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

Whether or not or not you’ve learn Absolute Batman, you most likely know the DC guide is charmingly excessive. An enormous Batman goes up towards retooled versions of his rogues’ gallery that vary from monstrously massive Bane and Killer Croc to Poison Ivy as a residing fusion of the animal kingdom and Scarecrow as…regardless of the hell this scary thing is. And what concerning the subsequent villain our hero will battle? Effectively, 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 mates rising up. As adults, all of them find out about his night time life, which led to Bane brutalizing Eddie, Oz and Harvey in ways in which’s left the latter two indignant at their good friend.

That resentment has apparently now boiled over into full-on villainy, because the synopsis mentions that “mates grow to be enemies, [and] enemies grow to be mates.” As an alternative of taking over grotesque monster types, 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 Sequence. And as an alternative of a double-headed coin, he’s bought a poker chip to make choices 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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