Scott Snyder plans for Absolute Batman to potentially run up to 60 gripping, ever-expanding issues.Absolute Wonder Woman crossover in January will see Batman seek Diana's help for Waylon’s troubling change.Upcoming arcs dive deep into new takes on villains like Scarecrow, Penguin, Two-Face, and the Riddler.Heartbreaking moments, shifting alliances, and a focus on dramatic change dominate the Absolute Batman saga.On the Heroes Journey podcast, Scott Snyder has been teasing what's ahead for Absolute Batman and his ilk. Here are a few bits that drop out if you hold the podcast by its ankles and shake vigorously. Shake it out, shake it out…Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's Absolute Batman first overall arc is intended to last thirty-five to forty issues, but Scott Snyder believes it will keep expanding as they go, and will probably go fifty or sixty issues… The Absolute Wonder Woman crossover beginning in January is focused on Bruce Wayne trying to help Waylon and going to Wonder Woman to try to find some way of stopping this transformation. The next arc with Nick Dragotta brings in Scarecrow and how Bruce decides that all he does is hurt people, so he needs to actually shut everybody out, which brings him closer to Harley Quinn and the Red Hood gang. We'll be seeing the Absolute Penguin, Absolute Two-Face and Absolute Riddler. But don't expect them to be just Batman villains. There are people who are deliberately awful in very powerful positions in the Absolute Universe; they'll all be facing something much worse. There's a pretty heartbreaking scene in the Absolute Wonder Woman crossover, where Batman goes to talk with his friends, and they are not particularly pleased with the way things are going. After this, there will be a small story afterwards with the Absolute Poison Ivy, again largely about everything changing.https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scott-snyders-upcoming-plans-for-absolute-batman-spoilers/
Scott Snyder? Jesus Christ how fucking depleted is this industry to bring this hack back
>>151205180who is generally considered among the best writers for Batman comics? FM, Loeb, Dini?We know Snyder and Zdarsky are the worst.
Best Absolute book btw
>>151205240King is worse than snyder what are you smoking
Oh boy, Batman fighting Two-Face and Riddler. Again! But with dogshit art and writing. Again. HYPE
>>151205031What changes are you expecting?>Scarecrow is a slasher movie villain who kidnaps people, takes them to his farm, hunts them down and eats their brain because the fear makes it taste better>Two-Face becomes a crime boss, and starts to lose his shit when a new vigilante turns up who keeps interfering and killing Harvey's goons. Bruce gets involved before it becomes all out war, only to find out Harvey is the vigilante too>Riddler isn't a villain, Eddie is just hellbent on learning shit he shouldn't and Bruce has to save him from getting himself killed>Penguin's disfigurement leads him to Hugo Strange, a doctor from Ark M, and volunteering for his experiments in the hope it'll restore him. It does, but Hugo and Oswald keep pushing his treatments and Oswald goes berserk
That sounds awesome, so then Joker is the final boss of this book but we'll see other villains and stories before we reach that point where they face off.
>>151205530They're both terrible, I don't see the point in ranking them.
>>151205432Nope.
>>151205031I like how one hacky Batman writer can single-handedly ratfuck any chance of getting a decent Teen Titans book in every DC AU.
>>151208579It's funny becase [Scott] Snyder explicitly mentioned in his Substack that he hated the world-building [Zack] Snyder did in BVS because he killed off Dick Grayson and made a Teen Titans project more-or-less impossible.Only for him to make the same stupid mistake when he is in charge of creating his own DC Universe.
>>151208579The current gen in charge of DC doesn’t give a shit about the Titans or magic stuff. Whenever zoomers start getting in the business is when we’ll finally get passioned writers for them I bet
I love how /co/ is so /co/ntrarian acting like Absolute DC isn't fucking crushing it
>>151209284Those are just the chuds and the Marvel fans. This is mostly a pro absolute DC board
>>151205240Snyder isn’t great but Zdarsky and king are both far worse. I’d say Ram was worse too.
>>151209406This is just a discount holy terror
>>151209284>crushing itHi shill. Get your faggot ass back to Twitter.
