ABSOLUTE BATMAN PART 3: BANE BUNDLE

Absolute Batman #9–14: Abomination — Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta

Batman survived the Party Animals. What's coming next will break him — or try to.

Ark M is active. The shadowy institution at the heart of Gotham's darkness has been engineering something monstrous, and when Bruce moves to expose it, he comes face to face with Bane — an old adversary of Alfred's, and a nightmare reflection of everything Bruce has built himself into. Bigger. Stronger. A tactician who can counter every fighting style Batman brings, heal from every wound, and grow more dangerous with every blow landed against him. Bane doesn't just want to beat Batman. He wants Bruce to become him.

Collecting the complete Abomination arc, issues #9–14 escalate the stakes of this reimagined Gotham to kaiju proportions — while never losing sight of the human story underneath. Bruce can't do this alone. He was never going to. With Alfred, Killer Croc, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn's Red Hood gang at his back, Batman makes his stand in Gotham's arena in one of the most brutal and visually relentless showdowns in the series so far.

Written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Nick Dragotta, Abomination is the second major arc of the Absolute Batman saga — and the one that defines what this Dark Knight is truly made of.

All six issues are 3rd printings — still going back to press on the strength of word of mouth alone.

Includes: Absolute Batman #9 (3rd printing), #10 (3rd), #11 (3rd), #12 (3rd), #13 (3rd), #14 (3rd)