New Lieutenants of Metal
Image · 2018 · 4 issues
About the series
In New Lieutenants of Metal (2018–present, Image), four low-level supervillain lackeys—a muscle, a tech guy, a driver, and a mystic—find themselves promoted to middle management after their boss is arrested, only to discover that running a criminal enterprise is more about paperwork and interdepartmental squabbling than actual villainy. This four-issue series, written by Benito Cereno and drawn by Tony Gregori, saturates the Image lineup with a workplace comedy that treats supervillainy as just another dead-end job. It matters for its sharp, cynical take on the mundane logistics of evil, finding humor in the bureaucratic grind that powers the comic book underworld.