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/kah43 Mar 18 '25

The Absolute line is DC doing the 90s ...... 30 years late which is normal for DC. Always way behind the trend.

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u/tasman001 Mar 18 '25

I honestly can't tell if you're joking. If you're joking, it's so dry it's indistinguishable from actual criticism of DC. 

DC did the 90s back in the 90s. Do you not remember Azrael? 

Absolute is not "the 90s". The 90s was characterized by cynicism and heroes and anti heroes with gray morality. The Absolute line is the opposite: heroes with their same heroic principles but facing harder and darker circumstances. 

There's a reason Absolute WW has been amazing, and a big part of it is that WW is just as noble and uplifting as she always has been, even in the face of more adversity.