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* ''ComicBook/SupermanTheHarvestsOfYouth'' (October 3, 2023): Written and drawn by Sina Grace. A young Clark Kent in Smallville investigates the connection between his girlfriend's brother's suicide and an online hate group.
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** Scott Free in ''Mister Miracle: The Great Escape'' has the appearance of a black person, [[CompositeCharacter evoking his brief successor Shiloh Norman.]]
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** ''Teen Titans: Robin'' (March 7th, 2023)
** ''Teen Titans: Starfire'' (July 1st, 2024)
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* ''ComicBook/TheStrangeCaseOfHarleenAndHarley'' (August 6th, 2024)
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* ''ComicBook/GalaxyThePrettiestStar'' (May 17, 2022): An original story written by Jadzia Axelrod (''The Gun With the Glass Chamber'') and illustrated by Cait Zellers (''Nimue''). An alien princess-in-exile from her homeworld after it is attacked pretends to be a normal human boy on Earth, in love with a girl.
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* ''ComicBook/GalaxyThePrettiestStar'' (May 17, 2022): An original story written by Jadzia Axelrod (''The Gun With the Glass Chamber'') and illustrated by Cait Zellers (''Nimue''). An alien princess-in-exile from her homeworld after it is attacked pretends to be a normal human girl boy on Earth, hidden by a teenage boy and in love with a girl.
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* ''ComicBook/MeraTidebreaker'' (April 2, 2019): Written by Danielle Paige (''Literature/DorothyMustDie'') and illustrated by Stephen Byrne (''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers''). Teenage Princess Mera of Xebel, an underwater kingdom under the oppressive rule of Atlantis, travels to the surface with a mission to free her people and save her from an ArrangedMarriage - by assassinating heir of Atlantis' throne, [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur Curry]]. But things get complicated once she falls in love with him.
* ''ComicBook/UnderTheMoonACatwomanTale'' (May 7, 2019): Written by Lauren Myracle (''Literature/TheTTYLSeries'') and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart. When 15 years old Selina Kyle becomes homeless, she will have to learn fast to become tough if she wants to survive on the streets.
* ''ComicBook/UnderTheMoonACatwomanTale'' (May 7, 2019): Written by Lauren Myracle (''Literature/TheTTYLSeries'') and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart. When 15 years old Selina Kyle becomes homeless, she will have to learn fast to become tough if she wants to survive on the streets.
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* ''ComicBook/MeraTidebreaker'' (April (February 2, 2019): Written by Danielle Paige (''Literature/DorothyMustDie'') and illustrated by Stephen Byrne (''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers''). Teenage Princess Mera of Xebel, an underwater kingdom under the oppressive rule of Atlantis, travels to the surface with a mission to free her people and save her from an ArrangedMarriage - by assassinating heir of Atlantis' throne, [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur Curry]]. But things get complicated once she falls in love with him.
* ''ComicBook/UnderTheMoonACatwomanTale'' (May7, 1, 2019): Written by Lauren Myracle (''Literature/TheTTYLSeries'') and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart. When 15 years old Selina Kyle becomes homeless, she will have to learn fast to become tough if she wants to survive on the streets.
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** ''Teen Titans: Raven'' (July 2, 2019): After losing her adoptive mother and her memory in a car accident, Rachel Roth moves to New Orleans to live with her foster mother. When strange things start happening all around her, she will have to rely on her foster sister and new friends to discover the truth about who she was in a previous life.
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* ''ComicBook/GothamHigh'' (April 7, 2020): Written by Creator/MelissaDeLaCruz (''Literature/WitchesOfEastEnd'') and illustrated by Thomas Pitilli. 17 year old Bruce Wayne, best known at school for throwing huge parties he doesn't even really like to engage in, has one true friend - [[ComicBook/TheJoker Jack Smith]]. However, their friendship as about to end when they both meet a girl named Selina Kyle.
* ''ComicBook/TheLostCarnivalADickGraysonGraphicNovel'' (April 7, 2020): Written by Michael Moreci (''Roche Limit'') and illustrated by Sas Milledge (''[[https://mimoncomic.tumblr.com/ Mimon]]''). A mysterious and mystical Lost Carnival threatens to steal remaining customers of circus employing Flying Graysons and youngest member of the group, Dick Grayson, himself succumbs to its allure. Among the Carnival, he finds both love and looming danger.
