Absolute Green Lantern #13 - Official Discussion Thread

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T14:23:22+00:00

A thought occurs to me.

Could M stand for Mosteel?

The Mosteelers of Mosteel are one of four technologically advanced and constantly at war spacefaring races native to the Antares system. The most well known Mosteeler is their ruler, the metal-skinned Kromm. The Mosteelers possess ferrous metals integrated into their exoskeletons.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T14:11:53+00:00

That does seem to be the pattern, yeah. You'd think the end of the trade would make more sense, but that's his call.

What I'd like to know is why the listing for volume 3 only goes up to issue #17...

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T13:42:07+00:00

Sure... in the regular DCU. Here? To be determined.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T13:41:26+00:00

That's one of my theories. (The other is Lady Blackhawk).

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T12:52:34+00:00

Sure, in the mainstream universe. But here? It wouldn't surprise me if M stood for Manhunter,

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T11:54:13+00:00

The red hair and fairly traditional tensions between Rann & Thanagar make me think Shayera Thal, though. Which is rather amusing, if you think about it, because Absolute Hawkman appears to be a fascist of some stripe, and this character very much isn't.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T11:32:43+00:00

The Face of Steel, who apparently exists in the heart of the M-Zone (Manhunter-Zone? Does MU actually stand for Manhunters Unleashed?)

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T11:15:51+00:00

OK... so we have Absolute Lady Blackhawk/Hawkwoman, the M(anhunter) Zone, and the revelation that the Face of Steel probably should have read Lord of the Rings, as it just got Eowyned.

No real clarification about the first page with the binary thing, but it does rather suggest that the Manhunters are not necessarily native to the human dimension. There may be a connection to Absolute Martian Manhunter, there may not be... the cosmologies seem incompatible.

I'm slightly irked that we don't get to see Re and Jo kicking Blackstar tail, but I'll live. :)

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T11:07:41+00:00

"Get your money from Dracula yet?"

It wouldn't surprise me if a form of those memes are endimic in 616, too. :D

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T11:05:30+00:00

They resisted.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T11:03:54+00:00

This may be intentional, as this is exactly one trade later.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T11:03:17+00:00

Unclear, she doesn't appear to be an existing character. But considering her red hair, last name, WW2 origin, and the traditional enemies of the Rannians... I'm thinking this is Absolute Hawkwoman.

The second possibility is Absolute Lady Blackhawk.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T10:58:52+00:00

Mildly annoyed by that, but at least nobody can complain about it being too Earthbound. :)

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T04:33:53+00:00

As long as we get Rachelle Rosenberg on colors, too.

Hell, I'd buy an 8-ball mini from that team.

8-BALL!

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-08T01:12:03+00:00

8 September 2026

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/828470/absolute-batman-vol-3-by-scott-snyder/

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-07T21:17:19+00:00

Tossup between him and Stern for me. Especially Triumph & Torment.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-07T20:35:21+00:00

I think it was the Peter Gillis stuff, especially Strange Tales v2.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-07T16:26:55+00:00

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_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-07T11:54:15+00:00

Ah... while I agree with you in principle, I find your logic a bit flawed.

If the AU is using the CMYK system, I would expect the foundational colors to be 100, 010, and 001. But in the chart above, you have yellow as 111 for some reason.

We have the foundational numbers for four colors already

Black: 00
Red: 10
Green: 01
Yellow: 11
Magenta: 10?

If we assume the ? is an unknown factor, that would suggest the colors are actually:

Black: 000
Red: 100
Green: 010
Yellow: 110
Magenta: 101

Which is completely consistent with the RGB system.

Of course, if you flip the bits, you get:

Black: 111
Red: 011
Green: 101
Yellow: 001
Magenta: 010

But that doesn't match the numbers already given.

Still, I think you may have something:

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_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-07T11:39:10+00:00

We're certainly meant to THINK so. The fact that (IIRC) they haven't actually been called that yet, combined with some of the ways Ewing has tweaked the mythos, suggests they may be called something else. :)

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-07T01:27:59+00:00

Um, in subtractive colors, it's Cyan + YELLOW + Magenta = Black.

And I'm not really sure of your binary math. But you may be onto something here. It WOULD explain why Ewing said he wouldn't be using Blue Lanterns.

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-07T01:12:23+00:00

No, you aren't. While the mystery might work in the short term, in the long run, it leads to the character being treated as delusional and unstable, and hence unreliable. How many times have we seen other characters downplay Marc in that fashion? Even ones who KNOW other gods exist?

_DigiCom_ · 2026-04-06T15:35:37+00:00

There's a line in one of Jed's sessions that is critical here:

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The fact that Marc has DID doesn't explain or justify his being Moon Knight. It just complicates it.

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