The following contains major spoilers for Absolute Batman #3, on sale now from DC Comics.
The absolute DC Comics universe officially has its own Riddler, and he might be the best help Batman has in saving Gotham City.
After another disastrous encounter with the Gotham City police, the titular hero of Absolute Batman #3 turns to one of his closest allies to help him in his war against the Party Animals gang that is tearing the city apart. Even if Bruce’s good friend Edward Nygma doesn’t have any answers himself, his latest creation certainly does. All Bruce has to do is ask the partially assembled android covered in question marks, and the one tentatively named “Riddle-Man” will do his best to answer.
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Absolute Batman #3
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Written bySCOTT SNYDER
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Illustration by NICK DRAGOTTA
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Colors by FRANK MARTIN
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Letters from CLAYTON COWLES
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Main cover by NICK DRAGOTTA & FRANK MARTIN
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Variant covers by BECKY CLOONAN, GABRIEL DELL’OTTO, RILEY ROSSMO & IVAN PLASCENCIA and STEVAN SUBIC
The Riddler is one of the most iconic villains in the entire Batman mythos, with his origins dating back to 1948. Detective comics #140, which marked the character’s debut in Bill Finger and Dick Sprang’s opening story, “Batman: The Riddler.” The first Silver-Age version of the character set many precedents that still hold true in almost every iteration of the Riddler. First and foremost is the villain’s obsession with riddles and riddles that, despite nearly eighty years of constant failure, the Riddler still uses in his ongoing battle against Gotham City’s Caped Crusader.
The Riddler is just one of many classic villains that DC Comics Absolute Batman re-invented for his new brutalist take on the DC Universe. Others include Harvey Dent, better known as Two-Face, Oswald Cobblepot, better known as Penguin, and Waylon Jones, better known as Killer Croc. Although each of these characters is traditionally an enemy of Batman, their respective Absolute Universe variants are instead among Bruce Wayne’s closest friends, sharing his personal and professional lives to varying degrees.
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If the Absolute Universe has provided its Batman with a whole series of unlikely allies, it has also distorted other iconic characters in less benevolent ways. These include Alfred Pennyworth, who currently inhabits particularly unstable terrain as a mercenary sent to monitor the goings-on in Gotham City. Fortunately, this Absolute Alfred saw Batman for who he truly is, which prevented him from taking overt action against the Dark Knight, although it is still unclear what his handlers have planned for him. future.
Absolute Batman #3 is now on sale at DC Comics.
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Batman
Batman is one of the oldest comic book superheroes, with nearly a century of comic books, television shows, films and video games. Mild-mannered Bruce Wayne becomes Gotham City’s caped crusader, protecting it from villains like the Joker, Killer Croc, The Penguin, and more. Batman is also one of DC Comics’ “Big Three” alongside Superman and Wonder Woman, and together the three help keep Earth safe as founding members of the Justice League.
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Bill Finger, Bob Kane
- First film
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Batman: The Movie
- Upcoming Movies
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The Batman – Part II
- First TV show
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Batman
- First episode broadcast date
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January 12, 1966
- Cast
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Adam West, Kevin Conroy, Christian Bale, Robert Pattinson, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Josh Hutcherson, Will Friedle, Anson Mount, Will Arnett