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>”No more darkness.”
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Oh shit man.
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>>153238523
A whole crowd is there seeing it, anon. He really is dead.
>>153238528
Already best villain.
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And that's it. If you liked this, support your LCS or whatever.
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I get that Bruce is going through it at the moment but his pretty muted response to Waylon still felt off to me.
This version of Deathstroke seems fun.
>>153238744
He was barely involved, saw this coming. I thought Bruce's mom would die first though admittedly.
I guess this universe's Batgirl will be at odds with Batman too then.
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>>153238880
>I get that Bruce is going through it at the moment but his pretty muted response to Waylon still felt off to me.
to be fair, isn't that the point? this arc seems to be doing a lot of setting up Bruce as sort of losing "himself" with everything going on. even the ending of the Poison Ivy arc suggested that Bruce was going to try to be something "different" to deal with everything.
i'm sure the end of the arc will have Bruce singing kumbaya with his friends as he chooses to let them into his life more and the power of friendship unironically defeats Scarecrow somehow
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CRIME ALLEY 4 LIFE. So my guess is Bruce's friends will step up by the end of this. He certainly needs more allies with Gordon out of the picture. A fear gas induced delusion would have been the obvious move but unless this is some mass delusion event it's looking real.
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>and I'm unsure how it will help fight crime
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>>153238593
The suits in question:
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>>153239471
Fair point
>>153239773
>Attack on Titan opening
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>>153239827
>Slade rigged the suits to blow in case they are ever compromisedor disobedient
>Jason gets trapped in the mech and it's about to blow but Batman saves him by beating it open with a crowbar
>Jason then defects and joins the RHG
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>>153240059
>You see those two guys down there?
>They fucked your wife. Double teamed her. Go kill them.
Absolute scarecrow is a commentary on the psychosexual fears of being an incompetent lover cause weird cuckold fantasies and are the motivation behind hate or something
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This double page spread.
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I feel like the arc name gives away the plan of the story. Not only is a scarecrow a "straw man" but its also the fallacy at work, setting up Batman to be the straw man for all of Gotham's problems through manipulation. The plot is basically going to be Scarecrow setting him up enough to ruin his life and public image.
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>>153241163
I thought it was based on J. Robert Oppenheimer as a meta gag.
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>>153238497
So Jack Grimm is behind Batman's origin? Probably didn't go as planned so he sent Bane to "shape" him into whatever he originally intended Batman to be. That also didn't work and now we have Project Robin. I think it makes sense that Batman and Jack haven't met yet, Snyder wants to lay the groundwork before a big payoff.
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>>153238441
This is a fun way to hide the Bat-Nasty. Also looks like all of Harley's gang know who Batman is with how often they have to help him strip out of the shit but I guess since he's just some guy in this universe it's not that big a deal.
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>>153238744
Eh I think the most interesting thing about this Gordon wasn't his own character but what he brought out of Batman. I was kind of looking forward to seeing what a Gordon who knows who Batman is would be like and the way their interactions kind of brought out how young this Bruce is.
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>>153239850
Harley and her crew are already balls deep in the shit going on in Gotham and the rest. I assume that means he thinks can't make things too much worse for them by using their help. Which may end up backfiring on him depending on how deep into this shunning everyone away arc he goes.
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>Slade is Dick's mentor
>Joker is Jason's legal guardian
>Batman was an inside job
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>>153241493
They aren't fighting just Batman, they have to have the image of fighting other "bad guys". Grimm isn't in league with all the gangs, it's possible that we're gonna see some weird triple faction of Batman's group vs Joker's group vs Falcone etc
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>>153243288
White Knight Part 2
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>>153238453
>get kidnapped by Evilcorp and turned into a Resident Evil alligator Manster
>fight Bane twice
>fight hunger and desire to eat people
>magically get given quasi-cure that turns you from croc manster to croc man
>meet up Bruce and ask him how you can help him next
A friend like Waylon, man. That's worth more than mainline Bruce's entire fortune.
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>>153238465
>Jack Grimm IV
>>153238584
>Jack Grimm V
So which one is Joker supposed to be going by now?
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>>153238381
74 variant covers, but just 3 open to order, 1 incentiver and the rest are retailer exclusives.
