Sunday, March 24, 2019

Super Gorillas vs. The All-American Victory Legion

Super Gorillas vs the All-American Victory Legion #1Super Gorillas vs the All-American Victory Legion #1 by Alan Kupperberg
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Super Gorillas vs. The All-American Victory Legion collects two tales of the All-American Victory Legion by Alan Kupperberg.

Super Gorillas vs. The All-American Victory Legion was another impulse buy after seeing the Charlton Neo guys talking it up on Twitter. The All-American Victory Legion are public domain characters published by Centaur Comics in the 1940s and Alan Kupperberg did these stories on commission for a fan. Paul Kupperberg found them upon his brother's death and published them through Charlton Neo.

The first story, Monkey Trial, is by far the best. Mayor LaGuardia is kidnapped by a bunch of super-powered gorillas and it's up to the AAVL to save him. This story features a Nazi Green Gorilla, Hitler, and Chimp Pan-Genius, Primate Investigator. It's a fun slice of Silver-Age cheese as the AAVL splits up to combat the menace of the super gorillas.

The second story, Time Out of Mind, sees the AAVL living other identities in the Old West, courtesy of Amazing Man's arch-nemesis, The Great Question.

The art on these tales reminds me of Dick Dillin's monumental run on Justice League of America and the writing reminds me of early silver age DC comics. By today's standards it's extremely cheesy but it's still a lot of fun. 3 out of 5 stars.

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