Bump if you're reading.
>>150730642ayo wassup my nigga
>>150730639I BET 100$ ON BATMAN LOSIN TO CAROLI DO NOT PLAN PAYING
Feels like they're gonna merge mainline and absolute universes at the end of all thisWhich would be retarded but it's DC
>>150730692Is this the first mention of the Absolute Universe in the mainline?
>>150730828Monkey butt
The lettering is annoying
>>150730836Why does Harley look like she has speedforce hereShe better not win this stupid thing
>>150730819Being a Captain Marvel isn’t easy
>>150730808Is that Black Manta there? Just shooting people preventing them from getting through for pure love of the game?
And that's it. If you liked this, support your LCS or whatever.
>>150730841Joker beating Star Sapphire is going to be even worse than Batman doing it.
>>150730846Fan*
>>150730828What a bad comic. Snyder really thinks he's a great event writer?
Getting tired of Darkseid to be honest, he's being pushed too hard for a guy that always loses. Can Trigon gape him already please
>>150730864It should be Mongul for the fightfaggotry
>>150730675Holy– JOBSIDE IS HERE?!
>>150730843They keep saying king so of course it'll be a woman. Also Synder should never be allowed to write anything but alternate universe stories. The only thing he's done that's good is Absolute Batman.
Why is Dongseid even here, according to that free comic book day special thing he got what he wanted when he left this universe and created the Absolute one?
>>150730841>Connor v HawkmanMakes more sense after Absolute Evil I guess>>150730864Why Trigon, he can barely handle teenagers
>>150730823wtf what are you guys doing here
>>150730778>>150730783Captain Marvel keks…. Was our movie really that bad?
>>150730639I don't like it.
>>150730814Plastic Man, Power Girl, and Guy. The rest of these jobbers can fuck off
Wow another event where it is Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman getting all the focus. What a unique story.
>>150730823Well the Absolute stuff not being involved in dumb events was fun while it lastec
>>150730968Batman just got written out of the event
>>150730675>the heroes OLDEST and GREATEST foesI mean, is he reeaaallly??
>>150730705this is so fucking contrived. whatever joy that may be had of the idea of a Superhero tourney is lost from the beginning
>>150730689ah yes new 52that is where they made Nightwing a shitty and weak character
>>150730788RIP Danger I think, as the first guy to lose the tournament
>>150730788oh hey, they remembered not-hulk
>>150730675Those are some really pitiful looking omega beams for a guy that big
Right so Batman was eliminated but Robin and Red Hood made it through? Right...Oh well, maybe Damian and Jason kill each other and rid us all of their stupidity
>>150730841Predictions. Not who I think deserves to win, but what I think will happen. Early WW upset to show it won't be trinity wank, while Cyborg’s mother box upgrade will be what allows Jobseid to take over.
>>150730985He has his own sub-event within this one called Knightfight where he fights alternate universe Batmen
>>150731037Shouldn't King Shark vs Aquaman be unwinnable for King Shark? I don't get how some of these brackets are even supposed to be fights.
>>150731045They probably won't be standard fights, more like challenges the characters compete against each other in
>>150730716I know editors notes are a fine comics tradition but these ones are pissing me off.
>>150730805>I guess Batman doesnt always winSo! Meta!
>>150730993It's a Scott Snyder event. They always turn into loredump non-sense (even by DC standards). Going into this I was hopeful he had grown out of it, but nope, it's the same stuff as his Metal/No Justice/Justice League/Death Metal.
>>150731058They should really just get rid of them of them and have a page at the back where they can elaborate on whatever they want
>>150731037Solid predictions. I do see Joker beating Jason Todd with a crowbar and then losing to girlboss Harley Quinn. Cyborg is probably the traitor
>>150731057>They probably won't be standard fights, more like challenges the characters compete against each other inThat is absolutely gay as hell if that's what it is.That's what ruined the Marvel tournament event a while back, X of Swords or whatever it was called. People were primed for some fights but instead they got spelling bees and other dumb crap. If you're gonna have a tournament, have a tournament.
>>150731045First off, because everyone is allowed to bring some device, any character aside from lanterns and powersuit users all already have one asspull up their sleeve. While in any normal world, Aquaman would destroy king shark, we live in a world fueled by synergy (hence, Guy as the GL). This is my prediction, not my opinion
>>150731037I agree Cyborg is making it far.That being said, the winner is very obviously going to be Lex Luthor. It fits into it being a Superman event and DC will start pushing Luthor to promote Man of Tomorrow. I've been reading Marvel/DC events for a decade, I can tell.
>>150731065>They should copy the exact thing manga doesKind of funny how it always works out like that.
>>150730788Why didn't Adam Strange just fly? He's literally wearing a jetpack.
>>150730798Does anyone actually *like* Ambush Bug?
>>150730716Why the FUCK is Clark's speech bubble reflected in the window? Is it a physical object?
>>150730814Big Barda, let's gooooooooooo!
>>150731106I think it's supposed to be some pretentious means to have his words echo back to haunt him but it falls really flat and looks like they just copy pasted the word balloon by mistake
Very wordy book. 6/10. Snyder needs to take a break from writing books.
>>150730814Most of these characters I don't like, and the ones I like I'm sure will lose. This is a feel-bad event.
Uhhh what are the absolute characters doing here if they’re not part of the tournament?
I don't like the Metamorpho push of recent years.To me he's always felt like a character that should've never survived past the silver age.
>>150731176Stage hazards?
