We Absolutely Need More Absolute Animation from DC

We Absolutely Need More Absolute Animation from DC A few weeks ago, DC announced that Absolute Batman was going to receive an animated adaptation. This is unequivocally good news given that since the Absolute Universe started in 2024, they have been a much needed shot of adrenaline to the comics market and also the DC canon at large. The basic premise of the Absolute Universe (and I guess, technically spoilers) is that Darkseid’s presence in the Earth-Alpha/Elseworld has shifted the moral balance of the universe, which has a weird series of cascading effects on all of the would-be heroes.

Absolute Batman is the flagship and posits a simple shift for Bruce Wayne: what if he wasn’t embarrassingly rich. In the Absolute Universe, Bruce is a civil engineer, which has not stopped him from being built like a literal stack of bricks and having oh so many toys at this disposal, but it does position him differently. He is a solo-operation, unable to afford a butler or a mansion. The one bit of joy is the fact his mother is still alive, but Gotham is still overrun by oh so many of super villainy and corruption, and Bruce Wayne has taken it upon him to take the mantle of Batman and protect his city. And you know? I am excited to see the stories animated. I’m excited that this animated adaptation is happening relatively soon. I think it’ll be a nice companion to the film noir imagining of Bats in The Caped Crusader. The Absolute Universe has a distinct visual dictionary that makes it a l…