>”But I can give you something so much greater. Power.”
Bump if you're reading.
>”How much do you want to make a difference?”
>>155496189Called it
And that's it. If you liked these, support your LCS or whatever.
>>155496231>>155496276lol retard
>>155496276Thanks for the dump, anon. Both issues were good and I really wasn't expecting to see Absolute Katana. And as for Green Arrow, I'm thinking it's Ollie, but I'm also thinking it could be Count Vertigo too.
>>155496189>That pile of body parts really was OllieDamn, that's sad
>>155496055oh shit alpha thats a hell of a cut considering hes been mia since her original ongoing>>155496108oh sweet katana I like her hair here>>155496151god (absolute) cassandra is so cool>>155496158so uhwhy should I root for selina over her again? cause nothing in this issue made her out to be villainous
>>155496009>Joker is the one trained by the League of AssassinsGiven everything we know about him, this technically feels pointless, but I do like it regardless. I'm getting the feeling they maybe overplayed his immortality-ness early on and he's not meant to be as truly ageless as he seemed.
>>155496025>>155496035>Absolute David Cain is just a good dadlol, an obvious joke, but still
>>155496084Tatsu! Yay!Trapped in jail and left there by her buddies! Not yay!
>>155495979Lamest shit ever, practically the poochie of the DC universe
>>155496712Oh, should've kept reading like I planned. Guess she gets to show up anyway!>>155496133And back in mom mode too.
>>155496158An interesting look. As >>155496579 said, makes them out to be more heroic (even though Shiva is still kinda normal Shiva here most of the time). Obviously they're still trying to remake the world and that's generally Not Good, but still.
Holy crap, the art in the Cassandra book is great, looks like an euro comic.
>>155496151Upon reflection, I think it's just her martial arts body sock, but the first reaction to this page is Cass doing the "nude in the mental realm" sort of thing.
>>155496768It is and it does
I don't like ninja stuff so I don't care about the Cass issue, glad people seem to like it tho.GA was good. Excited to have the big question answered next month. Curious what the back 6 will be about.
Joker having this big monster form is still so lame>>155496572Holding out on there being a twist with him still
so cass gets a badass one shot just to build her up for the shitty catwoman book she's the antagonist of? ew
Absolute sex with Cassandra Shiva and Tatsu
Abs Cass felt much more like an Absolute book than Abs Catwoman does, I still don't really get what the pitch with the latter could've been
>>155496019Spooky.>>155495979Thanks OP. After reading the whole issue, I still don't know what she's holding on the cover.
>>155496101She looks cool.
>>155496197So Ollie was good all along.
>>155496276I bet its Connor after all.
>>155497795Wait, scratch that. It might be Ollie after all.
>>155495993bump
>>155496183>cosmicSo events of AGL interrupted AGA then?
I am once again asking when Dinah will wear the tank top.Also cancel the Catwoman book and give me a Cass one instead, this was way better than Absolute Catwoman.
>>155495979I'm out of the loop, why did this get delayed?
>>155498297Probably needed more time with the art
>>155497740We still don’t know what he did that Hammond keeps hyping up. Ollie ultimately regretted it and tried to expose Jubal, but he might’ve done something worse than ignore his crimes to make him feel guilty later on.
>>155496151>>155496155she cool
Absolute Cringe
>>155496009>>155496019I know that the Joker is supposed to be a twisted version of mainline Bruce Wayne, but I wish they also showed more of him being physically skilled and dangerous without his monster transformation
>>155496049Is that huge, ragged poncho absolutely necessary for the assassin training?
>>155499072I mean he was still the best of the league. So even without going full beast, he's extremely capable in CQC regardless
>>155496213Welp book is overNot reading adventures of mma dyke and I dont see Roy taking over
>>155496256>>155496276Nevermind we are backRip Merlyn,Greatest Green Arrow to ever live
>>155496049>Dim MakOH FUARRRKKKK ABSOLUTE COUNT DANTE IS IN LEAGUE OF ASSASINS
>>155495979Soon, half of Absolute will just be Batbooks. Just like normal DC.
