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Scott Snyder, Jason Aaron and Kelly Thompson on Absolute DC Comics

Absolute, Absolute Comics or Absolute Universe is a new DC Comics separate-continuity line showrun by Scott Snyder, as part of DC All-In

The discussion for what is coming for DC Comics' Absolute, Absolute Comics or Absolute Universe , is meant to be a new separate-continuity line show run by Scott Snyder, as part of his wider revamp of the DC Comics line as DC All-In has been quite the topic of late. And comic conventions have just exacerbated that.

Bleeding Cool has put together a first list of names that we have heard from industry sources regarding who might be working on what. The following names, have come from senior comics industry sources. But things can and probably will change. So feel free to scatter that salt.

• Scott Snyder (Batman, Justice League, Swamp Thing, American Vampire, Wytches, Nocterra, Metal) is on Absolute Universe: Batman.
• Jason Aaron (TMNT, Uncle Scrooge, Action Comics, Avengers, Scalped, Thor, Star Wars) is on Absolute Universe: Superman.
• Kelly Thompson (Birds Of Prey, Black Cloak, The Cull, It's Jeff, Mr & Mrs X, X-Men, Deadpool) is on Absolute Universe: Wonder Woman.

I am pretty sure that at least everyone here was at some point attached to the project in question. And I have heard nothing to suggest that they are no longer. But, as I reiterated, things do have a habit of changing. And there are more names to come, when I have heard back from others.

Last year Bleeding Cool began running gossip about an upcoming publishing project at DC Comics being spearheaded by Scott Snyder. One that has been compared to Marvel Comics' Ultimate line, that reimagined a number of main characters in a new continuity, recreating them from the ground up. Marvel has also revisited the concept this year with a new Ultimate Comics line that has topped the sales charts in comic book stores and gone to multiple printings. But what Scott Snyder has been working on, with a number of major comic book creators, has been in the works for longer. And we had a name for it, Absolute Comics. Or just Absolute. Or now, I guess, Absolute Universe.

In his newsletter, Scott Snyder said "Also, I've been gearing up, like I said on Twitter, for some big announcements next month. So I'm trying to kind of lay low a little bit this month, just enjoy the quiet, hang out with family, friends."

Bleeding Cool previously got a note that DC Comics is to provide an "SDCC 2024 Exclusive Absolute Universe Ashcan Special Edition" next month for San Diego Comic-Con, though that has been denied.

Absolute Universe is intended to be more of a hands-off affair on Snyder's part, with the creators being given more of a carte blanche to achieve results closer to the All-Star line, with major A-list creators on board, though with its own shared continuity.

But Absolute Universe is only one prong of the changes that Scott Snyder is involved with at DC, which is referred to as DC All-In, a larger initiative that aims to spotlight DC's entire lineup. As Tini Howard notes, a lot of creators are finishing their runs in September or October, look for something big in October/November. There will not be a reboot or even a relaunch of the main line; that will remain intact, and continuity (along with some creative teams) will continue.

But Absolute Universe will be a line of radically reworked versions of well-known DC Comics characters, from major comics creators, in the fashion of Marvel's Ultimate line, separate in continuity from the rest of DC, but sharing its own internal continuity between the books, unlike Elseworlds, All-Star, or Black Label books.

Unlike the Ultimate line, there is intended from the get-go to be some "bleed through" so that the Absolute Comics line will be in the same multiverse as the standard DC continuity, suggesting awareness of each other, maybe competition or even crossover between them in years to come. It's all part of the plan. Probably with Al Ewing.

Marvel has had Ultimate Comics, Image has had the Energon Universe of Transformers and GI Joe, IDW has the new TMNT line, Dynamite has the Warner and Disney lines, and now DC Comics has Absolute Universe, for DC All-In. Feel free to contact me if you have heard any more… my DMs are always wide open all over the place. Yes, including TikTok and YouTube.

Update: 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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