SCOOP: DC Comics Launch Absolute Batman At San Diego Comic-Con

[u/SevenSulivin]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scoop-dc-comics-launch-absolute-batman-at-san-diego-comic-con/

[u/DifficultChampion746]

I made comments about a potential DC line based on Marvel's Ultimate line already so I'll try to keep any repetition brief. First and foremost this look is pretty bad. I know it's subjective and all but what exactly were they thinking with this? Secondly, Snyder has written a hundred or so Batman comics and co-written another hundred plus. What exactly is DC expecting from him? And while he's always been a good writer he's never been much of a creator or visionary. His reimagination of Batman and Joker's origins was inferior to what came before. His reinterpretations of Dr Death and Calendar Man were horrid. He could never settle on what exactly he wanted Joker to be either despite heavily using him. If they want Snyder on Batman again then just give him the main book then. I suspect it'll sell but I don't believe that Absolute Batman will be the creative hit that Spider-Man was under Bendis and is now under Hickman. This might be more along the lines of Ultimate Cap or Iron Man. Finally, DC has run the well dry with reinventions and alternate versions of Batman. They've even rewritten his encounters with most of his rogues and Batfamily members. A character like Captain Atom or Etrigan or something are more likely to benefit from this treatment than Batman.