This Week On DC Universe Infinite: 04/09/2025
This Week On DC Universe Infinite: 04/09/2025
This week on DC Universe Infinite has a small offering of new books; if you aren’t reading the Absolute titles, you are missing out. We also get a new arc on Batman: Dark Patterns, a possible new direction for Black Lightning, and 5 new trades.
This week’s comics had a street date of 03/12/2025.
- Absolute Superman #5 (2024)
- Action Comics #1084 (2016)
- Aquaman #3 (2025)
- Batman And Robin #19 (2023)
- Batman: Dark Patterns #4 (2024)
- Batman: Justice Buster #22 (2023)
- Black Lightning #5 (2024)
- DC vs Vampires: World War V #7 (2024)
- Green Lantern Corps #2 (2025)
Absolute: Absolute Superman shows the tales of Krypton and what led up to Kal leaving the planet…
Gotham: Batman and Robin continue to struggle with their relationship as Memento’s reign of terror moves on…Dark Patterns gives us Batman’s second case in “The Voice of the Tower”…Justice Buster continues the Manga series about Batman…
Metropolis: Action Comics has Superman getting close to discovering who is luring former villains back to a life of crime…
Everything Else: Aquaman finds a new threat is introduced as he continues to search for Atlantis…Black Lightning has his family fight for his community as Josiah Power looks to recruit for the Power Company…DC Vs Vampires shows the son of Mister Miracle and Big Barda may be the only hope of ending the war with the vampires…the Green Lantern Corp returns to a battle ravaged Thanagar, but this time not as enemies…
And here are the new trades:
- Detective Comics Vol 5: Gotham Nocturne Act III
- Gotham City Sirens: Trigger Happy
- Green Arrow Vol 3: Against The Wall
- My Adventures With Superman
- Mystik U: Freshman Year Enchantments
Detective Comics covers issues #1081-1089…Gotham City Sirens collects last year’s mini-series…Green Arrow collects issues #13-16, 2024 Annual, and #350; this is an Absolute Power tie-in…My Adventures With Superman covers that mini-series and is set between Season 1 and 2 of the cartoon…Mystik U is a YA original story of Zatanna entering a magic school as a teenager…
As mentioned above, if you aren’t reading the Absolute line of comics, you really need to. The original 3 (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman) are all great takes on the characters. The Flash is having a strong start, while I haven’t gotten to Green Lantern or Martian Manhunter yet.
The key is to remember that Darkseid removed the elements of this universe that made the heroes who they were. Batman didn’t have both parent murdered and they didn’t have a fortune. Superman grew up on Krypton until his teenage years and only had a small period in Smallville with the Kents. Wonder Woman didn’t have the Amazons to teach her.
As a result, we get fresh stories with characters we kind of know rather than a rehash of previous stories, something that has made me bored with the regular lines of DC Comics (it’s the same way with Marvel and the Ultimate Universe). There are still some good books out there, but the Absolute books are usually the first I read when I get my pull and hold or open the app on Wednesdays.
Of the Absolute books, Superman is my favorite; I’m not usually a Superman reader, but I took to this story right away. I purchase the physical book. Batman is second; it’s a radical take on the character and it took me a few issues to start to get it. Wonder Woman is third, but I can’t say it’s because it’s bad; rather it shows why Diana is the perfect middle between Superman and Batman. Flash is the last of what I’ve read, but it’s only had 1 issue so far, rather than full arcs like the first 3.
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