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Last updated: 24-04-2026
Absolute Batman #18

Absolute Batman #18

What a disappointing mess. Ivy was beaten by pointing a gun at her still human heart. And Batman in the end shot her anyway because fuck her i presume. What he expected by that? Snapping last straw between her humanity and godhood? And Bruce got not one but two pep-talks with Gordon and got nothing from them

I understand that Bruce is a deeply broken man at this point going through a couple months of constant mental and physical torture, but this twist from being Batman that is willing to go with more blood than usual to an edge-lord’s view of trigger happy Batman is just idiotic. Snyder has truly messed this moment up and this constant switching from scene to scene gets more jarring with each issue.

At least Ivy’s origin is properly tragic. And most importantly she cannot be redeemed into a hero on a whim due to her obsession with evolution

P.S. Oh no Martha is dead. Who expected it. She is definitely died off-screen and this Tallon definitely shot at her… Come on Scott, this is just bad manners at this point. This trope doesn’t work if you use it as a cliffhanger