Batman, Nubia, Supergirl, Nightwing, and more ditch capes for swimsuits in August

By Michael Doran
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Swimsuit variant covers have DC superheroes coolin' off at the end of summer

Batman #126 swimsuit variant cover by Mikel Janín
Batman #126 swimsuit variant cover by Mikel Janín (Image credit: DC)

It gets hot in August in most of the US (and very hot in a big part of it) so DC is letting some of its superheroes ditch the spandex that doesn't breathe so well in the summertime to cavort in swimsuits (or swimming costumes as our British friends at GamesRadar would say) for the month. 

Hey, in this case, 'swimming costumes' might actually be more appropriate!

No, Bruce Wayne won't be facing down the Joker rockin' just the famous black trunks in the pages of Batman, but DC will be letting the Dark Knight, Catwoman, Nubia, Nightwing, Black Adam, and more hit the beach and the pool in a series of swimsuit variant covers during the summer month by artists like Artgerm, Joëlle Jones, Nicola Scott, Mikel Janín and more. 

Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #3 swimsuit variant cover by Derrick Chew (Image credit: DC)

Once a staple of the '90s during the Wizard Magazine era, Newsarama counts 10 swimsuit variant covers in August that are a little more subtle in 2022 than they might have once been.

Hey, did we also mention the DC full August 2022 solicits hit your browser on Friday, May 20 at noon ET?

So here's a slightly early look at the swimsuit variant covers we found in DC's August offerings, who drew them, and what issues you'll find the covers on.

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DC August 2022 swimsuit variant covers
(Image credit: DC)
  • Action Comics #1046 by Stanley "Artgerm" Lao
  • Batman #126 by Mikel Janín
  • Batman/Superman: World's Finest #6 by Rafa Sandoval
  • Black Adam #3 by Emanuela Lupacchino
  • Catwoman #46 by Jeff Dékal
  • Deathstroke Inc. #12 by David Lapham
  • Harley Quinn #21 by Megan Huang
  • Nightwing #95 by Nicola Scott
  • Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #3 by Derrick Chew
  • Poison Ivy #3 by Joëlle Jones with Jordie Bellaire
Michael Doran

I'm not just the Newsarama founder and editor-in-chief, I'm also a reader. And that reference is just a little bit older than the beginning of my Newsarama journey. I founded what would become the comic book news site in 1996, and except for a brief sojourn at Marvel Comics as its marketing and communications manager in 2003, I've been writing about new comic book titles, creative changes, and occasionally offering my perspective on important industry events and developments for the 25 years since. Despite many changes to Newsarama, my passion for the medium of comic books and the characters makes the last quarter-century (it's crazy to see that in writing) time spent doing what I love most.