Why is no one talking about this? It's fucking great!

>>149358495 (OP)
it's not bad, it just feels like it's being dragged out

>>149358495 (OP)
It's a Linkin Park AMV in comic book form.

>>149358495 (OP)
I had trouble with the first issue, but once I read it I was hooked. The Brainiac in this one is actually evil for a change.

>>149358495 (OP)
Thanks for the reminder. Looks like the storytime >>149326623 got pushed off before I saw it. Not bad with the more overt foreshadowing of Apokolips. Makes the Omega Men with their boom tubes and motherboxes (or fatherbox in this issue) more suspect. And of course the conflict Clark feels in the slippery slope into violence brings echoes of evil Superman storylines. I'm also wondering if this is the first time the other Absolute stories have been mentioned in universe. Everyone's off doing their own thing but I assume there will be a big crossover down the line.

Its not bad but compared to the others its pretty bland and whatever
Also >>149358589

>>149358495 (OP)
isn't it selling better than the mainline?

>>149358495 (OP)
Aaron, I think, just doesn't enthuse anons, most of his output the last decade has been rather shit, and he also is rather one-note as a writer.

>>149358773
I'm more looking forward to Zod.

>>149358495 (OP)
It's terrible.

>>149358837
It wouldn’t surprise me. I don’t usually like reading Superman comics but this one has me wanting to see the next one each month.

>>149358495 (OP)
It's the weakest Absolute title IMO. It's not awful, it's got some good moments here and there, but overall it just feels like it's trying too hard to be cool and not doing enough to develop its characters. The story is tries to tell is a classic (evil corporations are stealing your freedoms and killing the planet) but it's told with zero flair or imagination, literally just psychotic villains behind everything that happens.

It also makes the same mistake as Absolute Batman: Wanting to create a version of the character that has a more humble lineage, while at the same time not making any effort to make that mean anything. Bruce Wayne is the son of a teacher instead of an industrial millionaire, but he somehow still has unlimited funds to build multiple Batmobiles and have dozens, even implied to be hundreds, of secret bases all over Gotham. Kal-El is the son of outcast farmers instead of wealthy scientists, but they were still super-geniuses who built a one of a kind spaceship and in terms of technology even gave him MORE than in the original version (his sapient nano-supersuit).

>>149359163
Green Lantern is even worse.

>>149358960
I cannot look at that middle panel and not mentally continue the "Get outta here kid" line with a W.C Fields esque "Ya bother me"

>>149359163
Martian Manhunter is just too strong of a book.

>>149359182
Nah. It's definitely not among the better ones but people are mostly just mad about it because it's not the Hal Jordan Show, and thus not giving it a fair chance.

They gave Jimmy Olsen a vasectomy :(

>>149359279
I don't give a fuck about Hal Jordan. It's the shittiest Absolute book going by plot and art, easily.

>>149359163
>Kal-El is the son of outcast farmers instead of wealthy scientists
but this time lara is the super-genius scientist instead because aaron thinks he's subversive

>>149359504
Yeah but she's also hot

>>149359400
The art, yeah I can actually agree with that. Abin Sur and some of the more fantastic stuff looks good, but the characters and backgrounds are meh. Can't agree on the plot though. The only real issue is that it's really slow, but aside from that it's better at establishing characters and story than Superman and Flash are.

>>149358495 (OP)
I didn't bother with any of the Absolute crap.

>>149359163
>>149359504
weren't they both scientists but fucked over to be farmers? also >>149359515

>>149359515
She was pretty badass.

>>149359594
Absolute Manhunter is genuinely good. It's not the best ever or anything but out of all the Absolute books I think it's the only one that tries to go for a truly unique take on its respective character.

>>149358495 (OP)
Fucking kill yourself Aaron

>>149359836
>>149359205
Manhunter is the most visually appealing of all the absolutes and by far the most creative use of the character.

rate my ranking my fellow /co/huds

Honestly the fact that every book in both the absolute and ultimate comic line is okay at absolute worse is an achievement in of itself.

>>149360084
Flash and Superman both go one rank down

>>149358495 (OP)
I'm among the freaks that can't get into any absolute series but i enjoy a lot of the current mainline runs.

>>149359163
I think making Bruce a violent bruiser makes Absolute a compelling enough adaptation

>>149358495 (OP)
its not great. dog shit. like all absolute. dc trying to find something to stick as copyrights run out.

>>149360084
Keep Manhunter up, bump everything else down a couple notches.

>>149358495 (OP)
COMMIEMAN GOOD
GOVERNMENT BY THE MOST DESERVING BAD
TERRORISM GOOD

>>149361671

Remember when Aaron made She-Hulk & Thor a couple and She-Hulk couldn't really consent?

>>149360084
I'd put Superman and Green Lantern both in regular

Superman was only tolerable for the 6 issues I read it because of the art because the rest came off like a lost Image book from 1994

Green Lantern could have potential if the art wasn't webcomic tier garbage, probably from Ewing throwing a bone to one of his tumblr friends

>>149360084
Move them all down.
Good: MM
Regular: Batman, WW
Bad: Flash, Superman, GL

>>149358495 (OP)
Too topical for this boards patrons

>>149361728
Notice how you didnt call him a liar?

