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New DC Comics Superhero, Bobby Park, Announced For April 2027

A new DC Comics superhero, Bobby Park, created by Jeremy Holt and Chong Hou, announced with his own book launching in April 2027

Published Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:28:11 -0500

by Rich Johnston

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DC Comics introduces Bobby Park in The Manifestations of Bobby Park, a new YA graphic novel by Jeremy Holt and Chong Hou.
Bobby Park is a Korean-American teen balancing laundromat duties, scholarship pressure, and trauma after a racist attack.
After creating an acne cure serum, Bobby Park unleashes Atlas Ahn, a bold alter ego, and the monstrous Gemini.
Launching April 6, 2027, Bobby Park’s debut hints this original hero could expand into the wider DC Universe.

The Manifestations of Bobby Park, by writer Jeremy Holt and artist Chong Hou, is a new original YA graphic novel from DC Comics for next year that introduces a brand-new character, Bobby Park. A Korean-American teenager working in his parents' laundry business and attending an elite science academy on a scholarship. After his father is attacked and seriously wounded by racists, Bobby develops intractable acne and develops his own serum to cure it. But there is a serious side effect: He suddenly has an alter ego, Atlas Ahn, a muscular extrovert who gets him into trouble and unleashes a new monster into Bobby's world. And while it's own separate story, like Galaxy, the character of Bobby Park has the potential to enter the rest of the DC Comics Universe.

New DC Comics Superhero Bobby Park Announced For 2027 — The Manifestations of Bobby Park

The Manifestations of Bobby Park
Written by Jeremy Holt
Art by Chong Hou
A fresh new entry into DC's lineup, blending manga-inspired visuals with superhero storytelling for young adult readers. Sixteen-year-old Bobby Park is a devoted son, helping at his immigrant parents' laundromat business in Central City's Koreatown. Despite their modest income, Bobby's genius-level aptitude for science and biology earns him a full scholarship to an elite academy, but after a racially charged attack puts his father in the hospital, his stress and anxiety manifest as painful acne that detracts from all his joy and pride. Frustrated by failed attempts to clear up his skin and tired of dissociating to tolerate his life, he takes matters into his own hands, concocting his own cure using the academy's state-of-the-art facilities. The trial serum is an instant success but comes at a great cost. Beyond his newly acne-free face, Bobby sees the reflection, and hears the voice, of an alter ego named Atlas Ahn; a muscled extrovert with catalog-model features—the exact opposite of how Bobby sees himself. And when an attack at the academy leaves Bobby critically wounded, Atlas convinces him to take his hand, which unwittingly unleashes a hulking monster known as Gemini. Jeremy Holt, writer of Made in Korea, and manga artist Chong Hou introduce a new hero to the DC Universe, who must balance falling grades, a love triangle he never expected, and a neighborhood that needs his help more than ever! Can he juggle it all while getting along with a new reflection that vies for control over his body?
$16.99 US | 208 pages | 6" x 9" | Trade Paperback | ISBN: 9781799503453
On Sale 4/6/27. Available for preorder soon.

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