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The true rulers of this world have one message for you: Abandon all hope." Scott Snyder, architect of so much of this line and writer of Absolute Batman, described Jason Aaron as essentially the co-architect of the Absolute Universe Aaron will be writing the event with input from the other Absolute writers on their respective[...]

Abandon all hope." Scott Snyder says Absolute Justice will explore the deeper Absolute lore and describes Jason Aaron as essentially the co-architect of the Absolute Universe "If everything is tipped against us, I guess we have to fight" Find more Bleeding Cool NYCC coverage right here. Absolute Justice By Jason Aaron & Juan Ferreyra At the ComicsPRO retailer[...]

Just shown off at New York Comic Con by DC Comics, at the Absolute Universe Panel, with Scott Snyder, some sneak peeks at Absolute Batman #25, without saying anything else… Find more Bleeding Cool NYCC coverage right here. Absolute Batman #25 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta Absolute Batman #25 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta   Absolute Batman[...]

Scott Snyder says Absolute Justice will explore the deeper Absolute lore and describes Jason Aaron as essentially the co-architect of the Absolute Universe "If everything is tipped against us, I guess we have to fight" Find more Bleeding Cool NYCC coverage right here. A trailer told us ,"From the darkness, a new world of heroes rose[...]

Previously, I reported on Absolute Batman #26 that Scott Snyder said, "is going to be with a special artist I don't know if it's announced yet, but a good friend and somebody who I love and is perfect for this one It's a Barbara Gordon-centric issue, almost like a Barbara Gordon: Year One", that it[...]

Scott Snyder has a cleaner thesis for Absolute Batman than the sales charts that Bleeding Cool naturally obsesses itself with Mainline DC Comics Bruce Wayne as Batman is a myth about the one person who can do it alone It's a conservative fantasy, with roots in detective and cowboy pulp fiction in the nineteenth century,[...]

#5 by Joshua Williamson and Wes Craig Talking to Sasha on the Casually Comics podcast, Scott Snyder had "prematurely mentioned" the event before it was cleared and says that he got in trouble for it "It is not officially announced when it is, and I won't say when it is, but it's known now we're going[...]

Scott Snyder wrote or co-wrote six of them Superman/Spider-Man ruled the roost, but Absolute Batman #20 sold more than Spider-Man/Superman from Marvel Marvel placed two books against DC's eight, five of which were Absolute Batman, but Daredevil blind bag launches made it in when others didn't, and that series has continued to top Marvel's charts[...]

Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta has been selling at levels never considered possible for the title: almost 200,000, then over 200,000, then over 300,000, and up to 500,000, including retailer-exclusive variant covers that no other comic book series has come close to matching So much so that Scott Snyder said of Absolute[...]

Last week's best-selling Absolute Batman #24 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is the Scarecrow climax Absolute Batman #25 lands at the end of October (unless it slips into November) as an oversized finale for the current arc And then the monthly comic goes quiet for the winter On the Casually Comics podcast with Sasha,[...]

If you had all those copies, which would have cost you a million dollars, cover price (a quarter of a million, wholesale), and got them all graded at 9.9, it would now be worth almost two billion dollars… Created by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta in 2024, with a series of scoops by Bleeding Cool going[...]

Absolute Batman #24 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta is published this Wednesday, promising a new look at Barbara Gordon as The Bat. #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 */ Absolute Batman #24 Absolute Batman #24 Absolute Batman #24 I'm going to say this now,[...]

With the first page of each of the two eight-page comics that make up Batman Of Two Worlds, which DC will probably preview in the run-up anyway, pitched as the DC Batman by Matt Fraction and Javi Fernández and the Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Derington, taking on the same problem. Batman of Two[...]

But what else? The next day brings Absolute, where Scott Snyder is bound to let something slip; he's the Tom Holland of DC Comics… and we have heard some of what is coming for Absolute Batman #26, #27 and #26 recently… Absolute Batman by Jock DC's Absolute Universe Fri, Oct 9, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM North-Room[...]

In his most recent Substack newsletter, Scott Snyder discussed changes to upcoming issues of Absolute Batman, as well as why he won't be attending Fan Expo Dallas this weekend After managing expectations for exactly which month Absolute Batman #25 will come out in (currently scheduled for the last week of October) "I know I was[...]

