Something called ComicsPRO was going on yesterday, where both Marvel and DC announced a bunch of upcoming comics. I’m rather lukewarm on Marvel these days, so I don’t really care what they had to offer. Whereas DC has announced and show artwork for two new Absolute comics! I love Absolute Comics! Well, most of them. Enough that I wanted to talk about these comics!

Absolute Green Arrow should be pretty awesome.

SPOILERS

So as we saw in that Absolute Evil one-shot, Oliver Queen was brutally murdered by Hawkman and the Justice League of bad guys. I thought that was a great twist! And now they’re building off of that with a horror-based Absolute Green Arrow series, which will also feature Black Canary.

The comic will be written by Pornsak Pichetshote, with artwork by Rafael Albuquerque.

Here’s the synopsis:

“Executive protection specialist Dinah Lance, also known as Absolute Black Canary, is assigned to uncover the murderer’s identity as she investigates a list of suspects drawn from the ranks of DC’s most dangerous archers. Each one is uniquely connected to a recently murdered Oliver Queen. A deadly mystery unfolds in this urban horror reimagining of the Emerald Archer’s mythos, brought to life by Eisner Award winners Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque.”

All of that sounds great to me! I’m going to have high hopes for this one.

The next series is Absolute Catwoman, by Che Grayson, Scott Snyder and Bengal.

Catwoman was a pretty fun supporting character in Absolute Batman, but she definitely had a big life story that barely got touched. This series is apparently going to take a look at what Selina Kyle has been up to all this time.

Here’s the synopsis:

“Spinning out of Absolute Batman, Che Grayson, Scott Snyder, and Bengal delve deeper into the life of the Absolute Universe’s Catwoman. Through her ingenuity and skills, Selina Kyle has become the greatest thief the world has ever known. But when someone from her past comes knocking at her door, Selina’s life comes crashing down around her and she’ll need to get to the bottom of a mystery taking her all around the globe!”

Sounds good! Absolute Green Arrow will come along in April, and Absolute Catwoman will come along in June.

And then DC also announced that there will be a new Absolute Universe crossover event before the end of the year. No details on that yet, but I’m sure it will be fun. The recent Batman/Wonder Woman crossovers were amazing, and it was inevitable that bigger crossovers would happen. Hopefully the Absolute comics can maintain their quality level when they get a Big Event thrown at them.

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