ABSOLUTE BATMAN PART 1: THE ZOO BUNDLE

Absolute Batman #1–6: The Zoo — Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta

Includes: Absolute Batman #1 (11th printing), #2 (8th), #3 (7th), #4 (6th), #5 (5th), #6 (5th)

No mansion. No money. No butler. What's left is the Absolute Dark Knight.

This is Bruce Wayne like you've never seen him — a 24-year-old blue-collar civil engineer who grew up in Crime Alley without a dollar of Wayne wealth to his name. By night, he's Batman: a self-made vigilante built on sheer will, improvised gear, and an unbreakable drive to protect a city that never protected him.

Collecting the complete first arc, The Zoo, issues #1–6 follow Bruce as he goes to war with Black Mask and his gang of Party Animals — all while navigating a Gotham where his childhood friends include Edward Nygma, Waylon Jones, Harvey Dent, and Oswald Cobblepot. Watching his every move is Alfred Pennyworth — not a butler, but a hardened MI6 operative with his own dangerous agenda.

Written by Scott Snyder (Batman: Court of Owls, Death Metal) and illustrated by Nick Dragotta, this is the reinvention of Batman for a new era — bigger, bolder, and more brutal than ever.

One of the most reprinted comic runs in recent memory, this bundle collects all six issues of the debut arc exactly as they went back to press again and again on the strength of word of mouth alone.