>>155498456I honestly think the second Green Arrow is Ollie, since the entire serie basically exposed his background story.
>>155499266Its a fun book, but you're right: It'll probably be summed up as a picture of skull faced Green Arrow wearing a shirt with "I am Oliver Quinn" written on it and all the other characters confidently stating its a trick.
>>155495979absolute cass just 3 covers and 27 retailers coversAbsolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow's Hand #1 Cover B Matías Bergara VariantAbsolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow's Hand #1 Cover C InHyuk Lee VariantAbsolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow's Hand #1 Cover D Derrick Chew Variant
>>155496174variant coversEXTENDED FOR SIX MORE ISSUESAbsolute Green Arrow #5 Cover B Gerald Parel VariantAbsolute Green Arrow #5 Cover C Sebastián Fiumara VariantAbsolute Green Arrow #5 Cover D Mirka Andolfo VariantAbsolute Green Arrow #5 Cover E 1:25 Karl Kerschl VariantAbsolute Green Arrow #6 Cover B Gerald Parel VariantCover B Gerald Parel VariantAbsolute Green Arrow #6 Cover C InHyuk Lee VariantAbsolute Green Arrow #6 Cover D Lesley 'Leirix' Li VariantAbsolute Green Arrow #6 Cover E 1:25 Nimit Malavia Variant
>>155499254This one shot was cool for what it was but Catwoman so far feels completely superfluous, everything else has brought something of note to the lineGreen Arrow's extension being announced while Catwoman hasn't yet is surprising, I think it is as it's selling well but maybe they're seeing the criticism it's been getting? Wishful thinking probably
>>155496158Christ this was bad fanfiction
>>155497530While this is ture it feels like weird fanfiction to what's going on in Absolute Batman, like I don't know it doesn't' feel like it actually connects to Abs Bat in an organic way if that makes sense
Absolute Green Arrow kino
>>155499266Its Hawkman moonlighting out of guilt and due to superman making him bit softer
Its Tommy or Prometheus
You're all wrong, Green Arrow is secretly Absolute Joker deciding he wants to learn how to shoot arrows and be a communist
>>155496000That seems like an easily exploitable system
>>155496041Shiva seems to be about the same
>>155496066That's a fake name
>>155500928nope real guy he was the first league of assassin grunt batman ever faced
So how old is abs cass?
>>155501377Barely legal.
>>155496189called it >>155496276also called it
>>155501425So 18?Where is it said? Just to know.
>>155499862>a bunch of slight color variants of the same artSheesh, we really have turned these into trading cards, huh?
>>155501483She said twelve years and seven, so presumably that means she is 19.
The Cassandra Cain one shot is definitely setting up Absolute Batman and theOutsiders
>>155501512The only variants I cared about were the ones from the Snotgirl comics because the variants had the cover done in O'Malley's style. And now they stoped those too!
>>155501483She narrated her age here:>>155496120
>>155496133Did Joker give Holly a bomb to blow up in the middle of the heist he sent the Catgirls on? But none of them were even hurt by that explosion, just lil' Cass.
>>155501377At least 19, but we don't know how much time has passed between the end of this and start of Catwoman since the League seems to have gotten a bunch more recruits and tech since then.
>>155501296Also the guy Damian Darrk from Arrow was based on.
>>155496151>>155496155>>155496158Nice use of black and white. Enjoyed this overall. It did a good job building within the details we already know about the absolute universe. Joker being trained by ninjas is yet another thing that Batman would've done in the mainline. The arks are a convenient thing to expand upon in these offshoot stories and by all means should be pushed. The Bergara art and paneling really bring everything together. I can't help but compare this to Catwoman which isn't outright bad but just feels really safe in comparison.
>>155496158Wait this is a one shot?