>>151209518>Anything positive is a "shill post"Your echo chamber is fucking pathetic, even for this board. Absolute Batman #1 is on its 11th reprint you idiot
I know most people like Absolute Batman punching monsters and shit but personally I want to see him go toe to toe with a really grimy serial killer. Like one of the ones out of Sin City or that level of Action Doom 2 where you find the serial killer who's been killing kids in an old dilapidated house. Professor Pyg or your version of Scarecrow would be good for that>>151206022I'm surprised Deacon Blackheart hasn't been used yet.
>>151205432Nah MM is best.>Martian Manhunter>Batman=Wonder Woman>Superman>Green Lantern>Flash
>>151209284Anon, if you want to talk hyperbolic shit like:>"OMG THIS COMIC IS THE BEST THING EVER!"Then go to Reddit. People aren't being /co/ntrarian for the sake of it. Sure, Absolute Batman is selling pretty well, but taste and quality are not defined by sales. Plenty of people on this board have said they enjoyed it without incident. People just don't like retarded faggots who over hype and over sell shit.
>>151209661I'm genuinely surprised an Aaron title is ranked higher than a Lemire book
>>151209716>Martian Manhunter has interesting concepts and art, maybe it is a bit hollow, we'll see, but it has something to it. >Batman was enjoyable for the first arc, then the momentum was lost a bit, waiting to see where it will go because there is enough of interest there with the characters and dangling threads.>Wonder Woman doesn't feel that much different from.. Wonder Woman. It feels like when Azz did New 52 WW. Some changed concepts, like being raised by Circe. Enjoyable enough. >Superman has had slow pacing and the main plot isn't all that but for as much as people complained about the pacing, the different background stuff on Krypton and his working class roots have been something.>Green Lantern, nothing much has happened but some concepts thrown out there. We'll see where it goes. >Flash.. people bitch about Superman's pacing, but Flash, ironically, has the worst pacing out of all books. Many, many issues of Wally running from Rogues, bumping into other villains. Many of the other books like Batman or MM are leaving plot threads dangling in a more intriguing way.I was surprised too because I usually like Lemire.
>>151209691Anon I want you to have the self-realization that you are no different nor better than a Redditor. You just traded one hugbox for another
>>151209878Projections and assumptions. I know this place isn't leagues above Reddit, you assume I think it is, but the key difference is the overhype there is ridiculous and at least here we temper it a bit. If you don't understand that point, then you're a retard. You came into a thread with some weak bait whining about /co/ntrarians and talking sales. It is all a bit sad. That's all. Have something more to say, next time.
>>151209916>Projections and assumptions.No, its a cold hard fact. Overhype? Where did I say this was "The best thing ever". Now you're the one making up shit. At least I backed up its success with a statistic. The fact is this place will bend over backwards to complain, to a pathetic degree. Now what I DO enjoy about 4chan is how it will call out dumb shit when it sees it. Cold criticism with no filter. However too many retards on here try too hard to fit in
>>151209951>No, its a cold hard fact.You made assumptions that were wrong.>Overhype? Where did I say this was "The best thing ever". Now you're the one making up shitI wasn't talking about you, dingus, I was referring to Reddit. Get some reading comprehension.>At least I backed up its success with a statistic.But that is meaningless, sales don't matter to people, quality does. Unless you're making money off the book, why does it matter to you.>The fact is this place will bend over backwards to complain, to a pathetic degree.And people on many other sites do too, but look in this thread and other people are talking more positively, but (you) only focus on the negative. And that is a (you) problem.>Now what I DO enjoy about 4chan is how it will call out dumb shit when it sees it. Cold criticism with no filter.But you're also, in part, complaining about that attitude too. >However too many retards on here try too hard to fit inWell yeah, no shit anon. Aside the the clear lack of reading comprehension, I don't hate you anon, but you sure seem angry. If you actually want to talk about the books, do what other anons are doing. Rather than just being like this. Reply to someone actually trying and then they will reply back. Instead you just perpetuate the thing you're criticising.
