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Thomas and Amelia Woo, RSVP ESP by Josh Malerman, Dirk Manning, Joshua Ross and Colin Johnson and The Future Is… #11 by Fred Van Lente and Mario D'Alessandro. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ COMICS THE MAGAZINE #1 (W) Various (A) Various[...]

But maybe, after the reveal of Absolute Joker, seen months in advance, Scott Snyder has had a change of heart? He posts on social media, saying "There's a lot of twists and turns coming in Absolute Batman over the next 6 months, some big surprises (hence redacted covers and so on)… I know I get[...]

With Bruce Wayne, the Absolute Batman, looking for a divine answer from Gateway City for what to do about all the monsters springing up around the world, and with Diana, the Absolute Wonder Woman, following arcane symbols that have appeared in Gotham, this week's Absolute Wonder Woman #15 sees the first meeting of such minds… #gallery-1[...]

28th of January 2026. PrintWatch: Absolute Batman #14 Second Printing with two covers: new logo colouring on main cover, new open-to-order variant cover by Gerald Parel And Absolute Batman #15 Second Printing with a whopping six covers: new logo colouring on main cover, new open-to-order variant cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto, open-to-order foil version of main cover[...]

Granted, Absolute Batman is carrying a heavy load, but other stellar books are shaking the market to highlight Check it out on this week's Top Ten! ABSOLUTE BATMAN #1 – JIM LEE | DC | OCTOBER 2024 Sales of the first print for Absolute Batman Cover A have gone parabolic, fetching high prices on the aftermarket This[...]

Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta was launched in 2024 to much acclaim and high sales, topping the chart with around 150,000 orders from comic book stores It has now gone to ten printings, with orders for the most receent issues at 200,000 and then 300,000 for the Absolute Joker origin issue[...]

DC Comics absolutely trashes the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List with Absolute Batman #15 selling four times what Ultimate Spider-Man, DC K.O Wonder Woman Vs Lobo and TMNT #13 But Turtles and Transformers helped make it a more diverse top ten, DC having three, Marvel having five, and IDW and Image getting one each. Absolute Batman[...]

Which was handy as Hecate, goddess of Magic, Witchcraft, Ghosts and Necromancy, got the attention of the Absolute Wonder Woman of Gateway City, in Gotham… Absolute Wonder Woman #14 While in Absolute Batman #15, it turns out that this Bruce Wayne of Gotham had been doing his reading as well About the Absolute Wonder Woman of Gateway[...]

Launching in March 2026 with an Absolute Batman cover feature and a conversation with writer Scott Snyder, artist Nick Dragotta, colourist Frank Martin, and letterer Clayton Cowles, it has a cover by Dragotta and C!TM Art Director and Spider-Gwen colourist and designer, Rico Renzi And a final former retailer, Gabe Yocum, as director of sales, previously at Midtown[...]

Absolute Batman #15 is a $4.99 comic book, with 1:25 and 1:50 variant covers, as well as exclusive retailer covers And despite printing 300,000 copies, it seems that was just not enough Bleeding Cool has been getting reports of fast sellouts all over the place/ As a result, prices have been skyrocketing on eBay Copies[...]

The Absolute Batman 1/10 Statue 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 over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen[...]

Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers, spoilers… today sees the DC Comics publication of Absolute Batman #15 by Scott Snyder and Jock, although as is evidenced, plenty of comic book stores last week just said "screw it" and started selling it anyway, such was the demand It will be the best-selling comic of the week, no doubt[...]

In tomorrow's Absolute Batman #15 by Scott Snyder and Jock we learn the history of the family of Jack Grimm, the almost-trillionaire Joker of the Absolute Universe And learn that he is the fifth in line of a family that profited from laughter… Absolute Batman #15 by Scott Snyder and Jock …became philanthropists for children's charities along[...]

It begins with Absolute Batman #15, with Ultimate comic books to follow The most anticipated comic books of the week, with Transformers, Amazing Spider-Man and Action Comics to follow Notably, K.O titles, and even more notably, X-Men Age Of Revelation titles have been knocked down the chart where one might have expected them to be[...]

Absolute Batman #15 by Scott Snyder and Jock is published next Wednesday from DC Comics However, with 300,000 copies ordered by comic book stores, a number have already arrived in some stores, and a few have been selling them, the naughty scamps Which is how not only does Bleeding Cool have the preview for the[...]

