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Absolute Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta was launched in 2024 to much acclaim and high sales, topping the chart with around 150,000 orders from comic book stores It has now gone to ten printings, with orders for the most receent issues at 200,000 and then 300,000 for the Absolute Joker origin issue[...]

Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers, spoilers… today sees the DC Comics publication of Absolute Batman #15 by Scott Snyder and Jock, although as is evidenced, plenty of comic book stores last week just said "screw it" and started selling it anyway, such was the demand It will be the best-selling comic of the week, no doubt[...]

Absolute Batman #15 by Scott Snyder and Jock is published next Wednesday from DC Comics However, with 300,000 copies ordered by comic book stores, a number have already arrived in some stores, and a few have been selling them, the naughty scamps Which is how not only does Bleeding Cool have the preview for the[...]

After repeated fan inquiries about its absence from the Comic Hub data, and subsequently our Weekly Bestseller List, Bleeding Cool has done some digging and it's our understanding that Absolute Batman #14 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta had orders approaching 200,000 from comic book retailers through the direct market of comic shops, which would certainly land it on top[...]

Prime Video's upcoming animated adaptation of writer Scott Snyder and artist Jock's Image Comics comic book series Wytches is one of those projects that's been on our radar since it was first announced Since that time, series showrunner Snyder has been keeping us updated on how things have been progressing via social media, podcasts, and his[...]

[REDACTED] #1 Writer: SCOTT SNYDER and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Artist: DUSTIN NGUYEN DC K.O All Fight Month, round 8 of 8! Welcome to the most ruthless fight in all of DC K.O This one is personal! $4.99 US | 30 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock) On Sale: 12/24/25 Then DC revealed it all. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:[...]

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[...]