DC Comics’Batmanhas been completely overhaul in the recently launched Absolute Universe , turn this well - off billionaire altruist into a struggling everyman hero whose vicious law-breaking - struggle tactics have put his master continuity counterpart to shame . Set to take on a new version ofMr . Freezein an upcoming issue of Absolute Batman , a variant cover forAbsolute Batman # 8has given buff yet another prescribed face at Absolute Mr. Freeze ’s terrifying cryptid designing , showing what Batman will be up against when Gotham freeze over .

Created in the wake of Darkseid ’s shameful dying , this brand new realness , dub the Absolute Universe , is a place where Batman , Superman , Wonder Woman , and the rest of the heroes and villain of the DC Universe , have been apply revamp looking at and update origins , ushering in a new earned run average of storytelling never - learn - before in DC persistence .

Mr. Freeze’s Redesign Turns Him Into Pure Nightmare Fuel in New Absolute Batman Variant Cover

Absolute Batman #8 Variant by Brian Bolland

Looking like an water ice lamia with his boney arms , bony back , pointed fingerbreadth , pierce red eyes , and blue - tinged pelt , this goosebump - rush art in effect teases whatMr . halt will count like inAbsolute Batman # 7 , by Scott Snyder and Edgar Albert Guest creative person Marcos Martín . Promising to introduce a “ young , up - and - coming scientist named Victor Fries , his history with the Ark M experiment , and what it all has to do with the mystical Joker , ” this issue ’s synopsis give fans something to look onwards to , with Brian Bolland ’s suitably creepy-crawly cover version bring his iconicBatman : The Killing Jokestyle into the Absolute Universe with ease .

The Joker has always been a terrifying baddie , but DC ’s newfangled Absolute Universe is transforming the Joker into something unfeignedly horrifying .

Like the antecedently released image of Nick Dragotta ’s mainAbsolute Batman # 8cover , Victor is n’t wear off his patented cryogenic suitnor using any kind of cold - infused weapons in Bolland ’s art , making fans inquire if this redesign has more locomote for it than being a simple nightmarish ocular overhaul . what is more , it stands to reason that Absolute Mr. Freeze ’s backstory will at least have a take place resemblance to his independent persistence counterpart ’s , with Victor ’s transmutation into a shambling ice tool likely find thanks to a exchangeable cryogenic mischance , sprain the eventual reveal behind Freeze ’s novel design into an even more awaited minute .

Comic book art: a classic version of the Joker grins in front of Absolute Batman.

Absolute Mr. Freeze Is the Most Terrifying New Villain Absolute Batman Has Encountered Yet

Absolute Mr. Freeze Will Debut in Absolute Batman #7

While the details behind the dead on target origin , motivations , and chilling redesign of this world ’s Victor Fries are still scarce , lover wo n’t have to hold back long to see for themselveswhat ’s in store for the Absolute Mr. Freeze , to say nothing about what kind of problems Batman will confront once Gotham is blanket in snow and ice , probable thanks to Freeze ’s doing . Batmanalways has his employment cut out for him when trying to thwart evil , especiallyin the Absolute Universe , and after seeing Brian Bolland ’s take on the newMr . Freeze , thing do n’t await like they ’ll be getting any easier .

Absolute Batman # 7will be uncommitted from DC Comics on April 9 , 2025 .

Jon Kent (AKA Superman’s Young Adult Son) with Kryptonite in the background

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Absolute Batman to the left staring and Absolute Mr Freeze to the right lookin scary

Custom Image by Brian Colucci

Absolute Mr Freeze looking like a skinny zombie in shadow

Absolute Batman #7 main cover feature

Comic book art: Victor Fries' Mr. Freeze in his helmet in DC Comics

Batman Stands in Detective Comic Art by Jason Fabok

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