really looks like he belongs in comics. The rest seemed a bit just thrown in. A lot nothing really happened, just introducing characters. Will be checking out the rest.

[Ushnav Shroff · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a lot of fun but still kinda fun, you know?

[Xaanua · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mucha lucha, muchos héroes involucrados. Me ha gustó sobre todo ver a Batman y a Nightwing. Y nunca le des la espalda a Lex Luthor, nunca sabes que puede tramar. En definitiva, un número entretenido

[vk chompooming · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am a fan for crossovers and I can suspend reality to read and enjoy some good ole' comic book fluff, but this felt like a simple cash grab when a better story might have saved this.

[Francisco Cesar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would like this more if the interior art was stronger. Hardly any of the AEW stars look anything like themselves! Ultimately three stars because i'm a mark and the ending is intriguing.

[tee (rin's version) · Rating 3 out of 5]

i see nw, i went in

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not for me truly, but had to get it for the Daniel Warren Johnson Variant. Who doesn't want to see Lex get owned in the ring?

[Riccardo Papaluca · Rating 5 out of 5]

aew has a traitor in the mists