Item Specifics

Series Name

ABSOLUTE BATMAN

Issue Number

#1

Publisher

DC Comics

Main Character

Batman

Genre

Superhero

Grade

9.4 NM

Certification

Uncertified

Signed

No

Item Description

Within recent months, DC Comics has ushered in a whole new thrill, by placing their beloved superhero characters in a new light in a new parallel universe - the ELSEWORLDS UNIVERSE 'created' by DARKSEID. His ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE is a world where heroes are the underdogs, and lack most of the advantages of their 'Earth 0' counterparts.

In this very first issue of ABSOLUTE BATMAN, we learn that BRUCE WAYNE has grown up in a working-class family in the impoverished neighborhood of Crime Alley, unlike his counterpart, who had been born into wealth. He was born in 2004 in Gotham City to social worker Martha Wayne and elementary school teacher Thomas Wayne. As a child, BRUCE attended his father's school and formed lifelong friendships with children who would have been his enemies in another life: WAYLON, OZZIE, HARVEY, EDDIE, and SELINA. (Their friends believed that BRUCE and SELINA had a crush on each other and teased them for it, but they both deny it.)

Here in 'THE ZOO' (the first part of a five part story arc) SCOTT SNYDER WEAVES a gritty story of fifth-grader BRUCE as he watches his father killed on an outing to the Gothem Zoo, and devotes himself to avenging that death, searching the city, training his body to awesome strengths, and using his young engineer's imagination to create not only implements for killing his adversaries, but to form a fearsome persona as a creature of the night!

The art by NICK DRAGOTTA and Frank Martin is stunning, and immerses you in this dark and violent ABSOLUTE UNIVERSE!

This copy of ABSOLUTE BATMAN #1 is a FIRST PRINTING, featuring Dragotta and Martin's 'Cover A' artwork, and it couldn't be in better condition, with no visible faults or flaws.  It's a solid 9.4 NM. Prices from other sellers range from the mid-100s to over $450 . . . but we'll happily send it your way for $130!  Throw in our always-L•O•W shipping and it's a terrific bargain, unlike most other ABSOLUTE BATMAN #1 offerings here on HipComic!

And don't forget, you get FREE postage for any other purchases combined with this one, so stock up now!

Seller Information

Seller

bennettoons (1011)

Registered Since

05/07/2005

Feedback

99.6%

Store

Benny's Comics Corner

Item Location

California, United States

Ships To

United States

Returns Accepted

Yes

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