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The site works better now
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Main Cover
Absolute Batman #19 Cover B Ben Oliver Variant
Absolute Batman #19 Cover C Nick Dragotta Variant
Absolute Batman #19 Cover D Liam Sharp Variant
Absolute Batman #19 Cover E 1:25 Ariel Olivetti Variant
>A TRAGIC LOSS ROCKS GOTHAM CITY! As the dust settles in the city of Gotham after the loss of [redacted], Robins enter the scene ready to hunt and more than one secret will be revealed in this seminal issue.
>SCARECROW'S REIGN OF TERROR CONTINUES! Friends become enemies.
>Enemies become friends. Final forms are revealed, and Scarecrow's reign of terror threatens to upend everything.
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https://aiptcomics.com/2026/04/15/dc-absolute-batman-19-covers-designs /
>DC Comics made waves last week with the unredacted reveal of Absolute Batman #19, and today we’ve got even more looks at the story via variant covers.
>But wait, there’s more. We’ve also got a look at Nick Dragotta’s design sheet for the Robins!
>DC releases even more 'Absolute Batman' #19 covers with THAT character(s)
>Interestingly, the motorcycles appear to convert into mech suits for each of the Robin’s, save for two with much larger mechs.
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Why did they stop making the logo underneath the axe head yellow?
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>>153245710
I like the use of Scarecrow in a lot of these. Especially in the second row far left and third from the left with Scarecrow wielding Batman's Bat-Axe. It's got some narrative implications that I'm not sure will actually be in the run but are still interesting.
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>>153246085
Yeah, that is the best one, I also like the skullface, judas, puppet, boogeyman that scarecrow got.
>Big Time Collectable’s Dexter Soja Variant
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How do you feel about Absolute Twoface?
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>>153240439
THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
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>>153248020
I wasn't too fond of the first arc, but it wasn't terrible. It kept getting better, but this was just tedious. The rest of the line isn't worth following just to read this one book. Thankfully, based on an interview, they said they're nearing the end of the second act. So there's not too much left.
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Waylon is a true bro and Bruce does not deserve him
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>>153247455
I'm happy DC has the multimedia stuff down pat again. Movies are alright, comics are alright, the games aren't but the new Lego Batman seems cool.
I wonder if Absolute is big enough to get a Lego set or two
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I am wondering why you would mind-control/fear gas someone into killing their friend before crashing a plane into both of them.
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Absolute Jason...
Absolute Steph...
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So will slade mollest steph or will duke seduce slade
Steph is blonde like terra but duke has a yellow costume
Who knows maybe slade lost his asshole in the war and uses a prosthethic to strenghten the loyalty of duke
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>>153246942
Shut up, motorcyle suits kick ass
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I guess they have only one wheel or else it would be too much like MOSPEADA.
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So what's the /co/nsensus on the Absolute Robins so far?
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>>153245537
OH Fuck, Broly discovered Absolute Batman.
And he is now teaming with Bat Bane
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There's definitely inspiration taken from Metal Gear for Deathstroke and Alfred.
My guess is it's a parallel to Big Boss and Ocelot. They were probably mercenaries together, but Slade was mutilated and left to die. Grimm rescued him and gave him his cybernetics, and now Slade is unwillingly in debt to him
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It's not a fake out.
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>>153251081
It is pretty fast but I get it. His enemies keep escalating in power and the ways they can destroy his friends further. Bruce almost lost them once, he couldn't handle another death. With Gordon dead, he's gonna feel even more justified.
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>>153252188
Steph looks amazing, and Dick is the best looking one there. I'm happy Duke got in since I know Scott wanted to do more with him. It's nice to see Jason and Todd around but I wonder what they'll add to the dynamics. Is Jason the himbo and Tim the typical nerd?
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Selina's life still weighs on him, no? Since he helped her steal from Falcone and now she's some thief for hire.
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>>153253729So The Joker created Batman because he found out in Absolute Evil everything is preordained and has a law of "order" to it, hated that discovery, and created his own "chaos." Batman.
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>>153254276
If I had to guess, he didn't want to turn him into Batman but had something to do with his dad dying. Maybe he wanted to steal Bruce by turning him into an orphan? Maybe Cool was a test grounds? Maybe revenge for his dad protesting in the past?
