This book is an experience in the strangest way possible. Read Full Review

Absolute Martian Manhunter Issue 3 expands the cerebral comic. The newer issue is easier to settle into and follow, but Camp and Rodriguez are still throwing curveballs that bend reality. Read Full Review

Absolute Martian Manhunter is the barn burner book in all of comics right now. Nowhere else is a character being so brilliantly reinvented, both narratively and visually. Nowhere else are readers being offered such an insightful look at the humanity of the world they live in. Every week that this book is published will be a week in which it's the first thing I read. Read Full Review

Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez's Absolute Martian Manhunter continues to be one of the most immersive and impactful comic of 2025. This is a book that can be read on a variety of levels: Rodriguez's trippy imagery and more traditional art, Camp's narrative captions for John Jones, and Martian vision, which letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou conveys in (At times literal) cloudy script. Read Full Review

Absolute Martian Manhunter definitely has the potential when this opening storyline is done to be truly special. All the pieces are falling into place and it's providing both a good challenge and an engaging read without being so obscure and heavy-handed about it. I absolutely love the artwork and cannot praise it enough, especially with how it's intertwining with the lettering to handle all the thoughts and other expressive areas. I'm glad it got extended for another six issues and can't wait to see what's being built out here and where it can go because it is quite open-ended. At this point, I want to see more of this awkward integration of our two leads, but I really want to see John make some progress with his family because it would be so welcome to have things go positive there than to continue spiralling downward for the entire run. John needs a non-professional win! Read Full Review

Absolute Martian Manhunter #3 is another exceptional installment in a series that continues to defy expectations. Camp and Rodriguez have crafted a thrilling and thought-provoking story, seamlessly blending superhero action with poignant social commentary and compelling character drama. If you're looking for a superhero story that dares to be different, look no further. Read Full Review

John Jones and his partner brave the unknown as mysterious deaths mount. Camps excellent writing exposes much of the new pair. Rodrguez & Otsmane-Elhaou construct more visual masterpieces as the threat mounts. There has never been a superhero story quite like this one. Read Full Review

A more solidified story and characters help to balance the weirdness, elevating all ships in this excellent comic. Read Full Review

Absolute Martian Manhunter #3brings a little more clarity to the series, but the basics of plot and storytelling are woefully incomplete. Deniz Camp's drug-fueled homage to changing perception through the "smoke" is probably better enjoyed if you read the collection on April 20th. Read Full Review

Let me start by saying what immolated means:

"Kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning"
"The term "immolated" is the past simple and past participle of "immolate," which means to kill oneself or someone else, or to destroy something, usually by burning."
This series is about a lot of things both in the literal parts of the story and the abstract concepts displayed writing and the art. Deniz Camp along with Javier Rodriguez are creating a noir crime thriller tale. While exploring the psychology of victims and perpetrators of violent offenses through visual metaphors. These are the colored smoke shapes that carry the thoughts, the feelings and emotions of the people of this unfortunate world. As if this wasn't already rich and complicated, Camp & Rodriguez throw another wrinkle by including the White Martian as a terrorist.

Do not get it twisted, the actions taken by this unknown but incredibly powerful alien are the definition of terrorism. Using calculated violence to create a general climate of fear in a population with a particular objective. What's the objective you may ask? The destruction of the concept-stellation of home as stated by the Martian. The White Martian is actively attacking what humans see as Home, Safety, Shelter. In other words, we can say the White Martian wants humans to lose all sense of security and aby other feelings we attached to our homes both as an idea but also in the literal sense. The emancipation of the immolated refers to all the burning victims being sacrificed by the White Martian for this undetectable crusade his declared on the people from this world.

We see people's different homes being burned down. The hotel shelter, houses, kid's playgrounds and even the open space under a bridge where Big Al slept. If you've found, had or created a third space you can grasp the idea of home as a welcoming place that isn't necessary a house or a shelter. For example, at a different point of my life my home would've been a basketball court or a boxing gym. There where I felt free, welcomed or safe. That was home. That's exactly what the Martian is destroying for the people of Middleton.

Camp & Rodriguez are undertaking on developing a yarn that will have its strings pulled for generations in search for meaning and interpretation. more

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George - Jun 1, 2025

Great commentary on a great book.

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This book continues to defy expectations and find new ways to explore the characters’ personalities while revealing new surprises. The plot moves forward at a brisk pace and introduces a terrifying threat to not only our heroes but all of humanity. Hands down the best book on shelves each month. Kudos to this team for bringing their A-game every time!

This will hopefully get a hard cover when all done and kept in print as a perennial book. It’s that good.

Stunning and heartfelt work from Deniz Camp as always, and brilliantly realised by Javier Rodriguez. This truly is one of THE books of the year.

It's interesting and unique, but I really need an engaging plot and characters here.

To be honest, even though this series is very abstract and much more difficult to understand compared to the other Absolute series, it's still written well. I feel that the more I re-read this, the more I will enjoy and appreciate this.