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Writer Scott Snyder says that the comic has received more orders from comic book retailers than the original Absolute Batman #1 first printing did, which is the kind of thing that is unheard of "I still don't know how to process any of that", Snyder admits. Here's one way to look at the opening double splash[...]

Talking to the Casually Comics podcast, Scott Snyder shares that a) we will see "Homelander beating the sh-t out of Superman and Superman beating the sh-t out of Homelander" as well as others such as "Annabelle fighting Joker." And it was all Jim Lee's idea. Scott Snyder says, " I was just about to go to[...]

#2 by Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, Javi Fernandez and Xermanico but it is joined in that endeavour by three other tie-in titles with Superman #32 by Joshua Williamson, Eddy Barrows, Justice League Unlimited #13 by Mark Waid, Dan Mora and The Flash #27 by Mark Waid, Christopher Cantwell, Vasco Georgiev. But how do they all tie together? DC K.O[...]

#2, also written by Scott Snyder There's a lot of superheroic tournaments going on in that writer's head, but is it just making text what has always been subtext? And as ever, such battles come down to the first move. Absolute Batman #14 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta Absolute Batman can win any battle as long[...]

We got a preview of Absolute Batman #14 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta below, running through the series so far, before seeing a Venom-infused Absolute Batman go up against Absolute Bane Though frustratingly, the preview didn't show any of the battle Well, you know that Bleeding Cool likes to go beyond the preview when[...]

As seen in the DC Comics February 2026 solicits and solicitations, Absolute Poison Ivy is looking a little different than the DC Prime version in Absolute Batman #17. Absolute Batman #17 Scott Snyder has said, "ABSOLUTE BATMAN 17 & 18, February and March, is a special 2-part story by me & the amazing @EricCanete that has Bruce[...]

Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder answered an Ask Me Anything session on Substack the other night, in which what people really wanted to ask him was all about Absolute Batman From this we have gleaned the following… some of which we already knew and reported, but it's handy to have it all in one place,[...]

#2 (OF 5) (W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Javier Fernandez LET THE GAMES BEGIN! The tournament is in full swing Heroes have fallen Darkseid is near The 32 champions have been chosen, and now they must compete to earn the Heart of Apokolips The first challenge? Battling across a deadly arena to acquire new weapons of war The[...]

On the Heroes Journey podcast, Scott Snyder has been teasing what's ahead for Absolute Batman and his ilk Here are a few bits that drop out if you hold the podcast by its ankles and shake vigorously Shake it out, shake it out… Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's Absolute Batman first overall arc is intended to last thirty-five[...]

The Absolute Batman Ark-M Special #1 one-shot by Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri and Joshua Hixson was originally scheduled for the 3rd of December 2025, but will now slip into 2026, for the 7th of January. Absolute Batman Ark-M Special #1 one-shot by Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri and Joshua Hixson ABSOLUTE BATMAN ARK-M SPECIAL #1 (ONE SHOT) (W) Scott[...]

Scott Snyder has posted plenty on his Substack regarding the upcoming Absolute Universe line, and how he and Nick Dragotta are contracted for three years, but that it's definitely not ending And how he wished that Marvel's Ultimate line wasn't ending But he also talked about how the spirit of the Absolute line would be[...]

Now, during an AMA, Scott Snyder has dropped the other shoe, revealing that Absolute Batman #13 had received orders for just shy of 200,000 This explains the statistic but also demonstrates just how well this comic book – and the Absolute Universe – are doing Scott Snyder said, "When I was on the original Batman run, I was brand[...]

Grant Morrison also promised, "Following the publication of Batman/Deadpool, I plan to dissect the script down to its atomic constituents and explain exactly what makes a comic work, so look out for that!" And when asked if they would ever write an Ultimate on an Absolute comic, they replied, "I heard the Ultimate universe was[...]

#1 (OF 5) by Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez is published by DC Comics today With Darkseid coming to Earth, a Heart of Apokalips already growing within the Earth, waiting to welcome its new master, and crown him the King Omega of Earth, just as he already is of the Absolute Universe. DC K.O[...]

