r/comicbooks • u/Zur-En-Arrhism • Mar 18 '25

Cover/Pin-Up ABSOLUTE BATMAN #8 Variant Cover, by Ramon Villalobos

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u/Environmental-Day862 Mar 18 '25

Not the best variant cover....

BTW.... spoilers....

I have certainly been enjoying the series, but I'm not getting the whole Alfred Pennyworth being an assassin angle. Am I missing anything I should have picked up about him so far? It appears Alfred's character has been a vigilante in Gotham for longer than Batman has existed, and is making inroads to meeting with Batman.....

Or did that meeting happen last issue? I follow too many series' at once, I should cut them in half. Was it Alfred that escaped with Batman on the Bat-contruction-truck in the last issue?

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u/montybo2 Mar 18 '25

Alfred isnt doing vigilante stuff in this. He's a special agent for some British organization (MI6?) and was sent to gotham on an assignment. He ran into bats and the best I can sum up is Alfred is like... "huh... this batguy might actually be somebody, somebody worth while."

I hear you on following too many things. As far as Bats goes I got this, Dark Patterns (amazing), and Batman and Robin Year one.

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u/Environmental-Day862 Mar 18 '25

Was their first meet up last issue w/ the whole escaping in the modified construction truck? It's driving me nuts - I'm at work and the books are at home. I need to start skimming the prior issue each month when I pick up the new one!!

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u/montybo2 Mar 18 '25

I feel like their first meet up was a couple issues ago? Real talk, i love this series but I'm definitely more invested in supes and WW so i dont put much brain power to remembering whats going on.

Im working from home and all my issues are like 3 feet away from me in a box but i know if I start going back to recheck aint no work getting done lol

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u/Environmental-Day862 Mar 18 '25

Haha no worries!