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Absolute Batman, Absolute Superman and Absolute Wonder Woman at SDCC

DC Comics has been showing off the Absolute Universe comic book line at San Diego Comic-Con. With Absolute Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

DC Comics has been showing off the Absolute Universe comic book line at San Diego Comic-Con. We mentioned the confirmation and creative team for Absolute Flash for next year, but what about Absolute Batman, Absolute Superman and Absolute Wonder Woman for October? The three won't be seen together, join together or work together initially, They may, indeed be rather opposed.

The Absolute Wonder Woman is still Diana, but and still the world's first superhero, but she is also the last of the Amazons, and was raised in hell. So she is both warrior and witch, armed to the teeth, and rides a giant black skeleton of a Pegasus.

Absolute Superman is the last Kryptonian, but everything else is on the table for change. He is isolated, angry and supersexy. Oh and in his second issue looks like he'll be going up against an army of Peacemakers.

Absolute Batman is Bruce Waye, Gotham city engineer, in his early twenties and big… two metres high, eighteen stone and "the Batman who lifts". The sniper in the San Doego Comic-Con preview? It's Alfred, but this Alfred is not butler. I mean, not that Bruce could afford one if he was… but Alfred will be observing the Absolute Batman and we'll see that narrative through Alfred's eyes. A former MI6 agent, he is dubbed an old guard of the British Empire, figuratively more than literally. I presume and also goes by the name Penny. Black Masj is back. And Bruce Wayne has a bulldog called Frenchie.

Previously I scooped the existence of what would later called the Absolute Universe line back in October 2023 last year. naming it as the Absolute Universe in April this year as part of DC All-In. I scooped that it would launch from DC Comics in October 2024 with Absolute Batman. That the lead writers and artists would be Jason Aaron, Deniz Camp, Wes Craig, Nick Dragotta, Al Ewing, Che Grayson, Jeff Lemire, Jahnoy Lindsay, Pornsak Pichetshote, Nick Robles, Rafa Sandoval, Hayden Sherman, Scott Snyder and Kelly Thompson.

Also, previously, I had reported that the line would include Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta and Absolute Superman by Jason Aaron. Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson. Absolute Flash by Jeff Lemire. Then that Al Ewing would write Absolute Green Lantern and Deniz Camp would write Absolute Martian Manhunter.

Since then, Bleeding Cool ran how the Absolute Universe will be about superheroes as underdogs. A radical reinvention of classic DC superheroes in a shared universe, as if they had been invented today with a Batman as a huge, street-level thug. But that this will be one strand of DC narratives going forward, with a jumping-on point across the DC Comics publishing line, as part of DC All-In. DC Comics actually managed to announce Absolute Batman's existence by accident in a merchandise post.

And before you knew it, it was all official… and we got to see more of Absolute Batman, Absolute Superman, Absolute Wonder Woman and DC All-In. And then Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson told all… though DC still hasn't confirmed what we reported about Ram V's new book bridging the gap between Absolute and Classic…

Use our Absolute tag, and DC All-In tag to catch up on all our previous and future reporting on this story.

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