Absolute Batman

One of the biggest comic bestsellers of recent years — written by comics superstar Scott Snyder. In the new Absolute Universe, Bruce Wayne comes from a working-class background and becomes a brutal Batman who relentlessly takes on evil.

When his old acquaintance Matches Malone dies in mysterious and bloody fashion, the Dark Knight begins to investigate. His trail leads him to the ice-cold monster Victor Fries. And to save another friend, Batman must enter the sinister facility Ark M — where the monstrous Bane already lies in wait.

• Brutal, uncompromising Batman in the Absolute Universe
• Detective story around the death of Matches Malone
• Antagonists: Victor Fries and Bane