Making the rounds with the new DC Comics solicitations and teases online for December 2025, the very first look at the Absolute DC Universe’s version of The Joker has been revealed for “Absolute Batman” - and it’s very scary looking like a cross between Titan Joker and Pennywise The Dancing Clown in demon form no less!
Absolute Joker will make his first demonic appearance in Absolute Batman #15 this December.
A new era for DC Comics’ Dark Knight will begin this September, as a brand new “Batman #1” by the creative team of Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez launches this September - giving Bruce Wayne’s alter ego a new logo and makeover and harkening back to the blue and grey colors that defined the character through most of the mid-2000’s.
As reported by Newsarama, the new series will follow Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s return to the series with “Hush 2/ H2SH” - which will begin with Batman #158 this March and run for six issues. The new relaunch will also feature a new Batmobile - but even that hasn’t been revealed yet… For now.
After longstanding rumors of a follow up and that the two iconic comic book creators would be teaming up again to work on the Caped Crusader, writer Jeph Loeb and DC Comics president, publisher, and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee are teaming up again to take on a sequel over twenty years in the making!
As confirmed during their DC Comics panel at this year's New York Comic Con, Loeb, Lee, and their frequent collaborators Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair are reteaming for "Batman Hush 2" or "H2SH" -c the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 12 issue run that began with 2002's Batman #608. That new storyline will begin with Batman #158 this March 2025.
More details about the scoop can be found at Bleeding Cool. For those who have never read Batman: Hush, that story has been collected and printed in several formats and trades including the new DC Compact comics series, and DC Comics will run a Facsimile Edition run of that series from Batman #608 to 619 starting January 2025!
