Absolute Batman #19 Cover C Nick Dragotta Variant venom and which Bird will be

and which Bird will be taken first

and Robin--tracing a mysterious plague that is sweeping the planet--have found Patient Zero

Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets)

With real-life issues explored against a backdrop of horror

Absolute Batman #19 Cover C Nick Dragotta Variant venom and which Bird will bePoison Ivy proved to be just one of the many horrors within the bowels of the ARK M facility, and as Joker sets his sights on Absolute Batman, he decides to enlist the help of one of the center's most terrifying doctors, Dr. Jonathan Crane. While Bruce Wayne tries to align himself with Barbara Gordon, there's more than one alliance formed in this issue. New debuts, new villains, new arc starts here.