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Justice
League
Comfort and Joy
Original Airdate - 12/13/03
This week,
on a very special Justice League, our heroes are just
finishing up another exciting adventure. They have prevented
a planet habited by space lemmings from crashing into Earth.
Just
then the giant superhero whistle blows and everyone splits
for winter break (minus Batman and Wonder Woman who were absent).
Flash is off to an orphanage. Superman is going home to Smallville.
Green Lantern and Hawkgirl are going to go make out in the
snow. Martian Manhunter doesn't have any plans for the holidays,
but you can tell he really wants to go watch Green Lantern
and Hawkgirl have sex. Before he can, Superman invites MM
home for Christmas. It's a cartoon, so he goes with Clark.
Flash
pays his annual visit to the Central City Orphanage. He offers
to bring the kids any present they want. This year the kids
all want DJ Rubba Duckie, an animatronic duck that raps and
farts. Yes, it farts. Soon Flash is racing literally all over
the world to find one.
Meanwhile
Martian Manhunter and Superman reach the Kent farm and J'onn
is greeted with open arms. MM grimly introduces himself to
the Kents and explains that he is a Martian. They explain
that aliens are always welcome. Later Ma Kent present J'onn
with an over sized sweater which the shape changer proudly
proclaims he can grow into.
Back
on the planet of space lemmings, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl
have the ultimate snowball fight. Hawkgirl suggests that they
retire to a cozy little spot she knows where they can unwind.
Since they are still dating, Green Lantern blindly agrees.
Flash
finally locates a DJ Rubba Duckie, but it gets damaged on
the way back to orphanage in a fight with the Ultra Humanite.
On thing leads to another�yadda yadda yadda�and Ultra Humanite
learns the spirit of Christmas. Awwwww
Martian
Manhunter, however, hasn't quite caught the spirit. He has
to go on a journey though Smallville peeping in on people
celebrating (told you he was a voyeur) and learns the joy
of Christmas through Clark's child-like eyes. Awwwww.
Last,
Green Lantern and Hawkgirl end up in a rowdy bar on a distant
moon. Hawkgirl starts a barroom brawl and she and Green Lantern
have a rip roaring time. In the end, she plants another wet
one on her special guy. Awwwww.
Not an
eventful episode but it was "very special." The half hour
show was mostly just some easy on the eyes character moments
that can be a nice break from the mace slamming action.
Both
Batman and Wonder Woman were left out of the holiday episode.
Wonder Woman was probably home baking cookies and I hear that
the Batmobile lost its wheel, unfortunately causing the Joker
to get away.
It's a
shame Batman couldn't be added to the episode. His dark demeanor
is the biggest contrast to the holiday spirit which provides
the best storytelling fodder. When Batman's mood changes,
it's a big swing.
Derek's
Continuity Corner:
John Stewart actually debuted with the Justice League in a
Christmas-themed story, way back in 1973. While going to answer
the JLA distress signal, Hal Jordan slipped on a bar of soap
and knocked himself unconscious. His ring then placed him
in a "healing aura" and went out in search of alternate
GL (as he was in those days) Stewart.
The Justice
League had to face down the villainous Key, who had taunted
them by killing an actor playing Santa Claus.
If the League did not agree to submit to The Key's traps,
he would level a city block. Though the League beat the villain,
he still blew up the block in an inner-city neighborhood.
Of course the Justice League got everybody out of the buildings
in time, and Stewart used the ring to rebuild the tenements,
brand-spankin' new and rat-free. A merry Christmas was had
by all, including the Red Tornado, who got his bizarre new
duds at the end of the story.
Why is
all this worth mentioning? It's probably not, but hey, it's
the Christmas episode, and my favorite babysitter gave me
that comic book as a Christmas present -- the first issue
of Justice League of America I ever got. So it's also
my first Christmas with the Super-Heroes memory.
Next
Week
Tabula Rasa:
J'onn J'onzz has a crisis of conscience; Lex Luthor gains
control of a powerful android. (Repeat)
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