L'École des Farceurs: JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE #6 (JLI 41)
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The official line was that Justice League America would be the funnier title and Justice League Europe would be the more serious one, but things weren’t working out that way so far. As JLA #30 took that title to new depths of darkness, JLE #6 was Giffen and DeMatteis’ most ridiculous issue yet, its plot shamelessly engineered for maximum absurdity. ( Rumiko Takahashi couldn’t have done it better. )
Venom #252-253
Jan. 7th, 2026 10:36 pmlaughing_tree posting in scans_daily
It all stemmed from wanting to do something to celebrate Venom reaching issue 252–the number in which in Amazing Spider-Man Spidey started wearing the symbiote. When I suggested we put Venom in a red and blue costume, I was only kidding…but so many of the best ideas start as jokes! Everyone loved it. I got Luchiano to design it because hot damn he is great at that. There are so many great details in there. I then took that design to writer Jordan Morris, who came up with the character and story to go with it. That story will be a backup in the issue and introduce this new Venom to the world! But we weren’t done with the design yet–Al Ewing ALSO loved the look of it and the celebration, so he cooked up an excuse for MJ to rock that look in 616 as well! -- Jordan D. White
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Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers released it's OP, and the first episode aired in Japan today. Heavy on the neon, but a couple of nice nods to the original series openings.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
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It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.
Though... I mean... c'mon 2026, could you have not given us just a couple of weeks of relative calm? Was that SO much to ask? But... well... here we are.
The "Stranger Things" finale aired, with mixed, though generally positive reviews, though it did confirm the complete lack of the most hotly fanticipated slash pairings in recent media. Honestly, I never saw it myself, and I prefer the ending both characters got, but I appreciate that many were hoping for it.
Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers released it's OP, and the first episode aired in Japan today. Heavy on the neon, but a couple of nice nods to the original series openings.
Rex’s Ex’s Ex Wrecks the Complex: JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE #5 (JLI 40)
Jan. 4th, 2026 10:23 pmtcampbell1000 posting in scans_daily
Metamorpho has been one of DC’s second-tier stars since 1965, and unlike a lot of characters without long-running series of their own, he’s retained his supporting cast.
( Captain Atom’s kids are reading this in a bar somewhere, glaring in resentment. )
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Jan. 3rd, 2026 06:03 pmbitterlawngnomeOne from the vaults. I was reminded of this opening segment from a science news program that was on heavy rotation when I was a kid. Canadian Content, so it go reused and reused, eventually going from "Here Come the 70s" to "Here Come the 80s" to "Here Comes the Future". A bit unexpected, seeing a naked butt in the opening sequence of what was essential a science news / nationalist hype show. I can't imagine that getting past the gatekeepers today.
The music, "Tillicum" by a Canadian band Syrinx, is a Moog feast. I find it quite evocative of the times. A feeling that something wonderful, awe inspiring, was rushing toward you. As opposed to what I feel lately. Was it the times, or just my youth?
The music, "Tillicum" by a Canadian band Syrinx, is a Moog feast. I find it quite evocative of the times. A feeling that something wonderful, awe inspiring, was rushing toward you. As opposed to what I feel lately. Was it the times, or just my youth?
International Lampoons, Working Vacation: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL #3 (JLI 39)
Jan. 2nd, 2026 07:19 pmtcampbell1000 posting in scans_daily
This annual’s main story is about planting seeds. It introduces a whole new cast of characters to serve as story anchor points, associated with the JLI embassies outside of New York and Paris--including one new embassy founded in these pages. Some of these characters would be focal to multiple Giffen-DeMatteis plots; some would get cameos of varying interest; some would never be seen again. Most would be utterly forgotten after Giffen and DeMatteis left.
( It was still a bit too early in 1989 for a unified Berlin embassy. )