Our first look at Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta and what it means for the Absolute Universe with the superhero as underdog
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The newAbsolute Batmanis a very different Batman . Still Bruce Wayne , but a very different Bruce Wayne with a different lifespan . As a comic book , it has a very different look . And I have your first feeling inside the page of the ashcan coming to comic book retailer exhibiting at San Diego Comic - Con .
ArtistNick Dragottadraws on the manga influences that make his workplace so identifiable , with a strong kinetic feel on the page , mirror in this unexampled look for this Batman . I am expecting someone at some point to ask , " how can someone so big move so tight ? "
With a suit of zips , batons , bait and cape , which become a hired man - to - hand weapon from gore to panel , even working as prosthetic limbs . And a massive Batman , with spikes and stitch , from the ground up .
This is Batman as underdog . Batman as warrior . That’sAbsolute Batman , the new ongoing series byScott SnyderandNick Dragotta . But it ’s also a reflection of the Absolute Universe persistence as a whole . Where Superman , Wonder Woman and the rest are underdog , struggle for their selection as well as everything else , because the globe they live in is a unlike one . And far nearer to now .
How would the macrocosm now react to a new Batman ? A Superman ? A Wonder Woman ? Would they be as welcoming ? Would their fanbase be toxic ? What would people even believe .
The superhero as underdog . Welcome to DC Comics’Absolute Universe , launch with theAbsolute Batman Ashcanat San Diego Comic - Con and then in all comic Word of God fund in October withDC All - In#1 andAbsolute Batman#1 . I get the feeling that DC Comics could well own SDCC this year at this rate .
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