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Absolute Wonder Woman #3 Makes A Big Change (Spoilers)
Absolute Wonder Woman #3 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman published last year may have done much to define the series going forward With Diana on the Island of Hell making a major sacrifice to send Steve Trevor back to the world of men And she goes out on a limb. Absolute Wonder Woman #3 by[...]
Omnibus, Absolute & Other Big Books From Marvel, DC & IDW in Late 2025
And DC Comics gets some Absolute updates for Jeph Loeb Batman… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Omnibus Omnibus   ALL-NEW X-MEN BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS OMNIBUS Collects: All-New X-Men (2012) 1-15, 18-41; Guardians of the Galaxy (2013) 11-13[...]
How Absolute Batman & Absolute Wonder Woman Will Get Trade Paperbacks
DC Comics will be collecting Absolute Batman Vol 1: The Zoo by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta and Gabriel Walta on the 5th of August, 2025, followed by Absolute Wonder Woman Vol 1: The Last Amazon by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman collecting #1-7 on the 12th of August With Absolute Superman to presumably follow fairly shortly[...]
Full Free omic Book Day Details
And also what Jeff Lemire was hinting at last week… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ DC All In/Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition DC All In/Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition DC All In/Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition The core-line DC Universe[...]
PrintWatch: Absolute Jim Lee, Rogue & You Won't Feel A Thing Printings
PrintWatch: We mentioned Absolute Batman #1 getting a fifth printing before, but now we have the covers as well as details across DC's Absolute line There will be fourth printings for Absolute Wonder Woman #1 and third printings for Absolute Superman #1, multiple printings across the line, and themed Jim Lee covers for the new first-issue printings, all for the 12th[...]
DC Confirms Dan Slott On Superman Unlimited With Rafael Albuquerque
And one of them, it seems, is the DC All-In Absolute Universe Free Comic Book Day 2025 Special Edition. DC All-In Absolute Universe Free Comic Book Day 2025 Special Edition. DC All In Absolute Universe 2025 FCBD Special Edition #1 will be published on Saturday, the 3rd of May, and offered for free while supplies last at[...]
Scott Snyder Absolute Batman
Scott Snyder posts the following "Absolute Batman 5 tease This issue pulls no punches." Before adding, "The zoo is 6 issues (then we have a 2 issue story called absolute zero, and then another 6 issue arc and onward!)" Absolute Zero? One of Scott Snyder's best-known Standard-Batman comics was Zero Year with Greg Capullo, looking at[...]
Jeff Lemire's Plans For Justice Society Of America
As well as JSA, comic book writer and artist Jeff Lemire has told his Substack readers about his upcoming DC Comics plans for the Absolute Universe You may recall Bleeding Cool was the first to announce him on Absolute Flash, so he's not taking any chances about the following getting out there He writes, Absolute Flash "Over[...]
Absolute Batman #4
Absolute Batman #4 sees Gabriel Walta as a guest artist on the series, with a style that is less flashy, more sketchy, and designed to fit the idea of a young Bruce Wayne taking advice from his father when it comes to designing an architectural prize entry. Absolute Batman #4 by Scott Snyder and Gabriel Walta And[...]
Ten Of Bleeding Cool's Biggest Scoops Of 2024
Absolute Martha Wayne There were lots of plot scoops that ran on Bleeding Cool through the year But this little note for the launch of Absolute Batman #1, I am told, added another 50,000 orders the weekend that the story appeared on Bleeding Cool That in the Absolute universe, it was Thomas Wayne who was shot[...]
Cover image for Absolute Batman #4
Absolute Batman #4 by Scott Snyder and Gabriel Walta is out this Wednesday; told in flashback from the perspective of Bruce Wayne both before and after his father was murdered by Joe Chill at Gotham Zoo. But because this is Bleeding Cool, we go further than DC Comics' "media partners" and get to go beyond the preview[...]
The Origin Of Absolute Batman #4 (Spoilers)
Next week sees Gabriel Walta take over artistic duties for Absolute Batman #4 from Nick Dragotta (and watch for others to do similar in upcoming issues) who will be back for issue 5, as Scott Snyder and Walta out Bruce Wayne in the dock for a very important trial… Absolute Batman #4 by Scott Snyder and[...]
Absolute Superman #3 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval Spoilers
Absolute Superman #3 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval continues to retell the Superman story with some major changes to the familiar mythos We have had Kal-El growing up on Krypton with his parents Jor-El and Lara-El, facing challenges of class, of conscience, of challenging the status quo and being rejected for it There are[...]
Ten Of Bleeding Cool's Biggest Scoops Of 2024
Scott Snyder Launching The Absolute Universe and DC All In The first inklings came in October 2023. When Bleeding Cool ran gossip about an upcoming publishing project at DC Comics being spearheaded by Scott Snyder. One that has been compared to Marvel Comics' Ultimate line And in April 2024, we had a name for it, Absolute Comics. Or just Absolute[...]
