It seems like anything “Absolute” is going to sell out these days, and this Wednesday’s Absolute Catwoman is no exception. DC announced today plans to reprint the first issue and publish a spin-off one-shot, Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand #1, in September.
Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand #1 will be written by Absolute Catwoman co-writer Che Grayson, with art and a variant cover by Matias Bergara. Absolute Catwoman artist Bengal provides the main cover:
Here are more details from DC:
Years ago, The Joker trained with the League of Assassins, and when he learned all he could, he slaughtered everyone. Out of the wreckage rose Lady Shiva and her daughter, Cassandra Cain. Absolute Cassandra Cain: The Shadow’s Hand #1 reveals the origin of the Absolute Universe’s most formidable assassin, and how her story is one that is intertwined with the world’s greatest thief, Selina Kyle!
The one-shot ties into the Absolute Catwoman miniseries, and will drop in between August’s issue #3 and October’s issue #4.
Here’s a look at the second printing covers for Absolute Catwoman #1 — a recolored version of Bengal’s main cover, a foil version of Kaare Andrews’ variant cover and a new variant by Guillem March:
The second printing of issue #1 will arrive July 15, while the Cassandra Cain one-shot comes out Sept. 9.