What do you think?
Rate this book
Absolute Batman (2025) (Brazilian Editions) #3
Absolute Batman, Vol. 3
48 pages, Paperback
Published February 1, 2026
About the author
Scott Snyder
1,759 books5,329 followersScott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman, Swamp Thing, and his original series for Vertigo, American Vampire. He is also the author of the short story collection, Voodoo Heart, published by the Dial Press in 2006. The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 21 of 21 reviews
May 2, 2026
Este volume já inicia com um plano do Batman que achei um pouco conveniente, mas mostrou como ele é duro na queda.
Também tem algumas cenas de flashback do Bruce com a mãe e ele com o Gordon que achei muito importantes para entender melhor esse Bruce Wayne.
Aqui temos a conclusão do primeiro arco, e eu achei uma conclusão satisfatória.
As cenas de ação neste volume são muito boas, a leitura fluiu demais, a arte está excelente e o roteiro me agradou.
Curti a ideia do plano final do Máscara Negra, acho que isso conversa muito com o que tem acontecido no mundo real e eu acho foda quando abordam temas tão realistas em histórias assim.
A cena do epílogo me deixou curioso, mas é porque eu já vi falarem que daqui pra frente essa revista só melhora. Vamos ver!
Sou bem leigo em relação ao Batman, mas to empolgado para continuar lendo as coisas deste universo.
Também tem algumas cenas de flashback do Bruce com a mãe e ele com o Gordon que achei muito importantes para entender melhor esse Bruce Wayne.
Aqui temos a conclusão do primeiro arco, e eu achei uma conclusão satisfatória.
As cenas de ação neste volume são muito boas, a leitura fluiu demais, a arte está excelente e o roteiro me agradou.
Curti a ideia do plano final do Máscara Negra, acho que isso conversa muito com o que tem acontecido no mundo real e eu acho foda quando abordam temas tão realistas em histórias assim.
A cena do epílogo me deixou curioso, mas é porque eu já vi falarem que daqui pra frente essa revista só melhora. Vamos ver!
Sou bem leigo em relação ao Batman, mas to empolgado para continuar lendo as coisas deste universo.
March 12, 2026
O primeiro volume de Absolute Batman realmente me empolgou. A forma como Snyder trouxe a nova origem do personagem, o assassinato do pai, a rede de amigos, tudo bem legal. Menos o Batman ser um brutamontes ainda maior. E quando digo maior, não é só na violência, mas no tamanho. Mas então veio a edição dois e murchei e nesta edição três murchei mais ainda. Parece que estou lendo o mesmo Snyder das piores edições dele do Batman dos Novos 52. Até a narrativa dinâmica do Nick Dragotta parece mais difícil e cansativa de ler. Me disseram que depois deste arco melhora bastante. Então darei chance para a próxima edição, senão vai ser o primeiro dos títulos da linha Absolute que vou abandonar. E cá pra nós, Batman nunca me capturou de verdade, então não devo perder muito.
April 6, 2026
This continues to be one of my favorite Batman series I have ever read, so unique and original.
The villains so far have been super interesting.
Especially the Joker issue was insanely good, that dude came straight up from my worst nightmares bruh
Also the final 2 poison Ivy issues were probably my favorite depiction of the poison ivy character in any Batman media, her design alone was super cool and looked like a damn dark souls boss 😭
The villains so far have been super interesting.
Especially the Joker issue was insanely good, that dude came straight up from my worst nightmares bruh
Also the final 2 poison Ivy issues were probably my favorite depiction of the poison ivy character in any Batman media, her design alone was super cool and looked like a damn dark souls boss 😭
Review of advance copy received from Indie Reviewers
Thus far, this is the weakest entry in Scott Snyder’s Absolute Batman run—though even at its weakest, it remains a compelling read.
The writing is still sharp where it matters most: the central story holds together well, the pacing remains energetic, and Snyder continues to find inventive ways to reinterpret Batman’s rogues gallery. The new takes on Poison Ivy and the Joker are particularly strong—radically different from their traditional incarnations, yet still wholly true to the core of each character. They feel fresh, strange, and entirely at home in this reimagined Gotham.
The volume’s one clear misstep is its Wonder Woman crossover, which feels more editorially mandated than organically earned. While not without a few entertaining beats, the detour ultimately comes across as unnecessary to Batman’s larger arc, and its rushed pacing undercuts any real sense of tension or consequence. It is the only portion of the book that feels structurally compromised, leaning more on spectacle than substance.
