I’ve heard good things about it, people seem to be loving the Absolute line in general. I’ll read it once it’s complete.
Wasn’t aware of it. What’s it about?
DC made a darker side universe called Absolute parallel to the main universe in the comics. The pitch is a new approach to the characters and the lack of baggage that comes with getting into the mainline comics.
More class-conscious characters
Darker versions
Of course. 🤦♂️
Calling them class concious might be giving them too much credit 😅
I’m sure that aspect is just a throwback to the Golden Age Superman.
Well, Absolute Jor-El and Lara are almost prolet revolutionaries compared to their many canon (whatever it is in DC Comics) versions
So… The Ultimate, just without Miles?
I see, might have to check it out then!
Absolute batman and absolute wonder woman os fantastic.
I bounced off Absolute Wonder Woman because her being an uncritical protector of humanity (to whom she owes nothing) felt a bit juvenile. Does it get better?
spoiler
Superman arrives on Earth as a teenager after witnessing his parents, Jor-El and Lara, struggle against a rigid caste system and environmental collapse on Krypton. He sees a similar system that destroyed his home planet destroying Earth as well and it makes him furious. He acts as a lone champion for the exploited, fighting against the corrupt Lazarus Corporation and its private army, the Peacemakers, who enforce brutal labor conditions in the developing world.
That’s interesting. Will definitely read it! Thanks
Basically the big three superheroes but reimagined as the underdog.
this is like the edgy absolute batman? who is a possibly watered-down version of batman who laughs mixed with lobo?
Tangent but I did read All-Star Superman last month because comic-brained fans tout it as legendary. But I didn’t like it much because was distilled superhero fantasy to the point of being… pointless. Like it was just him dealing with gods and cosmic horrors, living out his romance. I am reading it and thinking that there is nothing in this that I can transpose to my life or anyone’s life really.