>>150731185I kind of like Metamorpho but he's got a couple problems built into himOne, he looks extremely goofyTwo, he's one of those characters like Firestorm and Captain Atom who are so versatile and OP they should basically never lose unless the writer outright makes them forget their own powers(Both Metamorpho and Cap. Atom will lose)
>>150731200>(Both Metamorpho and Cap. Atom will lose)Oh, I forgot Firestorm is in the tournament too. He will also lose of course.
>>150731176Going by what happened in Superman recently, the Absolute universe completely falls to Darkseid in the future. That will change probably through mainline trinity meeting the Absolute trinity or whatever
>>150730642Bump
>>150730684Did I miss something, why is Gorilla Grodd one of the most powerful temporal beings in the universe
>Darkseid finally manages to achieve ultimate power and begins to reshape the world>he still losesThis is just Final Crisis again
>>150731225Some retarded shit that happened in some Mark Waid comic nobody cares about>>150731210
It’s gonna be Harley.Goddamn I hate Harleyfags so fucking much holy fuck she has no business being in this at all and her inclusion only makes sense if she’s Darkseid.
>>150730828I just read this and know it will be a greater event than Annihilation Final Crisis or Secret WarsThank you Scott Snyder for this Snyder KINO
>>150731248I don't get why Harley is so popular when she justs ends up doing a Joker tribute act most of the time.
>>150731265>I don't get why Harley is so popularMargot Robbie looked hot in that one movie.That's 100% of the reason why DC pushes her so hard.
>>150731249lol
>>150731265People just want to fuck clowns
>>150730823I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW IT
>>150731248Booster is Darkseid anon
>>150730836>You’ll never guess the final 4
>>150730973Felt the same way with Ultimate Incursion
>>150731176Bane punched them so hard they got sent to another universe
>>150730705>Fight through the ladder>Heart of Apokolips as sub-boss>Absolute Darkseid as final bossThis is just a high-effort design document for a DC fighting game.
>>150730689I am weary of Darkseid wank.>>150730697>We don't need a reboot! Booster Gold has the perfect solution!">"erm....no."Forced plot.
>>150731281That one negro who fucked the sexy Harley cosplayer and the sex Punchline cosplayer in a threesome. I hate him so much bros.
>>150730836Lobo deserves sex with Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn
>>150731037Harley beating both Metamorpho and Barda is so retarded I can see it happening
>>150730985anon they showed all of the “fallen” heroes turning into statues and batman isn’t shown as a statue nor is he truly “written out” this is gonna be another scenario where batman fakes dying to omega bs and they’re gonna reveal the joker and batman are working together
>>150730814This is a fighting game
>>150730926>Why Trigon, he can barely handle teenagersBecause of the animated movie where he gives Darkseid a beating
>>150731608Harley's guaranteed to reach Joker because of story connection, and almost guaranteed to beat Joker by the power of feminism.
>>150731744If Joker beats the shit out of her that'll be great
>>150731608There's clearly "powerups" designed to handwave any actual logic
yep this sure is a Snyder event
Man I hope they give us satisfying tournament fights , like the Budokai Tenkaichi in DBZ.But this is modern DC so I have little to no hope of a satisfying conclusion to the KO event
>>150730841Why's Etrigan just "The Demon"?
>>150730639i just realized that, while i want to know how this ends, i don't care enough to actually read it
>>150730651jesus christ, this writing. no editors allowed. onlyrejected middleschool creative writing in here. fire the letterer too. and the shitty artist that decided the horrible 2nd and 3rd panels were good ideas instead of shitty tangent that makes you do double take. also supermans face is not on model. hands too small. fire the 3rd worlder you paid slave wage to do this.
This was always going to be a dumb mindless fighting event but my hope was that it would at least be FUNBut there's too much goddamn *EXPOSITION* and rules about the "omega energy" in order to make it all work. If I was curious and wanted to check out the completed trade collection from my library in a year's time, its already starting on a weird foot with all the Time Trapper exposition. It needed to be stupider and more toyetic, and just straight up ripoff the Secret Wars/Battleworld gimmick from Marvel.Mongol and Warworld are *right there*The most frustrating thing is that some of these tournament matches won't happen in DC KO but will happen in the tie-ins.And it goes til MARCH 2026. I actually jumped back into DC with All In and I've honestly been enjoying it. I've picked up a handful of books and like them a bunch: JSA, New Gods, Waid's Action Comics, Supergirl, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Nightwing...But this is just hijacking everything and I've got to wait until spring of next year for something else?!Man, its like Metal hijacking Rebirth all over againI'm not new to the Big 2 and capeshit. I'm not surprised... just disappointed.
>>150731829Fundamentally the biggest problem with capeshit is their inability to deliver on the basic premise
>>150731744All would be well in the world if both Joker and Harley lost in the first round
>>150730841Harley beating Metamorpho is assured but I wish it wasn't.
>>150730819No Batman statue.He will come back.
>Joker is losing to Red Hood in the second round>there's no reason for Harley to advance past Zatanna or Barda but she might ... but then she's losing to Red Hood in the 3rd round
>>150731098It's a race, why didn't every speedster and kyptonian win? Was Hal actually there? He could make a jet that's faster than Zod, why didn't he win? Seems like the artist couldn't be bothered drawing that many characters and hack Synder is just fucking handwaving everything.
>>150731344Clark is going to be the Liu Kang in all of this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFZk_JtDW8g
This thread makes me realize that there are a huge swath of you retards who is hating this because you hate Snyder
>>150730692That John looks a lot like the guy who's playing him in live action.