* ''ComicBook/TheLostCarnivalADickGraysonGraphicNovel'' (April 7, 2020): Written by Michael Moreci (''Roche Limit'') and illustrated by Sas Milledge (''[[https://mimoncomic.tumblr.com/ Mimon]]''). A mysterious and mystical Lost Carnival threatens to steal remaining customers of circus employing Flying Graysons and youngest member of the group, Dick Grayson, himself succumbs to its allure. Among the Carnival, he finds both love and looming danger.
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* ''ComicBook/GothamHigh'' (April 7, 1, 2020): Written by Creator/MelissaDeLaCruz (''Literature/WitchesOfEastEnd'') and illustrated by Thomas Pitilli. 17 year old Bruce Wayne, best known at school for throwing huge parties he doesn't even really like to engage in, has one true friend - [[ComicBook/TheJoker Jack Smith]]. However, their friendship as about to end when they both meet a girl named Selina Kyle.
* ''ComicBook/TheLostCarnivalADickGraysonGraphicNovel''(April 7, (May 5, 2020): Written by Michael Moreci (''Roche Limit'') and illustrated by Sas Milledge (''[[https://mimoncomic.tumblr.com/ Mimon]]''). A mysterious and mystical Lost Carnival threatens to steal remaining customers of circus employing Flying Graysons and youngest member of the group, Dick Grayson, himself succumbs to its allure. Among the Carnival, he finds both love and looming danger.
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* ''ComicBook/YouBroughtMeTheOcean'' (June 16, 9, 2020): Written by Alex Sanchez (''Literature/TheRainbowTrilogy'') and illustrated by Julie Maroh (''ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor''), centered on Jackson "Jake" Hyde's coming-out story.
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* ''ComicBook/NubiaRealOne'' (February 21, 2021): Written by L.L. [=McKinney=] (''A Blade So Black'') and illustrated by [[https://robynlsmith.com/ Robyn Smith]].
* ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer'' (August 3, 2021): Written by Louise Simmonson (''ComicBook/XFactor'') and illustrated by Samatha Dodge, adaptation of Creator/SarahJMaas [[Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer prose novel of the same name]].
* ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer'' (August 3, 2021): Written by Louise Simmonson (''ComicBook/XFactor'') and illustrated by Samatha Dodge, adaptation of Creator/SarahJMaas [[Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer prose novel of the same name]].
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* ''ComicBook/NubiaRealOne'' (February 21, 23, 2021): Written by L.L. [=McKinney=] (''A Blade So Black'') and illustrated by [[https://robynlsmith.com/ Robyn Smith]].
* ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer''(August 3, (June 1, 2021): Written by Louise Simmonson (''ComicBook/XFactor'') and illustrated by Samatha Dodge, adaptation of Creator/SarahJMaas [[Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer prose novel of the same name]].
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* ''Wonderful Women of History'' ''ComicBook/WonderfulWomenOfHistory'' (September 28, 2021): Written by Laurie Halse Anderson and various other authors, a nonfiction book about historical women.women.
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* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracleTheGreatEscape'' (January 18, 2022): Written by Varian Johnson (''My Life as a Rhombus'') and illustrated by Daniel Isles.
* ''ComicBook/GalaxyThePrettiestStar'' (May 17, 2022): An original story written by Jadzia Axelrod (''The Gun With the Glass Chamber'') and illustrated by Cait Zellers (''Nimue''). An alien princess-in-exile from her homeworld after it is attacked pretends to be a normal human girl on Earth, hidden by a teenage boy and in love with a girl.
* ''ComicBook/ConstantineDistortedIllusions'' (July 26, 2022): Written by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart.
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* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracleTheGreatEscape'' (January 18, 2022): Written by Varian Johnson (''My Life as a Rhombus'') and illustrated by Daniel Isles.
* ''ComicBook/GalaxyThePrettiestStar'' (May 17, 2022): An original story written by Jadzia Axelrod (''The Gun With the Glass Chamber'') and illustrated by Cait Zellers (''Nimue''). An alien princess-in-exile from her homeworld after it is attacked pretends to be a normal human girl on Earth, hidden by a teenage boy and in love with a girl.
* ''ComicBook/ConstantineDistortedIllusions'' (July 26, 2022): Written by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart.
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* Untitled ''Mister Miracle'' story (TBA): Written by Varian Johnson (''My Life as a Rhombus'') and illustrated by TBA.
* Untitled ''Mister Miracle'' story (TBA): Written by Varian Johnson (''My Life as a Rhombus'') and illustrated by TBA.
