It's Tag-Team Time For The Elite Eight As All Hell Breaks Loose in DC: KO #3

By Chad Burdette

on January 9, 2026

The gloves have come off as the greatest superheroes in the universe entered the arena in a thunderous tournament where the stakes are sky-high!

DC Comics News: The DC Multiverse Levels Up This February in DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1

Heroes will rise. Legends will fall. It’s time for a cosmic throwdown as the Heart of Apokolips has transformed Earth into a hellscape in preparation for the return of Darkseid!

Fight Month is in the books, and The Elite Eight have been decided…

Fight Month

DC K.O.: Superman vs. Captain Atom #1: Fight Month Begins With A Predictable Winner And Outcome – Winner: Superman
DC K.O. ALL FIGHT MONTH: ROUND 2 OF 8 – Aquaman Vs. Hawkman: When Friends become Foes in Aquaman #12 – Winner: Aquaman
DC K.O. ALL FIGHT MONTH: ROUND 3 OF 8: Wonder Woman vs. Lobo #1: Bracelets & Bastiches!!! – Winner: Wonder Woman
DC K.O. ALL FIGHT MONTH – Round 4: The Green Vs The Man And Machine in Titans #30 – Winner: Cyborg
DC K.O. Fight Month – Round 5: Harley Quinn vs. Zatanna #1 – Black Magic Woman Winner: Zatanna
DC K.O. Fight Month: Round 6: The Flash #28: Talkin’ Bout My Generation Winner: Guy Gardner – Green Lantern
DC K.O. Fight Month – Round 7 – Superman #33: No Sympathy For The Demon Winner: Lex Luthor
DC K.O. Fight Month – Round 8: The Joker vs. Red Hood #1: Paybacks A Bitch Winner: The Joker

Comic Watch Reviews:

Daniel Warren Johnson Variant Cover:

Mike Del Mundo Variant Cover:

Carla Cohen Variant Cover:

Lucio Parrillo Variant Cover:

Sanford Greene Darkseid Variant Cover:

Dan Mora Bracket Variant / AEW Cameo Cover:

Ben Oliver Face-Off Variant Cover:

Javier Fernández Foil Virgin Variant Cover:

Cully Hamner 1:25 Incentive Variant Cover:

DC: KO #3

As the Omega Tournament reaches its endgame, the final eight combatants are put to the ultimate test — confronted with a decades-long stay in their own personal hell!

Emotions run high as heroes falter, villains revel, and the Heart of Apokolips eyes its new King Omega. In the end, only the final four will remain

Creative Team

Writer: Scott Snyder & Joshua Williamson
Artists: Javier Fernández & Xermánico
Colorist: Alejandro Sánchez
Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Standard Cover Artist: Javier Fernández & Alejandro Sánchez
Variant Cover Artist(s): Daniel Warren Johnson; Mike Del Mundo; Ben Oliver; Dan Mora; Javier Fernández; Cully Hamner; Carla Cohen; Lucio Parrillo; Sanford Greene
Format: Limited Series Event
Group Editor: Katie Kubert
Executive Editor: Chris Conroy
Editor: Andrew Marino
Associate Editor: Sabrina Futch
Page Count/Cover Price: 48 pages,/ $5.99