Cover by GUILLEM MARCH. The Absence: Part 2 of 3 - Written by PAUL CORNELL. Pencils by SCOTT McDANIEL & CHRISTOPHER JONES, inks by ROB HUNTER, ART THIBERT & ANDY OWENS. The Absence has come for Batman and Robin, and, as they hear the tale in a burning church, our heroes start to realize the scale of the horror they're protecting Bruce Wayne from. The Absence is on a mission, and it can only end in fire and destruction. 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.