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DC Young Adult, formerly known as DC Ink, is a Creator/DCComics imprint focusing on a teenage and young adult audience. Similar to its kids-oriented counterpart, Creator/DCZoom, the imprint publishes original graphic novels, instead of single issues, and has invited many accomplished writers of prose books for the target demographic, most of which make their first foray into comics. The titles focus on either telling completely new interpretations of well-known DC heroes as teenagers or retelling the origin stories of the company B and C-List characters. Stories published under DC Ink are independent of both main ComicBook/DCUniverse as well as each other. The imprint has been announced in 2018 with the first title launching in March 2019.
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DC Graphic Novels for Young Adult, Adults, formerly known as DC Ink, is a Creator/DCComics imprint focusing on a teenage and young adult audience. Similar to its kids-oriented counterpart, Creator/DCZoom, the imprint publishes original graphic novels, instead of single issues, and has invited many accomplished writers of prose books for the target demographic, most of which make their first foray into comics. The titles focus on either telling completely new interpretations of well-known DC heroes as teenagers or retelling the origin stories of the company B and C-List characters. Stories published under DC Ink are independent of both main ComicBook/DCUniverse as well as each other. The imprint has been announced in 2018 with the first title launching in March 2019.
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DC Young Adult, formerly known as DC Ink, is a Creator/DCComics imprint focusing on a teenage and young adult audience. Similar to its kids-oriented counterpart, Creator/DCZoom, the imprint publishes original graphic novels, instead of single issues, and has invited many accomplished writers of prose books for the target demographic, most of which make their first foray into comics. The titles focus on either telling completely new interpretations of well-known DC heroes as teenagers or retelling the origin stories of the company B and C-List characters. Stories published under DC Ink are independent of both main ComicBook/DCUniverse as well as each other. The imprint has been announced in 2018 with the first title launching in March 2019.
Compare with Creator/DCGraphicNovelsForKids, a similar DC Comics imprint focused on graphic novels aimed at a younger audience.
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* ''ComicBook/MeraTidebreaker'' (April 2, 2019): Written by Danielle Paige (''Literature/DorothyMustDie'') and illustrated by Stephen Byrne (''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers''). Teenage Princess Mera of Xebel, an underwater kingdom under the oppressive rule of Atlantis, travels to the surface with a mission to free her people and save her from an ArrangedMarriage - by assassinating heir of Atlantis' throne, [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur Curry]]. But things get complicated once she falls in love with him.
* ''ComicBook/UnderTheMoonACatwomanTale'' (May 7, 2019): Written by Lauren Myracle (''Literature/TheTTYLSeries'') and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart. When 15 years old Selina Kyle becomes homeless, she will have to learn fast to become tough if she wants to survive on the streets.
* The ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitansKamiGarcia Teen Titans]]'' series, written by Kami Garcia (''Literature/TheCasterChronicles'') and illustrated by Gabriel Picolo.
** ''Teen Titans: Raven'' (July 2, 2019): After losing her adoptive mother and her memory in a car accident, Rachel Roth moves to New Orleans to live with her foster mother. When strange things start happening all around her, she will have to rely on her foster sister and new friends to discover the truth about who she was in a previous life.
** ''Teen Titans: Beast Boy'' (September 1, 2020): A sequel by the same creative team, retelling the origins of Garfield Logan.
** ''Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven'' (September 28, 2021)
* ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinnBreakingGlass'' (September 3, 2019): Written by Creator/MarikoTamaki (''ComicBook/SupergirlBeingSuper'') and illustrated by Steve Pugh (''ComicBook/TheFlintstones''). Ever since Harleen's parents split, her only family has been Mama, owner of drag queen cabaret above which the girl has her apartment. When the cabaret falls victim to gentrification, Harleen is faced with two ways to save it - with the help of a political activist [[ComicBook/PoisonIvy Ivy]] or a BombThrowingAnarchist Joker.
* ''Literature/BatmanNightwalker'' (October 1, 2019): Written by Stuart Moore (''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'') and illustrated by Chris Wildgoose, an adaptation of [[Literature/BatmanNightwalker Marie Lu novel of the same name]].
* ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'' (January 7, 2020): Written by Louise Simmonson and illustrated by Kit Seaton (''Black Bull of Norroway''), an adaptation of Creator/LeighBardugo [[Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer novel of the same name]].
* ''ComicBook/ShadowOfTheBatgirl'' (February 4, 2020): Written by Sarah Kuhn (''Heroine Trilogy'') and illustrated by Nicole Goux (''Fuck Off Squad''). Cassandra Cain is the daughter of supervillains, trained her whole life to become a living weapon. But after a life-shattering experience, she runs away from her old life and tries to find a new one by emulating her favorite superheroine, not seen in Gotham for years - Batgirl.
