Doom Patrol #42

Doom Patrol #42 announces "The Sensational Character Find of 1991" with a cover by Simon Bisley that puts Flex Mentallo front and center — a powerfully built man in leopard-print trunks and blue boots, striking a heroic flex atop a globe while a jet plane and the Eiffel Tower frame him in the background. Grant Morrison, Mike Dringenberg, and Doug Hazlewood deliver the story "Musclebound," and the cover's retro strongman showmanship sets a tone that's equal parts pulp nostalgia and gleeful strangeness. If you've been following Morrison's run on this title, this issue looks like exactly the kind of delightful curveball you'd hope for.