#Humanitism

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Ape-Ril Special #01 (2024)

Art by Dan Mora, Bernard Chang And Hayden Sherman

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pov: watching Power Girl fight a big ass monkey man Action Comics #1075 by Mariko Tamaki and Skylar Patridge

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Superman Animated!: The Villains

By David Jamison

The Heroes

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Does the "ultra humanite took hitler's brain" conspiracy hold any credibility? Or is it some sham like "finding hitler" on history channel?

Adolf Hitler died. He shot himself, shivering in a dark hole in the ground April 30th of 1945 as the Red Army pounded Berlin to cinders and ashes.

Any conspiracy theory that argues any portion of these facts is just that, a conspiracy theory.

But, I can see why this one hold's water. As it has to do with a villain whose methods, motives and history always elicit a curiosity from the public just because of his mix of the bizarre and the horrific

(Modern sketch of the Ultra Humanite's most famous body, circa 2020)

No one truly knows the origins of the man who calls himself the Ultra Humanite. He first appeared in mid-1939 as the first supervillain to truly capture public terror. In that time he was living in his born body (as far as we know), a old, physically crippled man with a maniacal genius that cannot be denied.

He clashed with just about everyone active at that time, when Mystery Men were still thin on the ground and working through the opening moves of their careers he made himself infamous. Too infamous. By 1940 as champions like The Flash and Green Lantern began to arrive on the scene, he decided to change tactics.

He kidnapped up and coming movie starlet Dolores Winters and, using the ability that would become his trademark, placed his mind into her body. Using her fame to make himself above reproach, leading any investigation into his activities onto red herrings and cul de sacs because of the pure unimaginable horror of what he had done he became a nemesis for basically every hero who was active during the war.

In the first generation of supervillains, no one else comes close. Part of the reason no one could catch him is because he seemed to be able to spar with multiple heroes in multiple cities at the same time.

This conspiracy theory is born from that trademark, the way he was able to swap his consciousness into a new form, his brain becoming more mutant and distended over time. At current size his brain is estimated to weigh between 10-12 pounds, three to four times the average grey matter in a human.

He's been accused of harvesting the brains of basically every political and pop culture figure in history from 1939 to now. From Hitler to JFK to John Lennon to Tupac Shakur. But make no mistake. Ultra-Humanite does not "save" brains. He does not share his gift with others. He has no allies. The momentary work he did alongside Axis forces in the second World War were for his own gain and no one else's To the Ultra Humanite, the "Master Race" is a party of one.

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I miss the friendship between these two! Huntress & Power Girl!

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Ape-Ril Speical (2024)

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" 'Oh you're majoring in metaphysical research!' They said. 'Why are you taking so many acting undergrad classes?' They said. 'When will you ever use this in your career?' They said. Well jokes on them."

- Lanfear as she was getting ready to play the part of 'girlfriend who is scared at first and then is overcome by desire loyalty and love for her boyfriend who can channel', probably.

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Superman paper dolls circa 1940.

I don't know the size of these, but it must've been a pain in the neck to cut-out those eyeglasses.

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Ape-ril Special #1 - "Plan of the Apes" (2024)

written by John Layman art by Karl Mostert & David Baron

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Dan Mora is a cheat sheet! These covers are amazing!

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DC Comics Ape-Ril Variant Covers (2024)

Art by Maria Wolf

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Action Comics #20 (1940) by Jerry Siegel & Paul Cassidy

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The Justice Society…together again!

(Justice Society of America Volume 2 #5)

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Wally West is underrated so is Ultra-Humanite🥹❤️

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Comfort and Joy (Even superheroes deserve the holidays off)

[All images are owned by DC Comics and Warner Bros-Discovery. I hope I’m too small-fry to sue…]

Nearly all of Justice League’s stories were told in multiple parts (usually 2, though there’s at least one that was told in 3) This is the only story told in a single episode, and is the warmest, fuzziest episode in the entire series.

If you would like to watch it, it’s available on Max or behind your favorite paywall.

We open on an alien planet. For some reason, the Justice League has been summoned (So are they the Justice League of America of the Justice League of the Universe?)

(Thanks to The World's Finest)

That doesn’t sound ominous at all…

Cue the opening credits!

After the Javelin takes off to return to Earth, we find John and Hawkgirl…

…having fun in the snow. Well, John is anyway. Hawkgirl doesn’t get it. So John shows her by building a snowman and making snow angels. However, Hawkgirl still isn’t impressed.

So he starts a snowball fight

…with super powers!

Back on Earth, at Central City Orphanage, the kids are eagerly anticipating the jolly guy in the red suit.

What? You were expecting someone else?

