Absolute Batman the Black Mirror

Scott Snyder's #1 New York Times bestseller is now available in this oversize slipcase Absolute edition, complete with behind-the-scenes scripts, design sketches and other bonus material!

For years, Batman and Commissioner Gordon have stared into the unyielding black abyss that is Gotham City. Time after time, they've saved their beloved city from itself, not allowing it to be swallowed by a pit of violence and corruption. But even after a crime-fighting lifetime of confronting what they thought was the worst humanity had to offer, an even darker and more dangerous evil pushes Batman and Gordon to their limits.

As the conflict comes closer to its resolution, they find that the truth behind this murderous crime spree isn't just careening toward their doorstep--it has in fact emerged from it. Can two of Gotham's proudest protectors bring justice to this malevolent threat in Commissioner Gordon's most personal battle to date?

Eisner Award-winning writer Scott Snyder launches into comics superstardom with his #1 New York Times best-selling debut work on the Dark Knight. This Absolute edition collects Detective Comics #871-881 and other bonus material.

Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times best-selling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. His works include All-Star Batman, Batman, Batman: Eternal, Superman Unchained, American Vampire and Swamp Thing. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short-story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley.

Jock, a.k.a. Mark Simpson, has partnered with writer Andy Diggle for The Losers and Green Arrow: Year One. The British-born artist began working as an illustrator for the Magic the Gathering collectible card game and in 1999 moved over to drawing stories for 2000 AD and Judge Dredd. In 2003 Jock drew an issue of Hellblazer for Vertigo. Later that year, Diggle and Jock began producing The Losers. Jock has continued to do commercial work with clients including MTV, British Airways, Playstation, Nintendo, BBC, NBA and GT Interactive and did some production work for Batman Begins. Jock also illustrated the recent original graphic novel John Constantine: Hellblazer: Pandemonium.