>>150730814Someone at DC was playing MK3 Hard
>>150730728>>150730814Does anyone else dislike when the 'S' on Superman's chest is this huge?
>>150732768Snyder's events are historically very bad though, and this is a very Snyder event
>>150732768Snyder deserves most of the hate he gets. Remember that he wrote Death Metal, the worst event in DC history.
>>150732858*second worst. Gotham War is the actual worst.
Who at DC randomly remembered that Starro exists for this
>>150732685>It's a race, why didn't every speedster and kyptonian win?It's because Snyder's not thinking about any of this in terms of "what would realistically happen based on the established powers and abilities of the characters". Instead he has a predetermined conclusion in mind and is working backwards towards it, using sloppy handwaving to get the outcomes he wants to write.
>>150730814Batman was in the advertised bracket but he gets "killed" so is someone taking up his mantle or does he replace someone here
>>150732907If you look at the picture, you'll see that Batman's nowhere in it and Joker already took his place.
>>150732868Nah, that's Amazon's attack. My god
>>150732885Snyder himself, probably
>>150730849Are we not just getting all the fights in DC KO? I thought this was gonna be like contest of champions I dont want to go through all that extra shit
>>150732885Snyder likes the character, remember Jarro?
>>150732957Some of the fights will be like one page.
>>150732059I expected at least round 1 or something but half the book was godawful exposition I just want to see them punch each other
>>150732925yeah I should have scrolled down. I bet that other anon is right and they worked together to motivate Clark to actually enter the tournament or some shit.
>>150730805Cute Staryu
>>150731225>World Forger, Time Trapper, Grood, Booster GoldALL THE STARS ARE HERE!
>>15073063933 variant covers, well, I will only post the good ones. Just 18.DC K.O. #1 Cover B Jim Lee VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover C Daniel Warren Johnson VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover D Frank Cho VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover E Jae Lee VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover F Mike Del Mundo VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover G Ben Oliver Face-Off VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover H Dan Mora Bracket Wraparound VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover I Mark Spears Darkseid VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover J Javier Fernández Foil Virgin VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover K Dan Mora AEW Cameo VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover L Scott Koblish DC Showcase Wraparound Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Lights Out Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover O Greg Capullo VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover M 1:25 Noobovich VariantDC K.O. #1 Big Time Collectibles Dave Wilkins Glow-in-the-Dark Virgin VariantDC K.O. #1 Big Time Collectibles Dave Wilkins VariantDC K.O. #1 ComicSketchArt NYCC 2025 Clay Mann VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N 1:100 Mark Spears Blind Bag Alternate Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N 1:250 Javier Fernández Blind Bag Alternate Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N 1:500 Jim Lee Blind Bag Alternate Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N 1:1000 Greg Capullo Blind Bag Alternate Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Ben Oliver Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Dan Mora Bracket Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Dan Mora DC / AEW Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Daniel Warren Johnson Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Frank Cho Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Greg Capullo Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Jae Lee Foil VariantCover N Jae Lee Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Javier Fernández Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Jim Lee Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Mark Spears Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Mike Del Mundo Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Noobovich Blind Bag Foil VariantDC K.O. #1 Cover N Scott Koblish Blind Bag Foil Variant
DC still trust in snyder after metal and death metal?
>>150730684Man I am glad I don't read DC events what the fuck is that cosmic tribunal or whatever lmao
>>150733080Why do these variant covers have characters that aren't even in the event?
Captain marvel bros...
>>150733107Their main goal is to get people to buy the book.
>>150730774They should just make it so the Absolute Universe survives and doesn't fall to Dickseid in the end. Don't change anything else.
>>150730774They'll do it eventually, but not yet. Now is too soon.What will come out of KO is simply nothing. It's an event that changes nothing and affects nothing.
I still think Aquaman is going to win this
Why the fuck is Kate Kane Batwoman even in this for fuck's sake
>>150733205That would make too much sense with his current storyline. I expect him to job to King Shark in the dumbest way possible.
>>150730841I think this is most likely. Not who I want to win or who should win based on powerscaling. Personally I want metamorpho to win
>>150733291Captain Atom is going to stomp Power Girl to make his loss against Superman seem less like a foregone conclusion.Also with the reveal that one of the participants is secretly Darkseid I don't think we'll get a Supes/WW finale (otherwise it would seem natural as DC loves trinity wank and one third of it is out).
>>150733287>grab right hand>unhand me>somehow pulled arm out, turned around, wound up and swung the same arm instead of punching with the left why do they get tracing 3rd worlders to make this shit? why doesnt an editor just tell them to fix it?
>>150730841>This is all so we can have Joker and Jason fight and then after that Joker and Harley I hate DC sometimes
>>150732858>>150732868you're both wrongHeroes in Crisis is the worst DC event ever
>>150733128>GAyEW
>Harley wins and somehow gets speedforceFUCKING DAMNIT
>>150733467The BRAPFORCE
>>150730823FUCK OFFIT’S A FUN ELSEWORLDS STOP WITH THE BRAND SYNERGY BULLSHIT
>>150733235Notable enough to get some buyers while being a low level enough player to give someone an easy win
>>150733062Kek
>>150733062I am an Israeli dc writter and i just began reading comics this is a list of my favourite villains and booster gold
>>150733467>plastic man losesNo...my hero...
It’s a Scott Snyder comic alright
I don't like it. I don't like that it's bad and it's bad cause I don't like it.
>>150731030I guess they don't scale
>>150730675Huh. That escalated quickly. >>150730988No respect for Humanite.
