After The Reveal Of ‘Absolute Joker,’ Fans Think Scott Snyder Has ‘Absolute Batman’ Fighting Elden Ring Bosses

About

Absolute Joker is a villain in the Absolute^[1] Batman ^[2] comic book series. He is depicted as a reptilian-human hybrid with a gaping mouth lined with pointy teeth. The villain appears in the Absolute Universe imprint in DC Comics ^[3], a series in which superheroes are depicted as underdogs in society. After Scott Snyder posted a preview of Absolute Joker in September 2025, internet ^[4] users began sharing memes ^[5] and jokes about the struggles Absolute Batman faces in Gotham, and how he is made to fight enemies much stronger and more vile than his mainstream counterpart. Internet users also began sharing jokes that followed the phrasal template ^[6], “First Look at Absolute X,” posting images of interdimensional or overpowered beings from other shows to joke about what characters like Deadshot, Two-Face and Scarecrow could look like in the Absolute Universe.

Origin

On September 19th, 2025, comic book author Scott Snyder released artwork on X / Twitter ^[7] depicting Absolute Joker, an upcoming villain in the Absolute Batman series. The image shows a muscular, reptilian version of the Joker shown crouching on a playing card, his mouth opened to reveal lines of pointy teeth. He’s also shown to have a tongue flicking out, ridges on his back, and a pointy tail.

Scott Snyder, the writer behind _Absolute Batman_, previewed the artwork for Absolute Joker on September 19th, 2025, prompting internet users to post memes and jokes about how Absolute Batman has been made to fight monsters much scarier than his main universe counterpart.

Joker-card themed artwork depicting "Absolute Joker," a reptilian hybrid creature set to face off against Absolute Batman in the DC Comics series.

Spread

Several internet users reacted to the artwork by Scott Snyder for Absolute Joker, asking, “What jokes is he telling bro?” and posting memes and jokes about how Absolute Batman may be done for as the character spread online in mid-to-late September 2025.

On September 19th, X user @King2Eclipse tweeted, “Superman is fighting evil corporations, WW is fighting gods while Batman is fighting niggas from the mind of H.P. Lovecraft,” gathering over 55,000 likes in three days.

That same day, X user @goochmclooch tweeted a Troll Quotes ^[8] meme that showed Sun Tzu, author of the book The Art of War, saying, “Uh Oh,” as a reply to Snyder’s tweet. The post gathered over 40,000 likes in three days.

X user @goochmclooch tweeted a meme that showed Sun Tsu, author of the book, "The Art Of War," saying "Uh Oh." The post gathered over 40,000 likes in three days.

Also on September 19th, 2025, X user @RadBlackbody replied to a tweet about the character, stating, “Absolute Superman: Working class Kryptonian fighting for the oppressed / Absolute Wonder Woman: Kindhearted Amazon/witch protecting mortals from the supernatural / Absolute Batman,” alongside the Aw Hell Naw Sponch Bob ^[9] meme. The post received over 153,000 likes in three days.

X user @RadBlackbody tweeted, "Absolute Superman: Working class Kryptonian fighting for the oppressed / Absolute Wonder Woman: Kindhearted Amazon/witch protecting mortals from the supernatural / Absolute Batman:," alongside the "Aw Naw Sponch Bob":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spongebob-in-silent-hill-aw-hell-naw-spunch-bob meme.

Later on September 19th, X user @CosmicDarg posted a video of Low Tier God ^[10] saying, “What the fuck is, what is that??” and gathering over 47,000 views in three days on a post captioned, “Absolute Batman every 2 fucking seconds.”

Absolute Batman every 2 fucking seconds https://t.co/AU5xlmKFtN pic.twitter.com/0XUf3DcLBk ^[11]^[12]

— Dargus (@CosmicDarg) September 19, 2025 ^[13]

On September 20th, 2025, Redditor ^[14] /u/HouseErikson made a post on the subreddit /r/absoluteuniverse, jokingly comparing Batman villains in the main universe versus the Absolute universe, gathering over 1,000 upvotes in a day.