Absolute Batman Archives

DC has gone All-in with the launch of the Absolute Universe, spearheaded by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's Absolute Batman, which netted well over 200,000 orders I am told 210,000 through Lunar Distribution, another 30,000 through Diamond UK, and a few more thousand through Canadian distributors, as close to 250,000 as you can get before[...]

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[...]

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[...]

And it's a huge presence for Absolute Batman #1 selling almost four times its nearest competitor, Ultimates #5, close behind Transformers #13, as Terminator #1 from Dynamite also gets a spot in the top ten It's the only DC title in the top ten however, with one from Dynamite, two from Image and six from[...]

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[...]

Eight years later, some aspects seem rather resonant to Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's Absolute Batman. Whether that be the use of the cloak for offensive or defensive reasons. All-Star Batman by Scott Snyder & John Romita Jr (2016) Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder + Nick Dragotta (2024) Or The Riddler as a friend from childhood. All-Star Batman by Scott[...]

Absolute Batman selling out in stores was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further[...]

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[...]

Absolute Batman Spoilers were the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further fifteen years before[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported that Absolute Batman #1 has received "well over" 200,000 orders from comic book retailers but that it has also sold out from distributors and was going to a second printing with a new cover by Nick Dragotta.. though we didn't know what that looked like But it seems they won't[...]

Printwatch: Bleeding Cool understands that Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta has sold out at the distributor level, two weeks before it goes on sale and will head back to press for a second printing Absolute Batman #1 Second Printing will be on Final Order Cutoff on Monday, the 7th of October,[...]

And, unlike Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, they did not get their figures by selling six-figure sums to the likes of WhatNot… Bleeding Cool has been told by multiple sources that Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta has received well over two hundred thousand orders from comic book stores. Back in October 2023, I[...]

Today is the Final Order Cut-Off date for Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, the last date when comic shops can make orders and be guaranteed to get copies DC Comics has a lot riding on this launch of the Absolute Universe I talked about reading the comic over here, but I[...]

As I mentioned earlier, I've read Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, the launch of the Absolute Universe for DC Comics, a world formed in the battle with Darkseid, and infused with his energy, a harsher, crueller DC Universe, in which the stars have to shine a bit brighter I first reported[...]

Well, in the preview of Absolute Batman granted to DC Comics media partner AIPT, along with a Q&A, it looks like this Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta wants to get in there first Using his new Batlogo as an axe. You think that's something? His ears are detachable knives as well[...]

And now the Absolute Batman covers are dropping Absolute Batman is to get exclusive Retailer Variants by a bunch of folks, exclusive for certain stores, conventions or creator studios Here are a few that have dropped so far: Frank Miller and Jock for New York Comic Con Scot Snyder says "This is a BIG one[...]

Talking to the Casually Comics YouTube channel, Scott Snyder has been talking about Batman, Absolute Batman, DC All In and more And he got to show off some sketches and promo sheets along the way Including his initial desire for the Absolute Universe to be called AF Giving us Batman AF, Superman AF, Wonder Woman[...]

Scott Snyder has been talking about what's going on behind Absolute Batman on the Comic Book Club Podcast at the recent Terrificon And we got a few new facts about who this new Big Bruce Wayne is. In The Absolute Universe, Bruce Wayne's parents have a different story His family never had any money, his mother[...]

But what's actually going on? Well, for a start, this is not the new Batman emblem, it is just for the Absolute Batman series by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, a reimagining of Batman for the modern day, for the Absolute Universe shared line of books. In mid-July, Bleeding Cool stated "Much has been made of[...]

Here are the eligible books and the previous ordering requirements to qualify to order the additional bundles. DC All In Special #1: Match orders of Absolute Power #1. Batman #153: Match orders of Batman #151 Absolute Batman #1: Match orders of Batman #125. Batman & Robin #14: Match orders of Detective Comics #1087 Action Comics #1070: Match orders of Superman[...]

But if you have a problem with what's going on over in the comics universe, Gunn's not the one to go to – as a fan learned earlier today. Image: DC Comics (Art: Nick Dragotta); Max Screencap Apparently, someone who claimed to be a fan of Batman isn't a fan of the logo being used as part[...]

Over on Threads, self-confessed fan of "West Ham and Haverhill Rovers, also tv and cinema, especially sci fi including Dr Who and DC", Stuart Dillon posted an appeal to DC Films studio head James Gunn regarding the look of the new Absolute Batman comic, specifically the logo, formed form chest body armour and spikes, creating[...]

But along the way they also mentioned one person who hadn't previously been confirmed as being in Absolute Batman Scoyy Snyder said, "It's a deep character piece; it's about like how what happens to him as a kid that makes him want to be Batman It's about his relationships with everyone from the neighbourhood, Selina,[...]

Jim Lee posted to social media, along with his black and white covers for the new Absolute Batman, Absolute Superman, and Absolute Wonder Woman comics, which will be 1:100 ratio covers… so this may be the only chance you get to see them He writes "My variant covers for the ALL-IN initiative this October that[...]