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Jim Lee has released the pencilled original artwork and Scott Williams the inked versions for the San Diego Comic-Con retailer exclusive variant editions of Absolute Batman #22, Absolute Superman #21 and Absolute Wonder WOman #22 which will be given to comic book store owners, managers and employees attending the Lunar Distribution event at the show. Jim[...]

Scott Snyder posts to social media, "B/c the Knicks won, a quick peek at the inks of our July Harley issue :) Absolute Batman 22 – art by the great Werther Dell'Edera." Now I don't know what Knicks are, they sound rather painful, and I guess it must be a sport of some sort, but[...]

Absolute Catwoman #1 by Che Grayson, Scott Snyder and Bengal published today by DC Comics is the first actual spinoff series from Absolute Batman Featuring Selina Kyle, who ran with Bruce Wayne in Crime Alley back when they were kids Who became his girlfriend And then… vanished, only to return more recently as the Absolute[...]

Bleeding Cool was very careful to use spoiler warnings, spoiler space and basically spoiler-everything for tomorrow's Absolute Catwoman #1 But DC Comics seems to think that's not necessary and throw caution to the wind, announcing the spinoff of a spinoff with Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow's Hand #1, written by Che Grayson with art by[...]

Absolute Batman has brought a lot of new comic book readers to the scene Absolute Batman #20 just sold over half a million copies to retailers, and despite Milton Griepp's claims over at ICV2, that is not mostly retailer-exclusive variants I did the stats when it was only getting around 330,000 copies, and even though[...]

And joined by new cover hits featuring Spawn, Deadman, Absolute Batman, an all-out brawl between Megatron and Optimus Prime, He-Man And The Masters of the Universe, alongside leaks from the Man Of Tomorrow set This week's Top Ten… all courtesy of Covrprice, with a Bleeding Cool tag to keep up with previous editions. Escape From New York Tops Official Top[...]

Scott Snyder posts the following tease for Absolute Batman #21 "I love moments like these by Nick and Frank and so much From Absolute Batman 21 – out next week" When challenged by a reader, saying, "As an engineer, Bruce should be pummeling the contractor for his own OSHA violation of not being tied off[...]

Last year, Bleeding Cool reported that Absolute Batman #14 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta from DC Comics had orders approaching 200,000 from comic book retailers through the direct market But that Absolute Batman #15, drawn by Jock, and featuring the origin and monstrous form of the Absolute Joker, had nearly 300,000 pre-orders[...]

It's becoming one of the most homaged covers of late, Absolute Batman #1 by Nick Dragotta An instant way to get some eyes on your comic by riffing with your own character And in Robocat's case, renaming the comic Absolute Robocat, just for that cover… Mathias Fourrier, also known as Jim Dandy, is a fifty-year-old comic[...]

Absolute Catwoman #1 has around sixty variant covers, eight main ones and fifty-two exclusive retailer and creator studio variants… so far that is First, the standard eight variant covers, available to everyone, including cardstock, foil and 1:25 tiered versions… and then all the others… can you find any more out there? #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:[...]

Batman #10 sells two thirds more in comic book stores this week than Amazing Spider-Man #3, a strong start for Deadman #1 in third place beating out Uncanny X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Absolute Batman #20 comes back into the chart, three weeks after it first went on sale, including outselling the new Absolute Green[...]

DC Comics sees Batman #10 top the fifty most anticipated comics of the week for this coming Wednesday, beating out Absolute Green Lantern, and both beating out Amazing Spider-Man and X-Men, though admittedly those two seem to have been rising in anticipation a little of late Deadman has a very strong placement for a new[...]

Nick Barrucci, CEO of Dynamite Entertainment and its sister company Dynamic Forces, has announced they are publishing a retailer- or, in this case, publisher-exclusive variant cover for Absolute Batman #21, with their old friend Jae Lee drawing it And here's what they are changing for it… right now that is. Absolute Batman #21 With Jae Lee $15 – Trade Variant $25 – Trade[...]

Absolute Wonder Woman #20 just beat the Batman #163 H2SH Part One finale and both were far away from the others, as Zatanna #2 still did very well, outselling every other comic book this week, though Doomquest #1 did pretty well too, and Absolute Green Arrow #1 from last week was still in the chart[...]

The finale of Absolute Martian Manhunter #12 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez slipped its on-sale date from the 17th of June to the 24th of June (where it would have been published on the same day as Absolute Superman and Absolute Wonder Woman, and now scheduled for the 1st of July There are also[...]

