ABSOLUTE BATMAN #17 1:25 KARL KERSCHL CARD STOCK VAR(W) Scott Snyder (A) Eric Canete (CA) Karl Kerschl ABSOLUTE POISON IVY SINKS HER TEETH INTO ARK M! Dr. Pamela Isley has been unleashed from the Ark M facility with an unending hate and burning fire for revenge on Gotham City, and those who put her in the belly of the beast. When Batman hunts her down, he must survive a labyrinth of leveled horrors, one more gruesome after the next, as he tries to save the city from a monster it created.

and brings this epic run to a thrilling

Madballs and GPK have both been known as the "grossest of the gross

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In this second issue we follow Nova as she makes her way to the Misty Planet- the world from where her space explorer parents never returned

but other enemies may not be far behind

The writers of the hit MS

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And don't miss the exciting ending that continues the Dawn of DC mystery and introduces Dr

and cosplay by JOANIE BROSAS

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Jasper Barlow in a bid to ward off the next attack of the Punk Frogs