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>>153248309
The paramount merger will still be a mess, but DC is absolutely has the opportunity to overtake Marvel in the public consciousness given that Disney has just gutted their staff on basically everything involving marvel.
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>>153253621
Scarecrow is Skull Face without the boots and the Deathstroke suit has a fishnet grid in the ribs just like a Taimanin outfit.
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>>153254276
Anon. Snyder spoiled it in an interview that Scarecrow and Joker are just fucking with Bruce by making him think his entire life has been perfectly mapped out by them. Also everything Joker shared in Absolute Evil was information he learned a couple years earlier when Bruce would already be twenty.
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>>153254509
>editorial changes
>Breevort still there
It's always the good ones they keep away. It pains me to see Marvel like this since the X-Men are still my number 1 series from Claremont's era alone, and old Spiderman is magical. The only series I was pulling from them was UXM and now that's done. Was never much for the big company wars since I love to read something from almost all the publishers but it's dire. If the Paramount deal fucks up the Absolute line, I'm gonna be protesting the fuck out of the company's offices.
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That giraffe is up to something.
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shit
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Weaponizing his Robins like never before. Also I thought for sure the pink guy was a midget or dwarf. Felt like having a party dwarf was just the kind of weird thing this Blackmask would be up to.
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>>153255652
Love the energy of this guy. Would genuinely like to see more of something this stupid played this straight.
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It cracks me up that Dexter just outright drew his version of Jason instead of his actual design
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>>153247350
This looks better imo
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He looks like something the Trigun author would come up with.
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>>153255652
This is it. The winner of all future OPT threads. The "read it without context" moment of this year
What in the everloving fuck, this was great
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>>153257526
This is Absolute, not the main universe, Bruce is already only slightly older than the oldest Robin here, the ages probably aren't the same.
To me, he looks basically how Damian looks in the main canon, and we already know he isn't showing up.
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>>153246975
Most of the variatn for retailer shop have plenty Ivy this and previous issue too.
>>153247350
I love his design.
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>>153257918
He's probably joking about this, but I think Jason is safe.
https://twitter.com/Ssnyder1835/status/2044868535176802646
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>>153258043
I really doubt they're going to matter as characters. I think the names are just a reference more than anything. Likely to be blown up by Joker or Slade while fighting Batman and used to try and make Batman look worse in Gotham's eyes.
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>>153259094
I'm not too in the DC mines (I just started with Absolute) but wasn't there some comic where Bruce let The Penguin or somebody else work as some neutral party who would feed him information sometimes? I could see Absolute handle Bruce's friends in a similar way: they're gonna do what they have to do but are willing to help him if ever JK gets in the way
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>>153257466
The gun crutches are kind of ridiculous, even in this setting, but I think it does make sense for him to want some kind of protection at all times.
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>>153257654
The Ivy variant covers are probably just left over variants that weren't used for the last one that were sold to shops desperate to get in on the exclusive cash grab. We're up to 86 variants now for #19 according to key collector.
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Sex with absolute steph
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>>153259537
It sort of makes sense since his bones got turned to dust. The brace system and the way they can steady him for that tommy gun pose is pretty fun
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>>153259886
I want to see how ridiculous they'll go with him. Like is he just going to be a crippled tank dwarf firing off entire arsenals on people. Or is he going to be a crippled dwarf firing while jolting around using the momentum of his guns to move.
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Is Tim 7?
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Snyder said his look will evolve over time. I hope he gets a bird mask
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>>153260625
The internet is fast
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>>153261261
Snyder already said he aged Dick up because Babs was aged up. So I imagine they will pair off again. I'd rather see him with someone new though. Rose Wilson, Cass Cain, Zatanna, and so on. I do think Dick is going to die though. I think he will be the first to tun against Joker but then die helping Bruce and the other Robins will see it and then eventually turn as well. I don't think there will be any Absolute Titans related stuff.
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I can already tell he's going to be as great as Bane was.
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My theory is that Scarecrow is a disposable artificial agent, something grown in a lab and sewn together. He's probably has Scarecrow clones across the planet doing errands. Might also be using the crows that follow him to see too
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>>153261261
Probably another rape for shock value
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>>153260811
Ozzie confirmed for betraying the others and being reconstructed as Absolute Owlman?
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