Absolute Wonder Woman #3 Makes A Big Change (Spoilers)
Today sees the publication of Absolute Wonder Woman #3 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman And in doing so may define the series going forward Absolute Batman and Absolute Superman made major changes to their characters in the first issues, Wonder Woman made more of a change to the circumstances rather than the character, brought[...]
Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List
Absolute Batman #3 again absolutely dominates this list, beating out Ultimate Spider-Man, Marvel's best-seller, by a significant margin New Gods makes a strong launch for DC Comics too, beating Marvel's own launches, TVA and Hellverine. GI Joe is still outperforming for Image, as is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for IDW Five for Marvel., three for DC, one[...]
Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta
Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta continues to show a different Batman making different choices courtesy of different circumstances A Bruce Wayne without means, while those around him are making megadeals With Harvey Dent looking into such a deal with the redolent phrase "Ark M Fund" JK Holdings stands for the Joker… making private,[...]
Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta
In The Power of Shazam!, Ordway introduced Professor Bibbowski, Bibbo's pacifist scientist brother. Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta In today's Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, we meet the Absolute Bibbo, as a sparring partner for Roman Sionis, the Absolute Black Mask Who also describes himself as a pacifist, a[...]
A Look At New Gods #2 by Ram V & Evabn Cagl
So don't miss out – pre-order now! Haven't teased much from this issue, so here's a sneaky peek!" Unusually, New Gods #2 by Ram V and Evan Cagle from DC Comics is up for the Final Order cut-off before retailers receive the first issue as a result of Christmas/New Year delays. But you can see what Bleeding[...]
Absolute Batman #4
Gabriel Walta is drawing Absolute Batman #4 instead of Nick Dragotta, which is a step away for the title As the solicitation asks, "How did he get to this point? How did he push himself? And how did the tragic events of his childhood, and the advice of his father, shape the man who he[...]
DC Comics Batman Superman
In the first issue of Absolute Superman #1, we learned that this Kal-El grew up on Krypton with his family Which meant he went to school there, as a teenager And had to study in the Kryptonian way, as we see in today's Absolute Superman #2. And while children in out schools are being punished (when[...]
DC Wants Retailers To Order More Absolute Wonder Woman
A month ago, I wrote an article entitled "DC Wants Justice League Unlimited To Outsell Absolute Wonder Woman", in which I looked at the incentives being offered by DC Comics to comic book retailers ordering both titles to let retailers order excess issues of JLU #1 for a dollar each if they matched their standard[...]
Absolute Wonder Woman
Tomorrow sees the publication of Absolute Wonder Woman #2 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman Now issue 3 is solicited with the words "ENTER! STEVE TREVOR" but it's rather issue 2 that sees him enter properly, as Wonder Woman fights the harbingers of the Tetracide. And it seems that, while Absolute Wonder Woman is new, their[...]
New Gods as Much a Part of Absolute as Batman, Superman & Wonder Woman
Or at least for a little bit. You might google Himon and recall that he is one of the lesser-used New Gods, mostly used by Kirby in Mister Miracle, but he did pop up in All-In. But you may also realise that The New Gods is the aftermath of the death of Darkseid in DC All-In, and[...]
Absolute Batman, Superman & Wonder Woman Solicits For February 2025
The DC Comics' February 2025 solicits and solicitations have dropped and that includes the DC Comics Absolute line for February 2025 With Jim Gordon having a relationship with the child Bruce Wayne, Superman meeting the Omega Men teased in the first issue, and Wonder Woman still in battle with the Tetracide… ABSOLUTE BATMAN #5 Written by SCOTT SNYDER[...]
Our First Look At Absolute Catwoman (Spoilers)
Absolute Batman #2 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is published today by DC Comics And it expands Bruce Wayne's social group, the kids he grew up with as seen in the first issue last month… Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta … and giving us the adult versions of Absolute Penguin, Absolute King Croc, Absolute Two-Face and[...]
Absolute Batman #2 Spoilers
We ran a bunch of Absolute Batman #2 spoilers over the weekend, collecting a variety of previews and leaks that DC and others had put out over the last month But there may be a few more teases worth putting out there before the publication of the comic by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta tomorrow. Again, most of[...]
Absolute Batman #2 Preview
This week sees the publication of Absolute Batman #2 The new Absolute line from DC Comics has been a real shot in the arm of the comic book industry, getting record sales and record sellouts to match Absolute Batman #2 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is the first Absolute comic book to put out[...]
The Biggest Change Absolute Superman Has Made To Superman (Spoilers)
Absolute Batman gave us a Bruce Wayne whose mother was still alive Absolute Wonder Woman gave us a Diana who was brought up in Hell by Circe rather than a Paraside Island And what about Absolute Superman by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval out tomorrow? Previous Bleeding Cool reports revealed a different Krypton, one under[...]
The Caste System Of Absolute Superman #1 (Spoilers)
Bleeding Cool previously reported, regarding the upcoming Absolute Superman #1, about its caste system That on Krypton, independent scientific research is illegal and Lara and Jor- are forbidden from engaging in it. Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval This Krypton has a serious class system imposed upon it from the scientific elite over the[...]