ABSOLUTE BATMAN: ARK-M #1 - Review

• Written by: Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri

• Art by: Joshua Hixson

• Colors by: Roman Stevens

• Letters by: Clayton Cowles

• Cover art by: Joshua Hixson (cover A)

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: January 7, 2026

Absolute Batman: Ark M Special #1, by DC Comics on 1/7/26, is a haunting origin story for Arkham Asylum that treats the institution's founding tragedy with the weight of a psychological thriller.

DC K.O.: KNIGHTFIGHT #3 - Review

• Written by: Joshua Williamson

• Art by: Dan Mora

• Colors by: Triona Farrell

• Letters by: Tom Napolitano

• Cover art by: Dan Mora (cover A)

• Cover price: $3.99

• Release date: January 7, 2026

DC K.O. Knightfight #3, by DC Comics on 1/7/26, is a mid-series Batman psychological thriller that doubles down on reality manipulation but struggles to maintain narrative coherence amid its ambitious layering.

ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #15 - Review

• Written by: Jason Aaron

• Art by: Juan Ferreyra

• Colors by: Juan Ferreyra

• Letters by: Becca Carey

• Cover art by: Rafa Sandoval, Ulises Arreola (cover A)

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: January 7, 2026

Absolute Superman #15, by DC Comics on 1/7/26, pivots from blood-soaked battlefield mythology to something far messier: the question of what a god does after he wins.

BATMAN #5 - Review

• Written by: Matt Fraction

• Art by: Jorge Jimenez

• Colors by: Tomeu Morey

• Letters by: Clayton Cowles, Jorge Jimenez

• Cover art by: Jorge Jimenez (cover A)

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: January 7, 2025

Batman #5, by DC Comics on 1/7/26, trades actual plot momentum for a date night that goes sideways, proving that even superheroes can miscalculate the evening's itinerary.

GREEN LANTERN #30 - Review

• Written by: Jeremy Adams

• Art by: Carmine Di Giandomenico

• Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr.

• Letters by: Dave Sharpe

• Cover art by: Annie Wu (cover A)

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: December 24, 2025

Green Lantern #30, by DC Comics on 12/24/25, sends Hal Jordan to Gotham City in the hope that Batman can help diagnose a problem. What follows is a Bat-Adventure of heartwarming proportions.

THE FLASH #28 - Review

• Written by: Mark Waid, Christopher Cantwell

• Art by: Vasco Georgiev

• Colors by: Matt Herms

• Letters by: Buddy Beaudoin

• Cover art by: Dan Mora

• Cover price: $3.99

• Release date: December 24, 2025

The Flash #28, by DC Comics on 12/24/25, as part of the DC K.O. tournament event, is a speed-infused bout between two generations colliding at the worst possible moment.

SUPERMAN #33 - Review

• Written by: Joshua Williamson

• Art by: Hayden Sherman

• Colors by: Alejandro Sanchez

• Letters by: Ariana Maher

• Cover art by: Hayden Sherman, Mike Spicer

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: December 24, 2025

Superman #33, by DC Comics on 12/24/25, plunges readers into round seven of the K.O. tournament where Lex Luthor faces off against a demon in what amounts to a philosophical chess match disguised as a fistfight.

ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #7 - Review

• Written by: Deniz Camp

• Art by: Javier Rodriguez

• Colors by: Javier Rodriguez

• Letters by: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

• Cover art by: Javier Rodriguez

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: December 24, 2025

Absolute Martian Manhunter #7, by DC Comics on 12/24/25, is a grim meditation on trauma and institutional indifference wrapped in the Martian Manhunter mythos, but what gets wrapped is incomprehensible abstract dialogue paired with murky, unclear artwork.

ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #14 - Review

• Written by: Jason Aaron

• Art by: Rafa Sandoval

• Colors by: Ulises Arreola

• Letters by: Becca Carey

• Cover art by: Rafa Sandoval, Ulises Arreola (cover A)

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: December 24, 2025

Absolute Superman #14, by DC Comics on 12/24/25, closes out the Battle of Kansas with a brutal knife fight for Superman’s soul that doubles as a stress test on how much red you can splash across a page before it starts to feel like a medical chart.

DC K.O.: RED HOOD VS JOKER #1 - Review

• Written by: Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson

• Art by: Dustin Nguyen, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Mark Morales

• Colors by: John Kalisz

• Letters by: Steve Wands

• Cover art by: Jorge Corona, Sara Stern (cover A)

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: December 24, 2025

DC K.O.: Red Hood vs. The Joker #1, by DC Comics on 12/24/25, drops Jason Todd into the fighting pits of eternity against the twisted clown who haunts him, but what could have been a cathartic showdown instead becomes frustratingly repetitive.

ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #15 - Review

• Written by: Kelly Thompson

• Art by: Hayden Sherman

• Colors by: Jordie Bellaire

• Letters by: Becca Carey

• Cover art by: Hayden Sherman, Jordie Bellaire (cover A)

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: December 24, 2025

Absolute Wonder Woman #15, by DC Comics on 12/24/25, marks DC's first-ever Absolute team-up, and it's essentially a 24-page conversation about whether a magic cop and a bat detective can become pals.

TITANS #30 - Review

• Written by: John Layman

• Art by: Pete Woods, Bruno Abdias

• Colors by: Pete Woods

• Letters by: Wes Abbott

• Cover art by: Pete Woods (cover A)

• Cover price: $3.99

• Release date: December 17, 2025

Titans #30, by DC Comics on 12/17/25, pits Cyborg against Swamp Thing in a high-stakes bout where friendship becomes a weapon as powerful as any technological enhancement or environmental manipulation.

DC K.O.: HARLEY QUINN VS. ZATANNA #1 - Review

• Written by: Leah Williams

• Art by: Mirka Andolfo

• Colors by: Romulo Fajardo Jr.

• Letters by: Steve Wands

• Cover art by: Jorge Corona, Sarah Stern

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: December 17, 2025

DC K.O.: Harley Quinn vs. Zatanna #1, by DC Comics on 12/17/25, delivers a tournament fight hamstrung by a protagonist who treats existential stakes like a comedy show and a combatant who apparently needs peer pressure to remember why she signed up in the first place.

ABSOLUTE FLASH #10 - Review

• Written by: Jeff Lemire

• Art by: Nick Robles

• Colors by: Adriano Lucas

• Letters by: Tom Napolitano

• Cover art by: Nick Robles (Cover A)

• Cover price: $4.99

• Release date: December 17, 2025

Absolute Flash #10, by DC Comics on 12/17/25, plunges the team deeper into Project Olympus' nightmare, transforming Wally from fugitive into the unwilling lynch-pin of an interdimensional scheme.