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Seven times as much as Amazing Spider-Man #12 and Absolute Flash #7 And Image gets two in that top ten, with Battle Beast and Exquisite Corpses. Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List No. Title Publisher Writer Artist Price Ratio 1 Deadpool/Batman Marvel/DC Zeb Wells Greg Capullo 6.99 100 2 Amazing Spider-Man #12 Marvel Joe Kelly Ed McGuinness 4.99 14.5 3 Absolute Flash #7 DC Jeff Lemire Travis Moore 4.99 14.2 4 Fantastic Four #3 Marvel Ryan North Humberto Ramos 3.99 13.8 5 Battle Beast #5 Image Robert Kirkman Annalisa Leoni, Ryan[...]

Next week sees the publication of Absolute Wonder Woman #12 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman And basically, comic book stores should probably put in a reorder if they can Because it marks the debut of an Absolute character that a lot of people have been waiting for, asking about and demanding And they didn't[...]

PrintWatch: DC Comics send Superman #28 and Superman #29 back to second printing leading into the events of DC K.O, more form the Absolute line including a ninth printing of Absolute Batman #1 and further printings for the promotional titles from this weekend's Batman Day The second printings of the Batman Day comics will again[...]

Scott Snyder says on his Substack that to follow the upcoming Absolute Evil one-shot, "we're going to be announcing soon, so I guess I'm spoiling it, but we have an Arkham special, Absolute Arkham It's me and Frank Tieri writing it And it's Josh Hixson of The Deviant and just an unbelievable artist And it's[...]

@s.b.webhead I'm ngl I was mad nervous going up there to ask the question especially cuz I was the first one, but I'm glad I did because he confirmed we we'll be seeing Absolute Zatanna Man I can't wait to see what they do with her #dccomics #zatanna #zatannazatara #absoluteuniverse #dragoncon #dragoncon2025 ♬ original sound[...]

The Absolute Catwoman makes her first appearance in this week's Absolute Batman #12 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, in costume at least, a retelling of the Batman story in a different world, with more modern sensibilities that as originally created almost a hundred years ago We have seen her before, Selina Kyle, young friend[...]

DC Comics has already Pornak Picketshote and Rafael Albuquerque, Absolute Green Arrow, a six-issue limited series in the Absolute Universe for the spring of 2026 But the character will be making their first appearance in the upcoming Absolute Evil, alongside the other powerful multi-billionaires, including Hector Hammond, Ra's Al Ghul, The Joker and Elenore Thawne, all[...]

Absolute Batman #12 Preview and Spoilers were the most-read story on Bleeding Cool, again, yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years Founded over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a[...]

From the beginning of Absolute Batman, we met the usual Batman rogue's gallery in a very different way, childhood friends of Bruce Wayne rather than sworn enemies – all but the Joker, the billionaire who runs Gotham We have seen their petty criminal tendencies alongside Bruce's, but nothing that would set them out as the[...]

Batman #1 by Matt Fraction, Jorge Jimenez and Tomeu Morey absolutely smashed all-comers this week in the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, with over three times the sales of Amazing Spider-Man #11, over four times the sales of Absolute Superman #1 and over five times the launch issue of Spider-Man '94. DC Comics gets three[...]

The Absolute Universe has been a rip-roaring success for DC Comics With new takes on DC's classic superheroes in a darker side of the DC Universe, created from Darkseid's own essence DC's K.O will reveal that there is a Heart Of Apokalips at the centre of the Absolute Earth, feeding all the power to Darkseid[...]

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[...]