DC’sJungle Leagueis a Team of Damn Heroic Apes

DC Comics for sure likes bring out goofy alternate takes on the Justice League . Last class , they weremech pilot , and not long before that , they wereanthropomorphic dinosaur . Next up on the gimmick leaning ? Why apes , of course !

Earlier in the week , the publishing firm announced Jungle League , which is n’t some spiritual sequel to JLApe : Gorilla Warfare , but an all - ape team consisting of DC ’s primate heroes . In this type , our roll dwell of Detective Chimp , Gleek from the Wonder Twins ( yes , really ) , Beppo the Super - Monkey , Sam Simeon , and the relatively new Monkey Prince paladin . According to thepun - heavy logline , our Cuban sandwich will be going up against a revived Legion of Doom steer up by Monsieur Mallah , Ultra - Humanite , and other fairly well - cognise monkey villain from the DC pantheon that have assembled after Gorilla Grodd got himself outwit by the Flash yet again .

The Jungle League will be making their debut in a 48 - page special to meant to celebrate April Fools , which will have level written by Joshua Hale Fialkov , John Layman Gene Luen Yang , with art from Phil Hester , Karl Mostert , and Bernard Chang . To go on on with the ape gimmick , a variant cover version by creative person Hayden Sherman will be banana scented . The other cover by Chang wo n’t have a similar scent , but it will be a banana - theme riff on the famous Crisis on Two Earths cover , which you’re able to see below .

Image: Dan Mora/DC Comics

The Jungle League will make their debut in the pages of the DC Ape - ril Special , which is let go on March 19 , 2024 .

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