The best comic book deal of 2026 is officially here, thanks to Image Comics and Digiphile, and the value is unbelievable. DC Comics’ Absolute line has been the biggest thing to hit the industry this decade. The line features top talent, such as Scott Snyder and Kelly Thompson, reinventing the publisher’s biggest icons for a new era. Fans have turned out for the Absolute line, and its success has led to an increase in market share for DC.
While some of the Absolute Universe’s success can be attributed to its iconoclastic approach to DC’s heaviest hitters, it is in fact the creative personnel behind the scenes that have made the books fan favorites. The line’s inaugural offering, Absolute Batman, is written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Nick Dragotta, while Jason Aaron writes Absolute Superman. Kelly Thompson pens the adventures of Absolute Wonder Woman and Dennis Nguyen draws them, while Deniz Camp takes readers on a head trip each month in Absolute Martian Manhunter.
Other creators working on DC's Absolute Line include Al Ewing, Nick Robles and Javier Rodriguez.
All the aforementioned creators share a common denominator: they have all at some point written or drawn books for Image Comics. Scott Snyder wrote Wytches for the publisher, and his Absolute Batman collaborator Nick Dragotta drew East of West. Absolute Flash scribe Jeff Lemire chilled readers to the bone with Gideon Falls and took them into space with both Descender and Ascender. Now, Digiphile is offering fans a chance to read these early stories by the Absolute line’s architects, and for roughly the price of a trade paperback!
Digiphile Is Unveiling the Before Absolute Collection
The Before Absolute Collection Features Ground-Breaking Image Comics Titles from DC's Absolute Creators
Digiphile, a digital content company created by former employees of Humble Bundle, is unveiling the Before Absolute collection. For the low price of 25 dollars, fans can purchase close to 1100 dollars worth of Image Comics trades by the creators who are knocking it out of the park on DC’s Absolute books. Among the titles fans can purchase include:
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A Sampling of Some of Before Absolute's Titles |
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Creators |
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Wytches |
Scott Snyder |
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East of West |
Jonathan Hickman & Nick Dragotta |
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Gideon Falls |
Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino |
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Descender/Ascender |
Jeff Lemire & Nguyen |
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Black Cloak |
Kelly Thompson & Meredith McClaren |
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Southern Bastards |
Jason Aaron & Jason Latour |
The deal also features Deniz Camp’s mind-bending Assorted Crisis Events. For an additional five dollars, fans can also purchase 11 volumes of W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo’s Ice Cream Man.
All together, Digiphile’s Before Absolute collection brings together 73 volumes from a whopping 29 different books, which makes it an incredible value. The collection features diverse genres, including horror books like Wytches and Gideon Falls, crime titles like Black Cloak and science fiction comics such as Descender and East of West.
Best of all, the money raised from the sale of Digiphile’s Before Absolute collection goes to a good cause. Digiphile will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which helps bookstore and comic shop employees facing financial, medical and life challenges. The Before Absolute collection is on sale for two weeks only.
DC's Absolute Line Features the Best Creators, And Image Comics Has Them All
Digiphile's Before Absolute Collection Is the Best Entertainment Value of 2026
DC’s Absolute line has been a runaway success for the publisher. It got fans talking and packed them into comic shops. The Absolute Line’s reinventions of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman have struck a nerve with readers. The Absolute books speak to our times in a way few comics are currently doing. The creators behind these books came to them with impeccable credentials, and the Before Absolute collection takes readers on a journey through the titles that paved the way for one of comics’ biggest stories in decades.
And not only is the Before Absolute collection deep and thorough, but it is an incredible value.
And not only is the Before Absolute collection deep and thorough, but it is an incredible value. Readers could expect to spend over $1,000 to collect all of these books, even in digital format. Digiphile is giving fans a chance to experience these modern classics for 25 dollars, but as mentioned early, it is for a limited time only: the best comic deal of 2026 expires May 7.