List of Absolute Universe characters
List of characters appearing in the DC Comics' Absolute Universe imprint
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This is a list of characters from DC Comics that appear in the Absolute Universe (2024–present).
Introduced in DC All In (2024–present)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gim Allon Colossal Boy |
DC All In Special #1 (October 2024) | A human member of Darkseid's Omega Legion with size-altering powers. |
| Imra Ardeen Saturn Girl |
A Titanian member of the Omega Legion with telepathic powers. | |
| Jan Arrah Element Lad |
A Trommite member of the Omega Legion with elemental powers. | |
| Jazmin Cullen Kid Quantum |
A Xanthuan member of the Omega Legion with the ability to create stasis fields. | |
| Reep Daggle Chameleon Boy |
A Durlan member of the Omega Legion with shapeshifting powers. | |
| Diana of the Wild Isle Wonder Woman |
The princess of Themyscira, considered the last Amazon. Taken from Themyscira as a baby, Diana was raised on the Wild Isle of Hell by the exiled witch Circe. Upon reaching adulthood, however, she arrives in Gateway City ready to defend Earth and search for her missing Amazon sisters.[1] | |
| Salu Digby Shrinking Violet |
An Imskian member of the Omega Legion with the ability to shrink. | |
| Querl Dox Brainiac 5 |
A Coluan member of the Omega Legion who is a highly intelligent android. | |
| Luornu Durgo Triplicate Girl |
A Carggite member of the Omega Legion with the ability to split into three identical versions of herself. | |
| Kal-El / Clark Kent Superman |
A survivor from the destroyed planet Krypton who lives on Earth, where he possesses a variety of superpowers due to exposure to solar radiation.[2] | |
| Thom Kallor Star Boy |
A Xanthuan member of the Omega Legion capable of manipulating his own density and that of objects. | |
| Rokk Krinn Cosmic Boy |
A Braalian member of the Omega Legion who can generate and control magnetic fields. | |
| Brin Londo Timber Wolf |
A Zuunian member of the Omega Legion with wolf-like features. | |
| Tasmia Mallor Shadow Lass |
A Talokian member of the Omega Legion capable of manipulating shadows. | |
| Jo Nah Ultra Boy |
A superpowered human member of the Omega Legion. | |
| Andrew Nolan Ferro Lad |
A human member of the Omega Legion with the ability to transform his body into organic steel. | |
| Pegasus | Wonder Woman's skeletal, winged steed.[3] | |
| Garth Ranzz Lightning Lad |
A Winathian member of the Omega Legion with electrical powers. | |
| Bruce Wayne Batman |
A middle-class civil engineer in Gotham City who moonlights as a masked vigilante, vowing vengeance against the criminal underworld after witnessing the murder of his father, Thomas Wayne, as a child.[4] | |
| Tinya Wazzo Phantom Girl |
A Bgztlian member of the Omega Legion who can become intangible. | |
| Dirk Morgna Sun Boy |
Justice League Unlimited vol. 2 #10 (August 2025) | A human member of the Omega Legion with pyrokinetic powers. |
| Val Armorr Karate Kid |
Superman vol. 6 #30 (November 2025) | A human member of the Omega Legion who is a martial artist. |
| Jenni Ognats XS |
The Flash vol. 6 #27 (December 2025) | A human speedster member of the Omega Legion. |
| Nura Nal Dream Girl |
The Flash vol. 6 #29 (January 2026) | A Naltorian member of the Omega Legion with precognitive abilities. |
Introduced in Absolute Batman (2024–present)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey Bullock | Absolute Batman #1 (October 2024) | The police commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD). |
| Joe Chill | ||
| Barbara Gordon | The daughter of Jim Gordon and a GCPD officer the same age as Bruce. | |
| Jim Gordon | A former GCPD officer who served as mayor of Gotham City before being succeeded by Hamilton Hill. | |
| Jack Grimm The Joker |
A centuries-old immortal billionaire who takes on a demonic form. He first established his persona in 1888 as a Gotham street performer who became a wealthy philanthropist and founder of the entertainment conglomerate Just Kidding, the Grimm family secretly manipulating industries and governments for profit, becoming a global criminal power, the "family" a façade for one single immortal: Jack Grimm.[5] | |
| Waylon "Way" Jones Killer Croc |
The childhood friend of Bruce Wayne, who is mutated into a giant crocodile at the offshore black-site facility Ark M, funded by Hamilton Hill. | |