Where the volume succeeds, however, it does so with confidence. Issue #15 and the Ark M storyline are the clear standouts—easily the most shocking, narratively confident, and entertaining chapters in the collection. Snyder is at his best when he lets Gotham become strange, violent, and psychologically unpredictable. Even the book’s more absurd imagery—Batman outfitted with chainsaw arms, tearing through Poison Ivy’s creations with gleeful brutality—lands with surprising force. It is outrageous, yes, but memorable in exactly the way comic-book excess should be.
There is also more emotional weight here than one might expect. Snyder finds a few genuinely affecting moments, particularly in the quieter character work between Gordon and Ivy, which lend the volume a welcome sense of heart beneath its operatic violence.
Overall, this is a satisfying installment, even if it falls short of the heights set by earlier volumes. It is less successful as a self-contained story, but more clearly functions as a bridge toward something larger. And judging by the preview of Volume 4—with the Robin initiative, Deathstroke, Scarecrow, Gotham’s allies evolving into their villainous counterparts, the looming Joker-Batman confrontation above the city, and Mad Hatter waiting in the wings—that larger story looks increasingly ambitious.
If this volume is primarily table-setting, it is at least setting the table for something worth staying seated for.
The writing is still sharp where it matters most: the central story holds together well, the pacing remains energetic, and Snyder continues to find inventive ways to reinterpret Batman’s rogues gallery. The new takes on Poison Ivy and the Joker are particularly strong—radically different from their traditional incarnations, yet still wholly true to the core of each character. They feel fresh, strange, and entirely at home in this reimagined Gotham.
The volume’s one clear misstep is its Wonder Woman crossover, which feels more editorially mandated than organically earned. While not without a few entertaining beats, the detour ultimately comes across as unnecessary to Batman’s larger arc, and its rushed pacing undercuts any real sense of tension or consequence. It is the only portion of the book that feels structurally compromised, leaning more on spectacle than substance.
Where the volume succeeds, however, it does so with confidence. Issue #15 and the Ark M storyline are the clear standouts—easily the most shocking, narratively confident, and entertaining chapters in the collection. Snyder is at his best when he lets Gotham become strange, violent, and psychologically unpredictable. Even the book’s more absurd imagery—Batman outfitted with chainsaw arms, tearing through Poison Ivy’s creations with gleeful brutality—lands with surprising force. It is outrageous, yes, but memorable in exactly the way comic-book excess should be.
There is also more emotional weight here than one might expect. Snyder finds a few genuinely affecting moments, particularly in the quieter character work between Gordon and Ivy, which lend the volume a welcome sense of heart beneath its operatic violence.
Overall, this is a satisfying installment, even if it falls short of the heights set by earlier volumes. It is less successful as a self-contained story, but more clearly functions as a bridge toward something larger. And judging by the preview of Volume 4—with the Robin initiative, Deathstroke, Scarecrow, Gotham’s allies evolving into their villainous counterparts, the looming Joker-Batman confrontation above the city, and Mad Hatter waiting in the wings—that larger story looks increasingly ambitious.
If this volume is primarily table-setting, it is at least setting the table for something worth staying seated for.
Review of advance copy
A quick recap of the setup for Absolute Batman:
• Bruce Wayne is not a billionaire, in fact he is a stacked nobody-Engineer who works out of a garage.
• However, we do discover that, in an Absolute reversal of fates, there is a billionaire playout out on stage left about to come ot the forefront
• Thomas Wayne was a teacher who was killed in a school shooting, Martha Wayne is alive and a political aide, dating James Gordon.
• Bruce has a cadre of lifelong friends whose names would be very familiar: Eddie Nigma, Way Jones, Ozzie Cobblepot, Harv Dent and Sel Kyle
• Alfred Pennyworth has no connection to the Wayne Family whatsoever, works for a shadowy master
• Batman sometimes fights with a massive axe that detatches from his Bat-symbol
Coming hot off the heels of Absolute Batman, Vol. 2: Abomination, Bruce Wayne is immediately dealing with the repercussions of the conflict between Batman and Bane. Friendships and alliances were pushed to the breaking point (and then broken) seeding what is to become an interesting dynamic between him and the 'Batman rogues'.
On top of this, this volume introduces the Absolute versions of the Jack Grimm (althouh the cover blatantly reveals this to be the Joker) and Poison Ivy, both of which whose conceptions are very interesting (artistically and narratively). I especially enjoyed connecting this incarnation of Ivy to the trad-DC elemental forces of The Green, The Red and The Black.
Snyder is definetly taking his time here in setting up his next cataclysm, and I have no doubt that it will be able to match the high standard set out by Volume 2.
• Bruce Wayne is not a billionaire, in fact he is a stacked nobody-Engineer who works out of a garage.
• However, we do discover that, in an Absolute reversal of fates, there is a billionaire playout out on stage left about to come ot the forefront
• Thomas Wayne was a teacher who was killed in a school shooting, Martha Wayne is alive and a political aide, dating James Gordon.
