DC Comics certain likes releasing goofy alternate takes on the Justice League. Final yr, they have been mech pilots, and never lengthy earlier than that, they have been anthropomorphic dinosaurs. Subsequent up on the gimmick listing? Why apes, after all!
Earlier within the week, the writer introduced Jungle League, which isn’t some religious sequel to JLApe: Gorilla Warfare, however an all-ape group consisting of DC’s primate heroes. On this case, our roster consists of Detective Chimp, Gleek from the Surprise Twins (sure, actually), Beppo the Tremendous-Monkey, Sam Simeon, and the comparatively new Monkey Prince hero. In line with the pun-heavy logline, our heroes can be going up towards 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 received himself crushed by the Flash but once more.
The Jungle League can be making their debut in a 48-page particular to meant to rejoice April Fools, which is able to 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 can be banana scented. The opposite cowl by Chang gained’t have an analogous scent, however it will be a banana-themed riff on the well-known Disaster on Two Earths cowl, which you’ll be able to see under.
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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