Buckle up buckaroos, we got a f****** weird one this week!

Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery is a 1996 four-issue mini-series published under the Vertigo imprint written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Frank Quitely. For those not big into comics, these two are legends in the industry both separately and while working together. Flex Mentallo is considered their best work by many but that can easily be contested considering that they also collaborated on All Star Superman and New X-Men. This book focuses on a character introduced in Morrison’s run on Doom Patrol and trust me when I say that this thing is just as wild.

Before we get started, here’s a fun fact! The character of Flex Mentallo is a parody heavily based off those old Charles Atlas ads for body building. Long story short, reprints of this series were delayed because the Charles Atlas company sued DC for copyright infringement but the case was dismissed since Flex was clearly a parody. So, if you’re wondering why the single issues are crazy expensive, that’s why. Copyright claims were as much of a pain in the ass in the 90s as they are now.

Hang on tight everybody ’cause here comes the plot!

Flex Mentallo, an old-school strong man capable of altering reality by flexing his muscles (yes, really), is going about his business when a mysterious person drops a cartoon bomb out in public. It turns out to be a dud but it still…