• Bruce has a cadre of lifelong friends whose names would be very familiar: Eddie Nigma, Way Jones, Ozzie Cobblepot, Harv Dent and Sel Kyle
• Alfred Pennyworth has no connection to the Wayne Family whatsoever, works for a shadowy master
• Batman sometimes fights with a massive axe that detatches from his Bat-symbol
Coming hot off the heels of Absolute Batman, Vol. 2: Abomination, Bruce Wayne is immediately dealing with the repercussions of the conflict between Batman and Bane. Friendships and alliances were pushed to the breaking point (and then broken) seeding what is to become an interesting dynamic between him and the 'Batman rogues'.
On top of this, this volume introduces the Absolute versions of the Jack Grimm (althouh the cover blatantly reveals this to be the Joker) and Poison Ivy, both of which whose conceptions are very interesting (artistically and narratively). I especially enjoyed connecting this incarnation of Ivy to the trad-DC elemental forces of The Green, The Red and The Black.
Snyder is definetly taking his time here in setting up his next cataclysm, and I have no doubt that it will be able to match the high standard set out by Volume 2.
Review of advance copy
4/5 I am really digging the Absolute Batman series and now that I’m all caught up for now I’ll likely dive into one of the other Absolute Titles. Volume 3 isn’t quite as strong as the last 2 mainly because the arcs are shorter and I’m not sure how I feel about the direction they’re taking the Joker. However it is damn compelling. We get more of the squad after what happened to them during the events of Bane. We are introduced to Poison Ivy and we get a pertinent team up with Absolute Wonder Woman. Just a blast to read.
Read all of the individual issues not the trade itself.
Read all of the individual issues not the trade itself.
Review of advance copy
The volume is a bit disjointed, but it's still very good and moves several storylines forward.
We learn more about the demon child (man, thing?) Joker and about Ark M, Pamela Isle gets introduced, Bruce becomes a bit more hardened, we get a cool story with Absolute Wonder Woman (the GOAT of the Absolute Universe), and DWJ kick some ass. What's not to love?
We learn more about the demon child (man, thing?) Joker and about Ark M, Pamela Isle gets introduced, Bruce becomes a bit more hardened, we get a cool story with Absolute Wonder Woman (the GOAT of the Absolute Universe), and DWJ kick some ass. What's not to love?
Review of advance copy
The Wonder Woman crossover and the Daniel Warren Johnson annual is particularly good. This arc has its highs but I feel this book has lost it a little, and I'm hoping we continue with what made this strong in the first place.
May 31, 2026
PT O universo Absolute foi talvez a melhor coisa que aconteceu à banda desenhada de super-heróis nas últimas décadas. É exatamente este tipo de frescura e reinvenção que estas personagens precisavam, e Batman, tal como no universo principal da DC, continua a liderar a investida.
Não tenho palavras para descrever o quão bom está a ser ler Absolute Batman. É como se East of West se cruzasse com Batman. Um Batman rejuvenescido, mais brutal do que nunca, desprovido da fortuna milionária que normalmente o define, mas que compensa isso com uma presença física quase explosiva.
Muito, muito bom.
--
EN The Absolute universe may well be the best thing to happen to superhero comics in recent decades. This is exactly the kind of freshness and reinvention these characters needed, and Batman, just like in the main DC universe, continues to lead the charge.
I honestly don’t have the words to describe just how good Absolute Batman has been. It feels like East of West meets Batman. A rejuvenated Batman. A more brutal Batman than ever before. A Batman who is no longer a millionaire, but who more than makes up for it with an almost explosive physical presence.
Very, very good.
Não tenho palavras para descrever o quão bom está a ser ler Absolute Batman. É como se East of West se cruzasse com Batman. Um Batman rejuvenescido, mais brutal do que nunca, desprovido da fortuna milionária que normalmente o define, mas que compensa isso com uma presença física quase explosiva.
Muito, muito bom.
--
EN The Absolute universe may well be the best thing to happen to superhero comics in recent decades. This is exactly the kind of freshness and reinvention these characters needed, and Batman, just like in the main DC universe, continues to lead the charge.
I honestly don’t have the words to describe just how good Absolute Batman has been. It feels like East of West meets Batman. A rejuvenated Batman. A more brutal Batman than ever before. A Batman who is no longer a millionaire, but who more than makes up for it with an almost explosive physical presence.
Very, very good.
Review of advance copy
Snyder keeps delivering amazing story telling and punches with this new volume. Introducing the Absolute versions of the Jack Grimm and Poison Ivy. Elements of Gotham. Martha and the possible Owl connections. So much to explore and appreciate in this ABSOLUTE Universe.
