The brand new Justice League lineup sucks
Darkish Disaster is DC’s 2022 crossover occasion all about what occurs after the Justice League dies. Its first concern has a decent concentrate on Jon Kent, who’s already stepped into his father’s huge pink boots as Superman and naturally sees it as his accountability to recruit a brand new Justice League to encourage, defend, and luxury the world in a time of grief and uncertainty.
It’s simply that his picks are… properly, let’s undergo them. Supergirl, Jon’s cousin as soon as eliminated who’d actually hear about it on the subsequent reunion if she hadn’t stated sure; a Blue Beetle; Physician Gentle, making her obligatory look in an occasion comedian and completely nowhere else; Killer Frost, who, whereas reformed, nonetheless has a pesky ol’ uncontrollable starvation for the warmth of human our bodies; Booster Gold; the opposite Blue Beetle; FRANKENSTEIN; Aqualad, Jon’s closest homosexual pal; Robin, Jon’s closest straight pal; and the barely reformed Harley Quinn.
If that is the way you discovered that Frankenstein’s monster is a recurring DC Comics superhero, I’m sorry. He’s referred to as Frankenstein and he’s a undercover agent for paranormal stuff (I believe. I’m not trying it up).
What else is going on within the pages of our favourite comics? We’ll let you know. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly listing of the books that our comics editor loved this previous week. It’s half society pages of superhero lives, half studying suggestions, half “take a look at this cool artwork.” There could also be some spoilers. There might not be sufficient context. However there shall be nice comics. (And when you missed the final version, learn this.)
Darkish Disaster #1
Picture: Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere/DC Comics
Within the phrases of Sam Wilson, Black Adam is out of line, however he’s proper — this isn’t the Justice League that can make the world really feel prefer it’s in good arms when its best heroes have fallen and villains are operating amok. But it surely’s an amazing character beat for Jon, who’s acquired all of his dad’s optimism and religion in folks, however none of his expertise in public relations.
Orcs! The Curse #1
Picture: Christine Larsen/Increase Studios
I liked Christine Larsen’s Orcs, a traditional “what if it was from the henchmen’s viewpoint” story, however with an unusual dedication. Orcs is humorous, in fact, however the humor is in service of a mixture of earnest slice-of-life and journey. I’m actually glad Larsen is again with a brand new miniseries within the setting, this time with these crow-people on the fore. I already love them.
Poison Ivy #1
Picture: G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara/DC Comics
Author G. Willow Wilson and artist Marcio Takara’s Poison Ivy begins robust with a cocktail of Annihilation visuals and Hannibal-esque intrusive ideas. If the remainder of the miniseries continues the identical, I believe it’ll be an Ivy story for the ages.
Jane Foster & The Mighty Thor #1
Picture: Torunn Grønbekk, Michael Dowling/DC Comics
Jane Foster & The Mighty Thor hits cabinets simply in time to offer an ongoing Jane Foster comedian to seize when Thor: Love & Thunder hits. My longest-shot hoped-for comedian e book reference? A cameo from Jane’s unionized pegasus, Mr. Horse.
DC Satisfaction 2022
Picture: Kevin Conroy, J. Bone/DC Comics
When you decide up one comedian this week, make it DC Satisfaction 2022 #1. The standout story right here is the one piece of non-fiction: A memoir of struggling as a homosexual actor within the ’80s and early ’90s from the voice of Batman himself, Kevin Conroy.
Storytime: Image me, ready to begin an interview on the DC Comics sales space, listening to a weirdly acquainted chortle on the opposite aspect of a dividing display screen and questioning which buddy of mine was doing images over there — after which realizing, with a jolt, that it was acquainted as a result of it sounded identical to Batman. As I sat down with the rationale I used to be really there, interviewing a queer comics creator, Conroy crossed the divider to take a chair for his personal interviews, and struck up a dialog with my topic. I didn’t dare interrupt, and I didn’t wish to. I might have lived in that bubble of a second — a queer skilled creator, a queer reporter, and the queer business legend who’d impressed each of us — for hours.
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