Editor's Desk 
After Weird Al showed up on a variant cover for Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #50, it was only a matter of time before he’d team up with the duo. Out this week, Batman / Superman / Weird Al: World’s Weirdest #1 delivers a one-shot as weird as it is a cute adventure, forcing Weird Al to use his weird powers to save the day, or else the world becomes mundane!
Written by Mark Waid and Tyrone Finch, with “vibes” by “Weird Al” Yankovic, this is a very light and fun tale, even if you’re not a fan of Weird Al. It of course helps if you’re a fan of his and his parody music, especially since there’s a parody song in this very comic. That said, DC Comics is known for some out-there goofy tales over the decades, and this fits right at home, especially with Mr. Mxyzptlk kicking things off.
The story opens with Weird Al as a boy with a passion for the accordion. Deemed weird by his classmate and friend, the two encounter a demon who makes a deal with him, only to lose out on the deal fairly quickly thanks to Weird Al’s impeccable accordion playing. It’s confirmation that he’s not only a good musician but also incapable of being corrupted!
From there, we cut to Mr. Mxyzptlk and his town in the fifth dimension, which is as weird as it can come. The buildings are drippy, the sun has a face, and Seusian creatures are walking about. The problem is that things start to get less weird, down to normalcy, sending Mr. Mxyzptlk off to find Batman and Superman to help him save his world.
These goblins are quite fun.
Credit: DC Comics
Packed into the issue are fun twists and turns, like the normalcy-changing Joker, or clever bits of dialogue as police chase Weird Al, who can’t seem to not be weird in a world magically being transformed. It all builds towards the wonderfully positive message that being weird is good and a kind of superpower in its own right.
Art is by Dan Schoening and Fico Ossio, who pulls off the tricky Fifth Dimension quite well, packing in weird creatures and buildings. His depiction of Batman and Superman is fairly classic, with Joker giving off Killing Joke vibes. Weird Al is depicted well, with his likeness working even when he’s hit with the normal stick. When things get real weird, we’re talking interdimensional energy effect weird; color artist Luis Antonio Delgado pulls it off with great effect.
A lengthy one-shot, not everything works, making the story feel less efficient and unnecessary. Weird Al visiting a strange world of “imagination, frivolity, and 1950s party deserts” doesn’t add all that much, for instance. It also takes twenty-two pages to get Weird Al teamed up with our heroes.
Batman / Superman / Weird Al: World’s Weirdest #1 is exactly the kind of goofy, good-natured adventure its title promises. Mark Waid and Tyrone Finch embrace Weird Al’s personality while tapping into DC’s long history of wonderfully strange stories, with Mr. Mxyzptlk providing the perfect gateway into the madness. Dan Schoening, Fico Ossio, and Luis Antonio Delgado make the weirdness pop, and the story ultimately lands on a charming message about embracing what makes you different. The oversized adventure could have been tighter, but there’s enough creativity, humor, and heart to make this team-up worthwhile.
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