The Barb Wire Compendium is coming from Dark Horse Books in February 2026.  This definitive softcover collection will feature cover art by Adam Hughes.

All the main line Barb Wire comics are included:

- Comics' Greatest World: Steel Harbor Week 1: Barb Wire
- Comics' Greatest World: Steel Harbor Week 2: The Machine
- Comics' Greatest World: Steel Harbor Week 3: Wolf Gang
- Comics' Greatest World: Steel Harbor Week 4: Motorhead
- Barb Wire #1-9
- San Diego Comic-Con Comics #3: Barb Wire: No Fear
- Barb Wire: Ace of Spades #1-4
- Barb Wire (Volume 2) #1-8
- The Barb Wire Movie Special adaptation comic

Other creators who worked on these comics include John Arcudi, Patrick Olliffe, Paul Gulacy, Tim Bradstreet, Dan Lawlis, Mike Manley, Adam Warren, Dave Dorman, and Mike Mignola. Bonus material includes creator Chris Warner's original character designs.

Barb Wire was one of the Comics' Greatest World characters, appearing in the shared universe imprint launched by Dark Horse Comics in 1993.  She was a bounty hunter running a bar in Steel Harbor, an industrial city with gangs and riots. The movie adaptation, starring Pamela Anderson, came out in 1996.  The second volume of the title started in 2015 (see "Dark Horse ECCC Announcements").

The 648-page (6.625"x10") paperback Barb Wire Compendium will be available in bookstores February 17, 2026, and in comic shops February 18, 2026, at a cover price of $39.99.