Absolute Batman, alongside Absolute Wonder Woman and the criminally underrated Absolute Martian Manhunter and Absolute Superman, is basically Darkseid fan fiction in that he remade reality into a more brutal and harsher universe where he jettisoned the Justice League. Absolute Batman answers that feeling that Batman is my hero in a ceaselessly satisfying way with every issue by having hands for costumed crime and real-world crimes against humanity like racism and police brutality alike with extreme prejudice. No point hammers that home quite as emphatically as guest creators Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer’s cathartic, incredibly of-the-moment special issue of Absolute Batman—the standalone Absolute Batman Annual #1—which sees Batman decimating a gaggle of white supremacists. And that honestly goes for all of Absolute Batman. Mind you, this is only one story told in the ongoing tale of Absolute Batman, not counting his cute crossover team-up with Absolute Wonder Woman.