Digiphile’s New Before Absolute Collection Spotlights 70+ Titles from the Image Creators Behind DC’s Absolute Universe
Only $25 for the full digital collection worth over $1,100, featuring classics from 29 acclaimed series including East of West, Descender & Ascender, Wytches, Black Cloak, and more
Los Angeles, California — April 23, 2026 | Digiphile, the game and book discovery platform from the former Humble Bundle team, is excited to reveal their next e-book offer, Before Absolute. This curated collection from Image Comics includes some of the most celebrated creator-owned work from the talent behind DC’s Absolute Universe.
On sale for only two weeks, starting today, the Before Absolute collection offers unbeatable value, allowing readers to pick up $1,100 worth of DRM-free comics for only $25. Lower-priced tiers are also available, and a portion of all proceeds plus 100% of customer donations goes to BINC: Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
This limited-time collection brings together some of the most acclaimed Image Comics of the past decade, including:
- East of West — a genre-defining sci-fi western epic by Jonathan Hickman & Absolute Batman’s Nick Dragotta
- Gideon Falls — an Eisner Award-winning horror masterpiece by Absolute Flash’s Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino
- Descender and Ascender — a sweeping, emotional sci-fi saga from Jeff Lemire & Absolute Wonder Woman’s Dustin Nguyen
- Wytches — Absolute Batman’s Scott Snyder’s breakout reinvention of modern horror
- Southern Bastards — Absolute Superman’s Jason Aaron & Jason Latour’s gritty, critically acclaimed Southern crime drama
- Black Cloak — Detectives investigate a murdered prince in a fantastic world by Absolute Wonder Woman’s Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman
Alongside these landmark titles, Before Absolute features dozens of additional series spanning horror, science fiction, fantasy, and experimental storytelling — offering something for every kind of reader: The Cull and Black Cloak from Absolute Wonder Woman’s Kelly Thompson, and Assorted Crisis Events from Absolute Martian Manhunter’s Deniz Camp. An optional $5 upgrade is devoted to 11 volumes of Ice Cream Man by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo, the team behind Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum and an important part of DC’s Next Level initiative.
What’s Included
- 73 volumes across 29 acclaimed series
- $25 for over $1100 in total value
- A wide range of genres: horror, sci-fi, fantasy, crime, and more
- DRM-free files for complete ownership and flexibility
- Available to buy for a limited two-week windowÂ
The Before Absolute collection is available from today, and ends on 7 May 2026. For more information, visit digiphile.co/collections.
About Digiphile
From the team behind Humble’s most acclaimed bundles comes Digiphile, where every collection is a carefully curated event. Digiphile’s focus on premium content ensures its community is discovering games and books worth your time .
Digiphile is driven by people and passion, not algorithms or bottom lines. Discover new content with intention, engage with a knowledgeable community, share your discoveries, and demonstrate your expertise as you build a digital library you’re proud to showcase.
About BINC
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is currently celebrating 30 years of helping bookstore and comic shop employees and owners with unforeseen emergency financial, medical, and mental health service needs.
About Image Comics
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States, and is the #2 graphic novel publisher in America. It is the publisher of such award winning titles as, Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Saga, Monstress, Deadly Class, Chew, The Old Guard, I Kill Giants, Criminal, The Department of Truth, W0rldtr33, Geiger, Descender, Gideon Falls, It’s Lonely At The Centre of The Earth, Do A Power Bomb, Stray Bullets, and more. The company currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit: www.imagecomics.com.