As is tradition, the Flash promises to get the kids one thing they all want (I’m guessing so it doesn’t suck so much to be an orphan) and they show him.

An animatronic doll of their favorite TV character, DJ Rubba Duckie (that raps and farts. I can see why the kids like it so much)

[QUICK NOTE: I know the captions say "RUBBER Duckie", but what the characters say sounds more like "RUBBA Duckie", so I'm going with that]

Just one issue: it’s the hottest, must-have-est toy of the season. As such…

Flash doesn’t want to disappoint the kids, so he begins his quest. If you’ve seen Jingle All the Way (how have I not reviewed that yet?), you can guess how this quest will go.

Meanwhile, Superman has talked J’onn into spending Christmas with him and his adopted parents, the Kents. And so, in Smallville…

Clark then introduces his parents (Jonathan and Martha) to J’onn, who apologizes for imposing (despite Superman’s insistence)

[FUN FACT: Jonathan “Pa” Kent is voiced by Mike Farrell, who was BJ Hunnicut on M*A*S*H]

[Personal note: I appreciate the fact that the Kents survived beyond Clark's teen years post-Crisis. It makes them more than what their role was before then: "These two people raised Superman, but they're not important now"]

It turns out Clark’s cousin Kara (AKA Supergirl) is spending the holidays with friends, so Clark offers J’onn her room. Clark is sure he’ll find it cozy.

Clark explains he enjoys returning to Smallville so he can turn off “Superman” and be himself for a while. Then Clark rushes off to turn on the tree before Jonathan can do it. As J’onn processes this side of his teammate, the family cat enters. J’onn tries to make friends, but…

…before running off. That’s cats for ya.

Back on the ice planet, the snowball fight is in full swing!

I think John officially wins this one.

Once the truce is called, Hawkgirl offers to take John to a planet that reminds her a bit of her planet of Thanagar.

Given Thanagarians are warriors, I’m not sure I see this ending well.

Back in Central City, Flash is trying to find a DJ Rubba Duckie doll. No problem, right?

WRONG!

Flash tries 5 other stores and they’re all sold out. Suddenly he gets an inspiration.

He’s not seriously going to the North Pole?!

Actually, he runs to Japan (he can do that. It’s documented he runs fast enough to skim across bodies of water)

Well, that’s one way to beat the crowds, I guess. I wonder if he paid retail or wholesale, given he went to the manufacturer.

Back in Smallville, J’onn and the Kents are sitting around the table socializing after dinner.

Martha then offers a gift to J’onn despite his protesting.

Martha insists that his company is gift enough. J’onn unwraps it, revealing a sweater (her women’s club knits a bunch for gift giving) Unfortunately, the size is…a bit off. Fortunately, J’onn is a shapeshifter.

Wait, did J’onn just crack a joke? I think he might be warming to the whole “holiday” thing!

In outer space, Hawkgirl takes John to the planet she mentioned then heads straight to the nearest bar, where everyone seems to know her.

Hawkgirl drags John inside and bellies up to the bar, downing a tankard of whatever passes for alcohol. Then she livens up the place by sucker punching the brute next to her…

…and pinning the blame on John! The brute attacks John, which sets off a full-on bar brawl!

Hawkgirl has a weird sense of fun.

Back on Earth, Flash races back to Central City with his Rubba Duckie doll when…

Oh, it wouldn’t be a Justice League episode without SOME villainy afoot! Flash goes to investigate to find…

…the Ultra Humanite.

[FUN FACT: Ultra Humanite debuted in Action Comics #13 in 1939 as a mad scientist of great intellect but a failing body. Eventually, he began transplanting his brain into other bodies until finally winding up in the body of an albino gorilla]

(Thanks to rifandy cahyo)

Dare I ask what sorts of “improvements” Ultra Humanite has planned for Rubba Duckie?

As you saw at the end of that clip, we’re back in Smallville, where J’onn is still trying to understand Christmas.

Therefore, he turns invisible and intangible, kind of like a “Ghost of What Is Christmas?” He then floats through the house and finds Clark still acting like…well, a kid on Christmas morning.

…and Jonathan hasn’t forgotten his son has X-ray Vision.

J’onn then floats into Smallville and shapeshifts into a human guise and walks the streets, observing until he sees a young girl staying up way past her bedtime on Christmas Eve.

So he brings a bit of “Christmas magic”...

…by floating onto the roof and walking around

…and helping himself to some milk and cookies.

[FUN FACT: Starting in the 80s during the comedy period of the Justice League comic, J’onn develops an addiction to Oreos]

He then comes upon a church holding midnight mass.

(Thanks again to The World’s Finest)

Hope you enjoyed the warm feels. Happy Holidays, everyone!