God declares Hawkeye to be worth something more than a mailbox

Marvel Comics heroes are currently having some issues with being harshly judged by an unstoppable space god. And this week there was another long-awaited development in the Blockbuster series of events AX: Judgment day.

In May, Marvel Comics released its dealer requests for the month, including a brief description of avenger #60, which reads, “Hawkeye must prove that he can bring at least as much joy and utility to the world as a randomly selected mailbox.”

I only have one thing to say about that: “God

I hope I mean that literally.” Now we finally know the answer.

What else is happening on the pages of our favorite comics? We’ll tell you. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly list of books our comics editor has enjoyed over the past week. It’s part society pages about the lives of superheroes, part recommended reading, and part look at this cool art. There may be some spoilers. There may not be enough context. But there will be great comics. (And if you missed the last issue, read this.)

Hawkeye and the Progeni tor Celestial (in the form of Black Widow) discuss his judgment as he pays for his diner burger. “How about,” says the Celestial, “if your life brings as much joy and meaning to the universe as this blue metal box pointed to a USPS mailbox in Avengers #60 (2022).

reader, it was literally. In the end, Clint gave up hope that he would pass the ancestor’s test, but the Celestial pardoned him anyway. Not because he had always done the right thing, but because he had proven his ability to grow. “What,” said the Progenitor, “apparently a mailbox can’t do that.”

Princess Spinstress is introduced in Edge of Spider-Verse #4 (2022) at a medieval ball in her red and blue dress with her sparkly net skirt.

I have theend of spider verse anthology issues, Edge of Spider verse, pretty hard. I think it’s just hard to come up with a cool new Spider variant these days after so many official and fan-made specimens have gone before. t rex Spider-Man? Come on, DC just did this to the whole fucking Justice League.

But this week, there were some Spider twists that finally got me sitting up and having a good laugh: Spinstress, the Disney princess of spider people, complete with her talking spider companion and her love interest, handsome bard Merry James Watson.

And Peter Parkedcar, the Spider-Man of a Cars-like universe. Did I just coin the phrase “car-like”? Hopefully.