>>149358495 (OP)
it's pretty terrible and the art, while competent, feels like it's causing an aneurysm when it's not just boring or ripping off someone else's designs

>>149359163
Absolute Batman has one thing over Absolute Superman, it's so goddamn retarded it loops around to fun again

>>149360084
I can only agree on Martian Manhunter so long as the art holds out.
WW isn't Incredible but it is damn good
Batman got good in the Mr Freeze arc and Bane is surprisingly good
The rest are meh

>>149360084
I have no idea why anyone likes Absolute Batman at all, it's completely ridiculous. I stopped reading after the issue where he drives a building. Cartoonish retardation.

>>149358495 (OP)
Removing the Kents from Superman's backstory kills any interest for me.

>>149362524
>it's completely ridiculous
Almost like a comic book.

>>149358495 (OP)
what's the twist/change for absolute superman, I forget
he just wasn't kansas? but he's still basically the same good guy?

>>149360157
Why? Frank Miller already did it. Bunch of people did. Remove the pointy ears and the bat symbol and this guy is just a Liefeld character with big feet.

>>149362539
It's an example of Chesterton's Fence in action. You don't remove things if you don't know why they're there in the first place. The Kents are why Superman is Superman. Both of Bruce's parents dying are why he's Batman. Remove those things from the story without meaningfully replacing them just gives you a weirder, more boring, flatter character.

>>149363696
Not a long time spent with the Kent’s too.

>>149363696
The main difference is that he was sent to Earth as a teen instead of a baby and only spent a short amount of time with the Kents.

>>149362165
WW is what I’m starting next. Manhunter is fun and weird so far. It’s also the furthest from the source material.

>>149358495 (OP)
story-time it

coomicbooks should cost only1$.

>>149358589
lol

>>149358960
Judge Zod.

>>149361728
I’m still right and you know it.

>>149362539
>>149363815
Based.

>>149362539
That's the only interesting part of any alternate Superman story though.

>>149363789
Absolute Batman is like Miller's Batman for the nu-anime crowd.

>>149358495 (OP)
I'm not really enjoying it. It's a bit too dark for how I like my superman stories, even elseworlds.
I've been really enjoying Absolute Wonder Woman though

>>149359163
Absolute Batman gets help from his friends. You could even make the argument that Batman is a group project. Riddler is his tech guy, Harvey is his investigator etc. I think it’s interesting. The only thing I disagreed with them on is their take on Bane. I wish they went more anime with him. Ultimate Mr.Freeze was rad tho

Eh, I would have preferred if Gods and Monsters had been explored more instead of this one.

>>149367606
I was disappointed by Superhombre. Wish Gods and Monsters proper had done him more like that promo short with Tara Strong kid Brainiac. Less bitter, more duty-bound and sad and tired.

>>149366931
>I wish they went more anime with him.
Absolute Bane is anime though. He's like something out of Baki.

>>149364987
I’m sure you know how to find them.

>>149362524
>it's completely ridiculous
that's why I like it.
I also like how blatantly political the absolute comics have been honestly. It's nice seeing the writers actually allowed to write about their beliefs and shit and also I like this proletarian people's superman

Other than Poison Ivy and Orca, are there any Batman villains left who could plausibly be turned into Resident Evil bosses like Freeze and Bane were?

>>149368002
This or Scarecrow. They could do some gnarly body horror stuff with Clayface too. But I think Scarecrow needs the most revamping imo. Ironically enough, I don’t really fear him. He’s just a guy with funny gas. Get a good punch in and he’s out. I’d be curious to see how Scott would make him feel like a real terrifying threat

>>149368147
Shit, forgot all about Man-Bat and Clayface.
Personally, I feel like the way to boost Scarecrow would be letting him use his hallucinogenics for MKULTRA shit. Turn people into sleeper agents who activate under the right stimulus or trigger phrase.

>>149363377
You can be ridiculous and not poorly written

>>149367931
>blatantly political
Are they? They're very surface level "political" takes

>>149368374
The primary criticism was that it was ridiculous. If the primary criticism was that it's poorly written, then I get it.

>>149367737
Man, I hate to say this, but don't fucking insult Baki like that. Bane is a retard's idea of what a master martial artist looks like
>hrm I shall call out the names of fighting styles while effortlessly breaking your limbs by tapping you, because I am the greatest warrior ever
>you are a very good warrior. I can say this because I know all about fighting, which is how I beat you
Baki's "strongest" character raped a guy to prove he was more masculine and that is less retarded than Absolute Bane beating Batman by snapping all of Batman's limbs with subtle kungfu master taps.

>>149369501
I said he's like something out of Baki because he's disgustingly huge to the point it's funny.

>>149369436
I think it's pretty well written. Usually Superman is boring and one note. New Lois Lane is like the Smallville one but became a soldier instead of a reporter.

Anyone else unable to read Brainiac's lines in any voice but Harlan Ellison's?

>>149368002
Solomon Grundy?

>>149368002
Orca becoming the mascot character of the bat gang would make this a 10/10 book

>>149369436
But the problem is it's meant to be a story that's taken seriously yet the plot is nonsensical and the tone is ridiculous. Like no one bats an eye when Adam West Batman is ridiculous, it's ridiculous in a bad way like Batman and Robin is.

>>149370886
You would not survive watching a Seventies-Eighties-Nineties action movie.

>>149369858
I read him with Dr Venture’s voice.

>>149371009
There's a reason why the most remembered ones from that era are the most cohesive and simplest ones.