When Bruce met Diana: Absolute Wonder Woman #15 and Absolute Batman #16
Hell comes to Gotham as Team BatChat covers the two-part crossover between DC’s Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Batman.

Hell comes to Gotham as Team BatChat covers the two-part crossover between DC’s Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Batman.
The final issue draws everything together. Batman faces the Child of Fire, and stands prepared to save Gotham from the storm that he has brought. Batman: Dark Patterns #12 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will Nevin: And now, the end is near,…
“Child of Fire” continues. Jim Gordon goes to an unlikely source for help. Batman, still recovering from his wounds, deduces the identity of the Child of Fire and goes to track him down. And the history of Gotham and fire is laid bare. Batman: Dark Patterns #11 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden…
“Child of Fire,” the final arc of the series, begins here. Still recovering from the wounds he received, Batman is unable to stop the crimes of a new villain, the Child of Fire. He has a theory about who it is, but there is something more sinister underneath it, and Batman may have trusted the…
“Pareidolia,” the third arc of the series, wraps up with Batman shot and tied up at the mercy of the man behind the discovery of the body that led Batman to Gotham’s Rookery neighborhood. Can Batman figure out all the secrets and convince his captors to free him before he is killed? Batman: Dark Patterns…
As Batman’s hunt for the killer in Gotham’s Rookery district verges on obsession, he dives deeper in, learning about the past of an erstwhile ally and leaving him open for the killer’s strike. Batman: Dark Patterns #8 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Matt…
Welcome back to Talking Absolute, where we at ComicsXF analyze the Absolute DC storylines, controversies and themes that have captured our imaginations each month. Today, we’ll be covering the titles released in June, featuring emo Flash, a Musky Ra’s al Ghul and something stinky in Absolute Wonder Woman. Absolute Flash #4 Written by Jeff Lemire,…
Batman travels into The Rookery, one of Gotham’s darker neighborhoods, investigating a murder and learning about the history of a familiar name: The Red Hood Gang. Batman: Dark Patterns #7 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will Nevin: It’s no “the man is…
Welcome back to Talking Absolute…, where we at ComicsXF analyze the Absolute DC storylines, controversies and themes that have captured our imaginations each month. Today, we’ll be covering the titles released in the back half of May, talking teenage angst in Absolute Flash, gaseous villains in Absolute Wonder Woman and humanity’s clouded judgment in Absolute…
Batman learns the details of the origin of the new Ventriloquist, as her plans fall apart and she makes one final, desperate attempt to stop her home from being seized. Batman: Dark Patterns #6 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will Nevin: I…
Batman continues to make his way through an apartment building controlled by Scarface, trying to find the mastermind. But there is more here than Batman expected, and there is something waiting as he reaches the top floor, a secret that will change the whole case. Batman: Dark Patterns #5 is written by Dan Watters, drawn…
The case of the Wound Man comes to a close. Batman follows his trail to his secret past, as the Wound Man runs afoul of a family noted for its bad intentions. Batman: Dark Patterns #3 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will…
A new arc begins as Batman must make his way through an apartment complex to save a captured police officer. The apartment complex, though, has something more sinister hiding beneath the surface. Batman: Dark Patterns #4 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will…
The Tetracide is “The Four Killer,” and Diana has done the unthinkable to escape its fatal grasp. The move may have saved her to fight another day, but the price Diana paid is more than she can stand to lose for the fight that’s coming. She will need the help of allies old and new…
The Tetracide is “The Four Killer,” and Diana has done the unthinkable to escape its fatal grasp. The move may have saved her to fight another day, but the price Diana paid is more than she can stand to lose for the fight that’s coming. She will need the help of her allies both old…