Unlike Kal-El's counterpart in the prime DC Universe -- who is married to Lois Lane, father to the Jon Kent Superman , and part of the Superman Family backed by the Metropolis-based Supercorp -- Aaron's Absolute Superman "has no Fortress [of Solitude], no family, no home," he wrote on Substack . "Get ready for a daring new vision of the Last Son of Krypton."
The Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer, whose credits include DC Vertigo's Scalped , Marvel's Wolverine and Thor , and IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles relaunch , also teased more will be revealed during the 2024 DC Comics SDCC panel set to run 12:45pm-1:45pm Thursday, July 25th, in Room 6DE. Over the four-day convention, DC will host comics-centric panels featuring Williamson, Mark Waid ( Absolute Power ), Jeph Loeb ( the upcoming Batman: The Last Halloween ), Rafael Gramp? ( Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham), Tom King ( Wonder Woman ), Ram V ( Detective Comics ), Tom Taylor ( Nightwing ), Jeremy Adams ( Green Lantern ), Nicole Maines ( Absolute Power: Super Son ), and more.
The Absolute Universe is a dangerous new DC universe created by Darkseid energy, and one that exists parallel to the ongoing DCU. The Dark Knight is a Batman without the vast resources of his core-line counterpart -- no money and no mansion-- and the Amazon warrior is a Wonder Woman without her island paradise, no sisterhood to shape her, and no mission of peace.
"The creation of the Absolute Universe is how I always imagined coming back to DC," Snyder said in a statement on Thursday. "DC All In will be a great jumping-on point for new readers as well as lapsed fans to discover new stories to love and the chance to explore the new directions in store for DC's core series lineup."
Snyder and Williamson's DC All In Special #1 one-shot, out in October, will launch the new Absolute Universe line of comics, which continues with Absolute Batman #1 (October 9th), Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (October 23rd), and Absolute Superman #1 (November 6th).
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