>>150730814Starro will win
>>150730814PREASE SECRET YOUR CARACTOR
The title of the event really bugs me a lot. DC KO sounds so glib for the tome of the event they're pushing.
>>150733467Still no Batman statue
>>150730814>Can you guess.Lex, it'll just be Lex. This is a Superman event pretending to be a fighting game event.
>>150733467You weren't expecting to get through this mess without being furious were you?
>>150730814Bro wants to be Invincible so bad
>of all the Flashes to choose they chose geriatric geezer FlashWas it because Barry/Wally would have swept?
>>150730795Okay but why did Batman, Superman and the rest let Harley be part of the tournament instead of capturing her like they did with all the other villains?
>here is your reading order bro>also this is only for the first two months, the event is 6-months long and December alone has eight required reading tie-ins
>>150734654Shit I forgot the image
>>150734680>>150734654Eh, I've seen worse as far as events go.
>>150730746Hmmmm, superman showed Lex leaving nanda parbat, why is he still there? I kinda hate when writers don't keep each other in the loop on things that are going on(it's small but still)
>>150734229The tone of the event reminds me of Metal and not in a good way.>this frankly terrible thing is happening and is genuinely horrific>FUCK YEAH, ROCK AND ROLL BABY LET'S GOThank you, once again, Mr. Snyder.
>>150730823Dumbest setting possible for this crossover.
>>150733467Jay deserves better than this.
>>150734680How the fuck is this shit going to last until March?
>>150734621Flash is on a sidequest tying into this
>>150734930Yeah, it's weird mix. It's both too silly and too serous.
>>150732308He's gonna turn into a noxious gas, Harley will inhale him and then fart him out, defeating him. That's exactly how it'll go.
>>150730705This is more cringe than the blurbs said
This is bad
>>150730788Holy shit, Damage
>>150730946This is Billy, anon. Not Carol. You mean Shazam bros.
>>150730692Bruce wtf is that on your face, go shave
>>150735242canon
>>150730778Billybros...not like this...
>>150732768Snyder hate has been forced by a bunch of particularly autistic anons for like a decade now.
>>150730814I want to see Jay make it to the end.
>>150734680Drag out is certainly right
>>150730814Reminds me of how shit Lex was in Injustice 1
>>150731225Should've read Justice League Unlimited, he became Gorilla God.
>>150730642Isn’t Lobo near Superman level? And Zatanna is somehow holding her own despite not having superhuman speed or strength. I hate when human characters can somehow hold their own against god level beings, it reminds me that I’m reading a comic and this shit is just made up. I know power scalers are cringe, but I think there should be some level of consistency in character’s abilities or else the whole world crumbles and becomes meaningless
>>150730819I guess they liked AXE: Judgement Day, since they're ripping off the "godly entity at the center of the event is the one narrating" gimmick. But Snyder is nowhere near as good a writer as Gillen, so I'm not optimistic.
>>150730823this has me concerned, we havent seen how they fit into all of this. I've had theories but none of that has really played out
>>150730675I think maybe we could have skipped the 2 pages of the heroes playing Batman's crappy boardgame and gotten straight to Kaijuseid.
>>150730823So Darkseid's advent on the absolute universe will be earlier than expected? Thought it would happen in the 31st century. Either that or he's unbound by causality and can just pluck from spacetime and brainwash the Absolute heroes on a whim.
Injustice 3 plotline
>>150730814https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6a7Ku87tRc
>>150731106Probably some 4th wall/5th dimensional thing that we'll come back to later.
>>150730642>>150730639This is retarded, comicbooks aren't fighting manga
>>150730805Oh thank god, Jaro is becoming full Staro again. God, that was so annoying.
>>150730841I guess I'm betting on Wonder Woman being the imposter.
>>150731608Never forget she soloed Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
>>150737315He's probably working together with Batman actually huh
>>150730783This is just extremely bad taste
>>150737291Intergalactic tournaments are not a thing that is exclusively from manga, the trope has existed for decades.
>>150730805getting slimed out this early is crazy, what a bum
>>150730841>harley quinn
>>150734167https://youtu.be/FpjYuU5MWLU?si=phQKcn-E4ce1F1sm
>>150730689>”Give up and start over”>”Create a new timeline for us”How much of this event do you wanna bet was made entirely to wipe the slate clean after Geoff Johns left them with a load of plot holes and loose threads that nobody wanted to pick up
>>150730692Did the Joker glue pubes to Bruce's face for revenge?
>>150737755>The return of all the Golden Age and obscure sidekicks that are bow in the modern age and the retarded Young Justice Society
>>150730716>>150731106Okay, the letterer of this is officially the WORST!
>>150730669Why is there a Greg Land face in panel 2?
The was fucking awful
>>150733140Why's Superman wearing gloves here?
>>150730740>>150730746The fact they can do this kind of BS in one single day means there's never an excuse for a villain running around free ever again.
>>150738008Well, they escaped in the end, didn't they?
>>150730805>>150730841Batwank is bad enough, but Jokerwank is just the absolute worst. Batman defeating Star Saphire I could at least stomach because "muh prep time" and he's wearing power armor, but seeing Joker defeat a Lantern because he's just so CURAZY will be just pathetic.
