DC Does the Impossible: The Joker is Now a Superhero

In DC Comics' Action Comics #1062, Joker turns into a superhero and teams up with Superman to save the world.

DC Does the Impossible: The Joker is Now a Superhero

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  • In the latest edition of DC Comics' Action Comics series, Superman struggles to stay under control as Bizarro tries to take over his mind.
  • As many days past and things get worse, Superman tires out as he attempts to save everyone.
  • In such circumstances, Superman approaches one man who is perfect for the job: Joker.
  • Bizarro's spell made Joker the most sanest man on the planet.
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In DC Comics’ Action Comics #1062, fans get to see a new side of the franchise’s most notorious villain, Joker. In the latest comic in the series, fans get to see an unusual team-up between Superman and Joker as the Metropolis is under attack by a spell that was unleashed by Bizarro, the perfectly opposite duplicate of Superman.

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A panel from DC Comics' Action Comics #1062
A panel from DC Comics’ Action Comics #1062

Bizzaro’s spell is tearing the city apart but it brings out a sane side of Joker and this new Joker is the only one that can help Superman save the city from Bizzaro Wave. Superman himself also loses control but manages to snap out of Bizarro’s spell. Still, he’s seen having a hard time trying to save everyone in the city from the madness.

The city of Metropolis is doomed by Bizzaro’s spell in DC Comics’ Action Comics #1062

A panel from DC Comics' Action Comics #1062
A panel from DC Comics’ Action Comics #1062

In DC Comics’ Action Comics latest edition, #1062, fans get to see that the city of Metropolis slowly gets doomed by Bizarro’s spell. Bizarro is the perfectly opposite duplicate of Superman. In the comics, it is revealed that Bizarro came to the city a few weeks ago and told the people that he was looking for Superman. As people understand that he’s Bizarro, they begin to wonder how he fights Superman despite being so weak. He takes off and people call him the world’s lamest supervillain.

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As Bizarro now convinces Superman that humans deserve to die, the Last Son of Krypton prevents him from taking over. As weeks pass, Superman makes attempts to save everyone but he gets rejected by everyone who is infected with Bizarro’s spell.

Superman turns to Joker for help

Bizarro Joker in DC Comics' Action Comics #1062
Bizarro Joker in DC Comics’ Action Comics #1062

Superman constantly struggles as he fights Bizarro in his head and in such circumstances, he realizes who he needs to approach for help. As the world completely falls apart and Superman has no one to turn to, he flies out to Gotham to meet a mysterious person.

Superman believes that Bizarro is alive in his mind somewhere and he must fight him in order to undo the spell, but he needs someone to guide him to make sure he doesn’t go mad. The mysterious shadow is revealed to be Joker, who is also infected by Bizzaro’s spell but it ends up making him the most sane person on the planet. Bizarro Joker agrees to help Superman and will team up with the superhero to save the world.

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Action Comics #1062 was released on 13th February 2024 and is currently on sale.

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