Grab your favorite boba and pull a chair up to the dim sum table as we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with all your favorite Asian DC characters, old and new! Join Cassandra Cain, Katana, Green Lantern Tai Pham, the Atom, Dana Tan (a.k.a. Portraits by Chiff Chiang, Jim Cheung, Jae Lee, Jen Bartel, Kevin Wada, Philip Tan, Gurihiru and more! Written by Gene Luen Yang, Mariko Tamaki, Minh Lê, Ram V, Greg Pak, Dustin Nguyen, Amy Chu, Alyssa Wong and friends!ĭrawn by Bernard Chang, Marcio Takara, Dustin Nguyen, Trung Le Nguyen, Francis Manapul, Marcus To, Sean Chen, Sumit Kumar and others!

Other stories will feature longtime Batman Universe mainstays including Katana, Dana Tan, Damian Wayne, and Lady Shiva, amongst a wide variety of other DC Universe characters.ĭC FESTIVAL OF HEROES: The Asian Superhero Celebration While details for the story were not mentioned, there was a direct reference to Cain being “DC’s iconic Asain Batgirl.” The second story features upcoming Detective Comics writer Mariko Tamaki with a story involving Cassandra Cain. Her real name, secret origin, and who her mother is is set to be revealed in the tale. The first story comes from current Catwoman writer Ram V and tells the story of how Shoes becomes Catwoman’s protege. The one-shot will feature multiple Asian and Asian American characters from the DC Universe. As it pertains to the Batman Universe, there will be at least two stories featuring characters Bat-Fans are familiar with. DC Comics has announced that to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, they will release DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration this May.

DC Festival of Heroes by Minh Lê