>>150730697Clever use of space with Batman's dialogue there
>>150732907probs just a marketing twist. should've been someone other than joker though. swapping bats for joker doesn't really mean much
>>150738240well Bats is getting his own limited series out of the deal
>>150730814>bottom-most and leftmost character, next to captain atomwho? is it supposed to be giganta and the colors are just fucked? harley, supergirl, and powergirl are the only blonde girls in the tournament and all three of them are in the image, while giganta's nowhere to be seen despite being on the brackets
>>150732768I love alot of what Scott does but the dialogue, pacing, and exposition here feels simultaneously rushed and overblown. It's very bizarre, but I'm hoping the actual tournament will be better.
>>150730684Why is Doomsday so skinny and verbose?
>>150730679dammit didn't they JUST fix the Power Battery that shit is still under warranty
>>150738317Future Doomsday who is now a Time Trapper
>>150734680So which of these titles will take place in the KO Universe and which will be in the Prime Universe?
>>150730823oh fuck you
>>150733467wow, this is way better than captain marvel
>>150730814Plastic man better win
>>150730689The other day there was this massive thread crying that Nightwing wasn't part of the event. Funny how that worked out.>>150730692This is fucking retarded. Not as bad as the Dark Multiverse, but man...
>>150739102anon....>>150733467 is the cover for the second issue.......Lobo is his match for the first issue......Plas doesn't make it......
>>150733467The hell is WW wielding?
>>150739422looks like a hammer
>>150736758Zatanna is pretty high up there too though. She has faced reality destroying entities.
>>150739449looks like they were gonna draw a big ass sword but didn't finish it
>>150739653it kinda does tbdesu
>>150739084Billybros…
>>150731185I liked him in the original outsiders run
>>150733291my brother
>>150731185Captain Atom as a Celestial Singularity seems like a natural final form for the character
>>150730778>right when he tried pushing The Captain nameWaist tried making fetch happen.
So who is Darkseid
>>150739950the big guy on this page >>150730675
>>150730886>The only thing he's done that's good is Absolute Batman.Even that is kind of debatable
has anyone seen this >>150740118
>>150737988I dunno, it's probably AI art or something. Batman's utility belt looks a little nonsensical too.
>>150733291This is a doctrine, not a storytelling.
When did Lex go bad again. I dropped Supes a while ago, but last I was reading he was helping Superman.Of course he was always going to go evil again, but why?
>>150740440Lex didn't go "bad" again, Mercy in her blind love for him followed his plans before he regained his sanity, and almost killed everyone in process, thus burning all of Lois Kryptonian powers she got from Zod, and also Lex creating evil clone of himself and superman which led to Lex killing him in front of Clark.Clark and Lex are in bad terms again, because Lex took the Hard Choice to save Metropolis and Lois by killing his evil kryptonian powered clone.
>>150737291>why are people fighting in the superhero comicjust get out of here and never turn back
I was looking forward to this event due to it conceptually sounding like dumb fun, they packed way too much uninteresting exposition in this issue though
>>150730814I WANNA TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE.I WANNA TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE.I WANNA TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE.
>>150738380kek yes I just read that>>150731225>>150738317Anons...your homeworks...
>>150730841>>150730814I really like Captain Atom. Shame he's here to either immediately job to Power Girl or make it past one round to job to Superman.
>>150730675>Energy halo crownSomeone's been reading KSBD.
>>150733086>what the fuck is that cosmic tribunalThats actually his name. See, you do read this shit.
>>150730642Superman wearing fighting gloves? Could it be?! That he wishes to know what lies beyond the fist?
>>150730761Aura farming
>>150730692is this the first time they say there's an Omega Heart inside the Absolute Earth?>>150735920kek
>>150730689
>>150730705>Tournament for access to cosmic villain powerDidn't Marvel do this with the Phoenix Force a few years back?
>>150730798>>150730805>muh prep timeThe ABSOLUTE ONE would never be done like that. He mogs.
>>150740978>SFA2 cover homage with Supes and Darkseid>>150730814>>150733174https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTfDblzGoeQ
>>150730847I guess. He's just here for Arthur.>>150733128Love that Hanger
>>150730728>Superman in the center>>150730823>Absolute Batman in the centerThese two big niggas are gonna slug it out.
>>150730823E N T E R
>>150731045King Shark isn't a regular shark given he's some kind of carcharodontic demigod.
>>150730639>>150730642This is superhero comic books in 2025, art done quickly, without details in the scenarios, careless anatomy, deplorable inks that deforms faces and muscles, cheesecake does not exist and at the end of the issue shows Wonder Woman in armor, this first issue is a lesson in everything wrong with comics from the 2000s, while in manga they value more and more quality in art, in DC and Marvel? the answer at least is being given with the pocket
>>150731942"The Demon" has been his epithet for ages.
>>150737291are you for real my man
>>150737755The whole point of that page is that they're refusing their offer, they're not doing another reboot.
>>150730761Isnt the hellbat armor way stronger than that shitty justice buster?
>>150730689A lot of speed readers assumed this page somehow meant they were actually doing another reboot even though the heroes explicitly refused the offer.>>150737755You say that, but "Adam Waterman" actually got a mention in the New History of the DC Universe book.
>>150741519>even though the heroes explicitly refused the offer.It's basically a reboot, just because you recreated the universe doesn't mean the people who died didn't die you're just making a copy
Given the general flippancy and what this story is I can't help but worry this might be one of those stories that leaves an indelible stain on things. It just seems to have a real disregard for what a super hero story should be.
>>150741635Again, read the fucking book, they're refusing the offer to make a new timeline.You're like the people who think every Crisis was a reboot.
>>150741724>Again, read the fucking book, they're refusing the offer to make a new timeline.Crisis on Infinite Earths wasn't exactly their choice either. Their will has no bearing on this.
