DC Comics sends Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, and the entire Absolute Universe back to press for a massive March rollout
50 single issues of the Absolute Universe are headed back to stores in March as DC Comics meets customer demand
DC Comics’ Absolute line of titles continues to be… well, an absolute hit. Popverse has learned that the publisher has announced to retailers that no less than 50 single issues across the line are being sent back to press in order to meet customer demand, with the results hitting stores throughout March.
The timing of the reprint push is worth noting; after all, DC Comics fans who haven't yet sampled the Absolute line but have kept up to date with the core DC canon will have their chance to meet the Absolute characters for the first time when DC K.O. #4 brings the Absolute and core DC trinity face to face for the first time. (Surely the kind of thing that is likely to drive interest in the Absolute line even higher.)
In a message sent to comic retailers Friday, DC announced that the following issues are now available for order (Be warned; it's a long list):
Absolute Batman #1 (11th printing)
Absolute Batman #2 (8th printing)
Absolute Batman #3 (7th printing)
Absolute Batman #4 (6th printing)
Absolute Batman #5 (5th printing)
Absolute Batman #6 (5th printing)
Absolute Batman #7 (5th printing)
Absolute Batman #8 (3rd printing)
Absolute Batman #9 (3rd printing)
Absolute Batman #10 (3rd printing)
Absolute Batman #11 (3rd printing)
Absolute Batman #12 (3rd printing)
Absolute Batman #13 (3rd printing)
Absolute Batman #14 (3rd printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (8th printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #2 (6th printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #3 (5th printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #4 (4th printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #5 (3rd printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #6 (3rd printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #7 (3rd printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #8 (3rd printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #9 (3rd printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #10 (3rd printing)
Absolute Wonder Woman #11 (3rd printing)
Absolute Superman #1 (7th printing)
Absolute Superman #2 (5th printing)
Absolute Superman #3 (4th printing)
Absolute Superman #4 (3rd printing)
Absolute Superman #5 (3rd printing)
Absolute Superman #6 (3rd printing)
Absolute Superman #7 (3rd printing)
Absolute Superman #8 (3rd printing)
Absolute Superman #9 (3rd printing)
Absolute Superman #10 (3rd printing)
Absolute Flash #1 (4th printing)
Absolute Flash #2 (3rd printing)
Absolute Flash #3 (3rd printing)
Absolute Flash #4 (3rd printing)
Absolute Flash #5 (3rd printing)
Absolute Green Lantern #1 (4th printing)
Absolute Green Lantern #2 (3rd printing)
Absolute Green Lantern #3 (3rd printing)
Absolute Green Lantern #4 (3rd printing)
Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 (4th printing)
Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 (3rd printing)
Absolute Martian Manhunter #3 (3rd printing)
Absolute Martian Manhunter #4 (3rd printing)
Absolute Martian Manhunter #5 (3rd printing)
Absolute Martian Manhunter #6 (3rd printing)
This isn’t even all of the reprints expected from DC in the coming weeks; the note to retailers adds that they should “stay tuned for more new printings of recently sold-out issues coming soon.” These reprints are arriving despite many of the issues already being available in collected editions — the first collections of each of the above series have all been released, with even the second volume of Absolute Batman already available — as well as digital editions. With issues already available in multiple printings (and the fact that Absolute Batman #1’s tenth printing was announced less than two months ago), it’s impossible to avoid the fact that the Absolute titles are a runaway success that continue to draw in new readers.
DC K.O. #4 will be released February 11. All of the above reprints of Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder Woman, and Absolute Superman will be in stores March 4. All of the above reprints of Absolute Flash, Absolute Green Lantern, and Absolute Martian Manhunter will be in stores March 18.
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