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The Purgemovies are part of a fan - preferent franchise that explore a dystopian future where the U.S. administration grant a 12 - time of day full stop each yr during which all law-breaking , including murder , is sound — resulting in bedlam , societal sectionalization , and moral dilemmas . Interestingly , a simular construct unfolds in the latest issue ofAbsolute Batman , though with an even darker twist .
Absolute Batman has taken The Purge to a new , more diabolical floor of human depravity .
Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta’sAbsolute Batman#6is at long last here , picking up decent where the old payoff left off after Batman ’s brutal clash with Black Mask . In the last issue , Sionis and his Party Animals literally tossed Batman off a skyscraper , delivering a crushing defeat to the Dark Knight .
Capitalizing on his triumph , Black Mask hijacked Gotham ’s TV broadcasting arrangement to deliver a scarey message : boxes filled with mask and weapons had been scattered across the metropolis , inviting citizen to unleash chaos in central for substantial financial rewards — basically turning Gotham into a Purge - similar nightmare .
Absolute BatmanBringsThe Purgeto the DC Universe
Comic Page Comes from Scott Snyder’sAbsolute Batman#6 (2025) – Art by Nick Dragotta
reader witnessthe chaos of Black Mask’s“Purge”unfold through the eyes of Martha Wayne and James Gordon as they experience it up close . While investigating one of Black Mask ’s crate left on the street , Martha puts on one of the animal - skull mask . As soon as she does , an user interface appear , put down out a chilling menu of offence with corresponding payouts:$50,000 for looting , $ 100,000 for fire-raising , $ 150,000 for assault , and $ 200,000 for murder . The user interface also tracks how much the wearer has gain and scans for mellow - value target .
Martha is horrified by what she get wind , do it that such substantial financial incentives will ferment Gotham into a crazy house of furiousness and carnage . The situation becomes even more dire when a group participating in Black Mask ’s scheme spots Martha and Gordon — their masks identify the duo as high - note value target , each worth one million dollars . Martha and Gordon attempt to attract to the group ’s humanity , urging them to rise above the hydrophobia . But their pleas fall on deaf ears . The only affair that at last saves them is when the masks go offline after Batman defeats Black Maskin their replay , absent all financial incentive and end the chaos .
Absolute Batman has cemented himself as the most bestial version of the Dark Knight to date , thanks to a badass costume feature that ’s beyond epic .
Absolute BatmanMakes The Purge Concept Even More Diabolical
The Purge and Black Mask ’s try takeover of Gotham share striking similarities , as both encouraged citizens to employ in crime , lead to chaos , social part , and moral dilemmas . Aesthetically , they also echo each other , featuring unsettling mask , an arsenal of weapons , and a dangerous mob mentality . However , Black Mask’s“Purge”is arguably even darker , as it placed a literal Leontyne Price on human life — reducing most people ’s deserving to a bare $ 200,000 . In this way , Absolute Batmanhas takenThe Purgeto a unexampled , more diabolical level of human depravity .
After read the first issue of Absolute Batman , one thing is quartz clear : Bruce Wayne has a serious ferocity job , and I ’m so here for it .
ABSOLUTE BATMAN # 6is available now from DC Comics !
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