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At the end of the last issue, the Final Four, Superman, Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor and The Joker were set to go up against Absolute Superman, Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Batman, pulled from Darkseid's Absolute Universe, who had also possessed Booster Gold. DC K.O #4 by Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, Javi Fernandez, Xermanico Though not for[...]

From ashcans and blanks to high-ratio incentives, Brett Bean's breakout Image debut dominates the aftermarket alongside continued interest in Assorted Crisis Events and the Absolute Universe D'Orc landed in local comic shops last week and absolutely took over the market A portion of the team behind I Hate Fairyland delivered an awesome work that had[...]

DC Comics tops the charts of anticipation for this Wednesday's comics as the Absolute Wonder Woman 2026 Annual and DC K.O take the top two followed by Marvel's Ultimate X-Men #24, the final issue in the series Cyclops #1 only just makes the top ten, beating Aquaman While the first new DC Vertigo series, Bleeding[...]

DC Comics has announced that Absolute Batman #1 will get an eleventh printing on the 4th of March 2026, with subsequent printings across the line All these for the 4th of March: #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Absolute Batman #1[...]

Right now, that's Superman/Spider-Man, DC's K.O., Batman, Absolute and very select Compact Comics and Omnibus titles… McFarlane Toys screencap These are the Spawn and DC Comics titles currently listed for sale on the website Room for expansion? Hey, comic book retailers, you have a new competitor in the marketplace… but onlhy for certain titles. Gunslinger Spawn #53 CVR[...]

The reign of the Absolute Universe is still going strong, taking up 5 of the Top Ten spots, two are returning covers while the other 3 are brand new variants and exclusive kick-ass covers Joining the Top Ten is Nightwing's winter cover and an adorable Marvel monster But it's the SEO-destroying Sex Criminals as well[...]

Previously on Bleeding Cool we looked at teases and then the realities of the new Absolute Suiicde Squad as debuting in Absokutre Wonder Woman And writer Kelly BThompson has shared designs and names What we got right and what we got very, very wrong. Absolute Wonder Woman #12 First, we had already seen the Absolute Doctor Poison, kept[...]

The Absolute version of Lex Luthor first appeared in the under-valued Absolute Evil, along with the Absolute Hawkman also appearing in today's Absolute Superman #16 As well as a mention of other former supertypes from this universe. Absolute Superman #16 by Jason Aaron, Juan Ferreyra Yeah, Hawkman killed Oliver Queen and has been working for the Lazarus[...]

DC Comics top the charts of anticipation with Absolute Superman, Batman and Absolute Green Lantern, with Ultimate Wolverine beating the Batman K.O ti-in, and Ultimate Endgame Amazing Spider-Man and Uncanny X-Men both beat the much hyped K.O Boss Battle And while Batgirl and Poison Ivy chart well, the launch of Magik And Colossus is far[...]

At the end of DC's K.O.#3, the Final Four of Superman, Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor and The Joker met their new opponents, the Absolute Batman, the Absolute Wonder Woman, the Absolute Superman and the Darkseid-possessed Booster Gold, with the cliffhanger for DC's K.O #4 to come. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img[...]

Talking about the Absolute line at DC Comics to John Siuntres' Word Balloon Comics Podcast, Mark Waid was asked if he would be interested in taking on an Absolute title "I'm not sure that I would have an Absolute take on some of these characters because I'm just so invested in how I've been thinking about them[...]

Absolute Martian Manhunter however, has been more of a psychedelic and psychological horror/superhero reinvention, even as it involves an FBI agent John Jones whose mind is invaded by an alien consciousness, with themes such as immigration, fear-mongering, mental illness, homelessness, and societal paranoia/fear as part of the narrative And while events such as mass shootings,[...]

This week should really be dubbed Absolute Universe Week at DC Comics As a result of a few delays here and there, we will have four Absolute titles out on Wednesday, Absolute Batman #16 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta with an Absolute Wonder Woman crossover, Absolute Wonder Woman #16 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden[...]

Bleeding Cool reported last year that DC Comics was to run previous to the new DC Vertigo line in their Absolute titles and, with four Absolute titles published this week, so it has come to pass with zombie-point-of-view adventure Bleeding Hearts #1 by Absolute Martian Manhunter writer Deniz Camp, drawn by Stipan Morian, coloured by[...]

