So nice, it had to be counted twice

How many people are going to tank this simply because of the picture though?

Oh, I've been anticipating that happening since the book was first announced. Luckily, the averages I've seen, so far, are great. Hateful people won't be able to hold down how great this book is.

What's honestly crazy is DWJ is on par or very near consistent with how Scot Snyder's writing is for Absolute Batman. I will dare even say this is my favorite annual of all time

Where was it said that non-Thanagarians can't use Nth Metal?

It's not Mjolnir. Batman used Nth Metal. Hell the whole Justice League got suits made out of it. What are you smoking?

*He did, yes.

How do you plan on curing the "sickness" of trans people? Genuinely curious. And if NOBODY in America wants anything to do with them, where do they get their support? The ratio of trans to cis gendered individuals is around less than 1%. Good on you for at least using her proper pronouns. Way to be an ally.

I suggest to get them mental help.Not to mention how violent the LGBT have become.The USA only recognizes 2 genders.Not 100.It is ridiculous I have to explain this.

Transgenderism isn't a disease or a mental deficiency though. And while I don't agree that the LBGTQ+ community is ramping up violence, it is a logical response to the constant mistreatment and violence brought upon them. The USA does NOT only recognize two genders. Read a biology text book. Intersex people have existed forever. They are recognized. There are more than 2 genders. There pretty much always has been.

I also love how you edited your comment and your grammar and punctuation is still a mess.

Are you reading this now for completeness purposes?

Yes, it's brutal.

Is it just Loeb bumbling his way through a world he should have left behind years ago à la H2SH?

Did you really call her "it". You're a huge piece of shit.

Did you even read what I wrote???? Love that you jump this. TBH I knew someone like you would. You may as well say "You called someone an asshole??? How dare you you?" Do you understand context? Do you even know what was said? You're a moron but I guess for people like you it can't go both ways right? Trans people are not some protected species immune from insult.

My girlfriend is trans and if she said something like this pos said I'd first break up then call her the same thing. Calling someone who doesn't agree with you a nazi is pretty insulting too but that's ok. Fact is arguing with a POS like you never gets anywhere so or solves anything because your immune to change....which is pretty conservative thinking now that I think about it. Anyhow I'm done. Rant away.

I'm sure your girlfriend would love to know that her basic validity and humanity is contingent on whether or not she agrees with you.

So you deliberately used "it" as an insult. With a trans girlfriend. Okay bud.

He supported Nazis. He was supported by Nazis. He carried Nazi ideals. He was a Nazi. Why don't you tell your girlfriend you called another trans person "it" because they said something you disagreed with and THEN tell them that you'd do that same to them if they had said it. See how that works out for you.

"Everyone I don't like is a Nazi"

Sad nazis make me happy.

I wish the author of this was just a woke man writing a pamphlet comic, but one who respected the death of someone who died brutally and didn't cowardly spew hate speech on social media. That's definitely not a human being.

About this book, just a flop.

So just prove the unfair cancellation of Joe Bennett who did nothing to be canceled with this gratuitous hate spewing.

I think you need to understand what hate speech is. What Gretchen said is not hate speech. What Choo Choo Charles said many times was dangerously close to hate speech which is why the people who actually use it liked him so much.

It was hate speech from the moment she wasn't content with the red plague (that pamphlet-like garbage you praised) and poured hate on a young man who was brutally murdered. She was already writing woke versions of these characters, she should have been content with that, but it didn't sell (and never will, because everything that comes from wokeness is a flop). She looked for another way to get noticed. Charlie was a conservative activist who just wanted to bring a divine word to young people.

And it's very typical of you to claim "she said something stupid at the wrong time" when she simply went one step further than you, when in fact when you called her "it", you actually realized what you had said, and now you want to play social justice warrior in front of your progressive companions just because you no longer have your pamphlet comic (cries more). I hope this is just the beginning and that more pests like her are canceled, we want comics, not red plague.