* ''ComicBook/TheOracleCode'' (March 10, 2020): Written by Marieke Nijkamp (''This Is Where It Ends'') and illustrated by Manuel Preitano (''Destiny, NY''). After becoming paralyzed by a gunshot wound Barbara Gordon enters Arkham Center of Independence, seeking physical rehabilitation. However, when she notices strange things happening at the facility, she must decide whenever it is paranoia caused by her trauma...or is something dangerous really going on.
* ''ComicBook/GothamHigh'' (April 7, 2020): Written by Creator/MelissaDeLaCruz (''Literature/WitchesOfEastEnd'') and illustrated by Thomas Pitilli. 17 year old Bruce Wayne, best known at school for throwing huge parties he doesn't even really like to engage in, has one true friend - [[ComicBook/TheJoker Jack Smith]]. However, their friendship as about to end when they both meet a girl named Selina Kyle.
* ''ComicBook/TheLostCarnivalADickGraysonGraphicNovel'' (April 7, 2020): Written by Michael Moreci (''Roche Limit'') and illustrated by Sas Milledge (''[[https://mimoncomic.tumblr.com/ Mimon]]''). A mysterious and mystical Lost Carnival threatens to steal remaining customers of circus employing Flying Graysons and youngest member of the group, Dick Grayson, himself succumbs to its allure. Among the Carnival, he finds both love and looming danger.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTempestTossed'' (June 2, 2020): Written by Laurie Halse Anderson (''Literature/{{Speak}}'') and illustrated by Leila del Duca. When 15 years old Diana tries to help a group of refugees, she suddenly finds herself shipwrecked and lost in a strange land. To come back to Paradise Island she will have to face both drug smugglers and human traffickers.
* ''ComicBook/YouBroughtMeTheOcean'' (June 16, 2020): Written by Alex Sanchez (''Literature/TheRainbowTrilogy'') and illustrated by Julie Maroh (''ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor''), centered on Jackson "Jake" Hyde's coming-out story.
* ''ComicBook/SwampThingTwinBranches'' (October 13, 2020): Written by Maggie Stiefvater (''Literature/AllTheCrookedSaints'') and illustrated by [[https://www.morganbeemart.com/ Morgan Beem]].
* ''ComicBook/VictorAndNoraAGothamLoveStory'' (November 3, 2020): Written and illustrated by the same creative team as ''Under The Moon''.
* ''ComicBook/HouseOfElBookOneTheShadowThreat'' (January 5, 2021): Written by Creator/ClaudiaGray (''Literature/StarWarsLostStars'') and illustrated by Eric Zawadzki (''The Dregs'').
* ''ComicBook/NubiaRealOne'' (February 21, 2021): Written by L.L. [=McKinney=] (''A Blade So Black'') and illustrated by [[https://robynlsmith.com/ Robyn Smith]].
* ''ComicBook/PoisonIvyThorns'' (June 1, 2021): Written by Kody Keplinger and illustrated by Sara Kipin.
* ''ComicBook/IAmNotStarfire'' (July 27, 2021): Written by Creator/MarikoTamaki and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani. Starfire's teen daughter Mandy is the exact opposite of her mother in every way possible and struggles to seek an identity outside of her mother's shadow.
* ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer'' (August 3, 2021): Written by Louise Simmonson (''ComicBook/XFactor'') and illustrated by Samatha Dodge, adaptation of Creator/SarahJMaas [[Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer prose novel of the same name]].
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* ''ComicBook/WhistleANewGothamCityHero'' (September 7, 2021): An original story written by E. Lockhart (''Literature/WeWereLiars'') and illustrated by Manuel Preitano.
* ''ComicBook/UnearthedAJessicaCruzStory'' (September 14, 2021): Written by Lillian Rivera (''Literature/NeverLookBack'') and illustrated by Steph C.. A Latina high school per from Mexico adjusts to her new life in Coast City and has to contend with anxiety, xenophobia, and visions of Aztec gods.
* ''Wonderful Women of History'' (September 28, 2021): Written by Laurie Halse Anderson and various other authors, a nonfiction book about historical women.
* ''ComicBook/ZatannaTheJewelOfGravesend'' (August 2, 2022): Written by Alys Arden (''The Casquette Girls'') and illustrated by [[https://www.jacquelindeleon.com/ Jacquelin De Leon]].
