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 adversary of Alfred's... a man known only as Bane.

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Absolute Batman #9 is a comics entry for issue #9 in Absolute Batman from 2025. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.

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Characters associated with this issue include Bane (Earth Alpha), Barbara Gordon, Batman (Earth Alpha), Catwoman (Earth Alpha), Edward Nygma, and Harvey Dent (Earth Alpha).

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Publisher: DC Comics
Series: Absolute Batman
Issue number: #9
Cover date: Aug 1, 2025
Store date: Jun 11, 2025
Characters: Bane (Earth Alpha), Barbara Gordon, Batman (Earth Alpha), Catwoman (Earth Alpha), Edward Nygma, Harvey Dent (Earth Alpha) +8 more
Creators: Andrew Marino, Brian Bolland, Chris Conroy, Clayton Cowles, Dan Hipp, Dustin Nguyen +10 more