Before Mr. Terrific made his big-screen debut in the “Superman” feature film Superman” feature film, his origin in an all-new DC six-issue comic book series!
Brilliant young inventor’s life was destined for greatness…yet everything screeched to a halt when his wife Paula and unborn son were killed in a car accident. The Holts once shared ambitious dreams of using their technology to help others, but after the tragedy, Michael retreats from society and sells Holt Industries to mysterious and craven tech billionaire Athena Prescott
Discover all the secrets, sorrows, and triumphs of Mr. Terrific and how he came to be in this thrilling modern retelling and expansion of his origin story by DC Writers’ Workshop alumnus and multiple-award-winning TV writer Al Letson and British Fantasy Award-winning artist Valentine De Landro (Black Manta, Bitch Planet)!
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Ken Lashley Variant Cover:
Mr. Terrific: Year One #5
Maybe super-heroics are best left to those with superpowers and science best left to the scientists. At least, that’s what Michael Holt tries to tell his old friend Jefferson Pierce — Black Lightning himself — as Athena Prescott’s reign of terror grows into something altogether otherworldly… and threatens to bring Gateway City to its knees.
Meanwhile, in the present, Mr. Terrific desperately searches for a way home, lest he remain trapped in the Palace of Eternity with a mysterious enemy who wants him dead!
Creative Team
- Writer: Al Letson
- Artist: Valentine De Landro & Edwin Galmon
- Colorist: Marissa Louise
- Letterer: Lucas Gattoni
- Cover Artist: Edwin Galmon
- Variant Cover Artists: Ken Lashley
- Group Editor: Paul Kaminski
- Editor: Marquis Draper / Andrea Shea
- Format: Limited Series
- Cover Price/Page Count: $4.99/32 pages
Athena Prescott’s reign of terror grows into something altogether otherworldly in Mister Terrific: Year One #5 on shelves & digital platforms on September 24, 2025, from DC Comics