He's going to go public. Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta Lots of people talk back to the TV Not quite as many get listened to And so Batman addressed Gotham. Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta And doing his best Michael Keaton impersonation in the process It's all a bit V For[...]

Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is published by DC Comics tomorrow, with Absolute Catwoman, Selina Kyle, having her big moment with her new costume on, working with Bruce Wayne against both Bane and The Joker. Absolute Batman #13 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta Yeah, she's not leaving right now Because she's also[...]

#1 (OF 4) by Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez is published by DC Comics tomorrow In which the world's superheroes go to war across the planet, to imbue a champion with the Omega energies needed to take on Darkseid as a new King Omega I know, I know, when you write it down… but that will[...]

Scott Snyder previously talked about DC's K.O just being a big fight between characters, for a purpose, but without the ideological lines of a Civil War "So it's almost like the first time that we've gotten to do a big fight event Marvel's done them a bunch You have Avengers vs X-Men, Secret Wars, Civil[...]

#1 (OF 4) by Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez, kicking off their big winter event But what's going on beneath the surface of just getting a bunch of DC Comics characters to knock the living Apokalips out of each other? Well, spoilers going in, but not the biggest of spoilers, mostly what Scott Snyder has[...]

#2 As we have been previously told by Scott Snyder, "When you die in the tournament, you're out You turn into a statue, you're put on a shelf, and you lose You can't become the King Omega" Man, it has not been a good week to be an Oliver Quinn fan, has it? DC's K.O[...]

#1 by Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez, which launches next Wednesday, featuring how the thirty-two DC Comics characters will face off against each other. DC K.O #1 (OF 5) Except it's wrong Bleeding Cool did mention this a month ago, when we said, "while a previous 'placement' version of the DC K.O chart found by Bleeding Cool had[...]

Scott Snyder says on his Substack that to follow the upcoming Absolute Evil one-shot, "we're going to be announcing soon, so I guess I'm spoiling it, but we have an Arkham special, Absolute Arkham It's me and Frank Tieri writing it And it's Josh Hixson of The Deviant and just an unbelievable artist And it's[...]

Ruben posted from Dragon Con the news that Scott Snyder already has an Absolute Zatanna coming to the Absolute Universe in one fashion or another DC Comics discovered a surprising (to them) demand for Zatanna comic books in recent years, and I will say this, Scott Snyder does love a trend And it was not[...]

The Absolute Catwoman makes her first appearance in this week's Absolute Batman #12 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, in costume at least, a retelling of the Batman story in a different world, with more modern sensibilities that as originally created almost a hundred years ago We have seen her before, Selina Kyle, young friend[...]

by Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez DC's K.O And A New 52 Reboot and the ten most popular stories, yesterday DC's K.O Gives Characters Chance For Another New 52 Reboot (Spoilers) Absolute Green Arrow, Up Against Absolute Jeffrey Epstein (Spoilers) Whoopi Goldberg Still Wants To Play Doctor Who But Knows Why She Won't Teen Titans GO! Actor Greg Cipes Fired;[...]

by Scott Snyder and Javier Fernandez is coming The big knock-down fight of the DC Universe, in aid of taking on Darkseid, who is about to destroy everything But is there a way to avoid the fight? It turns out that there may be, but is the price too high? In the first issue of[...]

In his Substack newsletter, Scott Snyder has talked up the upcoming DC K.O event and has told us that, no, it doesn't stand for knockout… "DC K.O., it stands for King Omega, although that's not announced yet Darkseid has become a King Omega in the DC universe right now, or the King Omega, which is the[...]

Here are the full DC Comics October 2025 solicits for the upcoming Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson and Javi Fernandez DC K.O event comic, beginning in October and running through to 2026… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ DC K.O[...]

When we last checked in on how things were looking with Prime Video's animated adaptation of writer Scott Snyder's and artist Jock's Image Comics comic book series Wytches, Snyder shared in his Substack newsletter that "everything is going well." The showrunner continued, "We are in production now We're about to do some voice records So[...]

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[...]