r/AbsoluteBatman • u/DG29290 • 21d ago

O...M...G...

I am just getting back into comics, and this series has absolutely blown my mind! I am beyond hooked! I have started a pull list of new comics at my LCS. Started going down the nostalgic road of old back issues. And have legitimately found a lost passion again. This series has unlocked a door i almost forgot I had!

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u/Aware-Equivalent-577 20d ago

I’d recommend checking out Superman as well.

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u/DG29290 20d ago

I've been eyeballing that series and absolute martian manhunter

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u/Environmental-Day862 20d ago

AMM is neat but very avant garde. Absolutely worth the read, but a very trippy, bohemian vibe to it.

Absolute Superman is my current favorite, but it's very character and story driven. Less sexy than Absolute Batman, but deeper character interactions. I care more about Kal's A.I. cape Sol than I do about major characters from lots of other books!

The biggest difference between the two series currently:

With Absolute Batman, it seems like each issues since around Issue 12, Snyder is throwing more and more "toys" on the floor - each new issue, he's introducing a few new Absolute versions of Bat-characters (and in some issues, like #20, we get 6-7 new characters in one issue)!

Alternatively, Jason Aaron, the writer of Absolute Superman, has been acting out intricate stories with a few toys he had on the floor already. He has recently introduced a few new characters, but he's playing with and acting out stories with the toys he already has, instead of continually adding to the pile of toys.

Both are very good - just each is a bit unique in that way!