Scott's Take: Absolute Batman Vol 2: Abomination by Scott Snyder and Marcos Martin (Illustrator), and Nick Dragotta (Illustrator)

 

Absolute Batman Vol 2: Abomination by Scott Snyder and Marcos Martin (Illustrator), and Nick Dragotta (Illustrator) collects issues 7 through 14. The previous issues in the series were collected in Absolute Batman Vol. 1: The Zoo which I reviewed here last September.

 

In this action-packed volume, Batman takes on Mister Freeze, Bane, and learns more about the mysterious man in white, aka the Joker. Bane has Batman in his sights and has plans for Batman that Bruce is not going to like. Batman investigates Arkham M, which is supposed to be treating the mentally ill, but instead is creating monsters to terrorize the world with.

 

This is a really interesting action-packed saga, but there is a lot of body horror and torture sessions. This book introduces new versions of Bane, Cat Woman, and Mister Freeze, and others. The new version of Killer Croc is pretty cool.

 

The art for the Mister Freeze section was not good in my opinion, but the art for the Bane story, which is the main story was excellent. This series will continue as Batman will face off with Poison Ivy. We will also meet the new version of Robin. The title of the volume and the release date have yet to be announced.

 

 

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I read some of this through the DC Universe Infinite app and some through Hoopla by way of the Dallas Public Library System.

 

 

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