>>150730841Possible Spoilers
>>150741724>, they're refusing the offer to make a new timeline.I know that my point is one of them is going to win become the god and then when they beat darkseid use their godpowers to remake the world just because they remade the world doesn't mean the people that died didn't not die they died and copies took their place
>>150730836>>150730841>>150741801And here's your quarter finals finalists, mostly expected (boring), hope Jay Garrick gets to shine in his matches (but he is def. loosing to Supes)
>>150730823I KNEW THE ABSOLUTE HEROES WEE GONNA BE DARKSEIDS SOLDIERSAlso is DC allergic to earth 3? Why cant we have them anymore for evil counterparts?
>>150738062God forbid they cover that terrible drawing of Wonder Woman over Bruce's shoulder with a speech bubble.
>>150735093Where?
>>150730841Lobo vs plastic man best fight of the run calling it now.
>>150730705I saw someone said they hoped Netherealm was given this idea to work with on their next/upcoming Injustice game and just from that I immediately figured it was dumb as fuck.Looks like that was a good guess.
>>150741765Really not comparable, making a New Earth was viable back then, not anymore.>>150741867>one of them is going to win become the god and then when they beat darkseid use their godpowers to remake the worldI really doubt that.
>>150742023Impulsepoint
>>150741363>manga and cheesecake out of nowhere This seems like copypasta
>>150742154Those are always relevant.
>>150730697Oh yeah, booster was trapped in absolute universe... I think? What happened with that?
>>150742256Superman found him in Superman and I think there was a one shot that explained their escape? Something with the time displaced heroes from the crossover
>>150742009Wasn't Ultraman in something not too long ago?>>150742216No they really aren't. No one else is bringing it up.
>>150730783Billy / Shazam died?
>>150742216>calls a book from 2025 a 2000s comicJust tell us what pasta you stole this from.
>>150742266>Superman found himMainline supes right? Ive only been reading the absolute stuff and dont remember this happening anywhere
>>150742286'Fraid so.
>>150742298>reading absolute instead of mangaDanDaDan will change you
>>150741982Also here's my prediction (Which is boring but expected), i would be on it to be true with a few exepctions:> Lex Luthor vs Superman for "synergy">Red Hood jobs to Joker You had ONE Fucking job Jason so that Harley gets a GURL POWER!! moment against Joker I hate the Harley Quinn mandate of heaven so fucking much, she should NOT get past ma boy metamorpho
>>150730716>Joker...>Or Lex...>Or cheetah...One of these is not like the others>>150742324I dont read zoomer manga. Piss off
>>150742340Zoomer manga rapes
>>150741650contest of champions exists and its fine
>>150731541No
>>150730783FUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKK…. Being a Shazam fan must suck ASS
>>150742416Superman likes Russian dick. This is canon.
>>150733291Jobku in the middle, lel, but pretty accruate>>150731037>King Shark winning against AquamanAquaman just got:>New powers (Buffed Mera's powers)>A Trident/Sword Hybrid that's better than Poseidon's>Is the Avatar of the fucking Bluethe only characters he''s jobbing to is either Superman or Lex Luthor (and if he gets past Super he wins)Also:>Starro winning against WW>Vixen beating Swamp Thingboth 200% wrong, I'd like to be surprised with some big names like Harley and WW loosing earlier, but im sure they reach quarter-finals
>>150742466Which Supes, there's different Supermen in the dc multiverse.
>>150742286>>150742459>ShazamHIS NAME IS THE CAPTAIN!
>>150742273Yes they are. You find every kind of degeneracy under the sun but you can't find one actually sexy chick. That's bad.>>150742289Everything between 2000 and 2999 is 2000's.
>>150742518>You find every kind of degeneracy under the sun but you can't find one actually sexy chick. That's bad.If you're obsessing over degeneracy and sexy chicks when people are trying have discussions about DC Comics, maybe you're the problem here.
>>150742485Superman is a survivor like Kevin Nash.
Who brought the east vs west fags here?
>>150742675Powerscaling is like a magnet to them.
>>150742625You trying to close your eyes to the problem does not make the problem go away.
>>150730855Who else do they have? Johns is out and most people would not understand and event written by Morrison.
>>150741132Been there done that anon.
>>150742758You making a problem out of nothing when no one was even talking about it does not make it a problem.
>>150741132I also made a HNK inspired one too.
What degeneracy is even in DC KO?
>>150730692why does bruce have a howard hughes beard
>takes a big fat piss all over SupermanOh don't mind me, just using my personal toilet.
>>150730642cool homage
>>150730814Secret Wars but lamer. Pass
>>150730814Contest of Champions but lamer
>>150743025Kek, why didn't I see this sooner?
>>150742664You honestly brain rot
>>150742794>>150742803Bless you. Great work
>>150730692I like how throughout all of this, Highfather is just bumming around on Earth being such a broken man for failing to stop a lesser threat that he’s gone back to calling himself Izaya again. And nobody is even ASKING if he has anything productive to contribute to the current crisis as an alternative to “let’s just huff Omega Energy like crack cocaine, I’m sure this won’t end up like in Darkseid War where a whiff of the weakest Apokolips ever and a sixth of the weakest Darkseid ever’s energy nearly turned Superman and Lex Luthor into divine psychopaths set up to replace a then-dead Darkseid”Highfather is legitimately less relevant than Harley Quinn to DC as a whole right now, lmao
>>150730666I get Clark is supposed to be the "aw shucks" nice guy, but making it to the point where he doesn't like other people losing is retarded
>>150743390this, but its classic scott snyder flanderization of supes.
