Friday, March 31, 2023

40% of this comic is probably respectfully staring at Wonder Woman; which sounds reasonable enough.

From 2006, Justice League Unlimited #19, "The Justice Rangers Ride Again" Written by Adam Beechen, pencils by Gordon Purcell, inks by Bob Petrecca.
In the Justice League's trophy room, Vigilante accidentally breaks the Time Commander's hourglass, sending him, Wonder Woman, and Elongated Man back to the old west. There they find the usual crew--Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, and El Diablo--defending a young card sharp from a posse of cowboys with ray guns. Bat had conned his pals into pursuing the sharp, since he had cheated him out of his daddy's lucky rabbit foot; but the cowboys had been after Jud Saunders to try and erase his descendant Greg from the timeline. Wonder Woman realizes the shattered hourglass had taken them to when a version of it had been in use, and they should be able to find the Time Commander, get the hourglass, and get home.
This was more cartoony than Purcell's usual style, but he nails the animated look quite well. I feel like I've seen other stories from Beechen with Elongated Man; I wonder if he was a favorite.

4 comments:

Mr. Morbid said...

I mean honestly, who can blame anyone for doing that though? The trick is getting in those multiple sneak peeks without getting caught.

H said...

For some reason, they used Elongated Man instead of Plastic Man in JLU. Maybe somebody else was going to do a PM cartoon but it fell through- whatever the case, good to have a comedy relief guy that's just comedy relief. Also, Elongated Man was in the original story this one was based on. Yeah, it may surprise you but this story is somewhat based on a Justice League of America story from the late 70's. It was the Lord of Time instead of the Time Commander but a lot of similarities otherwise.

Mr. Morbid's House Of Fun said...

Goo actually blogged about said original story, if I'm correct.

H said...

Oh yeah, I remember that- I thought it was another of the blogs I followed. It seemed more up his alley than goo's. I think I even commented on that post.