Bleeding Cool just ran the news that Absolute Batman #14 had a 200,000 print run while Absolute Batman #15 had 300,000 Which means that previous issues of the series have some catching up to do, which is why DC Comics is sending lots of them back for more printings, including Absolute Batman #1 getting a[...]

After repeated fan inquiries about its absence from the Comic Hub data, and subsequently our Weekly Bestseller List, Bleeding Cool has done some digging and it's our understanding that Absolute Batman #14 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta had orders approaching 200,000 from comic book retailers through the direct market of comic shops, which would certainly land it on top[...]

At the weekend, Scott Snyder posted to social media, "Last day to pre-order the ARK-M SPECIAL! Secrets of the Arkhams and Ark-M revealed in this ABSOLUTE BATMAN one-shot from me, @FrankTieri & @joshixson Includes a BIG Absolute Universe first appearance you won't want to miss!" Well who could that be? Because they did give[...]

Between Harley Quinn finally stealing the spotlight, Dek from Predator: Badlands turning a sleeper PG-13 hit into instant comic heat, and early Absolute Batman issues refusing to cool off even a year later, the market is rewarding patience, sharp eyes, and anyone who didn't sleep on Nick Dragotta From bronze-age squirrel (well, chipmunk) Lanterns getting[...]

Comic book artist Jock is drawing Absolute Batman #15 out next month, teased as the first appearance of the Absolute Joker in his monstrous form Writer Scott Snyder says that the comic has received more orders from comic book retailers than the original Absolute Batman #1 first printing did, which is the kind of thing[...]

This is how Absolute Zatanna appeared in Absolute Wonder Woman #12 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman, published by DC Comics two months ago. ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #12 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman And this is how she looked today in Absolute Wonder Woman #14 by Kelly Thompson and Matias Bergara. ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #14 by Kelly[...]

Today's Absolute Wonder Woman #14 by Kelly Thompson and Matias Bergara, published on the same day as Absolute Batman for the first time, creates more links between the titles ahead of the upcoming crossover. Absolute Wonder Woman #14 by Kelly Thompson and Matias Bergara As well as letting us know that the Absolute Zatanna has quite a[...]

Today sees Absolute Batman go up against Absolute Bane in Absolute Batman #14, as part of an arranged battle environment, on the same day that DC Comics also publishes DC's K.O #2, also written by Scott Snyder There's a lot of superheroic tournaments going on in that writer's head, but is it just making text[...]

As reapers, vigilantes, and sex robots, all making big moves on the aftermarket, Howard Chaykin brings Black Kiss lust to Erotech, Bruno Redondo enters crossovers, and media announcements for Grim, V For Vendetta, and Geiger continue to fuel the market… but we are still all playing in Absolute Batman's ballpit. Top Ten Hottest Comics This Week:[...]

Absolute Batman Fighting Absolute Bane 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 over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen[...]

We got a preview of Absolute Batman #14 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta below, running through the series so far, before seeing a Venom-infused Absolute Batman go up against Absolute Bane Though frustratingly, the preview didn't show any of the battle Well, you know that Bleeding Cool likes to go beyond the preview when[...]

As seen in the DC Comics February 2026 solicits and solicitations, Absolute Poison Ivy is looking a little different than the DC Prime version in Absolute Batman #17. Absolute Batman #17 Scott Snyder has said, "ABSOLUTE BATMAN 17 & 18, February and March, is a special 2-part story by me & the amazing @EricCanete that has Bruce[...]

And ahead of Absolute Batman #6, #12 and Annual A trading card comic for Ice Cream Man, a V for Vendetta TV series and the first appearance of Lisa Molinari/Coat of Arms from Young Avengers, now that Lauren Morais has been cast in VisionQuest for Disney+ also pushed their names onto the List. Top Ten Hottest[...]

Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder answered an Ask Me Anything session on Substack the other night, in which what people really wanted to ask him was all about Absolute Batman From this we have gleaned the following… some of which we already knew and reported, but it's handy to have it all in one place,[...]

The use of the cards is very purposeful and plays a huge role in immersing the reader into its signature bleak storylines. We tracked it at a high sale of $31 for a NM copy and a current raw NM FMV of $24. Find it here. ABSOLUTE BATMAN 2025 ANNUAL #1 – DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON – REGULAR | DC |[...]