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Next week sees Gabriel Walta take over artistic duties for Absolute Batman #4 from Nick Dragotta (and watch for others to do similar in upcoming issues) who will be back for issue 5, as Scott Snyder and Walta out Bruce Wayne in the dock for a very important trial… Absolute Batman #4 by Scott Snyder and[...]

Absolute Superman #3 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval continues to retell the Superman story with some major changes to the familiar mythos We have had Kal-El growing up on Krypton with his parents Jor-El and Lara-El, facing challenges of class, of conscience, of challenging the status quo and being rejected for it There are[...]

Scott Snyder Launching The Absolute Universe and DC All In The first inklings came in October 2023. When Bleeding Cool ran gossip about an upcoming publishing project at DC Comics being spearheaded by Scott Snyder. One that has been compared to Marvel Comics' Ultimate line And in April 2024, we had a name for it, Absolute Comics. Or just Absolute[...]

Today sees the publication of Absolute Wonder Woman #3 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman And in doing so may define the series going forward Absolute Batman and Absolute Superman made major changes to their characters in the first issues, Wonder Woman made more of a change to the circumstances rather than the character, brought[...]

Absolute Batman #3 again absolutely dominates this list, beating out Ultimate Spider-Man, Marvel's best-seller, by a significant margin New Gods makes a strong launch for DC Comics too, beating Marvel's own launches, TVA and Hellverine. GI Joe is still outperforming for Image, as is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for IDW Five for Marvel., three for DC, one[...]

Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta continues to show a different Batman making different choices courtesy of different circumstances A Bruce Wayne without means, while those around him are making megadeals With Harvey Dent looking into such a deal with the redolent phrase "Ark M Fund" JK Holdings stands for the Joker… making private,[...]

In The Power of Shazam!, Ordway introduced Professor Bibbowski, Bibbo's pacifist scientist brother. Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta In today's Absolute Batman #3 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, we meet the Absolute Bibbo, as a sparring partner for Roman Sionis, the Absolute Black Mask Who also describes himself as a pacifist, a[...]

So don't miss out – pre-order now! Haven't teased much from this issue, so here's a sneaky peek!" Unusually, New Gods #2 by Ram V and Evan Cagle from DC Comics is up for the Final Order cut-off before retailers receive the first issue as a result of Christmas/New Year delays. But you can see what Bleeding[...]

Gabriel Walta is drawing Absolute Batman #4 instead of Nick Dragotta, which is a step away for the title As the solicitation asks, "How did he get to this point? How did he push himself? And how did the tragic events of his childhood, and the advice of his father, shape the man who he[...]

In the first issue of Absolute Superman #1, we learned that this Kal-El grew up on Krypton with his family Which meant he went to school there, as a teenager And had to study in the Kryptonian way, as we see in today's Absolute Superman #2. And while children in out schools are being punished (when[...]

A month ago, I wrote an article entitled "DC Wants Justice League Unlimited To Outsell Absolute Wonder Woman", in which I looked at the incentives being offered by DC Comics to comic book retailers ordering both titles to let retailers order excess issues of JLU #1 for a dollar each if they matched their standard[...]

Tomorrow sees the publication of Absolute Wonder Woman #2 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman Now issue 3 is solicited with the words "ENTER! STEVE TREVOR" but it's rather issue 2 that sees him enter properly, as Wonder Woman fights the harbingers of the Tetracide. And it seems that, while Absolute Wonder Woman is new, their[...]

Or at least for a little bit. You might google Himon and recall that he is one of the lesser-used New Gods, mostly used by Kirby in Mister Miracle, but he did pop up in All-In. But you may also realise that The New Gods is the aftermath of the death of Darkseid in DC All-In, and[...]

The DC Comics' February 2025 solicits and solicitations have dropped and that includes the DC Comics Absolute line for February 2025 With Jim Gordon having a relationship with the child Bruce Wayne, Superman meeting the Omega Men teased in the first issue, and Wonder Woman still in battle with the Tetracide… ABSOLUTE BATMAN #5 Written by SCOTT SNYDER[...]