* ''ComicBook/GalaxyThePrettiestStar'' (TBA): An original story written by Jadzia Axelrod (''The Gun With the Glass Chamber'') and illustrated by Cait Zellers (''Nimue''). An alien princess-in-exile from her homeworld after it is attacked pretends to be a normal human girl on Earth, hidden by a teenage boy and in love with a girl.
* Untitled ''Mister Miracle'' story (TBA): Written by Varian Johnson (''My Life as a Rhombus'') and illustrated by TBA.
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!Tropes You Can Find in DC Young Adult Titles:
* AgeLift: A lot of the titles make the characters into teenagers and have them interact with people they only meet as adults in most continuities.
* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Arthur is dark-haired instead of his usual blonde in ''Tidebreaker''. One would expect DC to go for full-on RaceLift to capitalize on [[Film/Aquaman2018 the movie]] but strangely they decided to stop on hair.
** Nora (Fries) is dark-haired and dark-skinned instead of being blonde-haired and light-skinned, as she's Indian-American in ''Victor and Nora''.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Joker in both ''Gotham High'' and ''Breaking Glass'' by the virtue of neither version being as bad as the main continuity version. [[spoiler: Subverted with ''Breaking Glass'', where John Kane turns out to be just as bad as the regular Joker. He makes himself look like an anti-establishment anarchist and manipulates Harley when he's really a smug, condescending, misogynistic racist who was using Harley to take the fall for him after he set up bombs that were going to kill all of Harley's friends and destroy the community garden her friend Ivy loves so much.]]
** Same goes for Ivy in ''Breaking Glass'' as she is a peaceful political activist, instead of an eco-terrorist.
* BlandNameProduct: Beast Boy owns what resembles a pair of green Air Jordan 1's but with a generic design replacing the trademark [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoosh Nike Swoosh]]. The artist, Gabriel Picolo, who's a self-proclaimed sneakerhead, has [[https://twitter.com/_gabrielpicolo/status/854879424998776832 previously drawn]] fanart depicting Beast Boy wearing the shoes with the real logo.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Mera still has to face charges when she admits to vandalizing the Atlantean embassy at the end of ''Tidebreaker''.
* CompositeCharacter: Joker in ''Breaking Glass'' is a well-intentioned BombThrowingAnarchist, giving him elements of another DC character, ironically often teased to be his son, ComicBook/{{Anarky}}. [[spoiler: The well-intentioned part turns out to be total garbage, however.]]
* ComicBookAdaptation: As mentioned above, a few of them were based on novels.
* ComingOfAgeStory: A common theme in multiple titles.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Shadow of the Batgirl'' is marketed as a ''dark'' take on ComingOfAgeStory.
** ''Under the Moon'' has shocked quite a few critics not prepared for how many dark themes like domestic abuse, homelessness, or serial killers, it managed to touch on.
* DecompositeCharacter: Instead of Steve Trevor, in ''Tempest Tossed'' Diana is aided by two agents named Steve and Trevor.
* EasilyForgiven: Mera doesn't seem to hold a grudge against Atlanna for having killed her mother in combat over Xebel's fate, and willingly accepts whatever punishment she may receive for vandalizing the Atlantean embassy in Xebel.
* {{Elseworld}}: All of the stories are standalone and out of continuity, either retelling known origin stories with BroadStrokes approach (''Tidebreaker'') or completely revamping the characters for new tales (''Breaking Glass'', ''Under The Moon'', ''Gotham High'', ''Victor and Nora'').
* HolierThanThou: Atlanna comes across this way, as she argues that she wants peace between Atlantis and Xebel, even though Xebel stands oppressed under their rule, and Nerrisa, late queen of the latter and mother to Mera, was killed by her in combat, and she makes no apologies, claiming she died a hero's death.
* InLoveWithTheMark: In ''Tidebreaker'' Mera ventured to the surface to kill Arthur but instead they begin dating and she falls in love with him.
* LighterAndSofter: Overall when compared to main DC titles.
* LoveTriangle: Quite common in multiple books.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Mera's mother is named Nerrisa in ''Tidebreaker''.
* RaceLift:
** In ''Gotham High'' Bruce Wayne is half-Chinese and Selina Kyle is a Latina.[[note]]In the mainline comics Selina Kyle is half-Cuban but this aspect of her identity tends to appear or disappear DependingOnTheWriter.[[/note]]
** While so far we have only seen the cover to ''Beast Boy'' and his exact ethnicity has not been yet confirmed, it does show his skin to be brown before turning green.
