ABSOLUTE BATMAN #9 1:25 DUSTIN NGUYEN CARD STOCK VAR(W) Scott Snyder (A) Nick Dragotta (CA) Dustin Nguyen AN ALL NEW ARK (M) STARTS HERE! The latest development in saving the derelict and despondent of our society is a facility known as Ark M a fully operational institution that has played a rather sizeable part, on purpose or not, in the creation of evil. And it's active. So when Bruce tries infiltrate it and distill its secrets, a new villain from Gotham City arrives to deal with the problem an old

Cover Design or Artwork by: Adam Hughes

but witness for the first time--in intimate detail--the one true secret origin of Poison Ivy

After the events of ULTIMATE INVASION

Battle-axes and hand blasters

Salvaged from the black market as a child

After investigating an alarming intrusion at the now-defunct Hall of Justice

Tim Drake and Connor Hawke learn that there's nothing more awkward than reuniting with an old friend after you've both come out and one of you was indoctrinated by the League of Shadows for a while

Galactor’s leader goes undercover to hunt

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Nick Robles (CA) Jeff Lemire

the mystery behind Oliver's family history finally unfolds

before sending them off on an impossible mission

Artist:Carmine Di Giandomenico