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There is a void... a darkness at the center of everything.
- — Mirror Master
FCBD 2025: All In/Absolute Universe Special Edition #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of July, 2025. It was published on May 3, 2025.
Synopsis for "In The Blink Of An Eye"
Imani Edge, the recently divorced ex-wife of Morgan Edge and new head of Galaxy Communications, has just purchased the Daily Planet and plans to make it the foundation of her media empire in an effort to combat misinformation. Clark Kent hears someone calling for help and ducks out of the meeting where Imani and Lois announce this. He flies around the world saving people, and is even able to take a moment to enjoy a quiet moment and tip a busker. He is called by the Justice League who inform him a huge asteroid made of inertron is hurtling towards Earth and he is the only one available to stop it. Superman flies into space and punches the asteroid, only to find that the inertron was only a micron thick, and underneath it the asteroid is pure Kryptonite.
Appearing in "In The Blink Of An Eye"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Daily Planet staff members
- Cat Grant (Cameo)
- Jimmy Olsen (Cameo)
- Lois Lane
- Ron Troupe (Cameo)
- Justice League Unlimited (Cameo)
- Metropolis Police Department
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Alex (Child from Metropolis Zoo) (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Alex's mother (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Imani Edge (First appearance)
- Dottie (Intergang crook's aunt) (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy Communications (Mentioned only)
- Morgan Edge (Mentioned only)
- Titano (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Atlantic Ocean (Cameo)
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Centennial Park
- Daily Planet
- Metropolis Zoo
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Star City (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- Themyscira (Mentioned only)
- The Watchtower
- Earth
- Timestream
- 31st Century (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Green Kryptonite
- Inertron Meteorite
- Jimmy Olsen's Camera (Cameo)
- Toastmasters (Cameo)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Mirror, Mirror"
His whole life, Mirror Master has felt disconnected and like he didn't belong anywhere. This used to make him lonely, but lately he has been thinking that his outsider's perspective is an advantage as more people like him have appeared. He goes to Gotham, Smallville and Gateway City in turn to check out Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. He reflects that he must be patient like Batman, who spent years training for his mission before revealing himself; that Superman has seen the truth about the real powers that run the world; and Wonder Woman is the only one who knows how to face the horrors which are creeping in head-on. He returns to his base where he has been accumulating information on the strange new figures and the mysteries he is starting to investigate as he tries to understand the secret of the dark void in the centre of everything. He checks out his evidence board, where he has drawn an Omega at the centre and wonders what is missing from the world. Suddenly he feels a hand on his shoulder and spins around to see another Mirror Master behind him.
Appearing in "Mirror, Mirror"
Featured Characters:
- Mirror Master (Unnamed) (First full appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mirror Master/Evan McCulloch (Earth 0) (Revealed to be alive) (Cameo)
Antagonists:
- Darkseid (Post-Flashpoint) (Behind the scenes)
Other Characters:
- Batman (Bruce Wayne)
- Booster Gold/Michael Carter (Post-Flashpoint) (Emblem)
- The Flash (Wally West) (Also in a vision) (Also in a photograph) (Cameo)
- Grodd (In a vision) (Cameo)
- GCPD Officer (Unnamed)
- Agent John Jones (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Martian (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Joker (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Lazarus Corp
- Peacemakers (Also in a photograph)
- Rogues (Unnamed) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Captain
- Digger Harkness
- Glider (Lisa)
- Jesse
- Superman (Kal-El)
- Wonder Woman (Diana of the Wild Isle)
- "Black Stars" (Mentioned only)
- "Despair-o" (Mentioned only)
- John Stewart (Mentioned only)
- Omega Men (Mentioned only)
- White Martian (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Absolute Universe
- Evergreen (Also in a vision) (Also in a photograph) (Cameo)
- Gateway City
- Gotham City
- Middleton (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Smallville
- General Store (Cameo)
- Mirror World
- Earth 0 (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Athena Blade
- Batsuit
- Bracelets of Submission
- Helmet of Fate (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Mirror Gun (Cameo)
- Superman's Armour
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
Vehicles:
- The Green Lantern (Also in a vision) (Also in a photograph) (Cameo)
- Lazarus Tanks (Also in a photograph)
Concepts:
- Fourth World (Mentioned only)
- Magic (Mentioned only)
- Metahumans
- Omega (Logo)
Notes
- This was a free issue, which was available in comic stores on May 3, 2025 as part of Free Comic Book Day.
- The "In The Blink Of An Eye" story takes place in the summer of 2025, several months after the We Are Yesterday crossover event, and leads into the events of Superman Unlimited (Volume 1).
- The "Mirror, Mirror" story will be continued in Summer 2025.
- The Mirror Master of Earth 0 was erased from the history of his universe in The Flash (Volume 6) #12.
- The Mirror Master of Earth 0's presence reveals that travel is possible between Earth 0 and the Absolute Universe via the Mirror World.
- Mirror Master's evidence board includes a picture of the Helmet of Fate and some photographs from the 1940's, suggesting that some version of the Justice Society was active in the past of the Absolute Universe.
Trivia
- The streets 78th and Donner are nods to Richard Donner and the year the Superman film came out.