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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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers/// Three weeks ago, Bleeding Cool ran three spoilers for Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval, out this Wednesday from DC Comics A few days later, DC Comics confirmed one of them, how Absolute Superman is about class and caste systems, firstly on Krypton and then on Earth We also[...]

Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval will be published next week, the third of the initial line-up of Absolute Universe titles from DC Comics that have been launching in 2024 And has been selling rather well, so much is expected of this issue Jason Aaron posted to X, saying, "Next week A[...]

Expect more multiple printings announcements as the standard Absolute Wonder Woman #1 sold copies on eBay yesterday for up to $15 and CGC 9.8 slabbed for $60. Variants were selling for more, with the 1:100 Jim Lee cover selling for $160 raw and a 9.8 CGC slabbed copy for $250. The Jonboy Meyers foil cover for $50, the Sozomaika foil cover for[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool ran three spoilers for Absolute Wonder Woman #1 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman It is published this Wednesday and, thanks to New York Comic Con, there are copies out everywhere Even though you'll probably have to have reserved your copy by now. During which, we mentioned that this version of Diana[...]

At the Absolute Universe panel at New York Comic Con, lots of Absolute nuggets have spilled from the stage Including confirmation of Bleeding Cool's report back in July that Deniz Camp would be writing Absolute Martian Manhunter And telling us that it will be drawn by Javier Rodriguez and be out in March 2025 I[...]

Last week, as Absolute Superman #1 hit its Final Order Cut-Off date or FOC, we ran three very specific spoilers that might make you warm towards the title, as was done for Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman And since then, DC Comics has confirmed two of them in a post-FOC preview. We had said that[...]

DC Comics' January 2025 solicits and solicitations have dropped, and we broke a few of them out earlier, such as Aquaman #1, the return of the Power Company, the Absolute Universe, Batman Hush, Lex "In The City" Luthor, Justice League and The Atom Project and the Fractal Lanterns… and plenty more These and most of[...]

Absolute Batman #4 will see Gabrial Walta draw a guest issue instead of Nick Dragotta in DC Comics' January 2024 solicits, with Scott Snyder telling the "secret origin of Absolute Batman" While Absolute Superman #3 tells the story of Krypton, and Absolute Wonder Woman #4 sees Diana take on the Tetracide… Read the rest of[...]

And that includes ashcans for Absolute Batman #2, Absolute Wonder Woman #1, and Absolute Superman #1, as well as an early release for GI Joe #1 as well. #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 */ Absolute Batman #2 Absolute Batman #2 Absolute Batman #2[...]

Absolute Superman #1 is out in November, but today is its Final Order Cut-Off date or FOC By now, people should be used to ordering large for the Absolute comics, but some always wait till the last minute Well, here are three spoilers that might make you warm towards the title, as was done for[...]

Absolute Batman #1, despite having a quarter of a million copies on shelves, has sold out twice, gone to a third printing, and rising up the eBay sales charts as a result, which has exposed a weird trick of the printing processes. The standard Nick Dragotta cover is seeing sales between $10 and $20 raw, which[...]

As well as the third printing of Absolute Batman #1, and inevitable second printings of Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Superman, DC Comics is going to reissue the first issue of each title as a Noir Edition, publishing the comics stripped of colour, with just the inks and letters of the original issues Each will[...]

Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta went on sale on Wednesday It was ordered rather well and sold rather well A second printing had already been ordered… but a few days later it seems that this is just not enough either Scott Snyder posts "Crazy news -DC just got in touch and[...]

Scott Snyder has just been answering an AMA on League Of Comic Geeks in the wake of yesterday's launch of Absolute Batman #1 with Nick Dragotta from DC Comics And he's told readers how long he'll be around—at least "I'm signed on for two years right now with Nick! So as long as you guys keep buying, I'll keep[...]

Absolute Batman #1 had a quarter of a million copies ordered and a second printing on the way but it still isn't enough. Bleeding Cool's Jeremy Konrad tells us, "My god- I opened 20 minutes ago, and all variants and 25 copies of Absolute Batman are gone. Had a line at the door for once." Comic Store In[...]

As seen in the Absolute Superman #1 preview below… might this be the Lois Lane of the Absolute Universe? In the DC Universe, she is the daughter of Colonel Sam Lane; in the Absolute Universe, might she have followed in Daddy's footsteps? Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval And is this Sam Lane who[...]

Recently, I reported that Absolute Batman #1 has sold "well over" 200,000 copies before getting closer to that quarter of a million spot, Coincidentally around the estimated orders for the first Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee Batman: Hush twenty-plus years ago. I now get the word that Absolute Wonder Woman #1 has received orders around 150,000, with[...]

It has been established through much coverage, reviews, previews, spoilers and scoops, that Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta features a Bruce Wayne who grew up without a silver spoon in his mouth Living in Gotham alongside those who would one day become the Batman rogues Though with one other distinct and spoilery[...]

Tomorrow sees the publication of Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, a radical retelling of the Batman legend, with Bruce Wayne as kid born without a silver spoon in his mouth, with a teacher for a dad and a social worker for a mother, in a Gotham where the usual pyramid of[...]

Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is published this week, Wednesday, the 9th of October Before Final Order Cut-Off, Bleeding Cool ran a little gossip and spoilers that, we have been told, may have helped lift sales by around 50,000 I should be on commission But with copies in the wild, even Scott Snyder has been[...]

The cover to Absolute Superman #2 details that "the Lazarus Corporation sent their most battle-hardened crew of Peacemakers to locate the mysterious fugitive interfering with their mining operations". Absolute Superman #2 But a new Absolute Comics video tease from DC Comics has given some art previews of that conflict, with Absolute Superman versus Peacemaker, after Peacemaker after[...]

This Wednesday, DC Comics release a quarter of a million copies of Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta. In previous coverage, I stated that "Absolute Batman sets out a new language for Batman, but that embodies Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli via Frank Quitely. It's a big book, but it is made even bigger by the many double-figure panel counts for pages[...]

To start, we have the first pages of Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta It begins with young Bruce Wayne on a school trip to Gotham Zoo with his father, Thomas Wayne, a state school teacher And which appears to have its own bat cave And with the lesson for life for[...]