| Alfred Pennyworth | An MI6 agent who is sent to Gotham City to investigate the Party Animals gang and ends up becoming an ally of Batman. | |
| Roman Sionis Black Mask |
A terrorist and leader of a gang known as Party Animals. | |
| Martha Wayne | Bruce Wayne's mother and a social worker, as well as Jim Gordon's deputy mayor during his term. | |
| Thomas Wayne | Bruce Wayne's father and an elementary school teacher who was killed by Joe Chill during a field trip to the zoo. | |
| Oswald Cobblepot Penguin |
Absolute Batman #1 (October 2024; cameo appearance) Absolute Batman #2 (November 2024; full appearance) |
[6] |
| Harvey Dent Two-Face |
[6] | |
| Selina Kyle Catwoman |
[7] | |
| Edward Nygma Riddler |
[8] | |
| Julia Pennyworth | Absolute Batman #1 (October 2024; cameo appearance) Absolute Batman #3 (December 2024; full appearance) |
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| Bibbo Bibbowski | Absolute Batman #3 (December 2024) | A boxer working for the mafia, with whom Waylon Jones had previously fought. He is killed by Black Mask during a brutal training session. |
| Hamilton Hill | A politician who succeeds Jim Gordon as mayor of Gotham City. | |
| Leslie Thompkins | Absolute Batman #5 (February 2025) | |
| Nora Fries | Absolute Batman #7 (April 2025) | |
| Victor Fries Jr. Mr. Freeze |
[9] | |
| Victor Fries Sr. | ||
| Mitchell "Matches" Malone | ||
| Bane | Absolute Batman #9 (June 2025) | [10] |
| Dick Grayson Robin |
An emergency medical technician (EMT) who dislikes Batman.[11] | |
| Harley Quinn | Absolute Batman #13 (October 2025) | The leader of the Red Hood gang.[12] |
| Harvey Harris | Absolute Batman #15 (December 2025) | A long-presumed-dead FBI agent and associate of Alfred, who investigated the Joker in the 1990s. Reportedly killed in a boating accident, Harris, in reality, had his death faked by the Joker, who kept him alive for 30 years as a castaway on a private island he owned before killing Harris for real.[5] |
| Akrolis | Absolute Batman #16 (January 2026) | A centaur. |
| Lucius Fox | A foreman and Bruce's boss.[13] | |
| Pamela Isley Poison Ivy |
Absolute Batman #17 (February 2026) | |
| Stephanie Brown Robin |
Absolute Batman #19 (April 2026) | [11] |
| Jonathan Crane Scarecrow |
A scientist who works for the Joker, described as one of the "most terrifying doctors" at Ark M.[14] | |
| Tim Drake Robin |
[11] | |
| Duke Thomas Robin |
[11] | |
| Jason Todd Robin |
[11] | |
| Clayface | Absolute Batman #21 (June 2026) | [15] |
| Calendar Man | Absolute Batman #22 (July 2026) | [16] |
| Tweedledum and Tweedledee | [16] |
Introduced in Absolute Wonder Woman (2024–present)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Apollo | Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (October 2024) | The Greek god of the sun. |
| Circe | ||
| Harbinger Prime | ||
| Tetracide | Absolute Wonder Woman #2 (November 2024) | |
| Steve Trevor | ||
| Barbara Minerva | Absolute Wonder Woman #3 (December 2024) | An archaeologist who works at the Gateway Museum and has knowledge about the Amazons. |
| Veronica Cale | Absolute Wonder Woman #4 (January 2025) | The National Security Advisor of the United States and director of Area 41.[17] |
| Etta Candy | ||
| Gia Candy | ||
| Hecate | The Greek goddess of magic. | |
| Hades | Absolute Wonder Woman #6 (March 2025) | The Greek god of the underworld. |
| Prometheus | A Titan who stole fire from the gods to give it to humans, and was punished by being chained to a mountain in the underworld. | |
| Chimera | Absolute Wonder Woman #7 (April 2025) | A creature from the underworld. |
| Persephone | The Greek goddess of spring, wife of Hades and queen of the underworld. | |
| Doctor Poison | Absolute Wonder Woman #8 (May 2025) | A scientist working directly under Cale at Area 41, whose body is composed of poison gas, requiring a special World War II-era suit to contain her. She later becomes a member of the Suicide Squad, a team founded by Cale to destroy Wonder Woman. |
| Ferdinand | Absolute Wonder Woman #9 (June 2025) | |
| Petra | ||
| Queen Clea | ||
| Artemis | Absolute Wonder Woman #10 (July 2025) | The Greek goddess of the hunt. |
| Io | ||
| Hippolyta | Absolute Wonder Woman #12 (September 2025) | The mother of Wonder Woman and queen of the Amazons of Themyscira. |
| Zatanna Zatara | A powerful sorceress imprisoned in Area 41. She becomes a member of the Suicide Squad.[18] | |