Yesterday, I exclusively (for now) ran a discussion between its writers Matt Fraction and Scott Snyder, and now we have some more that's been posted more widely. Scott Snyder: What makes him so cool and lasting, I think, is that he's just a story about a boy who overcomes tremendous trauma as motivation not to[...]

Two eight-page stories, with the standard DC Comics Batman and the Absolute Batman tackling the same problem from their different perspectives, for $2.99… Batman of Two Worlds: Batman: Short Cuts by Matt Fraction and Javi Fernández Batman of Two Worlds #1 One-Shot Batman by writer Matt Fraction and artist Javi Fernández, with colors by Tomeu Morey and letters[...]

I did mention an earlier beef with Scott Snyder from 2012, and that others asked why Rob Liefeld had done a Batman: The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween cover last year I mentioned how Alan Moore once said that one of the greatest superpowers a creator has is the ability to say no And to[...]

DC Comics November 2026 solicits and solicitations sees Batman #15 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez gets deadly, Justice League Unlimited #25 gets oversized, Gangs of Gotham #1 by Christopher Cantwell and Mike Henderson tap into Bad Seeds, and DC Comics is again compiling a Naughty List in time for Christmas… Absolute Superman #25, the oversize[...]

A 9.8 graded cover of that ashcan, signed by both Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, also went for $12,000. Whatnot photo The most ever paid for an Absolute Batman comic was $18,000 for a blank sketch cover of Absolute Batman #18, which Dan Quinatana then painted a unique cover for But that's not the kind of comic[...]

But Rob Liefeld isn't doing that these days, either. Some thought that this was part of an earlier beef with Scott Snyder from 2012 Others asked why Rob Liefeld had allowed Jim Rugg to do an Absolute Batman homage on the Youngblood #1 retailer-exclusive cover for Third Eye Comics, and whether this was hypocritical As well[...]

Yesterday, alongside a lot of context, I pointed out that today's Absolute Batman #23 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta looked like it may be going down the Death In The Family route The classic Batman storyline that saw the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin, after being beaten by The Joker, and then[...]

They flipped it, with multiple copies selling for $40 to $50, or signed by Matt Fraction and Scott Snyder for $100. Batman Of Two Worlds on eBay As for the $3 comic itself, a CGC 9.8 graded copy, which will be signed by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin and Javier Fernandez, was pre-sold on eBay for[...]

This week sees the publication of Absolute Batman #23 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta It is the biggest-selling comic in the direct market of comic book stores by far, even if Rob Liefeld refuses to draw a cover for it If Absolute Batman were a comic book publisher of its own, it would be[...]

Here's a look at a few months by month, with May 2027 bringing Absolute Wonder Woman Deluxe, the All Star Batman by Scott Snyder: The Complete Series and new Omnibuses for Grant Morrison/Liam Sharp's The Green Lantern, Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld, Wonder Woman: Rebirth: Children of the Gods and more George Perez Wonder Woman as[...]

Though Scott Snyder says that issues 23, 24 and 25 are all like that Indeed, the next issue, Absolute Batman #22, Scott Snyder says, will see Bruce Wayne will hit a low point we really won't expect, with Thomas Wayne, and Scarecrow loves trapping you in your own personal corn maze We will also learn[...]

Scott Snyder and Sanford Greene have just announced Darkseid Vs The World, a new DC All-In one-shot at DC's Metropolis and Beyond panel at San Diego Comic-Con And will set up everything to come for the DC Universe – and Absolute Universe – in 2027 And will be the first in a new series of[...]

It was especially notable that the Absolute Batman Annual won the single issue as a) it wasn't written by Scott Snyder and b) it featured a story about Batman going up against white nationalists in a very violent fashion at a time when that kind of mainstream storytelling was being frowned upon as too political[...]

Batman of Two Worlds is an all-new DC Comics/Absolute crossover written by Matt Fraction and Scott Snyder, and drawn by Javi Fernandez and Nick Derington, each taking their version of Batman and seeing how he addresses the same thorny issue, to highlight the differences between the two Batmen and their worlds And while they will[...]

So we have had Dropgate, we have had Covergate, and now we have… well, how about CompGate? We haven't had that one for quite some time. Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder receives a certain number of complimentary copies of each copy of Absolute Batman that DC Comics publishes Which means he also gets copies of every[...]