Absolute Batman Archives

Bengal is a French artist known for All-New Wolverine, Supergirl, Firefly, Death or Glory, Napalm Lullaby, Naja, Spider-Gwen, Luminae, Overwatch and Teen Titans. Absolute Catwoman by Che Grayson, Scott Snyder and Bengal in 2026 Absolute Catwoman, with Selina Kyle as seen in Absolute Batman, romantic and fighting partner to Bruce Wayne, is going to find out that reaching the[...]

But what about Absolute Batman? Well, it turns out that this character, as well as being a blue-collar working-class Batman, both punching up and bulking up, is not going to be an urban legend He's going to go public. Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta Lots of people talk back to the TV[...]

Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is published by DC Comics tomorrow, with Absolute Catwoman, Selina Kyle, having her big moment with her new costume on, working with Bruce Wayne against both Bane and The Joker. Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta Yeah, she's not leaving right now Because she's also[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran some Absolute Batman gossip, dubbed "Gossip: Absolute Batman, Absolute Joker And Absolute Robin (Spoilers)" So you knew what you were getting and why we had to use a spoiler image like this We knew we were getting more Absolute Catwoman, in next week's Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and[...]

PrintWatch sees a full weight of comics receiving second prints, third prints, and even ninth prints this week, as well as a couple of covers that slipped past last time. #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 */ PrintWatch: DC Comics is sending[...]

Learning more about the nature of the Absolute Universe in Absolute Evil, Absolute Green Lantern #7 and Absolute Superman #12 (Spoilers)

Bleeding Cool pointed out back in Absolute Batman #9, one Dick Grayson as an EMT driving one of the criminals of Gotham City traumatized by Batman, while cursing him out What if Dick Grayson becomes… The Joker's Robin. In Absolute Batman #12, we are told that Batman contacts the leader of the Red Hood Gang, ordering[...]

Two big spoilers for Absolute Batman, Absolute Superman and Absolute Wonder Woman But also including how they may cross over into the DC Universe Like I said, you have been warned There will be strong spoilers, and they will get stronger the further down we go Feel free to stop at any point, and if[...]

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[...]

So I can't wait for you to see that." Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta In the Absolute Universe, the Arks are secret worldwide detention centres set up by the Joker in conjunction with local governments that he has destabilised through the likes of the Black Mask and his Party Animals, such as in[...]

Absolute Batman #12 reigns supreme And Red Hood and Supergirl get in there too So 3 from DC, 6 from Marvel, 1 from Image Previously: Well, that was a surprise And no blind bag needed, just a polybag The absence of Frank Castle as The Punisher for so long And a mature readers title as well,[...]

#dccomics #batman #absolutebatman #dragoncon #dragoncon2025 #absoluteuniverse ♬ original sound – S.B.Ruben And that we will be getting Absolute Scarecrow in Absolute Batman #17… @s.b.webhead I can't wait to see what Absolute Scarecrow looks like 🙏 #dccomics #batman #absolutebatman #scarecrow #dragoncon #dragoncon2025 ♬ original sound – S.B.Ruben More, much more to come it seems… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Absolute Batman refused to be bought off The order is breaking down And that will not do… Absolute Evil begins with Veronica Cale, the Director of National Security of the US Government, meeting Hector Hammond, Ra's Al Ghul, The Joker, and Elenore Thawne to determine how they can help each other in the future[...]

Absolute Batman #11 tops the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, beating out the Black Cat launch and the latest issue of Amazing Spider-Man, all ahead of Absolute Flash Five for Marvel, three for DC and one from Image Comics/Skybound This is the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List for the 16th of August, 2025. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

The Gotham panel at San Diego Comic-Con with Batman editor Rob Levin, Matt Fraction, Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Daniel Warren Johnson, Dan Jurgens, and Kyle Higgins onstage has just finished. Daniel Warren Johnson is working on the new Absolute Batman Annual from DC Comics in October, which, as the solicitation tells us, is about how Batman gets his[...]

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[...]

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[...]

We have met Selina Kyle in the Absolute Batman Universe, Bruce Wayne's former girlfriend, while having sex on a bed covered in money It's that kind of comic book Well, in October, it looks like she will be taking on her Catwoman identity to match the Absolute Batman Might she get a spinoff book as[...]

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[...]

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[...]

It may be a month late, but as it hits Final Order Cut-Off, DC Comics wants shops to order more copies of Batman #161 by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee than they did of Absolute Batman #4 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta As is a more and more common promotional push by DC Comics,[...]

This is how Absolute Batman #9 ended, with Bruce Wayne held aloft by a much-expanded Absolute Bane. #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 #9 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta And this is how Bruce Wayne will appear in Absolute[...]