what is it about Absolute Batman that you find better than Absolute Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter. I think they're all great, but I want to har from your perspective.
The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. They are the two finest superheroes that the world has ever known...and they're together again in an epic new series from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Dan Mora! In the not-too-distant past, Superman's powers are super-charged from a devastating chemical attack by the villain Metallo...and the only ally t...
THREE-WAY DANCE, ALL-OUT WAR! FISK vs. MR. NEGATIVE vs. MYSTERIO with SPIDER-MAN and his allies caught in the middle! Will the SINISTER SIX destroy New York before they destroy each other?!
SOME WOUNDS NEVER HEAL... Case 01: We Are Wounded--Part III Batman is in the dark now, amid the accumulated devastation and suffering at the root of Wound Man's grotesque reign of terror. Can the Dark Knight bring it all to an end before the twisted killer claims another life? Don't miss the end of We Are Wounded!
BATMAN ON THE HUNT FOR THE MYSTERIOUS WOUND MAN! Case 01: We Are Wounded - Part II As the mysterious Wound Man's body count rises higher and higher, the Dark Knight Detective must descend into the festering depths of Gotham's past to uncover the secret truth at the heart of Wound Man's crimes.
Set during the early years of Batman's career, Batman: Dark Patterns delves into four mysterious cases as he attempts to cement his place as Gotham City's protector while the city itself ?ghts back against him. This is the Dark Knight Detective at his most stripped-down core, a man relying on his wits, his skills, and little else as he tackles some...
What Diana seeks inside the maze seems to elude her at every turn. And asthings unravel around her, she finds herself questioning everything, evenher mission. Meanwhile, in Gateway City, an old obligation has raised itshead…violently!
"But it cries out for your sin... Let it taste more".
Sheesh, this was incredibly tough! Just like this incredible series.
The temptation of everything Diana has ever wanted lies just inside, butalso, untold horrors and no known escape. Diana has entered the maze,and nothing will ever be the same again.
The Tetracide was a much greater threat than Wonder Woman had imagined forher first battle on the surface—but The Tetracide was child’s play compared tonegotiating the complexities and evils of man’s world. The mysterious Area 41and its Black Box Maze will be Diana’s greatest test yet…and what she findsinside will shock you!
WAR RAGES ON IN NEW YORK CITY!
Black Cat enlists Richard Parker's aid in the Sinister Six turf war...and Spider-Man gains a surprising ally!
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TURF WAR IN NEW YORK! THE SINISTER SIX VS. THE TWO SPIDER-MEN!
• All is not well in New York with the Sinister Six at war with each other!
• Fortunately, Spider-Man's not facing this one alone...catch Richard Parker in the BLACK SUIT!
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Diana has escaped The Underworld once before; can she do it again? It’s a momentDiana and Circe have always known would come, but when the time actuallyarrives…the price may be higher than one of them is willing to pay! Plus, part two of“Li’l Diana,” with art by the legendary Dustin Nguyen!
THE SHOCKING ORIGIN OF DIANA'S DEADLY WEAPONS! Diana defied the will of the gods in leaving Hell, and Hades, lord of the underworld, takes that personally...but when he interrogates her, her tales surprise him. Will it change her fate? Kicking off a two-part guest arc from the breakout artist of The Cull, Mattia De Iulis--and featuring a surprising...
A COSMIC THREAT ENCROACHES ON GATEWAY CITY! Wonder Woman has thrown everything she can think of at The Tetracide, and still it pushes forward, devouring Gateway City. With everything on the line, Diana has one big idea left, but in her current state, she has nowhere near the power she needs to pull it off...
DIANA MAKES THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE! The Tetracide is "The Four Killer"...and Diana has done the unthinkable to escape its fatal grasp. The move may have saved her to fight another day, but the price Diana paid is more than she can stand to lose for the fight that's coming. She will need the help of her allies both old and new to recover what she ha...
ENTER: STEVE TREVOR! A Harbinger is but a messenger. It is The Tetracide that you must fear, for The Tetracide leaves nothing behind. Diana's true enemy has been revealed--and it will take everything she has to save Gateway City from oblivion!
THOMPSON & SHERMAN'S RED-HOT REIMAGINING OF WONDER WOMAN UNLEASHES MONSTER MAYHEM! Gateway City has never seen anything like the Harbinger-Prime, the enormous, ravenous monster that has just risen from the depths of the ocean to darken its shores...but the Harbinger has never seen anything like the unstoppable Diana, Princess of the Underworld!
EISNER WINNER KELLY THOMPSON AND BREAKOUT ARTIST HAYDEN SHERMAN REINVENT WONDER WOMAN FROM THE GROUND UP! Without the island paradise...without the sisterhood that shaped her...without a mission of peace...what's left is the Absolute Amazon!
