ABSOLUTE BATMAN #2 First Look Reveals The Dark Knight's INSANE New Batmobile (And It's Absolutely Massive)

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #2 First Look Reveals The Dark Knight's INSANE New Batmobile (And It's Absolutely Massive)

DC has released a first look at Absolute Batman #2 and we finally get to see the reimagined Dark Knight's monstrous new Batmobile in action (and yes, it's just as massive as its driver). Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Oct 19, 2024 05:10 AM EST
Filed Under: DC Comics

DC Comics held a 75-minute panel at New York Comic Con yesterday, highlighting its "All In" initiative and the new Absolute Universe. 

During the panel, Absolute Batman creative team Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta addressed the overwhelmingly positive fan reaction to their first issue together and made a point of acknowledging and celebrating the work of series colourist Frank Martin and his contribution to this reimagined version of the Dark Knight.

They also shared new artwork from the upcoming second issue which, as you can see below, has revealed Batman's new Batmobile. He's built like a dump truck so it arguably makes sense that he's driving one through the streets of Gotham City! 

The publisher also announced that it would be adding to its second wave of titles, as writer Deniz Camp confirmed that Absolute Martian Manhunter is joining Absolute Green Lantern and Absolute Flash in 2025.

Camp is making his DC series debut with artist Javier Rodríguez on a new take on one of DC’s most enigmatic characters (you can see the hero's redesign below).

"We’re going to give the Absolute universe and the main universe plenty of room to tell their stories before we really intersect them in any kind of way that would feel intrusive," Snyder recently said when asked if fans should expect these Absolute characters to meet their DC Universe counterparts. "But we wanted to show that the DC Universe now has these two approaches to superheroes."

"On the one hand, you have the classic, epic, great tapestry of legacy storytelling. It’s all elevated with jumping on points over in the main line. And then over here, you have this very unpredictable, chaotic, daring, strange and dangerous take on all these heroes in a collective space that’s next to that world. It’s hidden away."

"And so, we wanted to do something that’s one big meta-story, where ultimately these two worlds, these heroes, have to embrace each other to defeat the threat that is Darkseid, as he’s now becoming this kind of primal, final form state," the writer concluded.

Check out a new look at Absolute Batman and Absolute Martian Manhunter below. 

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Batman was born out of violence – a horrible tragedy that shaped the trajectory of his future. But when a vigilant MI6 agent starts tracking the lonely life of Bruce Wayne, he discovers the interconnectivity between a hero’s shell life and the many layers of the Black Mask Gang. It’s Batman versus Alfred Pennyworth!

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #2
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art & Cover by NICK DRAGOTTA
On Sale 11/13

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Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 10/19/2024, 5:51 AM
dc and marvel comics should be boycotted
Thing94
Thing94 - 10/19/2024, 6:17 AM
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Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 10/19/2024, 6:18 AM
That's the ABSOLUTE Batmobile, Alfred.
Gambito
Gambito - 10/19/2024, 6:22 AM
Man hunter looks interesting [frick]ing come on dc don’t mess this up
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/19/2024, 6:30 AM
@Gambito - white too. Wonder if there'll be any backlash.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 10/19/2024, 7:30 AM
@ObserverIO - why would there be?
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/19/2024, 8:30 AM
@RegularPoochie - He's been mostly taking black-skinned human forms recently, also he's been played by black actors in pretty much everything. People might see it as whitewashing even though 1) His original alternate identity was a white guy and 2) He's a green alien.
Thing94
Thing94 - 10/19/2024, 6:26 AM
First issue was good
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/20/2024, 8:03 AM
@Thing94 - Wait until you read the second.

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MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 10/19/2024, 6:30 AM
I love the artwork, not sure about that Batmobile
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/19/2024, 6:42 AM
Love it.
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I hope the Court of Owls make it into this series at some point down the line. Maybe the illuminati that the Black Masks Party Animals are connected to is The Court of Owls. Or related to them somehow.

I mean this is a Scott Snyder joint after all, it'd be nice to see it connect to his big Batman storyline.
JonAwesome
JonAwesome - 10/19/2024, 6:44 AM
If Bruce Wayne is an engineer in this universe then he would take into account that a huge ass building on wheels is not a good car for chasing bad guys and running from the cops!
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 10/19/2024, 6:55 AM
Those are some gorgeous panels
SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 10/19/2024, 7:28 AM
Just spitballing here but, I'm guessing a converted oil-rig-on-wheels like that requires a minimum staff of around 6-8 men to work it properly. 🤓
skidz
skidz - 10/19/2024, 7:40 AM
And he built that thing without ANYONE noticing? Right. Well, it is Batman, so there's probably some plot armor explanation for no one seeing shipments of MASSIVE parts and machinery to the cave. How big is the Batcave in this series, anyway? More specifically, how big is the entrance? I still don't like the new take on the symbol.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/19/2024, 8:28 AM
@skidz - There is no cave yet. And just to make it even less feasible, Bruce Wayne is not rich.
Razorface1
Razorface1 - 10/19/2024, 8:38 AM
@skidz - Damn he could keep the batcave INSIDE the car
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 10/19/2024, 10:29 AM
@ObserverIO - money aside he’s a construction worker so this is probably a converted truck from his job
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/19/2024, 1:48 PM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - that does actually make sense, yeah.
1stDalek
1stDalek - 10/19/2024, 3:04 PM
@skidz - his base is at the top of an abandoned, unfinished building he helped construct.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 10/19/2024, 7:50 AM
Where does he park that when he’s not using it?
M3T4LL0
M3T4LL0 - 10/19/2024, 8:10 AM
That thing looks atrocious.
tylerzero
tylerzero - 10/19/2024, 8:19 AM
Sometimes “different” does not mean “better.”
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/19/2024, 8:42 AM
First issue here.
https://readcomic.net/absolute-batman/issue-1/full
It's not bad imo.
dragon316
dragon316 - 10/19/2024, 9:16 AM
Kinda like it should have expect it considering his normal life profession expected dam hahaha I like it big ridiculous was thinking monster truck not this bigger to one to frank miller version
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 10/19/2024, 9:46 AM
@dragon316 - also given his size in this comic. This batman wouldnt fit in a normal cockpit. He needs to make his vehicles super-sized.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 10/19/2024, 9:34 AM
[frick] yeah!
Demigods
Demigods - 10/19/2024, 10:13 AM
Soooo.... the sheer ridiculousness of this is awesome in its brazenness... but the practical half of my mind says "What the actual [frick]?!" So, I know it's not really feasible, BUT the great thing about Batman is the idea that anyone could become or be batman. It's almost realistic, which is what makes him cool. And changing his backstory a bit to make him MORE relatable is something I can get behind exploring... BUT that is so wildly unpractical it's almost comical in how comic book-y this is.... It's a [frick]ing massive dump truck for major construction... how in the actual [frick] is he supposed to hide that thing when it's bigger than 99.999% of houses?!?

I get that it's a comic and we're supposed to suspend disbelief... but holy shit. Whatever, lets ride this gravy train and see where it takes us.
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