| Doris Zuel Giganta |
Absolute Wonder Woman #12 (September 2025; cameo appearance) Absolute Wonder Woman #16 (January 2026; full appearance) |
An Area 41 prisoner with size-altering powers. She becomes a member of the Suicide Squad.[19] |
| Gaia | Absolute Wonder Woman #14 (November 2025) | The personification of the Earth. |
| Aphrodite | Absolute Wonder Woman #16 (January 2026) | The Greek goddess of love. |
| Ara the Fish-Men Queen | The amphibious queen of the race of Fish-Men that Queen Clea enslaved. She becomes a member of the Suicide Squad.[19] | |
| Priscilla Rich Cheetah |
A member of the Suicide Squad.[20] | |
| Crimson Centipede | Absolute Wonder Woman Annual (February 2026) | |
| Medusa | ||
| Stheno and Euryale | Medusa's sisters. | |
| Giovanni Zatara | Absolute Wonder Woman #17 (February 2026) | Zatanna's sorcerer father, who has the appearance of a flaming skeleton.[21] |
Introduced in Absolute Superman (2024–present)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jor-El | Absolute Superman #1 (November 2024) | |
| Krypto | Kal-El's pet dog on Krypton. | |
| Lois Lane | ||
| Lara-El | ||
| Brainiac | Absolute Superman #1 (November 2024; cameo appearance) Absolute Superman #7 (May 2025; full appearance) |
[22] |
| Christopher Smith | Absolute Superman #2 (December 2025) | |
| Martha Kent | Absolute Superman #3 (January 2025) | |
| Talia al Ghul Omega Prime / Primus |
Absolute Superman #4 (February 2025) | |
| Sam Lane | ||
| Jimmy Olsen | ||
| Ra's al Ghul | Absolute Superman #6 (April 2025) | [23] |
| Jonathan Kent | ||
| Lana Lang | Absolute Superman #12 (October 2025) | A waitress at a diner in Smallville. |
| Winslow Schott Toyman |
Absolute Superman #15 (January 2026) | [24] |
| Alex Luthor | Absolute Superman #16 (February 2026) | |
| Lena Luthor | ||
| Parasite | [25] | |
| Perry White | The former metro desk editor of the Daily Planet. | |
| John Henry Irons Steel |
Absolute Superman #18 (April 2026) | [26] |
| Phantom Stranger | A hooded seer who foretold the arrival of Superman more than 3000 years ago, during Ancient Egypt.[27] | |
| Teth-Adam King Shazam |
[28][29] | |
| Doomsdays | Absolute Superman #21 (July 2026) | |
| Metallo | Absolute Superman #22 (August 2026) |
Introduced in Absolute Flash (2025–present)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Barry Allen | Absolute Flash #1 (March 2025) | A "Project Olympus" scientist accidentally killed by Wally on getting his powers.[30] |
| Grodd | A green monkey with an exposed brain who developed telepathic powers after being subjected to experiments at Fort Fox.[31] | |
| George "Digger" Harkness Captain Boomerang |
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| Jesse James Trickster |
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| Sam Scudder Mirror Master |
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| Leonard Snart Captain Cold |
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| Lisa Snart Golden Glider |
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| Rudy West | ||
| Wally West The Flash |
[30] | |
| Elenore Thawne | Absolute Flash #3 (May 2025) | |
| Ralph Dibny | Absolute Flash #4 (June 2025) | An Iron Heights citizen who runs a youth center with his wife Sue.[32] |
| Linda Park | ||
| Mick Rory Heat Wave |
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| Jay Garrick | Absolute Flash #6 (August 2025) | A military captain that worked at Fort Fox with Eobard Thawne.[33] |
| Eobard Thawne | The head of a secret government research project called Blue Trinity who attempted to make contact with a dimension of pure energy, driven mad by a voice he heard calling to him from the dimension, before disappearing into it with army officer Jay Garrick.[33] | |
| Mark Mardon Weather Wizard |
Absolute Flash #7 (September 2025) | |
| Black Flash | Absolute Flash #15 (May 2026) | |
| Rick Flag Jr. | ||
| Ray Palmer | ||
| Silas Stone | ||
| Vic Stone Cyborg |
Absolute Flash #20 (October 2026) | [34] |
Introduced in Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025–2026)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bridget Jones | Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 (March 2025) | John's wife. |
| John Jones | A FBI agent. | |
| Tyler Jones | John's son. | |
| Martian | An otherworldly consciousness who conceptualises itself in John's head with the familiar imagery of a green alien from Mars. | |
