I'm only reading Ultimate X-Men. I like it.

>>46545 I think Absolute's reimaginings are playing it safe Zombie Joker? There's much scarier things out there than zombies Full-body frostbite Mr. Freeze? Impractical Upper-middle class Batman? Too safe, not enough personal stakes, still views suffering as necessary in society

>>46545 Absolute Wonder Woman is my favorite, but Absolute Martian Manhunter is also seeming to be really good going off of issue 1. Anyone here read Absolute Flash 2? Is it good?

Can't peak for Absolute because DC has been really fucking bad for the last like 4 or 5 years but Ultimate is fucking awful.

They're both gay and reek of desperation but I'll give the nod to DC given they usually pull this shit...Which is why we have multiple Batmen. Golden Age = Earth Two Batman Silver Age = Earth One Batman Bronze Age = New Earth Batman New52 = Earth Prime Absolute line is just a way for them to refresh their characters as they've always done. The Ultimate line at Marvel was just an excuse to have married Peter Parker & Mary Jane again.

>>46545 >>46957 Absolute Wonder Woman is the one that feels most like the writers truly trying a different approach with the character while keeping their core personality intact. It also helps that Wonder Woman is the one of the top 3 that doesn't have that much of a fleshed out backstory and villain gallery, lots of design space to work with. Haven't read the new martian manhunter yet. The new GL seems potentially interesting but the first issue kind of give me some weird vibes. Like the writers are trying to execute these big concept with the GL setting, but they might be biting more than they can chew with this.

>>48732 AWW is the only one I genuinely enjoy because it's trying it's damnedest to preserve the kernel of, well, wonder. It could be going wrong in a number of directions and it's holding course. The art being gorgeous doesn't hurt.

I'm currently keeping up with all of the Absolute and Ultimate Books. If I had to pick a Favorite from each, I'd probably go Wonder Woman (With Supes as a close second) for Absolute. I like Batman too, but right now it seems like the safest of the trinity. GL, MM, and Flash are all still too new to be contenders, but I've really enjoyed Flash and GL. MM I think I need to give more time to see if it's a good Absolute book, or a good Black Label/Vergtigo book. For Ultimate, my Favorite is probably X-men, just because Spider-Man would be cheating. It has beautiful art by Peach, and I love the different view of Mutants in it compared to 616. Wolverine has some great art, and seeing him struggle against Winter Soldier programing is interesting, but it's still pretty new to judge long term. Black Panther feels too much like it could also work in continuity aside from Ra and Khonsu being the antagonists. I like the Ultimates showing off more of the world than the other books, and giving us new heroes each issue, but it feels like the book that reads best in the trade format because of all the jumping around month to month. If anyone here hasn't tried them, ignore the "hurr everything is terrible all the time from every company" takes, because they ain't reading it anyways. Try out the trinity for Absolute, and then check out the newer ones if any grab your attention. Try out Spider-Man, X-Men, and The Ultimates for the Ultimate Universe, and like wise grab any after if they get your attention. Both universes are very much worth checking out and are enjoyable, and different enough from each other that one of them is sure to grab you.

>>48217 which batman are the best version?

>>48777 Golden Age, Final answer.