Batman fell off the moon, landed at Superman’s house, and is mad as hell

Batman has been in a hell of his personal making for months now, ever since author Chip Zdarsky took the reins on the character’s flagship collection. As drawn by Jorge Jimenez, the Caped Crusader has battled “Failsafe,” an unstoppable robotic designed by Batman’s personal emergency back-up character to activate and kill him if he ought to ever break his rule towards killing.

Failsafe has thus far chewed by way of Batman (a number of instances), all of Batman’s household, and even Justice League members the likes of Superman himself. Final difficulty, Batman lured the machine out to the outdated Justice League satellite tv for pc close to the Moon, and this month’s difficulty opened with Batman stranded, drifting in house between the Moon and Earth. So he did what any of us would have carried out in that scenario.

He discovered a strategy to re-enter Earth’s ambiance and attain the bottom alive.

What else is occurring within the pages of our favourite comics? We’ll let you know. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s record of the books that our comics editor loved this week. It’s half society pages of superhero lives, half studying suggestions, half “have a look at this cool artwork.” There could also be some spoilers. There is probably not sufficient context. However there will likely be nice comics. (And if you happen to missed the final version, learn this.)

Picture: Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez/DC Comics

How did Batman make it again to the Arctic? He grabbed an oxygen tank and an unhoused booster rocket from his wrecked ship to hold on to for propulsion, trusted the batsuit for insulation and shielding (wrapping his trunks round his face when his oxygen masks melted on reentry), and I assume he did a lot of orbital mechanics math on the fly.

He even managed to land in strolling distance from the Fortress of Solitude. No one inform Tom Cruise about this.

Picture: Gerry Duggan, Rod Reis/Marvel Comics

I really like a superhero story set at Christmas, and one the place the mundane objects of New York Metropolis all flip into Toon City-esque nightmares, like Darkish Net, is especially enjoyable. The core conceit of this collection — Jean Gray and Peter Parker’s embittered clones teaming as much as make issues worse — is obscure however the collection itself feels prefer it is aware of how ridiculous it’s.

The bit that can follow me for some time is that this actually Actual New York Issues-ass instance of superhero collateral injury. Not a crushed constructing, not a busted bridge: An enormous eyesore on a serious landmark that takes approach, approach, approach too lengthy to wash up. It’s excellent.

Picture: Daniel Warren Johnson/Picture Comics

Do a Powerbomb, already one in all my finest comics of 2023 (as a result of the commerce gained’t hit till March), takes its candy go away this week, with electrifying motion and tear-jerking drama to the very finish.

Picture: Tom King, Jorge Fornés/DC Comics

From the crew that introduced you Rorschach comes Hazard Road, nominally an ensemble thriller miniseries solely about shmoes from DC Comics’ most obscure and disjointed collection — characters like Girl Cop, Atlas (not the Greek one) and Star Man (not the one you’ve heard of).

It’s an odd phantasm, on condition that I’m very acquainted with a few of these characters — Metamorpho, Warlord, and Physician Destiny, for instance — however the total expertise jogs my memory most powerfully of one thing like Prime Ten or Watchmen and even an outdated Wildstorm e book. In some way author Tom King and artist Jorge Fornés have made the DC Universe really feel like an advert hoc unique superhero setting impressed by, poking enjoyable at, and celebrating the weirdness of the DC Universe.

Picture: Ryan North, Francesco Mobili/Marvel Comics

Don’t suppose I didn’t discover Squirrel Woman’s no-lines Avengers cameo in Ryan North and Francesco Mobili’s Secret Invasion. As a result of I did. I see it, I’m right here for it, and I like it.