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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[...]

Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers! We saw the Absolute Joker of Absolute Batman at the end of the first issue of the series by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta A figure seen halfway around the world, checking in on his semiconductor manufacturing plant Like the one that Philips owns And a real indicator of wealth. Absolute Batman #1[...]

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[...]

DC Comics revives Justice League Quarterly starting with Dark Tomorrow in July 2025 for DC All-In

In the new Absolute Flash series by Jeff Lemire, Nick Robles, Tom Napolitano and Adriano Lucas, the Flash is Wally West And Barry Allen? He's dead Dead down to his bones. Absolute Flash #1 But wait a second, maybe not? In his new Substack newsletter, writer Jeff Lemire states The response to Absolute Flash continues to be overwhelming[...]

Ultimate Spider-Man retains its place at the top of the chart, beating out DC Comics Absolute titles, but the big hit has to be a dry history of the DC Universe outselling the X-Men titles Marvel has six of the top eleven, DC Comics has five Yes, we got a top eleven this week courtesy[...]

Absolute Saturn Girl Meets Superman was 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 six years Founded sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen[...]

One from an Absolute Universe Probably, the whole Darkseid Legion/Absolute Universe thing isn't entirely tied down… #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 */ Superman #28 And comic book retailers who match their orders of Superman #28 to those of Superman #22 will be[...]

This week sees the publication of Superman #27 by Joshua Williamson, Eddy Barrows, Sean Izaakse and Justice League Unlimited #8 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, from DC Comics, as a suped-up Gorilla Grodd is fighting some damned dirty superhumans. #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[...]

I am wondering if someone on the Absolute Flash team over at DC Comics is angling for a job at Bleeding Cool Everyone knows how we love a typographical mistake, or "typo," as the youth are calling it these days A spelling error here and there just shows we are human, we err, and we[...]

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[...]

This is also the date for the new, later Batman #161 and the release date for Superman #28, which promises "Superman Versus Darkseid's Legion—a crucial new chapter of the All In Saga" that DC Comics promises will kick off the next phase of All In!! It is also around this time that DC Comics will announce what they[...]

While Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1, which has had over 400,000 orders already is getting a third printing with a new cover by Tom Reilly. #gallery-6 { margin: auto; } #gallery-6 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-6 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-6 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Absolute Batman #3 Fourth Printing cover by Nick Dragotta & Frank[...]

About three weeks ago, Bleeding Cool ran some big-time spoilers for Absolute Batman #9 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, which is published this Wednesday, on the 11th of June, courtesy of some black and white pages that had been sent our way And a few minor things have changed Bleeding Cool has already spotlighted[...]

Ultimate Spider-Man tops Absolute Superman, but only with an issue one And both beat the launch of Imperial Amazing Spider-Man is now selling two-thirds of an Ultimate Spider-Man issue one as well, narrowing that gap Three for DC, seven for Marvel in the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List. Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List Top Ten[...]

All for the 16th of July. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */   PrintWatch: Absolute Batman #2 gets a fifth printing, Absolute Wonder Woman #2 gets a fourth printing, and Absolute Superman #2 gets a third printing… #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:[...]

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[...]

Absolute Green Lantern #3 by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay is published tomorrow, which has been giving new roles in this new Green Lantern lore, to John Stewart, Hal Jordan, Jo Mullein and Guy Gardner as well as a transformed Absolute Abin Sur But they are not the only Green Lantern names being similarly transposed[...]

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[...]

And has just dropped another one for the DC All In Saga, that began with Absolute Power and the Absolute Universe and has bveen continuing through We Are Yesterday and now naming the Superman focused event, the Legion of Darkseid after the Absolute version of the Legion seen in DC All-In and with teases in[...]

Absolute Wonder Woman #8, by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman, is published this Wednesday by DC Comics We've already had a look at how they will be bringing back one of Wonder Woman's most classic villains from over eighty years ago But we're also taking a look at what may be at the heart of[...]

Hulk (2005) 1-6, Ultimate X-Men/Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual (2008) 1, Ultimate Fantastic Four/Ultimate X-Men Annual (2008) 1, Ultimatum (2008) 1-5, Ultimatum: X-Men Requiem (2009) 1 #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Young Justice Omnibus 2 $125 January 20, 2026. This volume collects[...]

The Absolute version first appeared in Absolute Wonder Woman #3, but Absolute Wonder Woman #8 is bringing in an new Absolute debut. Doctor Poison, a sadistic bioterrorist, first appeared in 1942's Sensation Comics #2, Wonder Woman's second appearance, by Wonder Woman creators William Moulton Marston and Harry G Peter, and is Wonder Woman's first costumed supervillain. Initially[...]

Absolute Flash #3 returns the Absolute titles to their rightful place at the top of the Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List, but with Superman Unlimited #1 tight behind, and Amazing Spider-Man #4 pretty damn close to them as well DC Comics takes four of the top ten, including DC Vs Sonic, while Marvel Comics takes[...]

PrintWatch: The three Absolute Universe launch titles are all getting new printings with covers by Mark Spears that all connect That's the Absolute Batman #1 seventh printing, the Absolute Wonder Woman #1 sixth printing, and the Absolute Superman #1 fifth printing, all on sale on the 25th of June, and with an FOC date of[...]

Absolute Flash #3 by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles has been doing its best to rewrite everything away from the original, giving Absolute Wally West more of a Dr Manhattan origin and making Absolute Grodd more of a telepathic, mutated monkey with empathy This leads to a certain meeting of minds, from one ape to[...]

Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers… Absolute Batman #9 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is published on the 11th of June, but goes to FOC tomorrow, I get the word that the comic, which Bleeding Cool has already spotlighted for the first appearance of the new Absolute Bane, for Scott Snyder throwing some shade on Bane co-creator's[...]

Ra's al Ghul's schemes take shape in Absolute Superman #10 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval. A new Batman Elseworlds epic begins with Immortal Legend Batman #1 by the team behind the Massive-Verse, Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom, and Erica D'Urso, with additional art by Dan Mora Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott gear up for the heist[...]

Scott Snyder has announced that he is "thrilled to officially announce the next big ABSOLUTE BATMAN arc from me and Nick Dragotta Meet Bane in… ABOMINATION More info on issue #9 FOC, along with the #8 release, our live comic fundamentals class tomorrow, and @FANEXPOPhilly in my newsletter" The last chance readers have to order[...]

This Wednesday, Marcos Martin draws Absolute Batman #8, and Nick Dragotta returns with some Batman bedroom antics next month in Absolute Batman #9 But we have a confrontation between Absolute Batman and Absolute Mister Freeze to find a way through And a history of the now-late Matches Malone And his presence on the day of the murder of Thomas Wayne at[...]