>>150730823Wait, Bruce is just a big City EngineerWhat is he gonna do?
>>150742794>OrionNice
>>150743645Engineer his way to victory.
>>150742298Superman just had an entire arc where he teams up with Superboy Prime to fight Omega corrupted Legion of Superheroes in the future and Clark saves Booster and bring him back while Prime stays in the future to keep evil Legion at bay whole teaming up with the remainder of the survivors of the good normal Legion
>>150731037Doesn't Starro control people if he can get on their face? I could see him winning against WW and then using her body to keep going in the tournament so that she's still "in" the tournemnt even if she actually lost.
>>150730692Wouldn't the power of the White Life Entity, which is also sealed inside of Earth, be the perfect counter to Darkseid?
>>150733467WHERE IS WONDERWOMANS FOOT!?
>>150731529>Harley cosplayer and the sex Punchlineum....what viedo please?
>>150730705THIS is what the whole Darkseid universe shit has been building toward?
>>150730841Wonder Woman and SuperMan will fights WW will win.
>>150741650>It just seems to have a real disregard for what a super hero story should be.But people love it when superheroes fight each other!
>>150730689If I needed to reboot my computer as much as DC reboots its reality, I would buy buy a new computer.
>>150745253my mouth
>>150743370Kirby must be so proud
>>150730705Just have an alien kidnap them and force them to fight, this is too complicated.
>>150742803A good one if you want it for inspirationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bFcqGqZsF0
>>150742009Waller exterminated all of Earth 3
>>150741497yeah but the Justice Buster doesn't drain Bruce
>>150730798how the fuck are you supposed to read this page
>>150742482Aquaman's Dark Tide is being hinted as Omega, Aquaman becoming the vessel of Darkseid would be a twist seeing that Darkseid before he died was using a Hook replacing his left hand
>>150746850Using a token like it was a board game.
>>150739974You know what I mean, they said Darkseid is secretly in the comic somewhere. What hero is secretly Darkseid?
>>150746850Follow the panels and captions
>>150746908Anon, they tell you right there in the closing page. >>150730828
>>150731281Harley isn't even a clown anymore
>>1507429823-0
>>150742982obsessed
>>150747113>>150747144Three rigged battles don't count
>>150730814>HawkmanDid he even appear on a page before this one?
>>150747000Oh I'm dumb, I didn't realize it was meant to be Booster, I thought he was just like, hovering over the group. Thanks.
>>150747149>r-r-r-igged dont countFucking Kinnikuman mops GO CUNT so hard that isn't funny
>>150730823I HATE IT.WHY DOES THE ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE GET USED AS THE EVIL ONES EVEN WHEN THE HEROES ARE ARGUABLY MORE HEROIC THAN THEIR PRIME COUNTERPARTS
>>150730639Ding ding ding ding! Sirs, your slop is ready! Eat up piggies!
>>150742982>implying the story wont confirm harley gapes goku
>>150730639This event is absolute shit. Might had been slightly more tolerable if they didnt force the shitty Joker and Harley Quinn into it.
150747788≤≤≤Because my precious student.Neanderthal evolved into the pidgin language called SCANDINAVIAN. Please forgive my mutant Francais! Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho no da!*Langoliers motif plays again*Sshhee lliikkeess tthhee ffiirrsstt tthhrree gguunnsslliinnggeerr bbooookkss*!*OSANA JIGOKU!
>>150734133My pitch is that he's going to die first round and Wonder Woman makes it at least to semi-finals where it's revealed she was being controlled by Starro.
>>150741982>Cyborg betting BatwomanGay Jewish Woman gives more DEI points than simply Black Man. What's going to happen is Batwoman's gunna whip out some USB drive that has some bullshit virus that kills Cyborg. I hope I'm wrong.
Aquaman is out for those interested. >>150749053Also, i suggest making all storytimes related to the event to be in one single thread next week and onwards
>>150738045Sure but then we get to see red hood murder joker
>>150731045King Shark is a demigod that started his career fighting superboy.
>>150746850You don't.
>>150730823I was waiting for them to take Absolute out behind the woodshed, but I guess it was too much to hope that they let it die with some dignity.
>>150730642>Zatanna on the coverGood!
>>150730814I'm an outsider to both of these fandoms, but, nowadays, can't you typically guess the winner of royal rumble-style conflicts via a single scripting decision in the first or second act?
>>150750509>*reads two more pages*lol
>>150730823>bruce is nearly 7'>kal and diana are the same size as himare they supposed to be as big as bruce?
>>150750777Absolute Batman is canonly about 6'6". Absolute Superman and Absolute Wonder Woman are standing behind Absolute Batman and only appear about the same height was that perspective.
>>150730798Why is such a big shocking moment reduced to a corner panel?
>>150750012Wise words from Prime.
>>150750817>Absolute Batman is canonly about 6'6"6 foot 9. They explicitly say it in one of the issues.
>>150730814So is Guy a shoto?
>>150742803Fucking amazing
>>150730964Hey put in Metamorpho and Mr terrific and you got a dream team
>>150746828
>>150730692how many "primal energies" are we at now?
>>150745040>>150753513>how many "primal energies" are we at now?
>>150753464Awesome WORK!
>>150730705What solution shall this divine, ancient, 4th dimensional, unbound by physics power use to resolve its search for a viable master!?Why a fighting tournament of course!
