Within the pages of Superman’s Friend Jimmy Olsen, our dear Jimmy has actually ended up being the Jake Paul of Gotham City. He met the Porcadillo. Somebody killed his decoy remains. And numerous other things besides, like Gorilla City wedding events and Red Lantern felines.
However today, with Matt Portion and Steve Lieber’s final issue, the comic revealed its most unlikely twist yet: It’s really fixing a significant problem in Superman comics today. Particularly, the Daily World’s solvency. After releasing the scoop that the paper’s new owner was the leader of City’ “Invisible Mafia,” and responsible for lots of bad things, the Daily World found its reliability destroyed, its financing gone, and the FBI on its doorstep.
However in Superman’s Friend Jimmy Olsen #12, Jimmy figured out a way to get the World enough money to keep going permanently, which suggests that this bonkers little series in which Jimmy Olsen and Batman get in a trick war is a real continuity linchpin. Bravo to everybody included.
What else is occurring in the pages of our favorite comics? We’ll tell you. Invite to Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor enjoyed this past week. It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading suggestions, part “look at this cool art.” There may be some spoilers. There may not suffice context. Read this if you missed out on the last one.
Superman’s Friend Jimmy Olsen #12
Image: Matt Portion, Steve Lieber/DCComics
Oh, and Jimmy got the money to save the Daily World after finding that he and his brother or sisters are covertly remote cousins of Lex Luthor, which provides veto control over any us of the Luthor fortune, so the Joker isn’t the only one irritating the billionaires of the DC Universe.
Image: Al Ewing, Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti/MarvelComics
It most likely won’ t come as a surprise to you that the kickoff issue of Marvel’s summer season crossover ended with a big twist– however then again it was a really big twist. After months of punching up a battle in between the Great 4, the Avengers, the Kree, and the Skrulls, it looks like everyone’s gon na be fighting– checks notes– the Cotati? Keep in mind the Coatati? The plant people who also lived on the Kree home world? The ones they killed? If you do not, that’s great, no one else did either.
Image: Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernández/ ImageComics
Wanting To find out what occurs next with The Old Guard? Wondering if Andy and Quynh were gal friends or something more? I suggest The Old Guard: Force Multiplied, the follow up comic that just covered up over at Image.
Image: Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo/DCComics
Sure, I think there’s a Batmanhattan Who Chuckles, now, however I keep considering how everyone in the DC Universe is so worn out of Nightmare Batmans that no one in this scene is even taking notice of the Batmobeast’s backstory.
Free Comics Day X-Men
Image: Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Pepe Larraz/MarvelComics
If 2020 had actually gone as prepared for Direct Market comics, we ‘d already read X of Swords, however at least now we have actually Marvel’s prepared Free Comics Day preview issue for theevent It’s perfectly drawn and does not actually tell us much more about what’s going to occur– however what’s going to occur will include the X-Men, and swords, and is that inadequate?
Odd Experiences # 3
Image: Tom King, Mitch Gerads/DCComics
The additional we enter Odd Experiences, the more I’m interested in it. Adam Strange asked Mister Terrific to examine him to prove his innocence. Now that Terrific is turning over rocks he and his spouse would rather leave alone, the Stranges are weaponizing their … let’s state lilly white reputation as heroes against him. The plot is considerably thickening.
Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto
Image: Jonathan Hickman, Ramón Pérez/ MarvelComics
Check out Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto for a great story about Magento and Namor having undersea experiences, and then go check outthis very interesting piece at Xavier Files that examines whether or not Magneto keeps kosher
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Nightwing #72
Image: Dan Jurgens, Ronan Cliquet/DCComics
A fast Nightwing update: He’s been persuaded by the Joker, just in time for Joker War.
Captain Marvel #17
Image: Kelly Thompson, Francesco Manna/MarvelComics
Definitely the prettiest thing is Ms. Marvel getting welcomed to the grown-up superhero game night and presuming they’re playing board games when they’re really playing poker. Baby lady. (Do not stress, she encourages them to do an escape space instead and Villain Things Take Place– it’s a good issue.)
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