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One discerning eye, in particular, tipped us off to the following little Bat-digs, including a coy nod to DC's Catwoman \"scandal\" and […]\n", "dateModified": "2025-02-06T08:57:08-06:00", "headline": "Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At Batman Comics", "keywords": "Juno Ba,Money Meat", "speakable": { "cssSelector": ".headline", "xpath": "html\/head\/meta[@name='description']\/@content", "@context": "http:\/\/schema.org", "@type": "SpeakableSpecification" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "isAccessibleForFree": "http:\/\/schema.org\/True", "image": [ "https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.35.34-PM-1200x675.jpg", "https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.35.34-PM-1200x900.jpg", "https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.35.34-PM-900x900.jpg" ], "articleBody": "\nWe happened to get our hands on a review PDF of Monkey Meat: Summer Batch by Juni Ba, and it's worth picking up if only for the shade it throws at industry hullabaloo. One discerning eye, in particular, tipped us off to the following little Bat-digs, including a coy nod to DC's Catwoman \"scandal\" and the Death in the Family phone call blowback. What else might we find in the coming pages? Monkey Meat Summer Batch #1 hits shelves on the 5th of March and is monthly for five issues thereafter.\nMonkey Meat: Summer Batch #1\nMonkey Meat: Summer Batch #1\nMonkey Meat tells the story of the Monkey Meat Company, which  made its fortune selling cans of processed meat all around the world. Using that money to fuel their wacky experiments, they turned their native island into a magical hyper-capitalist hellscape where even demons have to pay rent. And now it's time to kick back for their Monkey Meat summer…\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMOnkey Meat: Summer Batch #1\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMOnkey Meat: Summer Batch #2\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\nMONKEY MEAT SUMMER BATCH #1 (OF 5)\nIMAGE COMICS\nJAN250488\n(W) Juni Ba (A\/CA) Juni Ba\nNew story arc. The anthology is back for five new issues, from the creator of The Boy Wonder! Going on vacation? How about a hellish African fantasy island run by a corporation selling cans of monkey meat? Enjoy our summer vacation format with two tales, games, and double the traum… huh, excitement! In Shops: Mar 05, 2025 SRP: $3.99\nMONKEY MEAT SUMMER BATCH #2 (OF 5)\nIMAGE COMICS\nFEB250535\n(W) Juni Ba (A\/CA) Juni Ba\nThe company brings you new tales! A mad scientist revives her girlfriend, but has to do afterlife therapy first. And a broken warrior tries to guide cavemen to glory to make up for his mistakes. Tropical sunlight and regrets! Two of our fave flavors. 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class="taxonomy">Posted in: <a href='/comics/comics-publishers/dc-comics/batman-4/' rel='category'>Batman</a>, <a href='/comics/' rel='category'>Comics</a>, <a href='/comics/comics-publishers/' rel='category'>Comics Publishers</a>, <a href='/pop-culture/current-news/' rel='category'>Current News</a>, <a href='/comics/comics-publishers/dc-comics/' rel='category'>DC Comics</a>, <a href='/comics/comics-publishers/image/' rel='category'>Image</a> | Tagged: <a href='/tag/juno-ba/' rel='tag'>Juno Ba</a>, <a href='/tag/money-meat/' rel='tag'>Money Meat</a></p><hr><h1 class='headline' style='margin-top: 0;' itemprop='headline'>Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At Batman Comics</h1><p class='excerpt' style='font-weight:lighter;margin:6px 0;font-size:1.1em;clear:both;'>Image Comics' Monkey Meat: Summer Batch from Juni Ba takes a dig at DC Comics ahead of its upcoming publication.</p><hr><div class="byline">Published <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2025-02-06T08:57:08-06:00" title="Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:57:08 -0600">Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:57:08 -0600</time> <address class="author">by <a rel='author' href='https://bleedingcool.com/author/rich-johnston/'>Rich Johnston</a></address><div class="byline-separator"> | </div><div class="comments-link"><a id="jump_to_comments" href="#comments-placeholder">Comments</a></div></div></header><hr><div id='post_summary' style='margin:6px 0;clear:both;'><h2 style='margin-top: 0;font-size:1.1em;'>Article Summary</h2><ul> <li>Juni Ba's Monkey Meat: Summer Batch critiques the DC Comics world with cheeky Batman references.</li> <li>The series explores Monkey Meat Company's bizarre, capitalist island full of experimental oddities.</li> <li>New anthology from Juni Ba features two daring stories, blending dark humor and fantasy elements.</li> <li>Issue #1 releases March 5, 2025, offering a thrilling start to this five-part comic series.</li> </ul></div><hr><p>We happened to get our hands on a review PDF of <em>Monkey Meat: Summer Batch</em> by <strong>Juni Ba</strong>, and it's worth picking up if only for the shade it throws at industry hullabaloo. One discerning eye, in particular, tipped us off to the following little Bat-digs, including a coy nod to <a href="https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-folk-react-to-batman-not-going-down-on-catwoman/">DC's Catwoman "scandal"</a> and the <a href="https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-publish-alternate-fauxsimile-version-of-a-death-in-the-family/">Death in the Family phone call blowback</a>. What else might we find in the coming pages? <em>Monkey Meat Summer Batch</em> #1 hits shelves on the 5th of March and is monthly for five issues thereafter.