DC Comics certain likes releasing goofy alternate takes on the Justice League. Final 12 months, they have been mech pilots, and never lengthy earlier than that, they have been anthropomorphic dinosaurs. Subsequent up on the gimmick checklist? Why apes, in fact!
Earlier within the week, the writer introduced Jungle League, which isn’t some non secular sequel to JLApe: Gorilla Warfare, however an all-ape workforce consisting of DC’s primate heroes. On this case, our roster consists of Detective Chimp, Gleek from the Marvel Twins (sure, actually), Beppo the Tremendous-Monkey, Sam Simeon, and the comparatively new Monkey Prince hero. In response to the pun-heavy logline, our heroes will probably be going up in opposition to a revived Legion of Doom headed up by Monsieur Mallah, Extremely-Humanite, and different pretty well-known monkey villains from the DC pantheon which have assembled after Gorilla Grodd acquired himself crushed by the Flash but once more.
The Jungle League will probably be making their debut in a 48-page particular to meant to have a good time April Fools, which can characteristic tales written by Joshua Hale Fialkov, John Layman Gene Luen Yang, with artwork from Phil Hester, Karl Mostert, and Bernard Chang. To proceed on with the ape gimmick, a variant cowl by artist Hayden Sherman will probably be banana scented. The opposite cowl by Chang gained’t have the same scent, however it will be a banana-themed riff on the well-known Disaster on Two Earths cowl, which you’ll see beneath.
The Jungle League will make their debut within the pages of the DC Ape-ril Particular, which is releasing on March 19, 2024.
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