>>155496276this better be cheshire. Also man what a middling series
>>155503787It and Superman are the only ones I'm enjoying nowadays, Batman and WW fell off, Flash is getting better but isn't really that standout aside from some nice art at times and Green Lantern just feels like Ewing throwing 30 ideas onto 20 pages each issue with most of them not really mattering
>>155503489Yes
Bump
>>155496074I like the casual admittance of "yeah vandal savage is around doing god knows what dont worry about it" with the reveal of scandal herelike abs superman implied he was around but this is a different level
Fun issue , while this isnt doing everything i love about cass, its still enjoyable.
>>155495979>Absolute Cassandra CainWhat? Surely this is going to be a one shot, right? There's not going to be another random run out of nowhere? Absolute Catwoman was already pushing it.
>>155496092>High Five.
>>155506091to be fair vandal would probs be the complete opposite in the absolute universe, maybe he has spent his entire life fighting darkseid or his avatars
>>155506424It's literally a one-shot
>>155506972>It's literally a one-shotOh, never mind then. Still feels weirdly bloated to have more random one offs but whatever.
>>155507013I think it's how they give artists time to catch up without having multiple artists on the same arc or completely breaking the momentum of the books
The art in Abs CC is fantastic.
>>155500892>even in the Darkseid juice universe, Shiva is just a dragon lady bitch>with a vague streak of gold somewhere in herCan't imperfect imperfection or whatever
>>155507013It's essentially just a bonus issue of absolute catwoman, I'd be shocked if it wasn't included in the trades of that.
cancel catwoman and replace it with this
Cassfags didn't like this one apparently?
>>155508403most spoiled fanbase in the world isn't happy, fucking shocker
>>155508384Catwoman is a limited series, you stupid cunt.
>>155508955I'd be surprised if it didn't get extended to 12 issues, Absolute Green Arrow and Absolute Martian Manhunter did.
>>155504332>Batmanit really needs to slow down for a bit, every issue is either introducing or killing someone
>>1555070133 one-shots in a little under two years is bloated?
>>155508955limit it to that last issue and replace it with this
>>155509306I'm genuinely curious what the endgame is. It feels like the story is about half over but I also don't feel like DC will want to end it.
>>155508937I'd expect nothing less from the fan base of a tumblr donut steel fanfic tier character like Cass.
>>155508403from my quick overview it seems mostly positive with some polarized opinions on making her a literal mute like in young justiceiunno I liked it
>>155508937I thought this was like that Firestorm situation.
Did anyone else buy this cover? I got 2
This One shot was super good. Art, story, pacing, action 10/10
>>155495979Oh, is this out? I thought it was a bit off.
>>155496151>>155496155That's cool. I liked it. I might have to go get a copy.
>>155496019Need Absolute Jackie Sullivan to rape Absolute Joker and put him in his place.
>>155499246I actually like the idea that a stupid bullshitdo martial art that you find in the ads page of a bronze age comic book is actually as real and deadly as it claims to be IN comic books.
>>155499246KUMITE! KUMITE! KUMITE! KUMITE!
>>155510096Chotto Matte!
>>155509865The Luther Strode books were pretty good for that.
>>155510154Why deleted?
>>155496066Embarrassing Cass by taking her to the red-light district!
>>155497530I enjoy it but its more of a cheesy 007 feel compared to Cass' Compassion in the middle of adversity that fits Absolute so well. Same writers for both, so it's not like the writing team sucks or anything. I do still enjoy Catwoman, but it definitely felt more like an excuse to push the settings and show off other allies/threats in the world. >>155500063No I think they simply didn't want to do much more than that. Think about it, next month will have a bunch of reveals and they introduced a reason to think the League of Shadows isn't exactly evil. Selina just brought in her own friends who happen to be in Gotham as well. They're probably gonna make some Birds of Prey or Gotham City Sirens run. If it had more issues and was allowed to breathe instead of push Selina through plot all the time, it could've been better. That said, with how Bruce is about to fuck up big time in 25 and JK is at a level even above other villains shown, it wouldn't surprise me to see Gotham get more help.Fuck it, make Absolute Outsiders and have that be 12 issues of fucking around in different Arks.
