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Friday, October 10th, 6:30 PM, Room 405 SATURDAY: DC K.O.: What's Next Join top DC storytellers in a next level NYCC panel that dives deeper into DC's All In publishing initiative—including DC K.O., Knightfight, DC's Absolute comic books, and beyond! Moderated by DC Group Editor Paul Kaminski and DC Group Editor Rob Levin[...]

Absolute Green Lantern #6 by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay, published today by DC Comics, is down for explaining terms, layers, worlds within worlds to the Absolute nature of Oa, and those affected by it, intentionally or otherwise With four terms, Qard, Rao, Sur and Aur making the headlines… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px[...]

PrintWatch: As Bleeding Cool previously printwatched, new printings of the first nine issues of Absolute Superman and the first five issues of Absolute Martian Manhunter will be available on the 24th of September All apart from the Absolute Superman #1 Sixth Printing Cardstock Cover by Jae Lee & June Chung all covers are reprints of[...]

Absolute Wonder Woman #11 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman was published yesterday by DC Comics in comic book stores, but delayed a week on digital No, I don't know why, but that kind of thing has been happening more and more of late, especially with Boom Studios With Diana, lost in The Maze, with more[...]

Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers… when DC Comics published Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Denis Camp and Javier Rodriguez it got considerable attention for a number of things, but especially for its final three pages. Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez As FBI agent John Jones was coming to terms with what it is that[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool told you that the first appearance of an established Absolute Universe character in an ongoing DC Comics series will be in Superman #29" And it looks like we were right. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */  Superman[...]

PrintWatch: In a recent PrintWatch, we ran listing for forty Absolute Universe titles from DC Comics that were going to new printings, including Absolute Batman #1 getting an eighth printing Well we have the details for the Absolute Batman reprints, with Absolute Wonder Woman to follow later… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1[...]

Darkseid has become a King Omega in the DC universe right now, or the King Omega, which is the entire totality of Omega energy over in the Absolute Universe And he's coming over to attack And so what the heroes have to do is figure out a way to beat him And so this is[...]

Okay, so this is a lot more spoilery than yesterday's Absolute Batman #11 article You have been warned But first, a trip back twelve years Forever Evil was a 2013–2014 crossover comic book storyline published by DC, showrun by Geoff Johns, with a central series drawn by David Finch, the first line-wide crossover of the[...]

This week sees the publication of Absolute Batman #11 by Scott Snyder and Clay Mann, telling the origin of Absolute Bane in this universe With some similarities and differences along the way What did they keep, what did they junk, what did they make better? And just how spoilery will this get? I'm going to[...]

PrintWatch: DC Comics is sending back forty Absolute Comics titles back for multiple printings including Absolute Batman #1 getting an eighth printing, Absolute Wonder Woman #1 getting a seventh printing, Absolute Batman #1 getting a sixth printing, Absoluite Flash #1, Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 and Absolute Green Lantern #1 all getting a third printing DC[...]

But now he is shifting to the Absolute Batman annual, and getting even more interest… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Screencap from Daniel Warren Johnson YouTube Screencap from Daniel Warren Johnson YouTube Screencap from Daniel Warren Johnson YouTube From the San Diego Comic-Con[...]

Absolute Superman tops the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, but only just The ratio shows that One World Under Doom and Amazing Spider-Man came close There's a much greater confluence of titles at the top than usual And Something Is Killing The Children makes it in as well So that's seven for Marvel, two for[...]

This week's Absolute Green Lantern #10 sees the Absolute Hector Hammond come onto the scene, another Absolute Universe billionaire with too much money and too few scruples. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ And as two of the Green Lantern-affected humans[...]

DC/Absolute Crossover Spoilers was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before that,[...]

The DC All-In Special featured the first appearances of Absolute Superman, Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, and the Absolute Legion The DC All In Free Comic Book Day 2025 issue saw the Absolute Mirror Master meet the DC universe Mirror Master However, the first appearance of an established Absolute Universe character in an ongoing DC[...]

In Absolute Superman #8 from Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval, out a couple of months ago, the Absolute Peacemaker Smith went up against the Absolute Superman And won. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Absolute Superman #8 from Jason Aaron and[...]

The solicitation for Absolute Green Lantern #7 by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay tells us, "THE TRUTH OF ABSOLUTE OA! How far out is the world that's coming? From across the depths of space, the Blackstars are turning their attention towards Earth…and only Tomar Re stands in their way." But, as we have been seeing[...]

Now, Absolute Flash #7's solicitation is nice and vague, reading; ABSOLUTE FLASH #7 (W) Jeff Lemire (A) Travis Moore (CA) Nick Robles THE ROGUES ARE CLOSING IN! Wally's desperate for some food, but when his efforts to eat land him in hot water, will the Rogues finally get their hands on the intrepid speedster? $4.99  9/17/2025 And then here[...]

New and reprinted Absolute titles coming from DC Comics in 2026, an art-first format pioneered by former VP Scott Dunbier, with oversized hardcovers, anywhere between 6 and 24 standard issues, sometimes in multiple volumes, in a slipcase, modelled on the French style of collections And not to be confused with the Absolute Universe, also from[...]

Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers… for today's Justice League: Dark Tomorrow Special #1 by Mark Waid, Marc Guggenheim and Cian Tormey, as it taps into We Are Yesterday, Superman, the Absolute Universe, KO and more Including a television series that has faded into the past for some. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border:[...]

The latest issue of Batman H2SH, Batman #161, tops the charts and beats out Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Martian Manhunter to the top, giving DC Comics the top three books of the week, all beating Marvel's bestseller Amazing Spider-Man. Exquisite Corpses makes a strong appearance from Image and Tiny Onion, as do the latest printings of the first volumes of Dav Pilkey's Dog[...]

Yesterday saw the publication of Superman #28, with Superman facing down the Absolute Saturn Girl from Darkseid's Legion of Super-Heroes, with multiple realities and a familiar face promising a new event was coming And Absolute Superman is threatened by a Father Box and a vision of Apokalips on a future Earth But yesterday also saw[...]

In the latest issue of Absolute Batman #10 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, published by DC Comics, Bruce Wayne takes a different approach than he may have done in previous battles with the Joker and his minions The most recent issue revealed that this version of Batman has been captured and imprisoned by those[...]

Absolute Catwoman was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before that, Bleeding[...]

Recently, Scott Snyder shared some of Nick Dragotta's designs for Absolute Catwoman, as appearing on the cover of Absolute Batman #13 solicits and solicitations Well, Nick Dragotta decided to share a little more… wth a mirrored helmet, pouches, and Absolute Catwoman's prehensile tail… which can wrap, whip, pick and hang With retractable Wolverine-style claws[...]

But Absolute Batman tops it with Absolute Flash, but with Battle Beast coming third and outselling every Marvel title this week So that's four for Marvel, three for DC, and two for Image All in the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List for the 19th of July, 2025. Bleeding Cool Bestseller List Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller[...]

DC Comics October 2025 solicits and solicitations are with us… It's the final showdown between Batman and Bane in Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta… Robin has found himself in a dangerous situation as Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez continue their new volume of Batman with Batman #2 Jason Todd is wanted[...]

The supervillan one-shot that Scott Snyder teased for the Absolute Universe, spilling into all the other Absolute titles in October 2025 is Absolute Evil And which plays up on the name of the previous DC Comics crossover Forever Evil We have two one-shots and five issues in DC Comics' October 2025 Absolute solicits While Absolute[...]

To the dark side of Darkseid. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ New Gods #8 by Ram V and Evan Cagle Before New Gods #1 was published, in November last year, I wrote "The New Gods is the aftermath of the death[...]