Absolute Batman #2 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is published today by DC Comics And it expands Bruce Wayne's social group, the kids he grew up with as seen in the first issue last month… Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta … and giving us the adult versions of Absolute Penguin, Absolute King Croc, Absolute Two-Face and[...]

We ran a bunch of Absolute Batman #2 spoilers over the weekend, collecting a variety of previews and leaks that DC and others had put out over the last month But there may be a few more teases worth putting out there before the publication of the comic by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta tomorrow. Again, most of[...]

This week sees the publication of Absolute Batman #2 The new Absolute line from DC Comics has been a real shot in the arm of the comic book industry, getting record sales and record sellouts to match Absolute Batman #2 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is the first Absolute comic book to put out[...]

Absolute Batman gave us a Bruce Wayne whose mother was still alive Absolute Wonder Woman gave us a Diana who was brought up in Hell by Circe rather than a Paraside Island And what about Absolute Superman by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval out tomorrow? Previous Bleeding Cool reports revealed a different Krypton, one under[...]

Bleeding Cool previously reported, regarding the upcoming Absolute Superman #1, about its caste system That on Krypton, independent scientific research is illegal and Lara and Jor- are forbidden from engaging in it. Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval This Krypton has a serious class system imposed upon it from the scientific elite over the[...]

Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers/// Three weeks ago, Bleeding Cool ran three spoilers for Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval, out this Wednesday from DC Comics A few days later, DC Comics confirmed one of them, how Absolute Superman is about class and caste systems, firstly on Krypton and then on Earth We also[...]

Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval will be published next week, the third of the initial line-up of Absolute Universe titles from DC Comics that have been launching in 2024 And has been selling rather well, so much is expected of this issue Jason Aaron posted to X, saying, "Next week A[...]

Expect more multiple printings announcements as the standard Absolute Wonder Woman #1 sold copies on eBay yesterday for up to $15 and CGC 9.8 slabbed for $60. Variants were selling for more, with the 1:100 Jim Lee cover selling for $160 raw and a 9.8 CGC slabbed copy for $250. The Jonboy Meyers foil cover for $50, the Sozomaika foil cover for[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool ran three spoilers for Absolute Wonder Woman #1 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman It is published this Wednesday and, thanks to New York Comic Con, there are copies out everywhere Even though you'll probably have to have reserved your copy by now. During which, we mentioned that this version of Diana[...]

At the Absolute Universe panel at New York Comic Con, lots of Absolute nuggets have spilled from the stage Including confirmation of Bleeding Cool's report back in July that Deniz Camp would be writing Absolute Martian Manhunter And telling us that it will be drawn by Javier Rodriguez and be out in March 2025 I[...]

Last week, as Absolute Superman #1 hit its Final Order Cut-Off date or FOC, we ran three very specific spoilers that might make you warm towards the title, as was done for Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman And since then, DC Comics has confirmed two of them in a post-FOC preview. We had said that[...]

DC Comics' January 2025 solicits and solicitations have dropped, and we broke a few of them out earlier, such as Aquaman #1, the return of the Power Company, the Absolute Universe, Batman Hush, Lex "In The City" Luthor, Justice League and The Atom Project and the Fractal Lanterns… and plenty more These and most of[...]

Absolute Batman #4 will see Gabrial Walta draw a guest issue instead of Nick Dragotta in DC Comics' January 2024 solicits, with Scott Snyder telling the "secret origin of Absolute Batman" While Absolute Superman #3 tells the story of Krypton, and Absolute Wonder Woman #4 sees Diana take on the Tetracide… Read the rest of[...]

And that includes ashcans for Absolute Batman #2, Absolute Wonder Woman #1, and Absolute Superman #1, as well as an early release for GI Joe #1 as well. #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 Batman #2 Absolute Batman #2 Absolute Batman #2[...]

Absolute Superman #1 is out in November, but today is its Final Order Cut-Off date or FOC By now, people should be used to ordering large for the Absolute comics, but some always wait till the last minute Well, here are three spoilers that might make you warm towards the title, as was done for[...]

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[...]