>>155501642I don't know if they'll have Bats in it, he's still too green to have that leader quality in him. Would people complain if Cass doesn't end up a Batgirl? Shadow's Hand isn't so bad of a name
>>155495979Not gonna read. Is she still the rape baby of Shiva and literal who?
Needs more ass-shots
>>155510578>literal whoAin't Shiva's name she's carrying, anon.Also, one can't argue it wasn't rape, he did convince her at gunpoint, but it also doesn't seem like they told the artist to make sure Shiva seemed coerced into it.
>>155510450>Would people complain if Cass doesn't end up a Batgirl?If they don't push that Orphan shit, I'm down for whatever.
>>155510834Counter argument: Shiva is crazy and probably saw this as advance foreplay.
>>155510834Yes, a literal who.
>>155496276Pretty sure this is Connor who faked his death somehow to cover himself. All the other killings track in motive except for his.Also we still don't know what Oliver did that was so fucked up that Hector is referring to, do we? Feels like we're gonna get a reveal that he's still alive too somehow, especially with Dinah at least once an issue saying to the reader "it'd sure be cool if Ollie were here, right?" kek>>155496158More compelling that Catwoman though probably because it's a one shot they just packed more content in there I suppose. Assuming Cass and Selina will buddy up by the end of all this.Also I'm getting confused by the timeline being presented, Selina was imprisoned for the bombing that Cass was injured in? When did that happen? Neither she nor Bruce mentioned this before I think
>>155509309There is another Ark-m special next month, and there is the batman day special this month, that's 6. I do think the next months ark-m is in liue of a main issue the same as this one, so I guess month to month you're not buying extras at least.
>>155509350>It feels like the story is about half over but I also don't feel like DC will want to end it.snyder's talked about having the first 50 issues planned out, but i think he's also said he has plans for after that too. best thing dc could probably do if they want absolute to last long term, is after issue 50 or whatever, give it a year break while snyder and dragotta work on what's next. do a couple of minis with different creative teams on babs, the robins, the crime alley group, etc
>>155501893He works for darkseid... anything to fuck the batfamily
>>155508403I'm a Cassfag and I loved it, so happy Cass had a great issue
>>155499246Dim Mak was real and Count Dante’s friend died in the Chicago wars, and I think his knowledge in Dim Mak contributed to his own death at 36.
>>155510165Holy fuck; thanks for the rec!
I get it that cass may talk in the future thanks to batman or selina.Snyder loves this shit.
>>155512576Her larynx is destroyed it's not a mental block thing
>>155512908That is what shiva said, but again is comics.
>>155512908In a world with venom that turns Bane into a 100-foot monster and giant robots and shit, I'm sure they could figure out a solution. But it would also remove her defining trait.I'd like to see her learn sign language since fandom always tries to thrust that on mainline Cass when it doesn't really work for her, but would for Abs Cass since she was raised with language.
>>155510578It doesn't seem like she's a rape baby anymore, or at least this time Shiva would be doing the raping.
>>155496101cass' tight nubile body
>>155513221I want to hold hands with Absolute Cass
>>155510578Unless Absolute Cass is Absolute Harley's brother.
This is Communist garbage men like Hammond and Slade have earned every ounce of power and if their passions are large and strange denying them is treason against the natural order.
schizo moment
>>155514877The dude who killed Jubal did so with his own power gained too what's the issue you're having
>>155514877>hello fellow chuds
any ideas how the league doesn't know about "merlyn" when he is clearly league trained?
>>155516268Maybe he just trained with them and left, so they don't consider him an active member.
>>155499108Yeah. It's cool.
>>155496101HAIR!
>>155514877What does turning into a Nephilim feel like, Jack?
>>155513186We have electorlarynxes IRL too.