It's curious that you consider everything from wokeness to be a flop while also insisting people are woke for the sake of profit in other reviews. Also, do your research. Gretchen was a total edgelord who didn't just suddenly say something controversial, which is another reason her firing is suspect. DC had to have known. Charlie Kirk wasn't just a little guy either. He was instrumental in the hate that many people in America now face. He was instrumental in the rise of this Trumpian fascism.

If Jesus were around, he'd have found Charlie and those like him disgraceful. If the gospel were real, there's no doubt Charlie's burning in eternal hellfire right now. He was a propagandist who served the worst of humanity and his wife and friends aren't even sad that he's gone. His corpse is yet another grifting opportunity for these vultures, and I'm sure Charlie would be proud to be another tool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZtdmyKlI "Everyone I don't like is a Nazi" No, Nazis are Nazis. Kirk was Nazi scum, and the world is better for every dead Nazi.

Would like to point out that fthissite essentially self-reported on the Nazi front. He brought it up completely out of nowhere. No one called him a Nazi or even insinuated that. I just called him a POS for intentionally misgendering a trans woman with the term, "it". That might be your smoking gun...

Understand, every time you see high ratings for rotten material without even presenting arguments as to why this shit should be praised (even though it is shit), this is clearly a common symptom nowadays that woke people use the most. But these same wokes who praise this shit don't make it something revolutionary. Three years without anything good, from Marvel or DC. We, the minority who don't need agreement for social equality to prevail, you depend on it.

In your logic, the red plague deserves salvation, and a conservative doesn't. But you forgot one thing: THOU SHALT NOT KILL. Judgment is coming!

Sorry buddy. You missed the rapture. I'm SURE they missed you.

Anyone who's been on here a while & mainly through the years of insanity where Hex & his ilk ran rampant with the virtue signaling (woke if you want to call it that) nonsense can recall the use of the nazi word they constantly brought up.I didn't bring it up out of nowhere pal. Besides inflation, their stupidity was a main factor in the cheetos mans return. Congrats guys. #TRONWASRIGHT.

Charlie Kirk was horrible but so are Hex, psychamorean, chuckturds and sad comics. Your all just sensitive man children who have no integrity, just the illusion of it. Fuck you all. Adios.

Bro you've been here a year. It literally says Oct 1, 2024. You haven't seen me for "years". On top of that, I took time off for a long while. I hadn't posted anything for almost a year myself really until USM had come out. What are you even talking about? Virtue signaling is bad and that's why the Annoying Orange is still here but calling out Nazis is a bad thing and that's NOT why we're heading towards an authoritarian regime. Okay. You're a centrist fence sitter. How's that for integrity?

I always flip and forth between Absolute Batman and Superman on which is my favorite to be honest

Absolute version for this comic would be INSANE! I’d buy it in a heartbeat

Oh totally my friend. I've been slowly buying them all. The best way to read the classics. My Absolute All Star Superman just arrived. It's beautiful.

Congrats, That’s a great pickup! All-Star Superman is an all timer. I’ve got the absolute editions of Batman Year One, Court of Owls, Death of the Family, Killing Joke and I’m planning on buying more such as Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Mister Miracle by Tom King and Watchmen. Without a doubt my favourite way of reading comicbooks.

Sweet collection mate! I want the Mister Miracle one next. What a story. When Tom King is good, he's one of the best.

Shocking.

what were one of your favorite parts in this issue?

Pretty much everything. I loved it all.

What was the subtext you didn't like?

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.

Agreed - I had a similar issue with the new Fantastic Four #1, it’s like these publishers have forgotten what a number one issue means.

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.

No. Rebooting a series for just the #1 and not resetting the cannon is very disingenuous on DC's part. Having James Gordon being booked down to a low level patrolman, and also having Police Commissioner Vandal Savage at the start of a reboot? and Ghost Alfred? ...that is going to throw off anyone not up to speed with prior runs, no matter how you slice it. There is absolutely zero defense of those being the standard for this supposed "jumping on" point.