“Wanna be a member? Wanna be a member?” From Bimbo’s Initiation, directed by Dave Fleischer and Grim Natwick, 1931.

It’s possible that at some point you thought it would be cool to be a member of the Justice League. If so, I have good news for you: at long last, you might now be a member!

You might possibly be in Justice League Unlimited #1, the “new” Justice League monthly by Mark Waid and Dan Mora that is not based upon the teevee series of the same name, the one that featured damn near every DC superhero and was written by a Who’s Who of great comics writers. Nope; this one is brand new — it came out last week, while you were stuck in Thanksgiving traffic.

Check out story page seven. Perhaps you are hiding behind Big Barda. I think that’s where I’d try to be.

I would understand your confusion about the title, but if you didn’t see that 39-episode teevee show let me assure you that this new comic book does that series one better: by definition, everybody in the DC Universe (well, the one in the comic books) is a member of the new Justice League. Hence the “Unlimited” part. Continue reading “Brainiac On Banjo: Justice League Meets Soylent Green” →