I haven’t read any mainline DC comics in a long time, but I was morbidly curious about the new Absolute Universe that just started. It’s kind of like the original Ultimate Marvel universe, where it’s a new continuity with edgy remixes of the characters. While there were a few bright spots (Ultimate Spider-Man especially), overall the first Ultimate Marvel stuff was, uh, kinda garbage. The new unrelated Ultimate Marvel universe that’s running right now slaps, though.

Anyway, Absolute Batman #1 came out yesterday, so I decided to check it out. I already thought the extremely chunky bat logo was ridiculous, and then this happened. I don’t even know how to react to this. Anyway, comic was interesting; very 90s edgy vibes, but at least somewhat better written than a lot of that was. I’ll probably keep reading, along with the other upcoming Absolute comics, at least for a while, just to see where it goes, but I don’t expect them to be great.