![]() You’re still young, that’s your fault, there’s so much you have to know It’s not time to make a change, just relax, take it easy. JLApe: The Complete Collection reprints the entire crossover from Legends of the DC Universe #19, JLA Annual #3, Batman Annual #23, Aquaman Annual #5, Wonder Woman Annual #8, The Flash Annual #12, Superman Annual #11, Green Lantern Annual #8, and Martian Manhunter Annual #2.Ħ. Now it’s up to Batman (the only member who wasn’t transformed, of course) and Martian Manhunter to find a cure for their banana-loving buddies and prevent all-out gorilla warfare from encompassing every civilization from Atlantis to Themyscira. Part of their plot involves turning the JLA into human-hating gorillas to help carry out their bidding. $29.99 US | 352 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-722-6Īpes alive! When Solovar, leader of Gorilla City, is apparently assassinated by pro-human extremists, Gorilla City’s new government declares war on humanity. ![]() Written by LEN KAMINSKI, JOHN OSTRANDER, KEITH GIFFEN, and othersĪrt by POP MHAN, JASON ORFALAS, GRAHAM NOLAN, M.D. However, it is super silly and is worth a read for just how silly it is. But when the Bat- Man comes face to face with one of these sickening anomalies, he barely escapes with his life-throwing into question his ability to survive in a world that is brutally evolving around him! Continued belowĪs someone who re-read a lot of this in the past five years, I can spoil it for you: “JLApe” was not very good. All of the evidence in the murder investigation defies logic: the perpetrators are all men who died in the electric chair. Against this backdrop, a series of violent murders has begun in Gotham, and the recent emergence of the mysterious vigilante known as The Bat-Man has the power brokers of the city living in fear of institutional collapse. The world, still reeling from the horrors of the First World War, is on the brink of tipping into an even more gruesome conflict, as fascism is on the march-and gathering strength in America’s darkest corners. Pulp novel variant cover by MARC ASPINALL But to do another early Batman book by another old white dude just seems regressive and lazy. If there was a writer with a more unique voice available, that’s one thing. ![]() Dan Jurgens, no disrespect, is not the writer he once was, and this is a trope that has been beaten into the ground literally dozens of times in the past. There is absolutely no reason – zero reason – for another story about the early days of Batman from an older white writer. Because The Joker is sure to help! What could go wrong with that plan? And where does Gotham’s premier playboy Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred, fit in? And the only way to stop this terrifying team-up is to win the talent show and get visitation with their masters at Arkham on the hill. But they’ll have to work together to figure out what the evil Warden Shar Pei’s helper, Dr. ![]() Being the Clown Prince of Crime’s dog doesn’t win Jester any friends behind bars, especially after he gets a tough-talking stray cat named Penny tossed into lockup with him. Because when the super-villains of Gotham get thrown into Arkham, their henchpets go to the maximum-security pound known as Barkham Asylum. Maybe he is? He’s The Joker’s dog, so of course he’s funny, but his sense of humor is about to be put to the test. There are a lot of all-ages books that mesh superheroes with pets.
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