Ape-Ril Special #01 (2024)

Art by Dan Mora, Bernard Chang And Hayden Sherman

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Dan Mora - Ape Ril Special

Sam Simeon sparring time

to celebrate the DC ape-ril special I drew Sam  MY BOY

Ape-ril Special #1 Preview

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Ape-ril Special #1 Preview: CAUTION: An ape-surd amount of bad ape puns are incoming. Please be ape-vised. Gorilla Grodd’s recent incarcer-ape-tion in the pages of The Flash has left a void that Monsieur Mallah is more than happy to fill. Ape-sembling a group of the DCU’s most sinister simians, Mallah forms the Legion of D(oo-oo-ah-ah)m, with an eye toward world domin-ape-tion. But the world…

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DC’s Ape-ril Special (DC, March 2024) variant cover by Bernard Chang

DC Comics' "Ape-ril Special" Goes on Sale in March 2024

DC Comics has announced a special ape-centric adventure for 2024. Ape-ril Special #1 will feature stories from writers John Layman, Joshua Hale Fialkov, and Gene Yang and art from artists Karl Mostert, Phil Hester, and Bernard Chang.

As per DC Comics, "Gorilla Grodd's recent incarcer-ape-tion in the pages of DC’s The Flash comic book series has left a void that Monsieur Mallah is more than happy to fill. Ape-sembling a group of the DCU’s most sinister simians, Mallahforms the Legion of D(oo-oo-ah-ah)m, with an eye toward worlddomin-ape-tion. But the world won’t be conquered that easily! Enter the all-ape JUNGLE L(ee-ee)gue. Can this team of hero-eekanthropoids be the salv-ape-tion we need, or will Mallah’s team of maniacal monkeys bring forth the ape-pocalypse?"

Ape-ril Special #1, featuring a main cover by Dan Mora, a variant cover by Bernard Chang, and a "Banana Scent variant cover by Hayden Sherman, goes on sale on March 19, 2024.

(Image via DC Comics - Dan Mora's Cover of Ape-ril Special #1)

Ape-ril Special #1

New Comics

(At least I got this out before this Tuesday)

Fire and Ice: Welcome to Smallville #2

Still fun, I thought it was less funny than the last issue, but Maxie Zeus showed up so it was still a total win.

Ape-ril Special #1

(Look, I've been busy...) The main story was fun enough. I enjoyed all the monkey puns. Compared to the two shorter stories though, it just didn't pack the same punch. I really like the Detective Chimp story. Phil Hester's pencils were a great fit. Gene Luen Yang's Monkey Prince was a delightful little epilogue. Always fun to read.

Shazam #10

I decided to start picking this one up with Campbell's run starting since I'm really looking forward to #11 and this did not disappoint! Very fun. I love the Shaz-van. I love that it has a wizard airbrushed on the side. My only nitpick is that I think Sha-van rolls off the tongue more easily. This issue did some cool stuff with the layout of the two page spread and the lettering to fit with the plot.

Birds of Prey #8

This one's going under the cut...

This issue just felt weaker than the last one.

We'll start with what I liked: Jordie Bellaire's colors were killing it as always. The emerging Megaera and Sin dynamic was the highlight of the issue. Also, all the background extras in the crowd scenes had such fun designs. Kudos to Pina for that.

And then there's what I didn't like as much. I was disappointed but not surprised to see that Barbara was back as Batgirl for this issue, just in time to get kidnapped. As I've said before, Barbara as Batgirl is a character that I just don't really care about. When she said she was staying back last issue only to rush right in as soon as things started to go wrong, I could help but think that there are other ways she could've handled the situation. You didn't need to have her be Batgirl to get kidnapped. It could've been that the fashion show stuff was a distraction and the birds came back to find that Barbara was gone or something. It'd be one thing if this whole arc were leading up to some form of Barbara being Oracle more full time since we keep getting hit with her getting in trouble as Batgirl, but I'm having trouble rustling up the opt ism for that at this point. I think I'm back on the fence as to whether I'm going to keep picking up this series.

Other things: Pina felt a lot weaker on the fight scenes than Romero did which was another contributing factor to this issue feeling weaker. Finally, I'm a little on the fence about the stuff with Barda, but I think they did mange to thread to needle of 'fun' rather than 'needlessly sexy' in the end.

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DC Comics Ape-Ril Variant Covers (2024)

Art by Maria Wolf

WHEN DID STANLEY PARABLE ULTRA DELUXE COME OUT.......

dc comics, or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the apes

Caroline: So, like, you can't fly?

April: I mean, no? I don't have wings.

Caroline: Oh! So we-

April: I have a dragon.

Caroline: ....what?

April: I mean, that's what we call them? I don't know. maybe you guys call them something different. But, yeah, i usually ride her to make up for the lack of-

Caroline: walks away.

Ape-ril Special #1 - "Detour" (2024)

written by Joshua Hale Fialkov art by Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur

A somewhat Sherlock Holmes themed chimpanzee detective teaming up with a Sam Spade themed gorilla detective. Goddamn it, I love comic books

(DC Comics Ape-ril Special #1)