DC Absolute Editions

Geoff Johns's Blackest Night in Absolute format, with remastered colour: the Black Lantern Corps raises the dead heroes of the DC Universe. Collects Blackest Night #0-8, Green Lantern #43-48 and #50-52, and more.

Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver's Green Lantern: Rebirth in Absolute format: the story that brought Hal Jordan back from the dead, revealed the truth about Parallax and relaunched the Green Lantern Corps for a generation.

Neil Gaiman and J.H. Williams III's The Sandman: Overture in Absolute format, the prequel that leads into Sandman #1, with a never-before-seen artist's edition of Williams's original pages, his sketchbook and Gaiman's script for #1.

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Absolute Vol. 1: issues #1-20 with new colouring, the original Sandman proposal, character designs and the script and Charles Vess pencils for the World Fantasy Award-winning Sandman #19, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Absolute Vol. 2: issues #21-39 with remastered colouring, new Colleen Doran inks on #34, two never-reprinted Gaiman stories, The Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams and the script and pencils for Season of Mists chapter two.

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Absolute Vol. 3: Brief Lives, Delirium and Dream's search for their missing brother Destruction, and Ramadan, illustrated by P. Craig Russell, with uncollected extras and an introduction by Jill Thompson.

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Absolute Vol. 4, the final volume of the series: issues #57-75, The Kindly Ones and The Wake, plus a story from Vertigo Jam #1 and behind-the-scenes extras. The end of the Dream King's story.

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Absolute Vol. 5: Endless Nights, seven stories of the Endless by seven artists including Milo Manara and Frank Quitely, and The Dream Hunters twice, as Yoshitaka Amano's illustrated novella and P. Craig Russell's comic adaptation.

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Absolute Vol. 1, with completely new colouring by Steve Oliff: The Saga of the Swamp Thing #20-34 and Swamp Thing Annual #2, including The Anatomy Lesson, plus a new afterword by Stephen R. Bissette.

Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo's Luthor and Joker in one slipcased Absolute Edition, each in its own hardcover: Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #1-5 and the original graphic novel Joker, with preliminary text and art for both.

Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta in Absolute format: in a totalitarian England, a man in a Guy Fawkes mask wages war on the regime and takes a young woman, Evey, as his protégée. The complete story behind the 2005 film.

Spider Jerusalem returns to The Word and investigates the murder of Vita Severn and political corruption in a dystopian future. Collects Transmetropolitan #19–39, Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3 and Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City #1. English-language hardcover, 2023 edition, 544 pages.

Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and its sequel The Dark Knight Strikes Again in one giant slipcased Absolute Edition. Collects Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4 and The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1-4, with Lynn Varley's colour and commentary.

Neil Gaiman's Death in Absolute format: The High Cost of Living and The Time of Your Life, her key Sandman appearances, Death and Venice, two never-reprinted stories, Gaiman's full script for Sandman #8 and Chris Bachalo's sketches.

Tom King and Mitch Gerads's Mister Miracle in Absolute format: Scott Free, the greatest escape artist in the universe, faces war with Darkseid, fatherhood and the one trap he may not escape. Collects Mister Miracle #1-12 with scripts and commentary.

Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher, Absolute Vol. 1: Jesse Custer gains the Word of God and sets out with Tulip and Cassidy to find a God who has abandoned His post. The opening of Vertigo's road-trip classic, in a 736-page oversized hardcover.

Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher, Absolute Vol. 2: the journey continues where Volume 1 left off, as Jesse Custer, Tulip and Cassidy keep chasing God across America and the Grail closes in. 720 oversized pages of Vertigo's most irreverent series.

Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher, Absolute Vol. 3, the final volume: Jesse Custer's war with God and the Grail reaches its end. Collects Preacher #41-66 in an oversized hardcover with a new slipcase and bonus material.

Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III's Promethea, Book Two, re-collected in oversized slipcased Absolute format: the story of a college student who becomes the living embodiment of imagination, and Williams's most inventive page layouts.

Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson's Transmetropolitan, Absolute Vol. 3, the final volume: Spider Jerusalem's last war against the President. Collects Transmetropolitan #40-60 with a new introduction by Ellis and extra material.

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen in a slipcased Absolute Edition: all 12 issues restored and recoloured by John Higgins, approved by Gibbons, plus 48 pages from the Graphitti edition including Moore's scripts and the original proposal.

Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1, in Absolute format: London, 1898, and Mina Murray, Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Jekyll and Hyde and the Invisible Man are recruited to defend the Empire.