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The Absolute Universe has been nothing short of a phenomenal hit for DC Comics, and while it has thus far focused upon DC characters in individual books, that is set to change with the release of ...
The Absolute Black Mask is a brutal, intimidating force of nature in this universe's Gotham City, and his showdown with Batman over the course of the first few issues was a perfect way for writer ...
The Absolute Universe Is Clearly a Separate Universe The biggest issue with the New 52 was inherent in the concept, as it erased what was, at that point, over two decades' worth of continuity.
Despite the misfortune of Earth One’s end, the multiverse is still essential to DC, as the new ongoing and highly popular alternate continuity of DC’s Absolute Universe shows. Like DC Earth One, ...
The Absolute Universe, by comparison, is a completely clean break focused on a handful of ongoing series. It doesn’t hurt that the line features some major names.
Back in October 2023, I scooped the existence of what would later called the Absolute Universe line, naming it in April this year as part of DC All-In. Now, courtesy of all manner of leaks, this ...
The Absolute Universe is Earth Alpha, first referenced in Dark Knights: Death Metal #7 in 2021. The Elseworld, or Earth Alpha, links to the Great Darkness and the imprisonment of Darkseid by the ...
DC's Absolute Universe skews darker than the mainstream DCU. We're seeing that across all of the comics that have been published in the range so far, with Bruce Wayne growing up without his ...
Absolute Batman #5 appears to consciously call back to that moment. Bruce has accepted Black Mask's offer of selling out for the princely sum of $200m, but rather than use the money to shore up ...