Have you been reading HARLEY QUINN AND POWER GIRL? Remember the panel gutter between panels 3 and 4 of page 20 of HARLEY QUINN #12? What? You DON’T? It’s only, like, the most memorable panel gutter of the twenty-first century. Well, either way, the scrambled brains of the creative team (not you, Amanda, we mean Jimmy and Justin) turned that gutter into a hilarious miniseries for you, in which the full tale of that momentous and momentary pause can be told!

So the premise is that H.Q. and Pee Gee are on an inter-dimensional adventure, where they come face to face with Vartox. Yes, the same Vartox that Supergirl just beat up in her new TV series, except he's comic Vartox, not TV Vartox. So, totally not the same.

This Vartox is a totally creepy and super macho space dictator – though he is terrible fond of Power Girl. Harley and Power Girl are not terribly fond of him. And, unfortunately, he's the terrifying Dark Vartox, corrupted by an ancient cosmic evil! Violence and shenanigans abound.

Get caught up! It's gross and funny and disturbing and, good lord, what happened to Vartox's nipples?! Stop reading this This Just Happened and pick up the comic!

Back to HQPG... Love is in the air—or maybe that’s just cologne? Vartox’s dreams of making Power Girl his bride may be coming true…but nothing ever goes smoothly with Harley around! Or, for that matter, with the threat of a galaxy-crushing dictator hanging over their heads!

The battle reaches its climax—and so does WAIT WAIT NO STOP RIGHT THERE! There's still one issue to come! This crazy adventure concludes next month in HARLEY QUINN AND POWER GIRL #6.

All you need to know is that the ring in Vartox's hand will teleport Harley and Power Girl home. Will P.G. say yes, just to shut this mini-series down? Will H.Q. allow this to happen in HER comic? Sound off in the comments below!

HARLEY QUINN AND POWER GIRL #5, written by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray with art by Stephane Roux, Flaviano and Paul Mounts, is available in stores now!