Oh, the New ‘Absolute Batman’ Villains Are…Kinda Regular?

Whether or not or not you’ve learn Absolute Batman, you in all probability know the DC ebook is charmingly excessive. An enormous Batman goes up towards retooled versions of his rogues’ gallery that vary from monstrously huge Bane and Killer Croc to Poison Ivy as a dwelling fusion of the animal kingdom and Scarecrow as…regardless of the hell this scary thing is. And what in regards to the subsequent villain our hero will struggle? Properly, it’s really two villains, and so they’re each fairly private.

The DC Comics solicits for June 2026 reveal Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta’s Absolute Batman #21 will debut that universe’s Two-Face and Penguin. On this continuity, Harvey Dent, Waylon Jones, Oswald Cobblepot, Selina Kyle, and Eddie Nygma had been Bruce’s childhood pals rising up. As adults, all of them find out about his evening life, which led to Bane brutalizing Eddie, Oz and Harvey in ways in which’s left the latter two offended at their good friend.

That resentment has apparently now boiled over into full-on villainy, because the synopsis mentions that “pals change into enemies, [and] enemies change into pals.” As a substitute of taking up grotesque monster varieties, the Absolute Two-Face has simply grown his hair out to cover half of his face, which is blue as a nod to his most well-known (and fewer grotesque) model from Batman: The Animated Collection. And as a substitute of a double-headed coin, he’s received a poker chip to make selections for him. As for Penguin, he’s utilizing machine weapons as crutches and… yeah, I can cease there; that’s simply kinda cool as hell. Find it irresistible.

We’ll see if Bruce can restore his friendship with Harvey and Oz when Absolute Batman #21 hits cabinets on June 10.

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