Article Summary. Bruce faces a tough decision as Black Mask targets his morals in Absolute Batman #5. Preview includes Bruce's ties to Mayor Gordon and their impact on his choices.

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Article Summary. Discover if Bruce Wayne will compromise his morals to Black Mask in Absolute Batman #5. Absolute Batman #5, by Snyder and Dragotta, challenges the limits of Bruce's pragmatism.

In Absolute Batman, Black Mask offers Batman millions of dollars. He wants Batman to take it, join his cult and change Gotham, even if it means burning the city down.

Absolute Batman #5 took readers on quite a ride. Absolute Batman has been a wild book so far, and this issue shows off a sinister new version of Black Mask. As leader of the Party Animals, Black ...

Absolute Batman #5 appears to consciously call back to that moment. Bruce has accepted Black Mask's offer of selling out for the princely sum of $200m, but rather than use the money to shore up ...

If Batman works in contrast to his villains, Black Mask does a great job defining who this version of Batman is. Recommended If You want more Absolute Black Mask ...

At 6’6″ tall and 275 pounds, Bruce Wayne is a brawny brute who has built a bigger and badder Batman in the first arc of Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta’s Absolute Batman. Black Mask, a.k.a ...

Black Mask had a brief appearance in issue one of Absolute Batman and looked to be as ruthless as ever in his pursuit of power in Gotham, regardless of the universe.

The Rise of Black Mask Art by Nick Dragotta. (Image Credit: DC) It quickly becomes clear that the first costumed supervillain the Absolute Batman will face off against isn't Joker, Penguin, or ...

One benefit to Batman villains is that they can serve a whole spectrum of genres. The Penguin can be both a corrupt businessman and a horny sewer creature. The Joker can be both a silly lunatic ...

Black Mask and his gang then proceed to stab him, set him on fire with a flamethrower, hit him with Batman's own axe, shoot him, send him tumbling off a building, and then run him over.