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Traditionally, it takes years of hard work and paying your dues in comic books before DC lets you start creating characters for Batman to fight, but DC Comics is letting one lucky fan jump the line. The newly announced DC’s Building Bad Sweepstakes is going to give one fan the chance to create an original Super-Villain for Batman to fight in the pages of Detective Comics and in the upcoming LEGO Batman video game.

Launching today, DC’s Building Bad Sweepstakes is the “first-of-its-kind fan opportunity allowing one winner to help create an all-new DC Batman Super-Villain who may become part of official DC canon.” The contest is open to residents of the US, UK, and Canada who are 13+. Just visit the official site here and fill in the entry form between now and May 31, 2026.

The grand prize winner will get to “work with DC to select character traits” for an original Batman villain and “play a role in naming the new DC character.” The contest details state that this new character will appear in Detective Comics #1113 and Batman #14 in September 2026. Additionally, the character will have a cameo in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight as part of post-launch DLC. Finally, the character will be included in the DC GO! webcomic, which will be released on September 19, 2026.

So if you’ve got an idea for a great Batman villain to join the ranks of Joker, Two-Face, and Bane, now is your chance to see it put into print in DC comics and put into the upcoming LEGO Batman video game.

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