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Best Stuff in Comics This Week: 8-8-16

People often talk about best story arcs, developments, and covers. Here's the other best stuff you might have missed.

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Every week, we take a look at some of the most bizarre, exciting, and downright unique things to happen in comics. Check out our choices of the strange and wacky things that shouldn't be overlooked from this week's releases.

There may be some tiny spoilers ahead.

Harley Quinn #1

Best Reason to Hope Humans Don't Cease to Exist

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Harley's hanging out with Poison Ivy. They're discussing how some people just hate things that will change their lifestyle. Ivy is more concerned about the environment surviving and figures the planet would be better off if humans ceased to exist. Harley points out that without humans, who would give her a butt massage?

Strangest Hot Dog Eating Montage

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An alien lands on Earth and disguises himself as a cow. Let's just say things didn't go too well for him, and he was caught off guard when the cows were taken to a factory. This lead to an almost erotic montage of people and animals feasting on the tainted meat. You can imagine what happens next.

Deadpool v Gambit #3

Best Fighting Sequence Showing Deadpool Getting Beat Up

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Deadpool made the mistake of fighting Fat Cobra, one of the Immortal Weapons along side Iron Fist. He demonstrates just a few of his different fighting moves.

Best Alternate Costume

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Deadpool is given a gift to help retrieve an ancient artifact. We think the new (temporary) look is pretty rad.

Batman #4

Best Way to Dispose of a Damaged Batmobile

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We know Batman is pretty rich. What does he do if the Batmobile gets wrecked by an enemy? He can't call AAA to have it towed. Because money is apparently no object, he simply blows up the wreckage so no one else will take any of the tech inside.

Lady Killer 2 #1

Best Reason Not to Host a Tupperware Party

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Set in the 60s, no one suspects Josie Schuller is really a ruthless assassin-for-hire. After a Tupperware party run by Josie is over and the owner of the house insults and dismisses her, we discover the old lady is actually the target for the latest mission.

Aquaman #4

Best Evidence That Aquaman Has a Sense of Humor

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Based on a misunderstanding, Aquaman allows himself to be taken into custody. When they ask him if he has any special needs to his Atlantean physiology, Aquaman mentions talking to fish and listening to whale songs.

Spidey #9

Best Fight Sequence That Almost Looks Like a Dance

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Kraven the Hunter is looking for Spider-Man. Once they start fighting, it's a very graceful fight showing how coordinated and skilled both fighters are.

Superman #4

Best Spur-of-the-Moment Pep Talk

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It's a serious situation and time for Jon Kent to step into the action. He's hesitant to use his powers of a recent mishap. His mother, Lois, gives him some great advice, "You can be great...choose to be."

Daredevil Annual #1

Best Music to Save Your Life

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Klaw has unleashed a scheme where the music playing transforms people into his mindless slaves. Echo places headphones on Dardevil to block out the tainted music and plays some music by Prince music to save him.

Deadpool: Too Soon? Infinite Comic #3

Best Sandra Bullock Reference

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Deadpool and others are fighting a strange hybrid made up of himself and Squirrel Girl. The creature mentions hating gravity as she/it falls onto Deadpool's sword. He comments that he dug the movie that shares that name.

James Bond #8

Best Reason Not to Fight James Bond in an Elevator

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A couple agents try sneaking up attacking James Bond as he gets on an elevator. He quickly shows them this is a really bad idea. It goes really, really bad for them.

Nightwing #2

Grossest Surprise Attack

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What the heck is going on here? Looking at this image, you almost don't want to know. Poor Nightwing better get on his feet and get out of there.

Uncanny X-Men #11

Best Conversation About John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival

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We see a couple guards passing the time having a friendly conversation on the different between John Fogerty's solo career and his time with CCR. There is a difference between those eras. Unfortunately, as you can imagine, the conversation doesn't get to go much further before chaos erupts.

Justice League #2

Best Display of Flash's Speed

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It's always great to see Flash zipping around, saving day. It's also fun to see how different artists approach depicting how fast he is.

Vote Loki #3

Best "Full Meal on a Stick"

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Loki is presented with the ultimate all-in-one meal. All your courses are in one package. You just have to eat it before the dessert melts. Loki was so impressed, he joked about getting another cast in Uru since it deserves to be a weapon.

Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1

Best Reason to be Happy to Have a Bomb in Your Neck

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Deadshot isn't thrilled about his co-workers. As he is forced to listen to their banter, he begs Amanda Waller to set his off and put him out of his misery.

That's it this week. Let us know in the comments below what other Best Stuff you dug this past week. If you want to participate or felt we missed some other Best Stuff, don't complain, contribute, especially if you didn't offer any suggestions. Each week you can @reply me on Twitter at @GManFromHeck by Saturdays using the hashtag #BestStuffInComics. We'll give you a shout out and I'll think you're pretty groovy.

Be sure to always look for the best stuff and always be sure to be careful with just how much you're enjoying your hot dogs. You should always be aware what exactly you're consuming.