Jimmy Olsen is now the Jake Paul of Gotham City, so Batman punched him

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen is pretending to be dead, but in the meantime he’s still got to satisfy his professional obligations at the Daily Planet.

Which is why he’s been making an upsettingly popular series of Gotham City prank videos under his new persona, Disreputable Vlogger Timmy Olsen. And my god, he’s just insufferable. Batman’s already punched him at least once.

What else is happening in the pages of our favorite comics? I’ll tell you. Welcome to Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor, me, enjoyed this past week. It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading recommendations, part “look at this cool art.” Let’s get started!

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #4

In the guise of Timmy Olsen, Jimmy puts bees in Doctor Fate’s helmet and organizes a flash mob of innocent people in Joker makeup to see how long it takes Batman to show up, in Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #4, DC Comics (2019).

Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber walk an incredible line here of having Jimmy do things are very inappropriate in Gotham City, but don’t really mean anything in the real world. Like “delivering a literal revolving door to Arkham Asylum because I don’t know, I guess I thought it’d be funny?”

It’s so good, I’m giving you another set of panels from it.

Lois reacts with disgust at Jimmy’s videos. “Just wait a second Ms. Lane,” he says, “A couple minutes later Batman shows up and punches me in the mouth,” in Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #4, DC Comics (2019).

X-Men #1

You might have heard that Cyclops and Jean Grey have opened their relationship? Why settle, indeed.

Something is Killing the Children #2

James Tynion has an excellent track record with horror stories and teens, and horror stories about teens, and as he and Werther Dell’edera pull back the layers on Something is Killing the Children a real nice yarn is being revealed.

Lucifer #13

I said last week that the Sandman Universe books are going strong, rewarding readers for sticking through, and any Sandman fan is happy with a visit to the Kindly Ones.

Aquaman #53

Sometimes, superhero comics are just funny.

Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Batman Knightfall

I would recommend TftDM: BK only to those who have a lot of nostalgia for the Knightfall/Knightquest/Knightsend era, as it Goes Some Strange Places — but also it posits how badass it would be if Lady Shiva and Bane had a kid, so.

Teen Titans #35

Last month I was really disappointed to find out that Roundhouse was the secret villain of Teen Titans, but it turns out his motivation comes from a really legitimate grievance, which makes him and the story even more complex. I shouldn’t have lost faith!