Last week while I was off to MCM London Comic Con,  Scott Snyder appeared on the Dark Lord Collectors WhatNot channel, with more Absolute Universe knowledge, and not just Absolute Batgirl, or Absolute Clayface But he's not alone in that. We are told to watch for the main standard covers to Absolute Batman #24 and #25[...]

And it was the tale that Persephone tells young Diana on the Isle of Hades a year ago in Absolute Wonder Woman #7 by Kelly Thompson, Mattia De Iulis and Dustin Nguyen. Absolute Wonder Woman #7 by Kelly Thompson, Mattia De Iulis And then Wonder Woman gets to play out her own version in Hades' arena Though[...]

We know Absolute Clayface is coming in Absolute Batman #22, and now we have these Nick Dragotta designs for the character This also tells us a lot about what's going on with this take on the character From which we learn that Absolute Clayface isn't just a shapeshifter who turns into people, he's a sculptor[...]

Previously on the ComicPop Returns live podcast with Scott Snyder, Bleeding Cool reported Scott Snyder telling us that Cassandra Cain is coming to Absolute Batman And yes, there is an Absolute Batgirl coming too, but she may not be called Batgirl Then, on the Dark Lord Collectors WhatNot channel, he dropped more knowledge, saying that[...]

Printwatch is a runaround of the latest second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth printings for comic books in the direct market, with entries since last week's (and Absolute Green Arrow) gathered up, as well as a few that no one has announced yet I would expect a D'Orc #1 sixth printing press release, and the[...]

But rather than Spider-Man and X-Men, he went for the comic industry's current favourite, Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, as it continues to tick up to a half-million print run. Emmy Award-winning Head of Marvel Television and Marvel Animation, previously overseeing Marvel's slate of live-action and animated series for Disney+, he has served[...]

Earlier this year, Bleeding Cool recorded that the highest price Absolute Batman has sold for on eBay was for Absolute Batman #1, a limited second printing, exclusive to Felix Comic Art, featuring Nick Dragotta's designs for the character One, CGC slabbed at 9.8, signed by Scott Snyder and Dragotta, with a sketch on the front, which went[...]

DC Comics sees Absolute Wonder Woman #20 top the fifty most anticipated comics of the week for this coming Wednesday, with the nine-month-late Batman #163 by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee still appealing to so many And it's fascinating to see the unpublished Swamp Thing from 38 years ago still ride so high in this[...]

Absolute Green Arrow #1 destroyed the Bleeding Cool Top 11 Weekly Bestseller List as it sold three times as many copies as Invincible Universe Battle Beast #9 and Amazing Spider-Man #29, and over four times as many copies as Ultimate Impact Reborn #1 and Absolute Flash #15 Five for DC, four for Marvel, two for[...]

and Absolute Batman Vs Absolute Batman Okay, it's Absolute Clayface But still… BATMAN: BAD SEEDS – SUNSET #1 $5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock) On Sale: 8/26/26 Writer: MATT FRACTION and G WILLOW WILSON Artist: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and CLIFF RATHBURN Cover Artist: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and CLIFF RATHBURN Gotham City's new mayor, Pamela Isley, deserted by her[...]

As other Absolute titles slip their schedules a little at DC Comics, with Scott Snyder ascribing blame to printers reaching maximum capacity, two more join their number. The next issue of Absolute Superman #20 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval, with its [REDACTED] solicits, will now have an on-sale date of the 24th of June rather than the 3rd of June. And[...]

battle… and now that his power boost has been seen by the others… New Titans #35 by Tate Brombal, Sami Basri, Vicente Cifuentes Not the only one going through something similar as Jon Kent of the present sees something in his younger self he never saw before… Superman Unlimited #13 by Dan Slott, Lucas Meyer How long will Cyborg[...]

Absolute Flash #15 by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles is published today by DC Comics Although it more seems to be concerned with the futuire, of both Absolute Flash and the Absolute Universe as a whole. Absolute Flash #15 by Jeff Lemire, Nick Robles As Wally West is attacked by a rather dark force, and turns rather[...]

Tomorrow, expect a lot of the comic book internet to be complaining about Absolute Green Arrow #1 (the one that has just got 300,000 pre-orders and a second printing), saying the superhero comic books that do left-wing politics simply don't sell well and are destroying the industry And even those who might in some circumstances[...]

Absolute Batman continues to dominate the market with killer variants featuring limited runs, glow-in-the-dark, new characters, and up-and-coming artists Barbaric gets the Netflix treatment, Darth Maul continues to crush it on two fronts, while Something Is Killing The Children drew "renewed" interest And Ben 10 hype officially begins as he rounds out this week's Top[...]