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14 stories across 9 editions.
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Scott Snyder replaces two planned Absolute Batman one-shots with a Barbara Gordon issue and the next major arc

Snyder says issue 26 will now be a Barbara Gordon-centered story with an unannounced guest artist, while Dragotta returns in issue 27 to begin the next major arc. He had previously described both as stand-alone issues. Issue 25 remains a 30-page milestone currently scheduled for October 28; the later shipping dates and issue 26 artist remain unconfirmed.

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DC pairs new Batman and Absolute Batman stories in the worldwide Batman of Two Worlds one-shot

DC announced September 2 that the US$2.99 one-shot reaches participating comic shops worldwide on September 19. Matt Fraction and Javi Fernández create the Batman story; Scott Snyder and Nick Derington handle Absolute Batman. Both examine theft and justice through their respective worlds, but DC describes two stories, not a crossover. Local stock, masks and other Batman Day activities vary by retailer.

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Wes Craig reimagines Superman's 1938 beginnings in Black Label series The Stranger

The first issue is scheduled for shops and digital platforms on September 2. Set in an Art Deco-inspired 1938 Metropolis, it revisits Clark Kent's earliest fight for social justice through Golden Age comics and Fleischer-cartoon imagery; Jason Wordie colors and Tom Napolitano letters. The accessible preview conflicts on whether the project has six issues or is ongoing, so no final length is asserted.

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Batman and Superman team with parody musician Weird Al in World's Weirdest

Batman/Superman/Weird Al: World's Weirdest #1 is scheduled for shops and digital platforms on September 2. Mark Waid writes, Dan Schoening and Fico Ossio draw, Luis Delgado colors and Yankovic contributes credited creative input as the trio fights a plague making the fifth dimension and Earth dull. The source conflicts on page count and whether it is a one-shot or ongoing, so neither specification is treated as settled.

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Absolute Green Arrow artist Rafael Albuquerque details a flexible collaboration and graphite-heavy visual style

In an August 29 FAN EXPO Canada interview, Albuquerque described the book as a horizontal collaboration in which he and Pichetshote can change story or art ideas. He said the freedom feels creator-owned despite the DC brand, a comparison about working conditions rather than legal ownership. Albuquerque is using graphite pencils of different densities and hues for a grainy look connected to his American Vampire ink washes and 1970s–1980s horror films.

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