Absolute Power Archives

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran some Absolute Power gossip entitled "Absolute Power Gossip: How Amanda Waller Gets Zur-En-Arrh" and now we are looking at the other third of this triptych, Amanda Waller and the Brainiac Queen Spoilers of course. Bleeding Cool understands that Brainiac created the Brainiac Queen as some form or bride in the Frankenstein[...]

Mark Waid, talking about Absolute Power to comic book retailers, topped traffic at Bleeding Cool yesterday Where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it[...]

DC Comics has released a trailer for comic book stores for the upcoming Absolute Power event comic from Mark Waid and Dan Mora Absolute Power #1 is going to FOC or final order cut-off, so this is a last push for comic book store owners to bump their orders based on reader demand… or expected[...]

In the Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day edition, the Zur-En-Arrh/Failsafe Batman was seemingly under the control of Amanda Waller, or certainly working very sympatico with her. Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day While running experiments on the inmates, after basically acquiring them all. Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day It didn't go that well. Absolute Power Free Comic Book[...]

Absolute Power is the new DC Comics Summer event from Mark Waid and Dan Mora, that has been building since the events of Dark Crisis, through Knight Terrors, Lazarus Planet, Beast World, House Of Brainiac and more Now DC Comics, courtesy of Bleeding Cool has the Absolute Power checklist of the main series, spinoff series[...]

With Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 going to Final Order Cut-Off this weekend, which is handy. Oliver Queen in Green Lantern #12 is, however, thinking about how he can use Amanda Waller's attack on him to his advantage as everything continues to head towards Absolute Power… with her Bureau Of Sovereignty. But it looks like even Amanda[...]

DC Comics is launching a new incentive programme to encourage comic book stores to order increased copies of the upcoming Absolute Power crossover event from Mark Waid and Dan Mora In which comic book stores can order additional bundles of Absolute Power comics, $25 for 25, as long as they keep their standard orders up. These[...]

This week sees the publication of Superman #14 as part of the House Of Braniac story, but also Titans #11, and all contributing towards what will be Absolute Power So we get a glimpse from Lex Luthor about what drives Brainiac. Creating his own Bride Of Frankenstein, with Lex Luthor as his Victor. But he's not the[...]

The first full issue of Absolute Power from Mark Waid and Dan Mora goes to FOC this weekend So what do we know about the lead up to it? I'm not going to go over all the previous Amanda Waller and Absolute Power gossip, that's what those links are for But what's going on with[...]

DC Comics has released solicitation details for their Absolute Power tie-ins and crossovers for August 2024, including a certain Batman #151 As Amanda Waller, Brainiac Queen and Zur-En-Arrh's plots and proposals spiral together. 7th August #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[...]

Today sees the publication of Action Comics #1065,  Suicide Squad Dream Team #3 and Green Lantern #11, and they all have aspects tied in together, and beyond towards Absolute Power As Amanda Waller insists she is the good guy… … even as, in Suicide Squad Dream Team #3, she is reading the Amazo robot guard designs[...]

This week sees Suicide Squad: Dream Team #3 by Nicole Maines, Eddy Barrows and Eber Ferreira follows on from Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day, in which we learned that Amanda Waller's home base is the island nation of Gamorra. And that Dream Team is basically all about how she got it Asn well as having[...]

Ahead of last weekend's Absolute Power comic for Free Comic Book Day, its artist Mikel Janín has been posting his takes on iconic DC Comics characters with the Absolute Power hashtag Making amends as he goes Beginning with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px[...]

But first, he has to make a deal with Amanda Waller. Or at least start a negotiation in that direction. As those who have picked up Absolute Power on Free Comic Book Day (or read it on Amazon when it went live at midnight in your respective territory) you will know that a deal has been done. That[...]

And in the upcoming series by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, Absolute Power, we see those powers taken away, courtesy of deals with Failsafe and Queen Brainiac So on the 4th of May, Free Comic Book Day's Absolute Power #0 by Waid and Mikel Janin will reveal all But Bleeding Cool may reveal some of[...]

Amanda Waller comes to The Flash #8 and to Green Arrow #11 this week ahead of Absolute Power and all that that entails. (Spoilers)

The full DC July 2024 solicits – and the latest on the Absolute Power tie-ins – can also be found here. BATMAN #150 Written by CHIP ZDARSKY Art by JORGE JIMENEZ and DENYS COWAN Backup written by CHIP ZDARSKY Backup art by MIKE HAWTHORNE Cover by JORGE JIMENEZ Variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN Variant cover by[...]

Bleeding Cool ran the full DC Comics July 2024 solicits last night, and have extracted those for Absolute Power… including a couple that DC Comics missed out from their PR, namely for Green Arrow and Green Lantern… in fact, let's lead with those And while we don't have them yet, it looks like Stephen Platt[...]

This Tuesday sees the publication of Titans #9 and Nightwing #112, and both look at the impact of the Beast World event on Beast Boy.

Can they do the unthinkable to save their family and friends? This all leads directly into DC's summer event…ABSOLUTE POWER! ZATANNA: BRING DOWN THE HOUSE #1 Written by MARIKO TAMAKI Art and cover by JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ Variant cover by ARTGERM Variant cover by JORGE JIMENEZ Foil variant cover by ARTGERM Blank variant cover 1:25 variant cover by ÁLVARO MARTÍNEZ BUENO 1:50 variant cover by MIKEL[...]

The event comic Absolute Power by Mark Waid and Dan Mora kicks off in July, crossing over with dozens of DC titles, all written by Mark Waid himself But in June, there is a build-up coming We've already run the solicitations for Batman #148 and #149, but here are the other expected titles building up[...]

Oh yes, and Dreamer, who she picked up with threats to her family. Now part of a Countdown To Absolute Power which, conceivably, could include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Titans and Green Arrow, just like the titles that were part of the Countdown To Infinite Crisis crossover, The OMAC Project, Rann–Thanagar War, Day of Vengeance, Villains[...]

The launch of DC Comics' Absolute Power summer event topped yesterday's traffic at Bleeding Cool, where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as[...]

DC Comics has announced more Absolute Power tie-ins at ComicsPro, comic book retailer summit, their summer event which focuses on Amanda Waller's plot to remove all superpowers from superheroes and villains in the DC Universe The preview artwork released showed how that directly affects Superman. But as well as the previously announced Free Comic Book Day[...]

As revealed at the ComicsPro comic book retailer summit, DC Comics is launching their summer event Absolute Power in July by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, which focuses on Amanda Waller's plot to remove all superpowers from superheroes and villains in the DC Universe The preview artwork released shows how that directly affects Superman. Superman using his heat[...]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely And in July, DC Comics is launching their summer event Absolute Power around a four-issue series by the World's Finest team of Mark Waid and Dan Mora that focuses on Amanda Waller's plot to remove all superpowers from superheroes and villains in the DC Universe And for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman[...]