Warning: Contains spoilers for Stargirl: The Lost Children #6!DC Comics now officially has its own version of Rocket Raccoon–with a genius twist. A member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket is one of comics’ most unusual characters: an anthropomorphic, wise-cracking, gun-toting raccoon. There are very few characters like him, but in Stargirl: The Lost Children #6, DC introduces its equivalent, adding some interesting layers along the way.

The issue is written by Geoff Johns, drawn by Todd Nauck, colored by Matt Herms and lettered by Rob Leigh. Stargirl is stranded on a mysterious island, one inhabited by time-lost sidekicks, who have been plucked from the time stream by the Childminder–which has effectively erased them from history. Now, Stargirl must get the lost sidekicks back to our reality. Joining her is Corky Baxter, a Junior Time Master. The Childminder, working with a corrupted version of the android Hourman, begins aging Stargirl,...