What surprised me most is how much heart the story carries beneath all the weirdness. Nelson isn’t your typical comic-book protagonist—he’s flawed, self-doubting, and trying to figure out his place in the world. Watching him grapple with power, responsibility, and identity gives the book an emotional core that balances the surreal humor and outlandish transformations.

This past week I read the DC Comics 1988 mini-series “The Weird”. With the Big Two publishers, I have been recently gravitating to stand-alone stories and so I discovered this four-issue mini-series.

I dug out the 1976 book, ‘Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes. It is mostly a collection of reprinted origin comics of 10 major DC characters back in the ’30s and ’40s.

The artwork, writing style, and layout of the panels are great examples of the golden age of comics. The book contains 18 reprinted stories. These are always fun and nostalgic reads.