DC / Young Animal: Milk Wars

In 2018, DC Comics' Young Animal imprint—curated by Gerard Way—collided with the DC Universe in a four-part crossover event, Milk Wars. This one-issue series serves as the core of the event, written by Way and Steve Orlando with art by Dale Eaglesham, Ibrahim Moustafa, and Marley Zarcone. It sees the bizarre, reality-warping Retconn Corporation imposing a sanitized, milk-based normalcy on the DCU, forcing the misfits of Young Animal to team up with classic DC heroes. A clever, meta-textual romp, Milk Wars matters as a playful yet pointed exploration of corporate influence on storytelling and a celebration of the weird in superhero comics.