DC Absolute Editions

Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's Batman: Arkham Asylum in Absolute format, with McKean's painted art restored to its original colour and more than 100 pages of extras, including the complete annotated script.

Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Death of the Family in Absolute format: the Joker returns to target Batman's allies, from Alfred and Gordon to every Robin. Collects Batman (The New 52) #13-17, Detective Comics (The New 52) #1 and more.

Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Batman: Haunted Knight in Absolute format: three Halloween stories against Scarecrow, the Mad Hatter, the Penguin, Poison Ivy and the Joker, plus the complete Catwoman: When in Rome #1-6.

Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's The Court of Owls in Absolute format: a series of murders leads Batman to a secret society that has ruled Gotham since before he was born, and that knows the city better than he does.

Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Batman: The Long Halloween in Absolute format: a killer strikes only on holidays, and young Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent have a year to stop him. The full 13-issue series plus 30+ pages of extras.

Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's Superman trilogy in one Absolute Edition for the first time: Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman: Brainiac and Superman: Secret Origin, with Johns's script for Action Comics #858 and Frank's designs.

Mark Millar's Superman: Red Son in Absolute format: what if the rocket from Krypton had landed in Soviet Russia instead of Kansas? Dave Johnson and Kilian Plunkett's redesigns of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Collects Superman: Red Son #1-3.

The Sinestro Corps War in Absolute format: Sinestro raises an army powered by fear, Kyle Rayner is possessed by Parallax, and the Green Lantern Corps makes its last stand. Geoff Johns with Patrick Gleason, Ethan Van Sciver and Dave Gibbons.

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Absolute Vol. 2, with new colouring: The Saga of the Swamp Thing #35-49, the stretch in which Moore's horror stories turn into commentary on the environment, politics and society, and John Constantine arrives.

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Absolute Vol. 3, the final volume: The Saga of the Swamp Thing #51-64 and DC Comics Presents #85, from Swamp Thing's war on Gotham to his journey across the stars, with new colouring.

Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson's Transmetropolitan, Absolute Vol. 1: Spider Jerusalem comes down from his mountain to take on the City and its politicians. Collects Transmetropolitan #1-21, the first third of the series, in oversized format.