Absolute Wonder Woman writer Kelly Thompson took to Tumblr to talk about the newly solicited issue of Absolute Wonder Woman for April, as well as the new arc launching this week She says "Seems like it's time to re-post this with the debut of The Troika on the ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #19 (MAR) cover release[...]

This will be a big week for DC Comics, as, courtesy of a few delays, we have four Absolute titles published by DC Comics, all on the shelves in one week, and topping the top twenty-five anticipated comics of the week DC takes the top seven, while Marvel has only one in the top ten… Top[...]

DC Comics has dropped their full April 2026 solicits and solicitations, with Absolute, Batman, Black Label, DC Vertigo, the lot… including new Zatanna and Firestorm, Batman/Wonder Woman, old Swamp Thing and everything else… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ ZATANNA #1 Writer:[...]

DC Comics is going to be issuing new hardcovers of the Absolute line with Jim Lee-designed dustjacket covers, made available in comic book stores for  Free Comic Book Day 2026 Those won't be free, of course, but they might appeal to the footfall that Free Comic Book Day can bring $24.99 each, they have an[...]

The Absolute DC's K.O Boss Battle 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 seven years Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen[...]

Exquisite Corpses and Absolute Batman dominate the Top Ten this week, with just a little room for Room Service and Mega Man Absolute Batman continues his reign as several of his earlier issues, and an exclusive preorder, are trending hot on the aftermarket James Tynion IV's recent announcement has boosted the popularity of two of[...]

The end of DC K.O. #3 by Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, Javi Fernandez and Xermanico saw The Final Four of the tournament, Superman, Wonder Woman, Lex Luthor and The Joker, facing the Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Superman, fighting for Darkseid There are two more tie-in issues this week: Titans sees the team fighting Darkseid's forces on[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran comic book creator Patrick Kindlon's "Stop Snitchin" YouTube video in which he criticised creators stating, "Recently, a big writer, sorry to blind item this, a big writer was outed as a big snitch, a fellow that tries to hurt other people's career by virtue of going to the guy that[...]

And Boom is also sending Something Is Killing The Children #1 to a tenth printing. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Something is Killing the Children #1 10th Printing Something is Killing the Children #1 10th Printing Something is Killing the Children #1[...]

Courtesy of Covrprice and Bleeding Cool, comes the ten hottest comics books of the week. And a tag to keep up on previous editions, as one very specific cover of Absolute Superman #15 causes an online sensation And Absolute Batman isn't the only monster in comics these days, as the IDW Godzilla reboot stomps to the top of the chart[...]

As Absolute Batman is slipping down the schedules slightly, and starting to run "redacted covers", Scott Snyder took to social media to talk about what's coming for Absolute Batman and the Absolute line As Bleeding Cool readers know, the comic can often come down to the wire… He writes; "I just wanna say thanks for your[...]

#4 will see them fighting Darkseid's champions, the Absolute Superman, Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman… as teased by Javier Fernandez… Javier Fernandez on Instagram And that the first issue of the series had teased the following… DC K.O #1 (W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Javier Fernandez And that te solicitation of DC's K.O.#4 reads "Three mysterious new Omega-charged fighters[...]

Bleeding Cool reported that the new Vertigo titles would reveal previews in all the DC Comics Absolute titles in February But that's just the half of it In return, the artists of the Absolute Universe will be creating newly revealed variant covers for the launch issues of the DC Vertigo titles in February. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1[...]

Absolute Batman: Ark M Special #1 by Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri, Joshua Hixson is published by DC Comics today And, as well as giving a new history to the Absolute Joker, it includes a number of Absolute debuts Some purely in textual form… such as the domestic names of Man Bat, Poison Ivy, Hugo Strange, Scarecrow, Clayface and The[...]

Absolute Superman #15 by Jason Aaron and Juan Ferreyra is published today by DC Comics But much of it is following up on Absolute Evil, the one-shot that saw the Big Bads of the Absolute Universe meet and form their own Justice League, in a world where events tend away from justice… maybe Absolute Superman is giving it[...]

The Absolute Ark-M Special by Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri and Joshua Hixson tells the story of the nineteenth-century Arkham Asylum that came before the Ark-M project in Gotham, but was built on its bones And those who were kept there. Absolute Batman: Ark M Special #1 by Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri, Joshua Hixson With the heavy suggestion that[...]