In Marvel’s Secret Invasion series, Skrulls infiltrate the Avengers

Ryan North will soon take the reins of Marvel’s First Family when he and artist Jesus Aburtov launch theirs Fantastic Four, but in the meantime he’s tackling the second oldest villain in Fantastic Four history: Skrulls. North has promised a five-issue standalone alien spy thriller with him and artist Francesco Mobili Secret invasionand returns the first output.

But it also pleases me, or at least I am particularly pleased, when it shows us the sign on the door to the Avengers’ unisex bathroom.

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.)

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Image: Ryan North, Francesco Mobili/Marvel Comics

OK OK OK, so I know that the reason this is so clearly labeled as a unisex bathroom is that if it weren’t it would be a big clue to the reader as to which of the Avengers was secretly being used by one morphing Skrull. But look at it. It features the silhouettes of the Hulk and She-Hulk. It’s perfect.

Image: G Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara/DC Comics

I’m so, so happy Poisonous Ivy will continue for another six issues so I can get more of the comic, which features Pamela Isley defeating her plant-based antagonist Jason Woodrue — the scientist was the source of her trauma and superpowers — and then devouring his form, handfuls of handfuls of mycelium, with it he is not brought back to life.

who is Sword of Azrael because apart from me? I dunno, just thanking my lucky stars for that evangelion-Comic about Jean-Paul Valley who is saddened by the fact that the worst and most ridiculous version of the Catholic Church is a mean person who lives in his head and drives him to commit violence.

[Ed. note: Content warning for suicide.]

Image: Josie Campbell, Evan “Doc” Shaner/DC Comics

I’m so sad The new champion of Shazam will end with issue 4. Josie Campbell wrote a great story for it and Doc Shaner… I mean, Shaner is always great. But his love for Mary Bromfield (née Marvel) is evident in every drawing of her. And that particular sequence where she fights a villain who basically uses what people say online about you as a weapon is so devastating, beautifully and effectively rendered.