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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[...]

In the meantime, fans are chasing down first issue copies of Absolute Wonder Woman! We tracked it at a high sale of $250 for a CGC 9.8 copy and a current raw NM FMV of $54. ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #1 – RAFA SANDOVAL – REGULAR | DC | NOVEMBER 2024 Not sure if this was mentioned in the other Absolute entries,[...]

This week sees the publication of Absolute Superman #15 by Jason Aaron and Juan Ferreyra. With a seeming calm after the storm Ra's Al Ghul is jailed, the Lazarus Project is destroyed, and Agent Lois Lane finds her new calling, as Superman finds his, working on the farm with occasional threats to big business[...]

Next week sees DC Comics publish three Absolute titles: Absolute Superman #15 by Jason Aaron, Juan Ferreyra, Absolute Green Lantern #10 by Al Ewing, Sid Kotian and Absolute Batman: Ark M #1 by Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri, Joshua Hixson. But it begins with the Absolute Superman on the Absolute Smallville farm, recovering from the big battle between[...]

While the spectacular cover from Eom has received a lot of attention, this cover from Absolute Wonder-Woman artist, Hayden Sherman, has also been receiving a fair bit of attention! We tracked it at a high sale of $60 for a CGC 9.8 copy and a current raw NM FMV of $14. ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #1 – RAFA[...]

No sign of an X-book. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List No Title Publisher Writer Artist Price Ratio 1 Absolute Wonder Woman #15 DC Kelly Thompson Hayden Sherman 4.99 100 2 Absolute Superman #14 DC Jason Aaron Rafa Sandoval 4.99 58.7 3 DC K.O Red Hood Vs Joker DC Joshua Williamson, Scott Snyder Dustin Nguyen 4.99 57.3 4 Absolute Martian Manhunter #7 DC Deniz Camp Javier Rodríguez 4.99 56.7 5 Will of Doom #1 Marvel Chip Zdarsky Cafu 6.99 48.3 6 Amazing Spider-Man #18 Marvel Joe Kelly John Romita Jr. 4.99 39.7 7 Superman #33 DC Joshua Williamson Hayden Sherman 4.99 38.5 8 Justice League Unlimited #14 DC Mark Waid Dan Mora 3.99 32.9 9 Flash #28 DC Christopher Cantwell, Mark Waid Vasco[...]

Copies of Absolute Superman #15 and Absolute Ark-M Special, and one or two or three variants in hand, are already for sale, in hand, on eBay As is Batman #5 and more and more variants and Absolute Green Lantern #10, as well as the Superman vs The Amazing Spider-Man DC Marvel 2025 Treasury Edition Facsimile Edition,[...]

artist Javier Fernandez on Instagram, saying "THIS IS HAPPENING You don't want to miss #DCKO4 tell to local comic shop" and appearing to show Superman and a bloodied Absolute Superman bearing down on each other. Javier Fernandez on Instagram In the first issue of DC's K.O., as well as revealing that Darkseid has planted himself amongst the[...]

Superman goes missing so Superboy Prime takes over in Reign Of The Superboys 2026 event from DC Comics

Today sees the publication of Absolute Green Lantern #8 by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay and of Absolute Superman #13 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval. And both bring in more Absolute revelations, with Absolute Green Lantern introducing an Absolute Manhunter and an Absolute Question, with Mark Shaw quitting the police to go private and Renee[...]

Well, it seems to be catching as Absolute Superman #14 is now slipping a couple of weeks, from the 3rd of December to the 17th of December. #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 */ ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #14 (W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Rafa Sandoval THE[...]

DC Comics takes the top three titles of the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List for the 5th of October, 2025, with Batman #2 beating out Absolute Evil, but not outrageously, and both ahead of Absolute Superman #12, which is only just ahead of Amazing Spider-Man #13 and Ultimate Wolverine #10 in terms of sales DC[...]

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[...]

