DC reveals a redacted main cover image for Absolute Batman #20

While it’s not quite ready to be fully revealed just yet, fans can get a sneak peek at the cover art for Absolute Batman #20.

So what’s Batman looking at exactly?

We have to admit we thought the answer was a giant ‘R’ at first glance. But no, that’s decidedly not the case, as this cover is redacted, with a capital ‘R’. Get it? So getting back to the above question, well, we don’t actually know the answer. And for their part, publisher DC isn’t sharing just yet either.

What Absolute Batman #20 will be displaying on its cover is apparently a secret for a few months yet. That’s a while, but true, even though there’s a preview image and some copy that we’re posting in this article. Even so though, those two elements do come together to offer the first details on the title’s 20th issue. So even though it doesn’t make the complete image, if you’re a fan, you’ll want to check them out.

Illustrated by series artist Nick Dragotta, the cover plays off of those… events… that are yet to take place. And whatever they might be, said happenings will happen in Absolute Batman #19. So since that book hasn’t seen stores yet, DC has redacted the cover to issue #20.

Will this sneak peek let you in on what might be happening, as Absolute Batman‘s latest tale comes to a close and writer Scott Snyder slides into something new?

Maybe. Maybe not.

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #20
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by NICK DRAGOTTA
On sale 5/13/26
As the dust settles in the city of Gotham after the loss of [redacted], [redacted] enter the scene ready to hunt — and more than one secret will be revealed in this seminal issue.

DC Comics press release

Stay tuned Bat-fans, as there’s more to come in April. That’s when DC will return with the full reveal of what’s kind of feeling like it might be a seminal issue.