Summary
- Absolute Batman's redesigned cape is his most powerful gadget yet, allowing him unique offensive abilities, including walking on stilts and grabbing criminals.
- Without his usual wealth and resources, the Absolute incarnation of Batman will be forced to get creative, including turning his cape into a versatile weapon for both offense and defense.
- This new iteration of Batman showcases innovative changes, like using his cape for offensive reasons, making it one of the coolest updates to the character in decades.
With a new incarnation of Batman operates without the high-tech gadgets and wealth that he usually has, which has resulted in Bruce having to get a bit creative with things.
In a post on X, @DCUupdates noted that Absolute Batman #1 – written by Scott Synder, with art by Nick Dragotta – would feature an exciting version of Batman's cape. The versatile redesign allows Batman a range of new moves; for example, Batman is capable of causing it to become taught, allowing him to use it to walk on stilts.
Additionally, he can hang from a ceiling like a bat as well, and the cape even has hooks in it, allowing him to grab criminals – all of this giving new meaning to his classic nickname, "the Caped Crusader."
While Batman's cape was always useful, this takes it to the next level, and is possibly Absolute Batman's most powerful gadget.
DC's ABSOLUTE BATMAN Redesign Makes Every Other Version of Bruce Wayne Look Weak
As DC Comics reveals its plans for the brand-new Absolute Universe, it shows off a new Batman that puts the Prime Bruce Wayne to shame.
Batman's New Cape Design Is Absolutely Innovative
Absolute Batman #1 – Written By Scott Snyder; Art By Nick Dragotta; Debuts October 9, 2024
Though the glimpse of Absolute Batman in action offered to readers is brief, the vigilante's redesigned cape is shown to be brutally effective. In one , he uses the hooks to grab a criminal around the neck before tossing them into a nearby building. While Batman's cape was always useful, this takes it to the next level, and is possibly Absolute Batman's most powerful gadget. Further, at the conceptual level, the redesign suggests that readers should anticipate a truly novel take on one of comics' most enduring characters.
Batman's cape has had a lot of uses over the years. Batman can use his cape to protect innocent people from hazards, such as when he saves people from burning buildings. His cape is sometimes depicted as bulletproof, and other times his cape actually obscures his body, helping him avoid gunfire altogether. In Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, he uses his cape to obscure the driver's vision in a car, causing him to eventually crash. He is also capable of using his cape to glide, and it seems that Absolute Batman will have all of these abilities and more.
Absolute Batman is one of the first iterations of the character to use his cape for primarily offensive reasons.
Batman's Cape Is Reimagined As His Strongest Gadget
A Taste Of What Absolute Batman Has In Store
Batman's cape has almost always been exclusively used for defensive purposes or traversal. Absolute Batman is one of the first iterations of the character to use his cape for primarily offensive reasons. Batman has turned his cape into the ultimate weapon in his arsenal.
No matter what situation Batman is in, he'll always invent some gadget that'll help him get out of it. He's a brilliant mind, no matter what universe he's in. While in the main universe, Batman has the money and resources for ridiculous things like the Hellbat suit or dozens of different Batarangs, the Absolute Batman has to rely on the basics. While this Batman may not have as much fancy equipment, his cape alone is one of the coolest things the character has had in decades.
Source: @DCUworld on X
Absolute Batman #1 will be available October 9, 2024 from DC Comics.
- Alias
- Bruce Wayne
- FIRST APP
- Detective Comics #27 (1939)
- Created By
- Bob Kane, Bill Finger
- Franchise
- D.C.
- Race
- Human
- First Appearance
- Detective Comics
One of DC's most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world's leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