** Poison Ivy in ''Breaking Glass'' is now Ivy Du-Barry, whose mother is Asian and her father is Black.
** Victor Fries' Nora in ''Victor and Nora'' is South Asian (India), and her full maiden name is Elinor Grace Faria.
* StartOfDarkness\SuperHeroOrigin: A lot of the titles are retellings of the origin stories of various heroes or villains or tell new tales of their beginnings. ''Under the Moon'' solicit even refers to Selina as ''the girl who will grow up to be Catwoman'' and writer of ''Gotham High'' calls Jack the ''future'' Joker.
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DC Young Adult, formerly known as DC Ink, is a Creator/DCComics imprint focusing on a teenage and young adult audience. Similar to its kids-oriented counterpart, Creator/DCZoom, the imprint publishes original graphic novels, instead of single issues, and has invited many accomplished writers of prose books for the target demographic, most of which make their first foray into comics. The titles focus on either telling completely new interpretations of well-known DC heroes as teenagers or retelling the origin stories of the company B and C-List characters. Stories published under DC Ink are independent of both main ComicBook/DCUniverse as well as each other. The imprint has been announced in 2018 with the first title launching in March 2019.
Compare with Creator/DCGraphicNovelsForKids, a similar DC Comics imprint focused on graphic novels aimed at a younger audience.
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* ''ComicBook/MeraTidebreaker'' (April 2, 2019): Written by Danielle Paige (''Literature/DorothyMustDie'') and illustrated by Stephen Byrne (''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers''). Teenage Princess Mera of Xebel, an underwater kingdom under the oppressive rule of Atlantis, travels to the surface with a mission to free her people and save her from an ArrangedMarriage - by assassinating heir of Atlantis' throne, [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur Curry]]. But things get complicated once she falls in love with him.
* ''ComicBook/UnderTheMoonACatwomanTale'' (May 7, 2019): Written by Lauren Myracle (''Literature/TheTTYLSeries'') and illustrated by Isaac Goodhart. When 15 years old Selina Kyle becomes homeless, she will have to learn fast to become tough if she wants to survive on the streets.
* The ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitansKamiGarcia Teen Titans]]'' series, written by Kami Garcia (''Literature/TheCasterChronicles'') and illustrated by Gabriel Picolo.
** ''Teen Titans: Raven'' (July 2, 2019): After losing her adoptive mother and her memory in a car accident, Rachel Roth moves to New Orleans to live with her foster mother. When strange things start happening all around her, she will have to rely on her foster sister and new friends to discover the truth about who she was in a previous life.
** ''Teen Titans: Beast Boy'' (September 1, 2020): A sequel by the same creative team, retelling the origins of Garfield Logan.
** ''Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven'' (September 28, 2021)
* ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinnBreakingGlass'' (September 3, 2019): Written by Creator/MarikoTamaki (''ComicBook/SupergirlBeingSuper'') and illustrated by Steve Pugh (''ComicBook/TheFlintstones''). Ever since Harleen's parents split, her only family has been Mama, owner of drag queen cabaret above which the girl has her apartment. When the cabaret falls victim to gentrification, Harleen is faced with two ways to save it - with the help of a political activist [[ComicBook/PoisonIvy Ivy]] or a BombThrowingAnarchist Joker.
* ''Literature/BatmanNightwalker'' (October 1, 2019): Written by Stuart Moore (''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'') and illustrated by Chris Wildgoose, an adaptation of [[Literature/BatmanNightwalker Marie Lu novel of the same name]].
* ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'' (January 7, 2020): Written by Louise Simmonson and illustrated by Kit Seaton (''Black Bull of Norroway''), an adaptation of Creator/LeighBardugo [[Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer novel of the same name]].
* ''ComicBook/ShadowOfTheBatgirl'' (February 4, 2020): Written by Sarah Kuhn (''Heroine Trilogy'') and illustrated by Nicole Goux (''Fuck Off Squad''). Cassandra Cain is the daughter of supervillains, trained her whole life to become a living weapon. But after a life-shattering experience, she runs away from her old life and tries to find a new one by emulating her favorite superheroine, not seen in Gotham for years - Batgirl.
* ''ComicBook/TheOracleCode'' (March 10, 2020): Written by Marieke Nijkamp (''This Is Where It Ends'') and illustrated by Manuel Preitano (''Destiny, NY''). After becoming paralyzed by a gunshot wound Barbara Gordon enters Arkham Center of Independence, seeking physical rehabilitation. However, when she notices strange things happening at the facility, she must decide whenever it is paranoia caused by her trauma...or is something dangerous really going on.
