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Warning: spoilers for Absolute Batman #20 are ahead!  

DC's Absolute Batman series is back with more pages to haunt your nightmares this week: namely, the most cursed desk chair you've ever seen in your life. And no, I'm not talking about one of those ergonomic kneeling chairs or a bicycle seat on some swivel legs. I'm talking about the chair that Absolute Joker sits on in his very own version of the Batcave. 

Absolute Batman #20 by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martin features a scene that will raise the hackles of any Batman fan. We get a sequence with an array of familiar images: a grandfather clock that swings open to reveal a hidden staircase, a carnivorous dinosaur skeleton, a giant penny, and an even larger computer monitor. Woven through all the panels is a cascade of maniacal laughter, leading us straight to the man (if we can call him that) in front of the monitor: Absolute Joker. As if seeing him at his own Bat-Computer isn't horrifying enough, we get a double-page spread showing us that Absolute Joker is back in his cursed human fetus chair. Take a look below. 

Of course, Absolute Joker's baby chair, that's what we're calling it now, debuted back in Absolute Batman #6, showing how the blood from the infants is necessary for him to transform back into a passably human form. We just didn't know that the chair could be moved, or that the Joker had his own Batcave (Jokecave? If anyone names their comedy club that, woe be upon them). More questions remain: where does Absolute Joker get the fetuses from? Is this just some perverted form of stem cell therapy? Is further elucidation really necessary when we already know that the guy is an utter monster?

Absolute Batman #20 landed at your local comic shop on May 13, and is also available through Amazon.

Here's an update to date guide on the Absolute Batman release schedule.