DC Comics' Jim Lee is at New York Comic Con 2022, talking all things DC with other talents during a Friday panel.

CBR is seated at the panel and reporting LIVE from the event for all the conversations, reveals and more possibly on the way.

The crowd has filed in, with every seat full as the DC logo is displayed on-screen.

Jim Lee has taken the stage, promising the audience that a sizzle reel is going to play. The reel plays to promote DC Universe Infinite, a comic book service dedicated to reading DC Comics from the past and present.

"I'm super excited to be back at New York Comic Con," Lee said, continuing with a laugh, "It's been marvelous-- I mean, it's been great!"

The first announcement with artwork shown onscreen was DC 90's REWIND, revisiting the decade for DC. Lee then announced that as a surprise, Marc Silvestri is in attendance at the panel. While talking about challenging a team to create comics and covers inspired by the 90's, Lee announced Waller vs. Wildstorm, an event that will pit Amanda Waller against the WildStorm characters. Lee invited award-winning writer Spencer Ackerman onstage, who will be working on Wildstorm vs. WildStorm with writer Evan Narcisse and artist Eric Battle.

According to Lee, Waller vs WildStorm will be a DC Black Label series, the company's mature imprint, and clarified that this means it takes place outside of DC's main continuity. It will be available on November 15.

Lee, behaving as moderator, turned the mic over to Ackerman to talk about the title, explaining how it is about protecting people, bringing up the writer's own experiences as a national security correspondent/journalist and what he has seen. The writer said that Amanda Waller is a favorite character of his, and that the title will take place after the Cold War. The title is set to tackle the question of what role does the United States play in the world following the Cold War.

Ackerman talked about his own journalism experiences, such as breaking the story about Edward Snowden. An "absolute joy," according to Ackerman, was taking what he knows and exploring a similar concept in the upcoming Black Label book.

Lee spoke on how he thinks about how the title will be recieved and having it steer WildStorm's characters closer to the DC Universe, mentioning how The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke were outside DC continuity but became so popular that continuity shifted to incorporate their stories and/or push towards them.

The Black Label book, as Ackerman noted, was born from a thought he had on whether there has been a "Year One" story for Amanda Waller.

Lee asked Ackerman what it's like to see Battle's work on the series. The writer responded, "There is a depth to it that I just cannot produce." Ackerman likened the journalistic process that he used to -- with editors, photographers and so on -- to comic book creation and spoke on how similar the two are.

After labeling the 90's "fertile ground" for new creators, Lee shifted the conversation over to Milestone Comics and invited Static Season One artist Nikolas Draper-Ivey onstage.

Ivey spoke on how he was introduced to comics by his father after already being into anime and shows like DragonBall, and how he was a fan of Static but never thought he would ever draw for the character. When he was first offered the opportunity, he admitted to feeling that it had to be "a joke" at first.

New comic covers and art pages by Ivey then came onscreen, revealing that Static: Shadows of Dakota will be releasing in 2023 with Static: Season One's creative team attached.

After Lee spoke on Milestone creating new series over the years to welcome new audiences, the next reveal was Icon vs Hardware, a versus title also out in February 2023 that will split heores on who to side with. Another reveal was Milestone 30th Anniversary Special.

Ivey asked if the audience remembered when Static teamed up with Batman Beyond in animation, revealing that Milestone will be bringing a new crossover between the two characters for comics and that readers can enjoy.

Another title announced was Static: Up All Night, a young adult series by writer Lamar Giles and artist Paris Alleyne out in Summer 2023.

Lee's next guest invited onto the stage was screenwriter and Batman Jace Fox creator John Ridley, who has been writing for the character in an ongoing series, I Am Batman. Lee asked Ridley about the involvement of Jace's sister, Tiffany, in the series, asking if she was going to become a Robin for his Batman. Ridley brought up how in the Future State storyline, Tiffany becomes Jace's partner, not a sidekick, partner. Ridley gave those who may be unfamiliar with the series some context on the newer Batman and his move to New York City, as well as the title's supporting characters.

"When the chips are down, nobody is going to be there like family," Ridley said after a discussion of his own experiences and Jace's family in the title.

Lee moved onto Ridley's other new and upcoming series, G.C.P.D.: The Blue Wall, which will focus on Renee Montoya and the stress of being a cop in Gotham City (one of the most crime-ridden cities in the DC Universe). Ridley talked about how today, people have uncomfortable conversations that aren't typically wanted, but in the world of DC, challenges can be explored and that there is an appetite for them.

"Everybody loves a hero story," Ridley said, saying that the story is about narratives and policing, but admitted that he doesn't know if The Blue Wall is canon or not. Ridley also said that Renee will be dealing with heavy loss in the title.

Next up was Ridley's Batman One Bad Day: Penguin one-shot set for release Oct. 18 and illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli. The one-shots are based on a line from The Killing Joke and what "one bad day" turned Gotham's rogues into the villains they are. Ridley said that maybe not everyone knows the Penguin, and how the story will explore the one man who took everything away from the Penguin -- and it's not Batman. One new character Ridley mentioned creating for DC was the Umbrella Man.

Lee said that he "loves" how Ridley is almost building a "Penguin-verse" with the story that he tells in the one-shot.

Finally, after being revealed at the beginning of the panel, Silvestri took the stage to talk about Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo, the first issue out on November 1. Silvestri used to work alongside Lee in the 90's, who joked how the 90's "were a long time ago." Artwork was shown for the upcoming title, with Batman gliding through the night sky and the Joker staring down at him from above.

Silvestri labeled his pitch to have Batman and the Joker as "stupid," thinking that it would never happen, but that the idea was loved by those he pitched to at DC Comics. "There's no two characters -- hero and villain -- as iconic as Batman and the Joker," he said, continuing, "No one in comics shares the same dynamic." He then said that nobody is really sure which of the two classifies as the "crazy one."

Jim Gordon is going to "start losing body parts" in the first issue, Silvestri revealed, talking about how The Deadly Duo will be another Black Label book outside of DC Continuity that not only forces Batman to work with the Joker, but that he actually needs the villain's help with the case he is dealing with. Speaking on the artwork, Silvestri said that even though Batman is muscular and "a force to be reckoned with" while the Joker is lean, he wanted to show that if the two of them are standing next to each other, both will be scary to someone looking upon them.

The panel's final surprise guest introduced by Lee was Joe Quesada, artist and former Marvel Editor-in-Chief. Quesada talked about how his roots are in his own work and art, and it was revealed that he created variant covers for Batman #131 and #132, part of writer Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez's ongoing series.

Lee asked Quesada if he will be working on "just covers" for DC, which Quesada affirmed will be the case for the time being, and said it felt like "unfinished business" to draw Batman more.

And with that, the panel ended.