* ''ComicBook/GothamHigh'' (April 7, 2020): Written by Creator/MelissaDeLaCruz (''Literature/WitchesOfEastEnd'') and illustrated by Thomas Pitilli. 17 year old Bruce Wayne, best known at school for throwing huge parties he doesn't even really like to engage in, has one true friend - [[ComicBook/TheJoker Jack Smith]]. However, their friendship as about to end when they both meet a girl named Selina Kyle.
* ''ComicBook/TheLostCarnivalADickGraysonGraphicNovel'' (April 7, 2020): Written by Michael Moreci (''Roche Limit'') and illustrated by Sas Milledge (''[[https://mimoncomic.tumblr.com/ Mimon]]''). A mysterious and mystical Lost Carnival threatens to steal remaining customers of circus employing Flying Graysons and youngest member of the group, Dick Grayson, himself succumbs to its allure. Among the Carnival, he finds both love and looming danger.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTempestTossed'' (June 2, 2020): Written by Laurie Halse Anderson (''Literature/{{Speak}}'') and illustrated by Leila del Duca. When 15 years old Diana tries to help a group of refugees, she suddenly finds herself shipwrecked and lost in a strange land. To come back to Paradise Island she will have to face both drug smugglers and human traffickers.
* ''ComicBook/YouBroughtMeTheOcean'' (June 16, 2020): Written by Alex Sanchez (''Literature/TheRainbowTrilogy'') and illustrated by Julie Maroh (''ComicBook/BlueIsTheWarmestColor''), centered on Jackson "Jake" Hyde's coming-out story.
* ''ComicBook/SwampThingTwinBranches'' (October 13, 2020): Written by Maggie Stiefvater (''Literature/AllTheCrookedSaints'') and illustrated by [[https://www.morganbeemart.com/ Morgan Beem]].
* ''ComicBook/VictorAndNoraAGothamLoveStory'' (November 3, 2020): Written and illustrated by the same creative team as ''Under The Moon''.
* ''ComicBook/HouseOfElBookOneTheShadowThreat'' (January 5, 2021): Written by Creator/ClaudiaGray (''Literature/StarWarsLostStars'') and illustrated by Eric Zawadzki (''The Dregs'').
* ''ComicBook/NubiaRealOne'' (February 21, 2021): Written by L.L. [=McKinney=] (''A Blade So Black'') and illustrated by [[https://robynlsmith.com/ Robyn Smith]].
* ''ComicBook/PoisonIvyThorns'' (June 1, 2021): Written by Kody Keplinger and illustrated by Sara Kipin.
* ''ComicBook/IAmNotStarfire'' (July 27, 2021): Written by Creator/MarikoTamaki and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani. Starfire's teen daughter Mandy is the exact opposite of her mother in every way possible and struggles to seek an identity outside of her mother's shadow.
* ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer'' (August 3, 2021): Written by Louise Simmonson (''ComicBook/XFactor'') and illustrated by Samatha Dodge, adaptation of Creator/SarahJMaas [[Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer prose novel of the same name]].
!!!Upcoming titles
* ''ComicBook/WhistleANewGothamCityHero'' (September 7, 2021): An original story written by E. Lockhart (''Literature/WeWereLiars'') and illustrated by Manuel Preitano.
* ''ComicBook/UnearthedAJessicaCruzStory'' (September 14, 2021): Written by Lillian Rivera (''Literature/NeverLookBack'') and illustrated by Steph C.. A Latina high school per from Mexico adjusts to her new life in Coast City and has to contend with anxiety, xenophobia, and visions of Aztec gods.
* ''Wonderful Women of History'' (September 28, 2021): Written by Laurie Halse Anderson and various other authors, a nonfiction book about historical women.
* ''ComicBook/ZatannaTheJewelOfGravesend'' (August 2, 2022): Written by Alys Arden (''The Casquette Girls'') and illustrated by [[https://www.jacquelindeleon.com/ Jacquelin De Leon]].
* ''ComicBook/GalaxyThePrettiestStar'' (TBA): An original story written by Jadzia Axelrod (''The Gun With the Glass Chamber'') and illustrated by Cait Zellers (''Nimue''). An alien princess-in-exile from her homeworld after it is attacked pretends to be a normal human girl on Earth, hidden by a teenage boy and in love with a girl.
* Untitled ''Mister Miracle'' story (TBA): Written by Varian Johnson (''My Life as a Rhombus'') and illustrated by TBA.
