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thebigapricot (thebigapricot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-03 16:00:00

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char: animal man/buddy baker, char: cluemaster/arthur brown, char: flash/kid flash/wally west, char: metamorpho/element man/rex mason, char: power girl/kara zor-l/karen starr, creator: keith giffen, title: justice league international

School for Scoundrels - Justice League Style
It's the start of a new school year and who better to celebrate with than the Justice League? Here are seven pages from Justice League Europe #6

I love Giffen & DeMatteis, IMHO their work on JLI and JLE is some of the funniest stuff ever. I am going to have to wait to read their Metal Men backup until the trade, but its gotten good reviews.

Now our story. The JLE is working out of the French Embassy but few of them actually speak French. To improve relations with their host country, several members enroll in night school. Now across town the Injustice League has also discovered that their grasp on the language is lacking. So it's off to school.

What a class. From JLE we have Peej, Wally, Captain Atom, Animal Man and Metamorpho (that's him hiding under the coat and hat.) From the Injustice League there is Clockman, Big Sir and Mighty Bruce. Also Cluemaster, aka Arthur Brown, aka the new Batgirl's father. (But less we forget he was awful to Steph so don't be amused by him -- I left out his best line, Hah!).

You tell him Peej.

Clockmaster has met his match in Ms. Kessler. (He seems little OCD there with the clock, no?)

One by one the teams begin to figure out that they are both in enemy territory. The French police have also realized it and will soon be heading over.

But there is learning to be done. And classroom rules to be enforced. Like no gum. You can't be palez vouing with Bazooka Joe in your bouche, right?

Merde! Okay now Peej knows -- but how to let the others know that she knows?

Hey, no note passing in class. Well now everyone knows. So what's the plan guys?

Good plan. A huge fight breaks out and the IJL attempt an early dismissal. Not so fast guys. The police are arriving and the JLE is in action.

I just love that panel of Peej flying -- un beau coup d'oeil. Ms. Kessler, her class in shambles, is not amused.

Thankfully the police arrive and both sets of students have their fesses halé à la prison. The JLE are eventually bailed out. The punch line is that they could have used their diplomatic immunity and come straight back to the Embassy. C'est la vie!

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	volksjager 2009-09-03 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	I hate all the "hapsburg" chins in the art. Let's see more Kara from this period ! (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-09-03 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	The JLE is working out of the French Embassy but few of them actually speak French Almost as few as are actually bloody European. Sorry, that just narked the shit out of me then, it still narks me now. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-09-03 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	They're not the Justice League FROM Europe, they're the Justice League IN Europe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-09-03 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	As someone pointed out there are more Americans in JLE than there are in classic JLA, which includes a Kryptonian, a Martian, an Atlantean hybird and a Greek. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	btravage.livejournal.com 2009-09-04 12:35 am UTC (link)
	Don't forget the Thanagarians. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	goblinthebamf 2009-09-05 02:00 am UTC (link)
	to be fair, that was a plot point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-09-05 12:11 pm UTC (link)

Up to a point yes, but I just didn't care, it was less a plot point and more an ongoing joke (which wasn't that funny in the first place). If it was a plot point we'd have had some indication that Europe HAS a heroic population already and seen them being inducted.

Who DID we end up with out of ALL of Europe? The Crimson Fox (basically a stereotyped French sex kitten) and the Beefeater, who was a "Basil Fawlty as inept superhero" joke (And Freakazoid showed that can be awesome when done right thanks to Lord Bravery)

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	geoffsebesta 2009-09-24 08:16 am UTC (link)
	they hung a lovely lampshade on it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bluejaybirdie 2009-09-03 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	Holy crap, that teacher reminds me of my English teacher. Spooky... Also, I totally wish we'd gotten to see Guy, Booster, and Ted in class. That would have been comedy gold! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nalanzu 2009-09-04 05:40 am UTC (link)
	::dead from laughing:: (Reply to this) (Parent)

	freivolk 2009-09-03 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Had the artist some kind of problem with woman. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kenn_el 2009-09-03 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Oui. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	04nbod 2009-09-04 01:50 pm UTC (link)
	Its a man baby (Reply to this) (Parent)

	werehawk 2009-09-04 12:33 am UTC (link)
	This was, hands down, my favorite comic of the JLI era. HILARIOUS! I recommend everyone go out and buy one on eBay or Mile High or whatever. Priceless. (Reply to this)

	box_in_the_box 2009-09-05 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	... Jesus, I'd forgotten how terrible Bart Sears' artwork was. The way he draws EVERY woman makes Chyna look like Rachel Nichols by comparison. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thebigapricot 2009-09-06 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, all the women look like they men in drag. Even poor Sue Dibny, who is in the issue but not these scans, looks bad. He also gives each face so many wrinkles it looks like the before ad for Botox. (Reply to this) (Parent)