</p> <figure id="attachment_2162035" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2162035" style="width: 559px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:auto/h:auto/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.35.34-PM.jpg"><img data-opt-src="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:auto/h:auto/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.35.34-PM.jpg" class="wp-image-2162035 size-full" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" alt="Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At DC Comics" width="559" height="590"><noscript><img class="wp-image-2162035 size-full" src="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:auto/h:auto/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.35.34-PM.jpg" alt="Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At DC Comics" width="559" height="590"></noscript></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2162035" class="wp-caption-text">Monkey Meat: Summer Batch #1</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_2162036" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2162036" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:auto/h:auto/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.59.18-PM.jpg"><img data-opt-src="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:600/h:531/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.59.18-PM.jpg" class="wp-image-2162036 size-large" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20600%20531%22%20width%3D%22600%22%20height%3D%22531%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" alt="Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At DC Comics" width="600" height="531"><noscript><img class="wp-image-2162036 size-large" src="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:600/h:531/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screen-Shot-2025-02-05-at-3.59.18-PM.jpg" alt="Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At DC Comics" width="600" height="531"></noscript></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2162036" class="wp-caption-text">Monkey Meat: Summer Batch #1</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Monkey Meat</em> tells the story of the Monkey Meat Company, which  made its fortune selling cans of processed meat all around the world. Using that money to fuel their wacky experiments, they turned their native island into a magical hyper-capitalist hellscape where even demons have to pay rent. And now it's time to kick back for their Monkey Meat summer…</p> <style type="text/css"> #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ </style> <div id="gallery-1" class="gallery galleryid-2162029 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:auto/h:auto/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/STL359523.jpg"><img data-opt-src="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:600/h:922/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/STL359523.jpg" width="600" height="922" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20600%20922%22%20width%3D%22600%22%20height%3D%22922%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" class="attachment-large size-large" alt="Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At DC Comics" aria-describedby="gallery-1-2162032"><noscript><img width="600" height="922" src="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:600/h:922/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/STL359523.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt="Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At DC Comics" aria-describedby="gallery-1-2162032"></noscript></a> </dt> <dd class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" id="gallery-1-2162032"> MOnkey Meat: Summer Batch #1 </dd></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"> <a href="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:auto/h:auto/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/STL361856.jpg"><img data-opt-src="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:600/h:923/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/STL361856.jpg" width="600" height="923" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20600%20923%22%20width%3D%22600%22%20height%3D%22923%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" class="attachment-large size-large" alt="Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At DC Comics" aria-describedby="gallery-1-2162031"><noscript><img width="600" height="923" src="https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:600/h:923/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/STL361856.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large" alt="Image Comics' Monkey Meat Summer Batch Takes A Dig At DC Comics" aria-describedby="gallery-1-2162031"></noscript></a> </dt> <dd class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" id="gallery-1-2162031"> MOnkey Meat: Summer Batch #2 </dd></dl><br style="clear: both"> </div> <blockquote><p>MONKEY MEAT SUMMER BATCH #1 (OF 5)<br> IMAGE COMICS<br> <a href="https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JAN250488">JAN250488</a><br> (W) Juni Ba (A/CA) Juni Ba<br> New story arc. The anthology is back for five new issues, from the creator of The Boy Wonder! Going on vacation? How about a hellish African fantasy island run by a corporation selling cans of monkey meat? Enjoy our summer vacation format with two tales, games, and double the traum… huh, excitement! In Shops: Mar 05, 2025 SRP: $3.99</p> <p>MONKEY MEAT SUMMER BATCH #2 (OF 5)<br> IMAGE COMICS<br> <a href="https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/FEB250535">FEB250535</a><br> (W) Juni Ba (A/CA) Juni Ba<br> The company brings you new tales! A mad scientist revives her girlfriend, but has to do afterlife therapy first. And a broken warrior tries to guide cavemen to glory to make up for his mistakes. Tropical sunlight and regrets! Two of our fave flavors. We might even make them cereals…In Shops: Apr 02, 2025 SRP: $3.99</p></blockquote> <hr><div style="margin-bottom: 10px" id="bc_sharing_is_caring"><center><p><strong>Enjoyed this? 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