{"id":148231,"date":"2025-11-22T14:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148231\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T14:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T14:35:18","slug":"absolute-batman-wonder-woman-and-superman-crossover-into-mainstream-dc-to-change-the-face-of-the-dcu-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148231\/","title":{"rendered":"Absolute Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman crossover into mainstream DC to “change the face of the DCU forever”"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was teased in the very first issue of DC\u2019s current event storyline DC K.O.<\/a>\u2026 and in February 2026, it looks set to finally happen: the Absolute Universe versions of Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman<\/a> are about to enter the mainstream DC Universe, and nothing will ever be the same again. But \u2014 is everything as it seems?<\/p>\n

DC\u2019s advance description of DC K.O. #4, the penultimate issue of the series, reads, \u201cThree mysterious new Omega-charged fighters have entered the tournament\u2026 and this trinity of the Absolute will change the face of the DCU forever! It\u2019s all down to how far the final four are willing to go to win in the penultimate chapter of DC K.O.! Plus: Booster\u2019s true allegiance revealed, Darkseid\u2019s return foretold, and a bonkers last page that will bring the battle to the next level!\u201d<\/p>\n

Considering that the first issue of the series appeared to tease the Absolute versions of DC\u2019s Trinity of Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman \u2014 and that the description specifically mentions \u201cthis trinity of the Absolute\u201d \u2014 it would definitely appear that the Absolute and mainstream DC Universes are about to crossover in the issue. But\u2026 what if the \u201ctrinity of the Absolute\u201d isn\u2019t the regular Absolute characters\u2026?<\/p>\n

This is pure speculation, but there are three things that would suggest that there\u2019s far more to this story than meets the eye. Firstly, why would the Absolute heroes be doing Darkseid\u2019s bidding, when they\u2019re clearly the good guys standing against corrupt systems in their own comics? Secondly, Absolute Batman (and DC K.O.) writer Scott Snyder has said that the Absolute Universe will be “completely unimpeded” by whatever happens in K.O.<\/a>, and thirdly\u2026 well, look at the cover artwork for the issue by series artist Javi Fernandez:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Absolute heroes\u2026 but different, somehow. Are they possessed by Darkseid\u2019s Omega Energy? Are they clones of the characters fans know and love? We\u2019ll have to wait until February 11, 2026 to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was teased in the very first issue of DC\u2019s current event storyline DC K.O.\u2026 and in February…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49452,49454,49455,5715,4219,53977,156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-148231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-absolute-batman","tag-absolute-superman","tag-absolute-wonder-woman","tag-comics","tag-dc-comics","tag-dc-k-o","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}