DC Comics

# 19CE

Absolute Batman

The Straw Man, Part 1

Otto Schmidt Exclusive Variant

Release: Apr 15, 2026

Cover: Jun 2026

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NM

For Sale

Plot

ABSOLUTE SCARECROW EMERGES FROM THE SHADOWS OF ARK M AS A NEW STORY ARC BEGINS... Poison Ivy proved to be just one of the many horrors within the bowels of the ARK M facility, and as Joker sets his sights on Absolute Batman, he decides to enlist the help of one of the center's most terrifying doctors, Dr. Jonathan Crane. While Bruce Wayne tries to align himself with Barbara Gordon, there's more than one alliance formed in this issue. New debuts, new villains, new arc starts here.

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