Written by Jim Starlin – Art by Bernie Wrightson – Colored by Bill Wray – Lettered by John Costanza

When we last left The Weird, something extraordinary had arrived on Earth.

A being made entirely of energy burst through a dimensional gateway, terrified a city, baffled the Justice League, and stitched together a human body in the sky.

It was a moment that felt less like a superhero origin and more like a scene from a horror story.

Issue #1 asked a simple question: What happens when a power appears that nobody understands?

Issue #2 asks: What happens when someone who has never had power suddenly does?

That question sits at the center of everything that follows.

A Father’s Shadow

Much of this issue slows down the cosmic chaos and focuses on something quieter.

The Weird visits Billy Langley — the son of Walter Langley, the man whose body he now inhabits.This is where things start to get complicated.The Weird insists that he is not Billy’s father. Walter Langley is dead, and the being speaking to Billy is something else entirely.

But his actions tell a slightly different story.

He takes Billy to a place Walter once dreamed of taking him.

He shows him things Walter wanted him to see.

And despite insisting he isn’t human, the Weird keeps drifting into Walter’s emotional territory.

At one point he even calls Billy son.

Whether he realizes it or not, fragments of Walter Langley are clearly still present.The Weird may control the body. But Langley’s humanity seems to be shaping what the Weird chooses to do with it.

Wrightson’s Humanity

In the first issue, Bernie Wrightson leaned heavily into horror imagery — particularly during the unforgettable sequence where the Weird assembles his human body cell by cell.

In Issue #2 Wrightson shifts gears.

Instead of horror, the focus becomes emotion and physical storytelling.

The scenes between Billy and the Weird are filled with subtle body language. Billy’s hesitation, the Weird’s awkward attempts to explain himself, and the quiet moments where memory and identity blur together.

Wrightson also brings a surprising amount of humor to the issue. When Superman finally confronts the Weird, the fight unfolds almost like physical comedy.

Superman charges forward like a force of nature, smashing through walls and tearing through buildings. The Weird simply phases through everything.

The result is a chase scene where Superman leaves a trail of destruction while the Weird slips effortlessly out of reach.

It’s funny, but it’s also quietly ironic.

The hero trying to protect the city is the one doing most of the damage.

The Macrolatts and the Zarolatts

In between these quieter moments, Jim Starlin expands the cosmic mythology of the story.

The Weird explains the structure of his home dimension. Two races exist there: The Macrolatts, powerful and ruthless beings who dominate the dimension. And the Zarolatts, beings capable of storing enormous amounts of energy but unable to use it themselves.The relationship between the two is brutal.

Macrolatts drain the energy of Zarolatts in order to absorb power, a process that often kills the Zarolatt in the process.

For most of his existence, the Weird lived inside this system as little more than a living battery. But everything changed when he discovered the dimensional bridge the Macrolatts were constructing.

When two Macrolatts died attempting to cross it, the Weird realized something he had previously believed impossible.

The Macrolatts were not invincible.

And if they weren’t invincible, then perhaps their entire hierarchy could be challenged. For the first time in his existence, the Weird discovered the concept of freedom.

And once he understood it, he wanted it.

Borrowed Humanity

One small detail reveals just how much the Weird has already changed.

He explains that when he needed a physical body to survive on Earth, he chose Walter Langley for a specific reason. Langley was already dead.

The Weird refused to take a living body just to save himself.

It’s a striking moral choice for a being who has only recently encountered human ethics. And yet, as the issue progresses, it becomes clear that Langley’s humanity is influencing him more deeply than he expected.

The Weird begins to experience emotions that once meant nothing to him.

Love.

Joy.

Regret.

He even feels compelled to tell Billy how much Walter Langley loved him. As though he owes that truth to the man whose life ended too soon.

The Weird may not be Walter Langley. But he is carrying pieces of Walter forward.

A Fight With Superman

Eventually, the confrontation everyone expected arrives. Superman tracks the Weird down and attempts to stop him.

From Superman’s perspective, the situation is simple. An unstable being capable of destroying the planet is running loose. Containment is necessary.

But from the Weird’s perspective, Superman represents something else entirely. Another powerful being acting first and asking questions later.

The fight that follows highlights the difference between them. Superman relies on overwhelming force. The Weird relies on adaptation. He phases through attacks, slips through walls, and uses his strange abilities to outmaneuver Earth’s strongest hero.

In the end, the Weird escapes — not because he wants to defeat Superman, but because he needs time.The real threat is still coming.

The Jason still intends to reopen the dimensional bridge.

Freedom and Hubris

By the end of the issue, a new theme begins to take shape.

If Issue #1 showed us how power creates fear, Issue #2 reveals something equally dangerous. Power can also create arrogance.

The Macrolatts believed their dominance was eternal.

Superman believes his strength can contain the Weird.

And the Weird himself believes he can control the massive energy inside him without consequence.

Everyone in this story believes they understand the limits of their power. Everyone believes they are in control. But the events already unfolding suggest that confidence may be misplaced.

Because freedom and power are not the same thing.

And discovering one doesn’t guarantee you understand the other.

The Weird now understands freedom. He believes he understands humanity. And he believes he has the power to stop the invasion that’s coming.

But as the dimensional bridge begins to reopen, he may soon learn that understanding power is very different from surviving it.

The Weird – Entry #2