>>151209999I got all the 9's.>>151209951Here as a peace offering have some Absolute Catwoman, you coomer.
Is there any way a rube like me can acquire DRM-free digital copies of the DC titles that are (apparently) no longer getting ripped, like Batgirl and Poison Ivy? I'm actually invested into those two series and don't want to stop reading them.I've tried reading comics with the kindle app before and it's so shitty that I won't try it again. It is so lacking in features that it makes many books unreadable on my small laptop. I think the best solutions are either to order physical floppies or to find some utility which can convert azw format to comic archives with litle hassle, at least I hope that last one is an option.My nearest local LCS comic shop is like 4 hours away from me and I've recently switched to linux as no computer whiz. pls halp.
>>151210082And they not just in the win threads?
>>151210090*are they
>>151210090What I've last heard is that the main rippers of the DC ongoings are no longer going to make sure to get every single release.This past week we did not get Batgirl, Poison Ivy, Gotham Academy, JSA, and Harley and Ivy #1.We got Teen Titans Go but not those. I don't intend to complain because I appreciate the pirate releases and always do. I'm just asking how I might get them and pay for them without it being a pain in my ass.
>>151210143>What I've last heard is that the main rippers of the DC ongoings are no longer going to make sure to get every single release.Ah I hadn't heard this. I'll have a look.
>>151209588Nobody cares fwggot
>>151210159If what I'm reporting is the ongoing reality, I think my best option will be to find a reliable retailer which will ship physical copies without high shipping fees.There was a moment there when SIKTC wasn't getting ripped because Boom! wasn't releasing digital issues, and I spent 10$ on shipping for each 42, 32, and 44 from Atomic Books. That's just not realistic for me to keep doing.
>>151210143Mostly because nobody cares about those gay ass comics.
>>151210304The present ongoing runs of Batgirl and JSA are very good. The current ongoing Poison Ivy is less very good but I still like it.
>>151209999>>151210069I think you and I can still get along, even if we fought earlier. I like you, anon
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>>151210069Isn't she getting a book too?
>>151210465>I think you and I can still get alongIndeed, just got to focus on what's important.
>Bottom panelSo like, why is her utility belt like a thong over her suit? Is it like one of those climbing harnesses?
>>151205240This current generation thinks Snyder is the best Batman writer because a lot of them grew up reading him because he was THE Batman writer during the New 52. Grant Morrison is not far behind. But really, all of the actual good Batman writers like Alan Grant, Denny O’Neil, Doug Moench are either dead or retired.
>>151208579The Titans have been washed since 1985 my dude. The sooner everyone realizes this, the better.
>>151210599yeah
>>151210677A lot of people are weirdly nostalgic for the New 52 era which bizarely means that it did sort of succeed in getting people into comics as a jumping on point era. Court of Owls was originally a Dickbats story, Snyder had done another well received Dick Grayson Batman story of Black Mirror. Lincoln Marsh being Bruce like, the Talons being connected to Grayson Flying Circus, was all because it was for Dick Grayson. But then it was changed into Bruce for the New 52 reboot. Really weakened it. But it sold very well.
>>151210566Six issue series.
>>151210143Man DC's really going down the tubes if rippers have decided certain books aren't even worth making available to pirate anymore.
>>151210801The entire industry is a cesspit. idk what to tell you. I'm just trying to read Cass's story.
>>151210747I’ll give Scott some credit for where it’s due, when he’s good, he’s entertaining. When he’s bad, he’s dogshit. He can churn out a lot of creative ideas only to drop them.
>>151210832I mean he's a solid blockbuster type guy at best and I can't fault that.
>>151210913I wish he had an editor as good as Johns did with Peter Tomasi.
>>151210591>Indeed, just got to focus on what's important.Her lopsided tits?
>>151205031Absolute batman is rushing to establish alternate universe versions of everything related to batman, and which just feels like a constant parade of references instead of an engaging story. The amazing spider man movies got laughed at for having all the villains made in the same lab, but that’s basically what absolute Batman, Flash, Wonder Woman, and to an extent Superman and Green Lantern are doing now.
>>151209452yeh