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!Tropes You Can Find in DC Young Adult Titles:
* AgeLift: A lot of the titles make the characters into teenagers and have them interact with people they only meet as adults in most continuities.
* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Arthur is dark-haired instead of his usual blonde in ''Tidebreaker''. One would expect DC to go for full-on RaceLift to capitalize on [[Film/Aquaman2018 the movie]] but strangely they decided to stop on hair.
** Nora (Fries) is dark-haired and dark-skinned instead of being blonde-haired and light-skinned, as she's Indian-American in ''Victor and Nora''.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Joker in both ''Gotham High'' and ''Breaking Glass'' by the virtue of neither version being as bad as the main continuity version. [[spoiler: Subverted with ''Breaking Glass'', where John Kane turns out to be just as bad as the regular Joker. He makes himself look like an anti-establishment anarchist and manipulates Harley when he's really a smug, condescending, misogynistic racist who was using Harley to take the fall for him after he set up bombs that were going to kill all of Harley's friends and destroy the community garden her friend Ivy loves so much.]]
** Same goes for Ivy in ''Breaking Glass'' as she is a peaceful political activist, instead of an eco-terrorist.
* BlandNameProduct: Beast Boy owns what resembles a pair of green Air Jordan 1's but with a generic design replacing the trademark [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoosh Nike Swoosh]]. The artist, Gabriel Picolo, who's a self-proclaimed sneakerhead, has [[https://twitter.com/_gabrielpicolo/status/854879424998776832 previously drawn]] fanart depicting Beast Boy wearing the shoes with the real logo.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Mera still has to face charges when she admits to vandalizing the Atlantean embassy at the end of ''Tidebreaker''.
* CompositeCharacter: Joker in ''Breaking Glass'' is a well-intentioned BombThrowingAnarchist, giving him elements of another DC character, ironically often teased to be his son, ComicBook/{{Anarky}}. [[spoiler: The well-intentioned part turns out to be total garbage, however.]]
* ComicBookAdaptation: As mentioned above, a few of them were based on novels.
* ComingOfAgeStory: A common theme in multiple titles.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Shadow of the Batgirl'' is marketed as a ''dark'' take on ComingOfAgeStory.
** ''Under the Moon'' has shocked quite a few critics not prepared for how many dark themes like domestic abuse, homelessness, or serial killers, it managed to touch on.
* DecompositeCharacter: Instead of Steve Trevor, in ''Tempest Tossed'' Diana is aided by two agents named Steve and Trevor.
* EasilyForgiven: Mera doesn't seem to hold a grudge against Atlanna for having killed her mother in combat over Xebel's fate, and willingly accepts whatever punishment she may receive for vandalizing the Atlantean embassy in Xebel.
* {{Elseworld}}: All of the stories are standalone and out of continuity, either retelling known origin stories with BroadStrokes approach (''Tidebreaker'') or completely revamping the characters for new tales (''Breaking Glass'', ''Under The Moon'', ''Gotham High'', ''Victor and Nora'').
* HolierThanThou: Atlanna comes across this way, as she argues that she wants peace between Atlantis and Xebel, even though Xebel stands oppressed under their rule, and Nerrisa, late queen of the latter and mother to Mera, was killed by her in combat, and she makes no apologies, claiming she died a hero's death.
* InLoveWithTheMark: In ''Tidebreaker'' Mera ventured to the surface to kill Arthur but instead they begin dating and she falls in love with him.
* LighterAndSofter: Overall when compared to main DC titles.
* LoveTriangle: Quite common in multiple books.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Mera's mother is named Nerrisa in ''Tidebreaker''.
* RaceLift:
** In ''Gotham High'' Bruce Wayne is half-Chinese and Selina Kyle is a Latina.[[note]]In the mainline comics Selina Kyle is half-Cuban but this aspect of her identity tends to appear or disappear DependingOnTheWriter.[[/note]]
** While so far we have only seen the cover to ''Beast Boy'' and his exact ethnicity has not been yet confirmed, it does show his skin to be brown before turning green.
** Poison Ivy in ''Breaking Glass'' is now Ivy Du-Barry, whose mother is Asian and her father is Black.
** Victor Fries' Nora in ''Victor and Nora'' is South Asian (India), and her full maiden name is Elinor Grace Faria.
* StartOfDarkness\SuperHeroOrigin: A lot of the titles are retellings of the origin stories of various heroes or villains or tell new tales of their beginnings. ''Under the Moon'' solicit even refers to Selina as ''the girl who will grow up to be Catwoman'' and writer of ''Gotham High'' calls Jack the ''future'' Joker.
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