{"id":604172,"date":"2026-07-25T22:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/604172\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T22:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:08:12","slug":"dcs-absolute-batman-25-is-becoming-oversized-just-like-its-hero-for-the-first-big-1-on-1-with-absolute-joker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/604172\/","title":{"rendered":"DC&#8217;s Absolute Batman #25 is becoming oversized just like its hero, for the first &#8220;big&#8221; 1-on-1 with Absolute Joker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph-mediumSize__E6jLE paragraph_paragraph-mediumLineHeight__J849c paragraph_paragraph-left__8Iid_ paragraph_paragraph-black__RmPZv paragraph_paragraph-normal___VGUe\">Absolute Batman #25 marks the end of one era, and the start of another says Nick Dragotta and Scott Snyder.<\/p>\n<p>If you thought Absolute Batman was a little swole, wait until you read October&#8217;s Absolute Batman #25. It&#8217;ll be more pages than normal issues \u2014 &#8220;oversized&#8221; in comics industry terminology.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The cover of Absolute Batman #19\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"666\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"image_image__fHb59 image_clickable__sXjwj\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785017292_359_image.jpeg\"\/>Image credit: DC Comics<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Absolute Batman #25] might have the biggest surprise of all,\u201d says Dragotta during the panel.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In #25, &#8221; Snyder adds, &#8220;we have our first really big confrontation between Joker and Batman, and that\u2019s where we\u2019re headed. It\u2019s the moment we\u2019ve been building to for 25 issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See you in October?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Absolute Batman ships monthly, with Absolute Batman #25 anticipated for this October.<\/p>\n<p>About Comic-Con International: San Diego<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph-mediumSize__E6jLE paragraph_paragraph-mediumLineHeight__J849c paragraph_paragraph-left__8Iid_ paragraph_paragraph-black__RmPZv paragraph_paragraph-normal___VGUe article_eventDescription__l8FxD\">Comic-Con is the premier event for all things comics and related popular art, including movies, television, gaming, interactive multimedia, and so much more! Enjoy cosplay galore and take part in unique programming, exclusive previews, and presentations, not to mention the expansive and diverse Exhibit Hall featuring merchandise and displays representing all fandoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph-smallSize___QW_3 paragraph_paragraph-mediumLineHeight__J849c paragraph_paragraph-left__8Iid_ paragraph_paragraph-black__RmPZv paragraph_paragraph-normal___VGUe\">Follow Popverse for upcoming event coverage and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Absolute Batman #25 marks the end of one era, and the start of another says Nick Dragotta and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[65051,254231,3126,107474,7472,18,117,19,17,327,255226,65052],"class_list":["post-604172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-absolute-batman","tag-comic-con-international-san-diego","tag-comics","tag-dc-absolute-universe","tag-dc-comics","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-nick-dragotta","tag-scott-snyder"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116982901440376226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}