Skottie Young reveals his fun take on Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in all-out DC variants

Fan favorite comic book artist Skottie Young has revealed three of its “Absolute-LY” variant covers for the launch issues of DC’s upcoming “Absolute” comic line. I’ve always liked Young’s playful, cartoony style of comedy.

This upcoming line of comics features reimagined versions of DC characters, and the stories are set in an alternate Earth shaped by Darkseid in the same way Doomsday Clock revealed the DC Universe was shaped by Superman.

This is part of DC’s larger “All In” initiative, which launches with DC Everything inside #1 next week. All-In was written by Scott Snyder and Williamson, will be a flipbook, with one side designed by Daniel Sampere and the other designed by Wes Craig. In it, half the story will be told from Superman’s point of view and part from Darkseid’s.

Young said of his work: “I had a hard time thinking about how to approach them. At first I thought about making covers that would connect. I quickly abandoned that idea. Then I started looking around at all the wonderful variations that were already available for these titles.

“Everyone is so damn awesome! This got me thinking. Similar to my thoughts on mine TMNT cover, I knew I couldn’t top all the other covers. So I’ll do what I do and just make myself laugh. When in doubt, joke. That’s what I always say.”

Snyder said of the series: “What we came up with, together with a group of great creators – Mark Waid and everyone else who worked on the project – is that, during the events of AP, unbeknownst to the superheroes, Darkseid begins to realize that something has always been missing.

“He senses something in a special moment during Absolute Power that we don’t want to spoil. He senses that something has changed, and once he realizes that, it sets him on a quest that will bring him into direct conflict with this new Justice League that Superman is creating: this more robust Justice League. The collision between these two forces will reshape DC cosmology.”

That’s what makes for “a dangerous and wild new planet” – the Absolute DC Universe – where Snyder said he’s brought in some of the biggest names in comics as well as some rising stars to kick off an epic story that will drive the A.D. for years to come.

“If the prime universe is ‘founded on the energy of Superman,’ then the Absolute universe is ‘founded on the energy of Darkseid.’ In it, the heroes are underdogs and the world is darker, so (according to Snyder) ‘They have to be tougher, they have to be more resourceful, they have to shine brighter.'”