>>150742982Ultra-Instinct, the ultimate power that scares destroyer gods...is something Lois Lane learned in her living room.
>>150730805are you fucking kidding me
>>150730828But wait, if he's already there then what is the point of any of this?
>>150746740Funnily enough, there was a pastiche comic about that ages ago. Though, frankly, it's an old ass idea even before then.
>>150753747Batman dying is probably the best part of this whole event. So many pathetic Batfags thought he'd be the one, and he doesn't even make it through the Satan's Fall Guys auditions. Suck all the cocks, Bruce.
You guys realize we pretty much know who advances just going off the covers for Round Two (if you look closely), right?>Superman vs Captain Atom>Aquaman vs ???>Wonder Woman vs ???>Cyborg vs Swamp Thing>Harley Quinn vs Zatanna>Flash vs Green Lantern >Lex Luthor vs Etrigan>Red Hood vs Jokerhttps://www.dc.com/blog/2025-09-17/dc-k-o-update-december-is-all-fight-monthBesides, even then who Is winning some of these fights Is obvious. Like Cyborg vs Swamp Thing happens in the Titans book while Jay vs Guy happens in the Flash book.
>>150753748Also wasn't the whole point of Absolute that Darksied was fucking off to build his own universe with blackjack and hookers so he didn't have to abide by the meta rules of the regular universe? Doesn't coming back like this defeat the whole purpose of his wish?
>>150753748Shhhhh just enjoy big heroes fight fight smash smash
>>150753807Not if the point was to juice himself.
>>150753748Read the comic again, they explain everything.
>>150753840But he could have just wished for that in the first place. What's the point of having him learn that "'the only winning move is not to play" only for him to immediately come back to do the same thing he always has before?
>>150753901>only for him to immediately come back to do the same thing he always has before?Immediately? Eons passed, he probably got bored.
>>150753901Darkseid is a living idea, if his ideas changed it would change his fundamental nature. Thus, he can't actually ever change.
>>150753859I did read the comic.>oh fuck Darksied is going to kill us all and in fact already HAS killed us all with absolutely zero effort >but we have a shot to chabge our future! >we can take the one rin- I mean omega heart Darksied left in our world before he can get back to it and use it ourselves! >and the only person who can turn it on for us is coincidentally right here with us (and is also the guy with the power to kill us all right this very second and absolutely no reason not to)
>>150753986>Darkseid is a living ideaThis is Grant Morrison's fault isn't it?
>>150753986>Thus, he can't actually ever change.He did, even during Kirby's run
>>150753807The entire point was to destroy the future until he reaches the past
>>150754171wasn't that Zero Hour? Does anyone remember Zero Hour?
>>150754006He's there with them, but before he gets his cosmic 'roids. Read the comic. This is past Darkseid, not "current" super-Darkseid.
My predictions, based on what cliches they can't avoid, and the ones I think they absolutely will avoid.
>>150753766>seething anti Batfag fantasizes about Bruce sucking cocksHe wasn't in the statues, they're setting up him coming back.
>>150754510Nah, he's out.
>>150754534Until he pops back up.
Did people just glaze over Absolute Batman showing up and probably wrecking shit or did their Bat hateboner make them miss that?
>>150754570Not to mention that most of the line up is Batfamily or Batrelated characters like Harley and Joker. Even when he loses his presence is still felt.
>>150754552Dude, this is being written by Snyder, he does not like Batman.
>>150754594>most of the line up is Batfamily or Batrelated charactersThere's literally only five of them.
>>150731225>Did I miss something, why is Gorilla Grodd one of the most powerful temporal beings in the universe
darkseid is overused as a villain honestlylet monty have the hype for once, he's been floundering ever since CoIE ended
>>150755044Grodd is the Kondo-san of DC
>>150755242Agreed, he's getting to be as bad as Joker. Darkseid himself should be a once every 5 years villain.
>>150755242>>150755419I honestly rather have more Darkseidwank than the bullshit that is Jokerwank. Joker should had drown in hobopiss.
>>150754309That makes absolutely no sense
>>150732042feel like all the modern writing is like this, this is them trying to appeal to comic fans and proving they were never competent
>>150755242Especially when this whole tournament really has MONGUL written all over it.
>>150755242He's not overused necessarily, hes just used poorly 99% of the time.
>>150742794>Orion as SakExcellent
>>150730841wouldn't it be funny if nobody won the Joker matchup and instead Batkek beats them both
So does this mean Omega impregnated Darkseid
Remember when Orion's whole thing is being Darkseid's main rival and the individual that's responsible for ultimately killing Darkseid? Orion's stock at DC has fallen quite significantly.
>>150756316It is because dc is a pyramid scheme, as seen here. >>150741982
>>150755496If it was current omega-halo Darkseid, who has already killed all these characters, why is he bothering to hide? Because it's not him from the present-turned-future, it's him from the past-turned-present. Time travel, dingus.
>>150755453Joker should also be used far more sparingly. Imagine if he only ever appeared in person, when Batman was dealing with some huge crisis that Joker has spent those years preparing for? Instead of overexposed, he becomes Gotham's boogeyman.
Darkseids mad cause Alpha never tried to impregnate an Omega like him and now he’s taking it out upon the universe.
>>150756316even when DS came back in Legion they had to do some bullshit to get Orion there too.
>>150750963To make you turn the page to make you see the cause
>>150756492Unless you want to argue that he switched places with booster off screen AFTER he was rescued then it still makes no sense because there is no past Darksied in the absolute universe.
