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Absolute Batman Vol. 1: The Zoo

By Nick Dragotta and Scott Snyder
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Without the wealth, without the cave, he's still the Absolute Dark Knight! Meet Batman as you've never seen him before, reimagined with a modern origin story at the hands of superstar creative team Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta! An astonishing new version of DC's iconic characters... Read More
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Without the wealth, without the cave, he s still the Absolute Dark Knight!

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Without the wealth, without the cave, he's still the Absolute Dark Knight!

Meet Batman as you've never seen him before, reimagined with a modern origin story at the hands of superstar creative team Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta!

An astonishing new version of DC's iconic characters is here! In the Absolute Universe, familiar heroes have been reinvented from the ground up with origin stories that completely reshape both their abilities and their circumstances but maintain the core characteristics that fans have known and loved for decades!

Bruce Wayne comes from nothing. He's not the scion of a wealthy empire in Gotham City; he's the son of a public school teacher who experienced the unimaginable horror of random gun violence as a child, changing the trajectory of his life forever.

With no limitless resources, no billions to fund him, no mansion, and no butler to care for him, Bruce has shaped himself into an entirely different breed of Batman, one that is equal parts brain and brawn, who exists exclusively in the grittiest and most underserved parts of Gotham with no high society mask to fall back on.

Collects Absolute Batman #1-6

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781799505242

Publisher: DC Comics

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 August 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: DC Comics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 168.0mm

Height: 259.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 176

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Adult Graphic Novels Fiction Graphic Novels Nick Dragotta Scott Snyder

About the Author

Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times bestselling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. His works include Batman, All-Star Batman, Batman- Eternal, Superman Unchained, American Vampire, and Swamp Thing. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and he has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his family.

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