This comic would have been far better received by me had DC not made the deceptive renumbered issue #1. This clearly is just a continuation of the last series of Batman comics.
TheBatDad added Absolute Batman (2024) to their pull list Sep 4, 2025
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BATMAN LEGEND SCOTT SNYDER AND ICONIC ARTIST NICK DRAGOTTA TRANSFORM THE DARK KNIGHT'S TALE FOR THE MODERN AGE! Without the mansion...without the money...without the butler...what's left is the Absolute Dark Knight!
TheBatDad liked this:I don’t like the constant renumbering of comics back to issue one … so I was already suspicious of Batman #1 even before I bought it, that being said I liked it. The main drawback is that it fails as a first issue - no explanation as to why Gordon is a 60 year old beat cop, or how Vandal Savage is the new police commissioner. Also it’s clear that Alfred is dead and only appearing in Bruce’ more
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A new day dawns for the Dark Knight Detective as Eisner Award-winningwriter Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins forces withsuperstar artist Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Summer of Superman Special) for anunforgettable new era of Batman!The best superhero in comics gets a brand-new first issue to kick off this newera that will test...
AMEN! They definitely do not have any respect for us as readers, since the renumbering is nothing more than a sales push. It also diminishes the integrity of the hobby. Like people can point out the absolute groundbreaking debut of Joker and Catwoman’s first appearance in the original Batman issue #1. Or so many other notable stories from specific issue numbers over the years. Like I could mention a classic like Batman #232 and many would know the story I was referring to.
They do a new #1 for onboarding reasons. This has been done for decades. You're acting like this is new and somehow confusing. I get it, with age you lose your mental faculties but damn guys. Remember, comics are meant to cater to children. Pushing issue 232 in front of a kid instead of #1 even if the quality is better, a newcomer will gravitate to the #1. It's a marketing tactic as well as a way to delineate Fraction's start from the Zdarsky/Loeb runs. Marvel has done this far more than DC.
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orbisstelassis reviewed Batman #1 Sep 4, 2025
It's a breath of fresh air - Fraction maybe oughta buy a beer for Loeb for ploughing the road so badly that anything he did to follow would feel like an improvement - but it stands up for itself as a reset of what Batman is at his core: caring, troubled, a family man, a man of the city.
I also like the Alfred AI as a sly commentary on how deeply sub-par Generative "AI" is in real life, more
A new day dawns for the Dark Knight Detective as Eisner Award-winningwriter Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins forces withsuperstar artist Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Summer of Superman Special) for anunforgettable new era of Batman!The best superhero in comics gets a brand-new first issue to kick off this newera that will test...
TheBatDad liked this:Close to perfect first issue.
A new day dawns for the Dark Knight Detective as Eisner Award-winningwriter Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins forces withsuperstar artist Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Summer of Superman Special) for anunforgettable new era of Batman!The best superhero in comics gets a brand-new first issue to kick off this newera that will test...
Fraction is as sharp on the keys as Jiminez is with the pencils. This is a new, shinier Gotham with a new, shinier Batman. The bat suit is undeniably gorgeous and really works in this new tech heavy backdrop. My only gripe is having Vandal Savage being commissioner but thats not Fraction's fault (thanks Zdarsky). 4/5 Batarangs
A new day dawns for the Dark Knight Detective as Eisner Award-winningwriter Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins forces withsuperstar artist Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Summer of Superman Special) for anunforgettable new era of Batman!The best superhero in comics gets a brand-new first issue to kick off this newera that will test...
TheBatDad added Batman (2025) to their pull list Sep 4, 2025
A new day dawns for the Dark Knight Detective as Eisner Award-winningwriter Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins forces withsuperstar artist Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Summer of Superman Special) for anunforgettable new era of Batman!The best superhero in comics gets a brand-new first issue to kick off this newera that will test...
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