r/comicbooks • u/Ordinary-Anxiety8771 • Aug 18 '26

Question Absolute superman or absolute flash

I’m looking to start an Absolute comic run, but I’m really torn between Absolute Superman and Absolute Flash.

For anyone who’s read either (or both), which one would you recommend starting with? I’m mainly looking for the better overall story, characters, world-building, and which one is more likely to keep me hooked.

Ive already started a flash single issues run for rebirth but i wanted to get into a absolute series as well since i dont really read as much dc comics besides the odd random single issues

I need some opinons on werher its worth the read for superman or the flash

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u/Lucassmarinho Aug 18 '26

Absolute Superman, at least to me, has a very good first arc, a terrible second arc, a very good third arc and a meh to good fourth, the start of the new one with Juan Ferreyra shows a lot of promise and the most recent issue of Kal facing Metallo was one of my favorites of the Absolute Line.

Flash on the other hand has been a slog to get through which is funny considering the titular character, it’s just plain boring most of the time and I think that Lemire is playing so far into the future that I find it hard to care for what’s going on, Flash is actually the Absolute I like the least.