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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[...]

As well as the third printing of Absolute Batman #1, and inevitable second printings of Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Superman, DC Comics is going to reissue the first issue of each title as a Noir Edition, publishing the comics stripped of colour, with just the inks and letters of the original issues Each will[...]

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[...]

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[...]

As seen in the Absolute Superman #1 preview below… might this be the Lois Lane of the Absolute Universe? In the DC Universe, she is the daughter of Colonel Sam Lane; in the Absolute Universe, might she have followed in Daddy's footsteps? Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval And is this Sam Lane who[...]

Recently, I reported that Absolute Batman #1 has sold "well over" 200,000 copies before getting closer to that quarter of a million spot, Coincidentally around the estimated orders for the first Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee Batman: Hush twenty-plus years ago. I now get the word that Absolute Wonder Woman #1 has received orders around 150,000, with[...]

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[...]

The cover to Absolute Superman #2 details that "the Lazarus Corporation sent their most battle-hardened crew of Peacemakers to locate the mysterious fugitive interfering with their mining operations". Absolute Superman #2 But a new Absolute Comics video tease from DC Comics has given some art previews of that conflict, with Absolute Superman versus Peacemaker, after Peacemaker after[...]

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[...]

The Nature Of The Absolute DC Earth 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[...]

Spoilers, Spoilers, Spoilers, Spoilers, Spoilers… Absolute Power #4 ends this week and set 52 days later, the DC All-In Special begins. Previously, Bleeding Cool reported that "the Absolute Universe world is indeed the Elseworld, Alpha Prime, the world seen at the end of Dark Knights: Death Metal #7 back in 2021  and never followed up on until now." "The[...]

Two weeks ago, Bleeding Cool ran three spoilers for Absolute Batman #1 on the final day of its FOC orders We ran three spoilers from that comic book, one of which in particular I am led to understand may have been responsible for a high five-figure bump on the comic book from readers and retailers[...]

I've read Wonder Woman #1 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman, the second 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 the existence of[...]

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[...]

We've seen a lot of Absolute Batman ever since Bleeding Cool first leaked the cover and/ then the insides of the ashcan But of Absolute Wonder Woman? Aside from the covers, designs and that one splash page from DC All In Special, not so much Which is why Kelly Thompson, aware that the comic book[...]

Absolute DC Comics 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 fifteen years before[...]

Skottie Young has released his own exclusive variant covers for the first issues of Absolute Superman, Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman, published from next month. The variant covers will be available exclusively from Skottieyoung.com, but don't expect them to be up there quite yet… and please don't bother him and his family about them yet[...]

A week-and-a-half ago, Bleeding Cool told you "Bleeding Cool understands that the DC All-In Special is set 52 days after the end of Absolute Power And that the DC All-In books will be set 52 days after that, or the story will be filled in between the two dates It will take that long to build the new[...]

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[...]

Here are the full DC Comics December solicits and solicitations… and yes, it's more than just Batman, Absolute or otherwise Quite a lot more But there is also Batman… like DC's Batman Smells, Robin Laid an Egg #1, Two-Face #1, Batman: Dark Patterns #1 and Gotham City Sirens Uncovered #1 all launching As well as[...]

What DC Comics will hold on the Wednesday for comic book retailers has yet to be revealed… THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 DC's Gotham City, 5:15-6pm Room 406.3 Walk the dark and gritty streets of the DC Universe with Alex Segura (The Question: All Along the Watchtower), Christian Ward (Batman: City of Madness), Dan Watters (Nightwing), Hayden Sherman (Absolute Wonder[...]

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[...]

And I doubt, even after all I have written, you will either. DC ALL IN SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR A DANIEL SAMPERE WRAPAROUND (W) Scott Snyder – Joshua Williamson (A) Daniel Sampere – Wes Craig (CA) Daniel Sampere THE NEXT EPIC CHAPTER OF DC HISTORY BEGINS HERE…PRESENTED AS A STARLING, SYMMETRICAL FLIPBOOK! DON'T MISS IT! Following the[...]

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[...]

Here lie spoilers about DC All-In and the upcoming Absolute Universe These are not big spoilers, I do not believe that anything will be spoiled by knowing the two following facts but for those who want to go in virgin fresh, now is the time to bow out There may be other articles coming that[...]