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!
THIS IS INSANE!!!
Bruce Wayne is trapped within the horrors of Ark M as his best friendWaylon Jones endures unimaginable tortures…but what awaits Batman isfar more terrifying than anything either has faced…the true form of Baneis revealed. But it’s how Bane plans to break Batman that will have you,our dear readers, bending over backward.
Wow.
Snyders storytelling is simply thrilling. I love these character variants. The experiments Batman went through? Does he have powers now or will he?
His friendship with Croc resonates with me. The brutality of the experiments are as fascinating as they are soul destroying.
Also, it seems this Batman gets up to mischief with Selina in a way Prime Batman seldom more
Bruce Wayne is trapped within the horrors of Ark M as his best friendWaylon Jones endures unimaginable tortures…but what awaits Batman isfar more terrifying than anything either has faced…the true form of Baneis revealed. But it’s how Bane plans to break Batman that will have you,our dear readers, bending over backward.
Snyders storytelling is simply thrilling. I love these character variants. The experiments Batman went through? Does he have powers now or will he? His friendship with Croc resonates with me. The brutality of the experiments are as fascinating as they are soul destroying. Also, it seems this Batman gets up to mischief with Selina in a way Prime Batman seldom does. I just think the core group of cast is so well done. Enemies in normal continuety, now not only his closest friends...
They are actually in on the Batman gig. I've wanted a fresh Batman take for many years and Synder is delivering every issue. I just find reading it exhilarating in a way that other comics can't replicate. It's Scott Snyder, the dude is just special. That he hasn't been tapped for Holywood proper is insane to me. I'm just glad he's still doing comics at all.
The latest development in saving the derelict and despondent of oursociety is a facility known as Ark M—a fully operational institution thathas played a rather sizeable part, on purpose or not, in the creation ofevil. And it’s active. So when Bruce tries infiltrate it and distill its secrets,a new villain from Gotham City arrives to deal with t...
Batman is in the fight for his life against this icy new threat. But in the end, what terrifying truth will be unearthed about Ark M and…Joker?
THE JOKER AND MR. FREEZE MAKE THEIR ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE DEBUT--STARTING HERE! It's about to get icy cold in Gotham City...as we reveal the connections between a young, up-and-coming scientist named Victor Fries, his history with the Ark M experiment, and what it all has to do with the mysterious Joker. A bombastic two-parter with a guest artist, the ...
Plot
This comic focuses on the origin of Gwen Stacy. She lost her mother at a young age and discovers that her father is part of a cult called MYSTERIO, which firmly believes there are two timelines: one they live in and the other they should live in, but which was altered with a time shift. In other words, they discovered the Maker's time illusion.
The leader of this cult is Quent more
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF MYSTERIO!
Even Kingpin knows little about the criminal in the smoky helmet...but Spider-Man's about to learn more than he bargained for!
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Haven't read a Spider-Man comic this good in decades. Thank god for Jonathan Hickman!
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF MYSTERIO!
Even Kingpin knows little about the criminal in the smoky helmet...but Spider-Man's about to learn more than he bargained for!
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Holy Peak! Great reveals and amazing dialogue.
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF MYSTERIO!
Even Kingpin knows little about the criminal in the smoky helmet...but Spider-Man's about to learn more than he bargained for!
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Yes, absolutely magnificent. This is the kind of tension in a story telling that made Jonathan Hickman the saviour of the Spider-Man universe.
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF MYSTERIO!
Even Kingpin knows little about the criminal in the smoky helmet...but Spider-Man's about to learn more than he bargained for!
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Absolutely stellar.
With the DC Absolute line utterly trouncing Marvel, we need more stories of quality from them.
What a superb twist/reveal.
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF MYSTERIO!
Even Kingpin knows little about the criminal in the smoky helmet...but Spider-Man's about to learn more than he bargained for!
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THE VILTRUMITE WAR CONTINUES! Invincible is stranded on an alien planet, clinging to life, left battered and broken from his battle with Conquest. Nolan and Oliver stay behind to nurse him back to health, but meanwhile, out in space, the war rages on.
THE VILTRUMITE WAR CONTINUES! You all knew it was coming, so might as well get it out of the way early: CONQUEST vs. INVISIBLE - the rematch! This time Invincible won't have Atom Eve to help him, and Conquest won't make the mistake of underestimating him. Can a galaxy-spanning all-out war contain this fight? This issue is not to be missed!
THE VILTRUMITE WAR BEGINS! The entire series has been leading up to this! The pieces are in place, the time to strike is now! It's all out war as the Coalition of Planets finally make its move against the Viltrum Empire--with Invincible stuck in the middle. Things will never be the same after this--and this is INVINCIBLE, so you know we mean it.