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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[...]

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[...]

The cover of Absolute Batman #12 by Nick Dragotta shows the new Killer Croc Or at least some of him, submerged in the waters… and looking like this. #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 Batman #12 by Scott Snyder and[...]

The DC Comics panel schedule lists all manner of projects, including an Absolute Batman Annual 2025, and that Transformers writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson is credited for it Has DC Comics and Skybound done a creator swap between him and Dan Mora? Eitehr way there will be multiple artist on that annual, to be written by[...]

At San Diego Comic-Con the DC booth at the show will be selling limited printings of special edition foil covers for Absolute Batman #1, Absolute Superman #1 and Absolute Wonder Woman #1, all with new covers by Jae Lee, a "Bat Symbol" foil variant of Batman #158, a "S-Shield" Supergirl #1 foil variant cover, a Stanley "Artgerm" Lau foil variant cover on New History of the DC Universe #1, #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1[...]

SDCC: Superman X Fortnite by Jim Lee for San Diego Comic-Con 2025, in poster, comic book and game format...

Last forrnight's Superman #27 saw Darkseid's Legion, the presumed Absolute Legion, make plans to encounter the non-Absolute Superman, on behalf of their deceased master Darkseid, whose energy was used to create the Absolute Universe, their world. #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[...]

Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers! We saw the Absolute Joker of Absolute Batman at the end of the first issue of the series by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta A figure seen halfway around the world, checking in on his semiconductor manufacturing plant Like the one that Philips owns And a real indicator of wealth. Absolute Batman #1[...]

We've already had a glimpse of this month's upcoming Absolute Batman #10 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, with Bruce Wayne captured and held, naked, aside from bandages and possibly his socks, prone in a cell after a number of medical operations and looking a little worse for wear Now we have some letters to[...]

DC Comics revives Justice League Quarterly starting with Dark Tomorrow in July 2025 for DC All-In

In the new Absolute Flash series by Jeff Lemire, Nick Robles, Tom Napolitano and Adriano Lucas, the Flash is Wally West And Barry Allen? He's dead Dead down to his bones. Absolute Flash #1 But wait a second, maybe not? In his new Substack newsletter, writer Jeff Lemire states The response to Absolute Flash continues to be overwhelming[...]

Ultimate Spider-Man retains its place at the top of the chart, beating out DC Comics Absolute titles, but the big hit has to be a dry history of the DC Universe outselling the X-Men titles Marvel has six of the top eleven, DC Comics has five Yes, we got a top eleven this week courtesy[...]

Absolute Saturn Girl Meets Superman was 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 six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen[...]