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Well, current creator, Ned Hartley has decided that it's time for Absolute Bananaman He posts " In the Beano this week meet… Absolute Bananaman!" Bananaman in the Beano from Ned Hartley Looking rather like this version from the first issue by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta. Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta It's not the first[...]

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[...]

Today it is Al Ewing Day on Bleeding Cool, with the release of Absolute Green Lantern #1 and All-New Venom #5 and Immortal Thor #22 The one that will probably sell the most and top this week's Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, however, will be Absolute Green Lantern #1 with Jahnoy Lindsay. Absolute Green Lantern #1 by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay   In 2023,[...]

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 Martian Manhunter #1 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodríguez has jumped from the solicited mini-series length of six issues to an ongoing series on DC Comics books, which means at least twelve issues of the new series DC Comics tells retailers that "Absolute Martian Manhunter #2: Now an Ongoing Series! Due to the incredible[...]

In Absolute Wonder Woman, however, he has appeared in a more skeletal form How come? Well Absolute Wonder Woman #6 out today by Kelly Thompson and guest artist Mattia De Iulis reveals all Originally, Pegasus was the child of Poseidon and Medusa, and employed by Zeus Captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon, to defeat the[...]

We mentioned this a couple of times before, but now Bleeding Cool is going to show you what you missed out on Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Denis Camp and Javier Rodriguez if you only read it digitally If you get a chance to pick up Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 in print then please, stop[...]

But it is is far more the focus of Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez, published by DC Comics tomorrow, reinventing the character. Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 As FBI agent John Jones suffers the most remarkable after effects of being in the blast of a bomb left in a coffee shop And seems[...]

Comic book artist Graham Nolan posts regarding the appearance of the new version of Bane appearing in upcoming issues of Absolute Batman, redesigned by Nick Dragotta with Scott Snyder for DC Comics, and Graham is not happy He writes "As the designer /co-creator of Bane…this is a terrible abomination." When asked, "Is it the head?",[...]

And there will also be a Giant-Sized edition. Batman #159 Ashcan by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, a black and white preview to the next issue, which you can dive in straight away after reading #158. Absolute Martian Manhunter by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez The new launch of a new Absolute title from DC, and[...]

Absolute Flash #1 absolutely tops the charts this week, with almost twice as many sales as the big Marvel event books One World Under Doom Marvel takes six in the top ten, including Magik and Psylocke DC gets three with Sonic the Hedgehog and Zatanna And Image gets one with GI Joe[...]

Absolute Batman is big Absolute Bane is even bigger Here's a breakout look at the Absolute DC June 2024 solicits, starting with an even bigger Absolute Bane… …and apparently he knows Alfred So not too different to the DC Prime universe… as Superman heads to Smallville, Wonder Woman enters Theseus' maze,  Wally West is in Central[...]

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[...]

Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers! Absolute Flash #1 by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles is the first of the second wave of Absolute titles from DC Comics to be published, and out today It stars Wally West as the titular Absolute Flash, an army brat stuck in an army camp with only a friendly scientist[...]

Once upon a time, I scooped the existence of what would later be called the Absolute Universe as part of DC All-In That it would launch from DC Comics in October 2024 with Absolute Batman And, a little later, Bleeding Cool announced that Absolute Green Lantern would be written by Al Ewing[...]

At the Absolute Universe panel at New York Comic Con last year, we got confirmation of Bleeding Cool's report back in July that Deniz Camp would be writing Absolute Martian Manhunter for DC Comics and that it would be drawn by Javier Rodriguez and be out in March 2025 Well, that's about nine days away[...]

This week sees the publication of Absolute Batman #6 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, the finale of the first arc, The Zoo, of the series And joining where we left off, the Black Mask has put bounties on everyone in Gotham, just some are more valuable than others. Absolute Batman #6 And everyone can play! While[...]

Absolute Flash #1 by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles is the first of the second wave of Absolute titles from DC Comics to be published (as Bleeding Cool readers will have known about since last June) It is finally out on Wednesday after being officially announced back at last year's San Diego Comic-Con Although some[...]

DC Comics is running off new printings of Absolute Batman #1, #2, #3, Absolute Wonder Woman #1, and Absolute Superman #1, all coming out on Wednesday the 23rd of April. As well as Absolute Batman #2 getting a fourth printing, and Absolute Batman #3 getting a third printing. And, of course, they come with variants… including a Dan[...]

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[...]

Absolute Superman #5 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval is out from DC Comics tomorrow and it looks like it is continuing to tell the familiar tale of Superman in a very unfamiliar way In previous issues, we have seen Kal-El growing up on Krypton with his parents, Jor-El and Lana-El In a Krypton riven[...]

Scott Snyder gave the Comic Watchers YouTube podcast a massive run down about his plans for the Absolute Universe and more We got lots of Absolute Batman plans, some sales figures and hints as to what else was coming, but there was much more besides, including an Absolute Event for the end of 2025[...]

Scott Snyder's Plans For Absolute Batman, Dick Grayson & The Joker 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[...]

Scott Snyder gave the Comic Watchers YouTube podcast a massive run down about his plans and for the Absolute Universe of titles We got some sales figures, hints as to what else is coming as well as a crossover, but there was much more besides. But it is worth remembering that he was never going to do[...]

Scott Snyder gave the Comic Watchers YouTube podcast a massive run down about his plans for the Absolute Universe and more We got some sales figures and hints as to what else was coming, but there was much more besides Both his plans that didn't happen and those that will. Dark Knight Rising: The Wild Hunt "I had[...]

More DC Absolute Comics To Come 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 a further eighteen[...]

When Bleeding Cool was breaking all the Absolute DC Comics, we stated that Pornsak Picketshote and Che Grayson were listed on the creative line-up, but no Absolute line projects were mentioned Until now Scott Snyder told the Comic Watchers YouTube podcast "there are a couple of Absolute books that are still yet to be announced[...]

the FOC was yesterday for Absolute Martian Manhunter And that's the perfect example of a book that you could not get in the main Universe whatsoever But Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez just murdered it." Talking about the Absolute line, he added, "The first three have a similar kind of ethos, but after that, we want[...]

In which we saw the return of Zod ahead of an expected and predicted Zod event… Superman #23 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora Lois Lane's Superwoman getting  glimpse of futures to come… Superman #23 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora And the dangers of Darkseid underlined… Superman #23 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora But also a return to the[...]

Even though DC Comics has been adding the Absolute line to their DC Digital Universe and DC Go lines Absolute Martian Manhunter, written by Deniz Camp and drawn by Javier Rodriguez, may remain a mystery. Deniz Camp is a Turkish-Filipino comics writer who got his first break with a short story published in Mark Millar's Millarworld Annual 2016[...]