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Spoilers for Absolute Batman # 5!DC Comics lately launch its Absolute Universe to critical and commercial-grade acclaim , with this continuity’sBatmanacting as a completely newfangled and wholly dissimilar take on a character well - known for his exorbitant money , in high spirits - tech gadgets , and selection of specialized batsuits . Not precisely rationalize from the same material as his precursor , Absolute Batman is a hulking wolf of a herowho uses grassroots tactics in his warfare against crime , including a terrific young costume elementthat ’s a far bloodier and level amour than what fan are used to .
Introduced without all the money , Batcave , butler , or orphan origin story ( Martha Wayne is alive in this continuity ) , Absolute Batman proves that a little can go a foresighted mode with his retrofitted construction vehicle Batmobile , mini remote control - controlled Batmobile , and weaponized cricket bat cape doing wonders to determine this bare - bones iteration of the character asunder from what came before .
In the recent chapter ofAbsolute Batman , Bruce is drive to his limits , coerce him toutilize the hidden spikes in his batsuit ’s shoulders in a way that press the boundary of Batman ’s already questionable law-breaking - fighting tacticsin an even more brutal focus .
Absolute Batman Uses Hidden Spikes in His Suit To Become an Even More Terrifying Vigilante
Absolute Batman #5- 2025 (Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta)
catch into it in this issue with theAbsolute Universe ’s version of Black Maskand his team of animal - themed strong-armer nickname the Party Animals , Batman apply the sharpened ends of his scalloped ness to take on henchman after henchman as he jab and slice with abandon . Jumped by a large muscle head of a foe next , this skull - wearing lackey leaps onto Batman ’s back , and with a flex and a belly laugh , Batman loom out , with at least five spikes shooting from his wooing that shoot correctly through the Party Animals ’ arms , leaving him stuck to Batman like a fleshy second mantle .
Another addition to Batman ’s alternating rascal ’ gallery is on the apparent horizon as DC teases the arrival of the Absolute Universe ’s Mr. Freeze in April .
By adding suit spikes that activate on command , Absolute Batman repurposes a previously revealed batsuit feature film in a brutal new fashion , acting as an in effect offensive technique that ’s an admittedly shivery matter to see in action mechanism . And while Batman willnever smash his “ no - killing ” principle , after find him using these spikes to puncture bloody hole clean through an enemy without so much as a cerebration as to what and where say spikes might be spike , it ’s clear Batman has set a record for how far he can hurt someone without killing them , a terrific view for anyone crossing his route .
Absolute Batman’s Spiked Suit Is Only One Part of This Less Flashy Dark Knight’s Arsenal
Absolute Batman Has Shown off His Spikes Before
Not having well-nigh as many contraption tuck aside in his utility program bash as his chief continuity counterpart(this Batman scarce has two pennies to rub together on a good solar day ) , it makes sentience thatAbsolute Batman ’s batsuitishis public-service corporation belt , with his articulatio humeri spikes , bat - pinna knives , chest of drawers logotype hammer , and more , reinforcing his report as the stuff of incubus . Batman may have lost some of his mystique in DC ’s principal continuity , but asAbsolute Batmanreminds fans here , Batmanis entail to be a terrifying teras of the night , with this bestial batsuit - free-base maneuver supporting that dark portrayal dead .
Absolute Batman # 5is available from DC Comics .
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