Valley worked with the Bat-Family and when Batman’s back was broken by Bane during the ... lasting only throughout the Battle for the Cowl miniseries. But he showed just how ruthlessly ...

Comic readers had never seen Batman so broken and beaten by a relatively new ... characters stepping into the Dark Knight's cape and cowl, either in the main DC Universe or Elseworlds beyond.

Absolute Batman has been taking readers on quite a ride since its inception. The Absolute version of Batman is a very different hero from the one that readers know in the mainline DC Universe ...