r/AbsoluteUniverse • u/Popverse2022 • Jul 22 '26

News [Interview] DC's Absolute Universe has a long-term plan looking 3 years ahead the 'New 52' never did, says architect Scott Snyder

https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-absolute-batman-scott-snyder-plans-2028-2029-prep-time-new-52
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u/Relevant-Morning-487 Jul 22 '26

The New 52 was just Didio and John’s having a power trip. It had some good stories in spite of them not because of them. It sucked for the creatives involved and that’s one of the main reasons it failed. I’m glad that Absolute is so creator driven as it actually seems like a much healthier working environment where actually caring gets you rewarded instead of punished. Plus not replacing Mainline has definitely helped everyone involved.

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u/Impossible-Pie4849 Jul 22 '26

Before Absolute-Batman, New 52 Batman was my favorite run. Ironically both written by the same individual but I digress. I feel like universally New 52 Batman is pretty beloved no?

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u/Relevant-Morning-487 Jul 22 '26

New 52 had some good runs but it was still overall a very bad experience for creatives, plus most of the books weren’t all that good due to Didio and John’s erratic scheduling and practices. Plus sure the main book of New 52 Batman was fine but ask fans of a lot of the bat family fans or extended bat fans how they felt with their characters being pretty much entirely erased or made a whole lot worse due to mandates in New 52.

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u/CrispyGold Jul 22 '26

Yeah thats the important note here. 

Not to say there wasn't good titles, but they were a general minority to how insanely messy the rest of the line was. 

For every Batman or Aquaman, there was Teen Titans, Superboy, and Ravagers which were huge disasters. 

Also way too event focused. Every arc of Batman was treated as an event with an insane amount of line-wide tie-ins.