| Mike Miller Human Flame |
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| Trigger Taylor | Absolute Martian Manhunter #2 (April 2025) | |
| White Martian | ||
| Despair-the-Zero | Absolute Martian Manhunter #8 (January 2026) | An alien entity that personifies despair.[35] |
| Lawrence Trapp | Absolute Martian Manhunter #9 (February 2026) | A therapist whom John and Bridget consult in an attempt to save their troubled marriage. |
| Uncle Sam | Absolute Martian Manhunter #12 (July 2026) |
Introduced in Absolute Green Lantern (2025–present)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hal Jordan Black Hand |
Absolute Green Lantern #1 (April 2025) | [36] |
| Jo Mullein Green Lantern |
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| John Stewart | ||
| Abin Sur | ||
| Guy Gardner | Absolute Green Lantern #2 (May 2025) | |
| Todd Rice Obsidian |
Absolute Green Lantern #3 (June 2025) | |
| Carol Ferris | Absolute Green Lantern #4 (July 2025) | |
| Hector Hammond | ||
| Tomar Re | ||
| Simon Baz | Absolute Green Lantern #6 (September 2025) | |
| Cameron Chase | ||
| Jonny Double | ||
| Mogo | ||
| Controller of Mu Sin Es Tro |
Absolute Green Lantern #7 (October 2025) | |
| Kilowog | ||
| Medphyll | ||
| Arisia Rrab | ||
| Qurina Vint | ||
| Galius Zed | ||
| Bill Hand | Absolute Green Lantern #8 (November 2025) | |
| Renee Montoya | ||
| Steve Dayton | Absolute Green Lantern #9 (December 2025) | |
| Keith Kenyon Nemesis / Goldface |
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| Kari Limbo | ||
| Terry Long | ||
| Alanna | Absolute Green Lantern #13 (April 2026) | |
| Emily Hawke Agent Zero |
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| Sardath | ||
| Rac Shade | [37] | |
| Jessica Cruz | Absolute Green Lantern #16 (July 2026) |
Introduced in Absolute Green Arrow (2026–present)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Brittany Brandon | Absolute Green Arrow #1 (May 2026) | |
| Annie Green | ||
| Dinah Lance Black Canary |
An executive protection specialist assigned to uncover the identity of the serial killer Green Arrow.[7] | |
| Longbow Hunter / Green Arrow | A serial killer wielding a bow and arrow who targets corrupt, wealthy individuals.[7] | |
| Malcolm Merlyn | ||
| Jubal Slade | ||
| Reese Tyler | ||
| Tom Hallaway | Absolute Green Arrow #1 (May 2026; cameo appearance) | |
| Mia Dearden | Absolute Green Arrow #1 (May 2026; cameo appearance) Absolute Green Arrow #2 (June 2026; full appearance) |
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| Roy Harper | ||
| Connor Hawke | Absolute Green Arrow #2 (June 2026) | |
| Edvin Zytle | ||
| Solomon Grundy | Absolute Green Arrow #3 (July 2026) |
Introduced in Absolute Catwoman (2026–present)
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cassandra Cain | Absolute Catwoman #1 (June 2026) | |
| Dante Calderone | ||
| Holly Robinson | ||
| Helena Bertinelli | Absolute Catwoman #2 (July 2026) | [16] |
| Vic Sage |
Introduced in other Absolute Universe comics
| Character | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wesley Dodds Sandman |
Absolute Evil (October 2025) | A chemist who operated as a masked vigilante in the 1930s.[38] |
| Ted Grant Wildcat |
A 20th-century vigilante from Gotham City who was bribed into retirement and subsequently used the money to open his own gym.[38] | |
| Carter Hall Hawkman |
A former superhero turned government assassin who kills anyone who might disrupt the status quo on orders from the Justice League.[38] | |
| Dora Luthor | Lex Luthor's wife.[39] | |
| Lex Luthor | The owner of a gas station in Missouri.[38] | |
| Iron Munro | A vigilante and socialist who operated briefly during the 1950s.[38] | |
| Oliver Queen | A skilled archer and acquaintance of Hector Hammond. He was murdered by Hawkman for investigating Jubal Slade's affairs.[38] | |
| Amadeus Arkham | Absolute Batman: Ark M Special (January 2026) | The founder of Arkham Asylum.[40] |
| Elizabeth Arkham | Amadeus Arkham's mother, who killed almost all of her children except Amadeus, before committing suicide upon learning of her husband's death.[40] | |
| Slade Wilson Deathstroke |
A mercenary and former MI6 agent who works for the Joker.[41] | |
| Lady Shiva | Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow's Hand (September 2026) | |
| Professor Pyg | Absolute Batman: Beyond Ark M | [42] |