April 3, 2026
Can we stop babying Bruce Wayne. He’s going evil mode for the second time 😒
Review of advance copy
Annual #1, ☆☆☆☆☆
15, ☆☆☆☆☆
16, ☆☆☆☆
Ark M, ☆☆☆☆
17-18, ☆☆☆☆
15, ☆☆☆☆☆
16, ☆☆☆☆
Ark M, ☆☆☆☆
17-18, ☆☆☆☆
Review of advance copy
This isn’t out as a trade yet but all the issues are.
It was good. Not as good as vol 2 but better than vol 1 slightly. Good storytelling especially in #18
It was good. Not as good as vol 2 but better than vol 1 slightly. Good storytelling especially in #18
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This series may have jumped the shark. I'll keep reading for a bit and see how it goes.
June 14, 2026
A lot of setup, but good setup!!
Iv’s great, Ark M was horrifying, and that annual was sick.
Annual was 10/10, batman fights The KKK
Iv’s great, Ark M was horrifying, and that annual was sick.
Annual was 10/10, batman fights The KKK
Review of advance copy received from Author
Scott snyder can sure write Batman!
Only Ark M special was meh, the rest was absolute!
4.49 stars overall
Only Ark M special was meh, the rest was absolute!
4.49 stars overall
Review of advance copy
yeaa Big B
Review of advance copy
The longer the series goes on the more it relies on established lore even though it is intent on altering it. (i.e. the court of owls means nothing to a fresh reader because it isn't established, yet it's being played as a big revelation, so is this a genuine new starting point or just Elseworlds fan-service?) And the less said about the politicized Annual issue the better.
Review of advance copy received from Autre
Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta are firing on all cylinders here, delivering some of the most intense, emotionally raw, and visually spectacular Batman stories in years.
This volume masterfully balances massive action and horror-tinged villain moments with deep character work — especially Bruce’s guilt and isolation, his fractured friendships, and the growing mysteries around Ark M and the man pulling the strings. The guest artists fit seamlessly, and the Annual + Ark M material adds fantastic depth.
Every issue feels epic yet intimate. The body horror, the brutal fights, the quiet character beats — it’s all top-tier. This is peak Absolute Universe storytelling.
If you’ve been enjoying the series, Vol. 3 might just be its strongest yet. Essential reading.
This volume masterfully balances massive action and horror-tinged villain moments with deep character work — especially Bruce’s guilt and isolation, his fractured friendships, and the growing mysteries around Ark M and the man pulling the strings. The guest artists fit seamlessly, and the Annual + Ark M material adds fantastic depth.
Every issue feels epic yet intimate. The body horror, the brutal fights, the quiet character beats — it’s all top-tier. This is peak Absolute Universe storytelling.
If you’ve been enjoying the series, Vol. 3 might just be its strongest yet. Essential reading.
April 15, 2026
Agora que terminei de revistar o primeiro arco de Batman Absoluto consigo analisar que o quadrinho me ganhou muito mais em impacto inicial do que talvez algo contínuo, toda a febre de acompanhar essa nova versão do morcego com uma estilística mais Battle Shounen e heroicamente distorcida é empolgante o suficiente para fecharmos os olhos para uma ou outra coisa "massaveia" que recheia todo o quadrinho, não creio que isso tire méritos do gibi, nem que diminua seu impacto comercial e cultural, afinal os quadrinhos voltaram a ser pop devido a iniciativa Absolute, apenas quero deixar claro que reler Absolute Batman me fez concluir que ele é uma leitura muito mais divertida como primeira impressão fresca. Um quadrinho muito divertido, com ótimos méritos para a ação e dramaticidade de quadros.
March 31, 2026
Legal, mas nada demais. Até aqui essa nova versão do Batman não me pegou muito, acho que esteticamente é bem diferente do que já do personagem, mas de resto...
Me incomoda esse personagem que não é rico, mas ao mesmo tempo as soluções para os problemas serem tecnológicas, toda essa pegada mais exagerada não conversa com um herói pobre. falando em exagero, a violência aqui parece bem fake, mas no sentido de ser mais para o choque do que ter algum tipo de efeito real. O Batman empala um cara ao mesmo tempo que não mata ninguém...
Me incomoda esse personagem que não é rico, mas ao mesmo tempo as soluções para os problemas serem tecnológicas, toda essa pegada mais exagerada não conversa com um herói pobre. falando em exagero, a violência aqui parece bem fake, mas no sentido de ser mais para o choque do que ter algum tipo de efeito real. O Batman empala um cara ao mesmo tempo que não mata ninguém...
Displaying 1 - 21 of 21 reviews