Batman #1 by Matt Fraction, Jorge Jimenez and Tomeu Morey absolutely smashed all-comers this week in the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, with over three times the sales of Amazing Spider-Man #11, over four times the sales of Absolute Superman #1 and over five times the launch issue of Spider-Man '94. DC Comics gets three[...]

Absolute Superman inspires rebellion 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[...]

Which is you are also reading Absolute Superman today… #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-3 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Absolute Superman #11 by Jason Aaron, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Clay Mann … ties it into that universe as well, as the god of light and sun[...]

There are probably many others… but what about Absolute Superman? Well, today's Absolute Superman #11 by Jason Aaron, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Clay Mann has Absolute Brainiac is trying to turn him into a killer by persuading him that he is one. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2[...]

PrintWatch: As Bleeding Cool previously printwatched, new printings of the first nine issues of Absolute Superman and the first five issues of Absolute Martian Manhunter will be available on the 24th of September All apart from the Absolute Superman #1 Sixth Printing Cardstock Cover by Jae Lee & June Chung all covers are reprints of[...]

The DC All-In Special featured the first appearances of Absolute Superman, Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, and the Absolute Legion The DC All In Free Comic Book Day 2025 issue saw the Absolute Mirror Master meet the DC universe Mirror Master However, the first appearance of an established Absolute Universe character in an ongoing DC[...]

In Absolute Superman #8 from Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval, out a couple of months ago, the Absolute Peacemaker Smith went up against the Absolute Superman And won. #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 Superman #8 from Jason Aaron and[...]

Last forrnight's Superman #27 saw Darkseid's Legion, the presumed Absolute Legion, make plans to encounter the non-Absolute Superman, on behalf of their deceased master Darkseid, whose energy was used to create the Absolute Universe, their world. #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[...]

Absolute Saturn Girl meets Superman in one month in Superman #28, and DC Comics wants retailers to order more copies.

Absolute Superman's New Powers 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 six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before[...]

Absolute Superman #8 by Jason Aaron and Rada Sandoval is published tomorrow by DC Comics, starting a new story arc for the series and pitting the Absolute Superman more directly against Lazarus Corp and Ra's Al Ghul, even as Al Ghul is finding new ways to dispose of his enemies Absolute Superman does differ in[...]

This week sees the publication of Absolute Superman #8 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval, beginning the second story arc of the series But I am rather reminded of Absolute Batman #6 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta Or rather one of the comics which that comic reminded me of A turducky of influence. Absolute Superman[...]

There will be crossover storylines in '25 between the Absolute books – the first three especially, 'cos they've been around longer." We note that in Absolute Superman #6 this week, we got an origin of Brainiac Or at least the Absolute Brainiac of Earth. As one of millions of Brainiac, part of the collective, with the job[...]

But the Absolute Superman does, and it is entirely made up of trauma Dead parents, dead planet and a year-and-a-half to think of nothing but. Absolute Superman #6 But there is a planet waiting for him. Absolute Superman #6 Martha Kent is a conspiracy theorist with wacky beliefs in Lazarus Pits and weather-controlling drones So does she believe in[...]

Going forward, there will be big spoilers for Absolute Superman You have been warned Back in October 2024, Bleeding Cool reported of the then-upcoming Absolute Superman that "the Lazarus Corporation make a practical workers class all of their own." Then in November we referenced artwork to back that up. Absolute Superman #1 The Lazarus Corporation seems to[...]

Absolute Superman #5 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval tops the Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, 50% above its nearest competitor, Amazing Spider-Man by Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness Far from last week's full sweep for Marvel, they have six in the top ten, two from DC with Aquaman making it in, and two from Image,[...]

Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval continue their Absolute Superman, including the tale of what just happened with Krypton After all there are lots of conspiracies out there How could a planet just explode or implode anyway? Was it rigged by explosives? You know, planetary cores don't just collapse like that, right? You should do your[...]