Final week, DC Comics teased out some extra particulars about its upcoming Absolute comics, which goal to reintroduce basic DC characters with new, up to date origins and contexts. Whereas it’s canonically bought one thing to do with Darkseid, the large draw is the brand new seems to be for Batman (beefy!), Superman (lengthy hair!), and Surprise Lady (sword!).
It was the Darkish Knight that raised probably the most eyebrows since most of the time, Bruce has a slimmer construct than the gargantuan mammoth of Absolute Batman. Throughout at the moment’s panel at San Diego Comedian-Con, Snyder shared some new particulars on his and Nick Dragotta’s Absolute Batman comedian due out in October. For those who’re a measurement particular person, Snyder revealed that this model of Bruce is 6’2, 250-pound 20-something taking a stab at crimefighting. And as an alternative of pretending to be a wealthy socialite, he’ll be a metropolis engineer for Gotham. Additionally a French bulldog proprietor!
Snyder wasn’t kidding when he referred to as this a “prime to backside reinvention” of the character. Whereas gentle on plot particulars, he additional revealed the guide’s chief villain (not less than for now) can be Black Masks, and Alfred Pennyworth would be the guide’s POV character. Whereas nonetheless outdated, this Alfred (or moderately, “Penny”) is completely not, and by no means has been, a butler. As an alternative he’s a former MI-6 spy and “outdated guard of empire” who’s not so drained that he can’t accomplice with Batman out within the area.
After Snyder, Jason Aaron spoke about his and Rafa Sandoval’s Absolute Superman. After being approached by Snyder to leap over to DC from Marvel, Aaron determined that he “actually wished” to do the Man of Metal and cooked up a brand new tackle the character. He assured that his purpose wasn’t to alter the hero’s core, however to “take a look at [his] unique ideas and ask what he’d be like if created at the moment.” This new Superman lacks his basic help system of the Kent household, the Fortress of Solitude, and he’s mainly homeless. To Aaron, the Absolute universe’s massive draw is the Trinity being so remoted from one another. “Issues didn’t work out the best way they have been purported to,” he stated. “That’s left Superman a little bit bit remoted, a little bit bit indignant…and kinda horny, in case you ask me.”
Lastly, Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman’s Absolute Surprise Lady will see Diana as “the final Amazon and the primary superhero,” stated Sherman. Of the trio, she’s bought probably the most attention-grabbing look along with her arm tattoos and big-ass sword. Along with being a warrior, she’s additionally a witch actually raised in hell who’s “armed to the tooth. […] She is fireplace beneath.” If that weren’t steel sufficient, her black skeletal horse with wings might seal the deal. The take care of this Diana and what conflicts she’ll be dealing with are nonetheless at the moment underneath wraps.
Together with the Trinity, there’s additionally a fourth Absolute guide on the best way. Come early 2025, Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles will introduce Absolute Flash into the world, although the panel didn’t supply any particulars past its existence:
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