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Message: [QUOTE="Mr. Daddy, post: 170095, member: 250953"] [CENTER]It's a little difficult for me to rank Flash, Martian Manhunter, and Green Lantern to Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman since they've really only just gotten started, but I think I've had enough time to sit with them to at least rank them comparatively on general hype and intrigue. I'd say so far Absolute Batman is probably my least favorite. It's definitely fun, and I can see some potential for it to start going in a more substantial direction, but it does kinda feel like it s the one that's doing what it can to take its time. Not that that's a bad thing or anything, but it's giving me a little less to be immediately excited or into when compared to the other books (though I must admit, this was certainly an interesting introduction to Black Mask for me.). So far despite probably having some of the most changes on paper, he feels the least immediately different in terms of what he does or how he functions, not to mention just who he is. I can see the potential though, especially in his friend group. Girl Berserk- Excuse me, Absolute Wonder Woman would probably be next, but I think that's because if anything it's easily the slowest moving of the books so far. There's just not a lot of stuff that's happened despite having six issues, though that last cliffhanger has me very curious to see what's next. I love the way the mythology has been handled so far, and I'm really hoping they keep on Mattia de Iulis from issue 6, because I felt it was a massive upgrade personally. It's been fun getting to see Diana in a world not used to her again, and even more since she's got the hell powers going on, and I'm not gonna complain about more characters like Magik being around. I'd probably put Absolute Flash next, but that comes with the caveat that it has potential for me to jump up this list depending on how the book proceeds, because a lot of what we know from what writers have said combined with the delivery of that first issue has me very intrigued, and Wally is a big plus. Out of the original three, Absolute Superman has been my favorite so far. I'll admit that Jason Aaron's work is fairly hit-and-miss for me, but so far this is looking to be more hit than miss, which is great because when I do like something he does, I particularly enjoy it. I'm liking the direction of how a lot of things he's been setting up look like they may be going. Doing a mix of telling current events and Superman's backstory has also been doing a lot to keep me hooked, and I gotta say that so far I think I'm the most intrigued about this line's villains, especially with the most recent reveal. Absolute Green Lantern had me curious when all we knew about it was the concept, but after the delivery, I'm dying to know what happens next. Cosmic horror is one of my favorite subgenres of horror, and the Green Lantern side of DC has always been something I've really liked, so this book is holding a lot of potential for me right in the palm of Hal's foreshadowing hand. Martian Manhunter was my original favorite DC character, and he'd still be pretty high on my list, so I was already excited when we heard that he was getting an Absolute line. Then I heard that it was psychological horror, probably my favorite subgenre of horror, and that was all I needed to be hooked before an issue released. Then it did, and I absolute-ly loved everything about it. The art in particular I think is phenomenally well done, and is nailing what it wants to go for. I'd never really thought about the idea of using acid art to complement horror, but it was a great choice on the part of this team. [/CENTER] [CENTER]Funnily enough there's a story in Marvel Mystery Comics that I got a similar feeling from. Issue 2, which was released October 1939, features an American Ace story that's the first part of his origin, where two fictional European countries go to war with each other over the death of a Duke, potentially threatening to go to an even greater scale. Definitely made me do a double take as I was reading it, and did it again when it featured on-panel child death.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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