Rules Are Made To Be Broken (Justice League of America 52)

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Are you ready? [00:00:00] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:00:01] Speaker A: Are you with it? [00:00:02] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:00:02] Speaker A: Okay, let's go. You know what to do. The whole world's watching and counting on you. And all you people listening out there. Everybody everywhere. [00:00:13] Speaker C: Hang on. [00:00:14] Speaker A: Hang on. Hang on. [00:00:17] Speaker C: Welcome to Checkered Past. A loving postmodern examination of the. Go. Go. Check. Branded comic magazines published by DC Comics between February 1966 and August 1960. I'm Dr. Bob, and each week I'll be your guide on this trippy tour through 535 mid century masterpieces of graphic noveldom. This week, Justice League of America 52 cover date March 1967 cover price $0.12. Cover artists Mike Zukowski and Joe Giella Edited by Julia Schwartz Featuring Missing in action 5 Justice Leaguers written by Gardner Fox Art by Mike Zukowski and Sid Green. Are you ready? Are you with it? Then away we go. Go. [00:01:02] Speaker D: If you're walking in the shadows Then it's time that you get wild. I just forget about your troubles and open up your eyes. When you wear a smile the world will shout Hooray. You gotta turn on the sunshine. You gotta push the blues away. [00:01:30] Speaker C: Snapper Carr answers a frequent question of the Justice League's fans. Why don't all the members participate in every case? He illustrates how some members are prevented from attending meetings by urgent cases of their own by playing taped accounts of members reasons for non attendance. In a recent adventure. Intrigued? Don't worry. I'll be right back with doctor Husband to explain everything. Calderon, call the road, call the road. [00:02:01] Speaker A: Call the road. Of the Justice League of America. [00:02:09] Speaker C: Superman not here. Aquaman not here. Wonder Woman not here. Flash, not here. Metamorpho not here. Plastic man, not here. [00:02:17] Speaker A: And Batman here. [00:02:20] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:02:20] Speaker A: Here they come. [00:02:22] Speaker C: Hey, look out. Jump. [00:02:23] Speaker A: It's the Justice League. The Justice League. Superheroes all always on the ball. It's the Justice League. The Justice League takes big trouble with a capital B. A super colossal calamity. A tremendous stupendous catastrophe to bring them all out swinging. And when they're swinging, man, they're bringing big trouble with a capital D. For any souped up super enemy on Earth or Orlando see? Hey, do they put on a show anywhere? The four winds blow when they get the call. Watch em go. The Justice League. Yeah, the Justice League. [00:03:09] Speaker C: Oh, the Justice League Girl. What? Well, you know how we were planning for our Christmas present to go to New York City and see a show? Yes, but we can't go now. [00:03:18] Speaker B: Why? [00:03:18] Speaker C: What's gonna be a Marxist hellscape by December? [00:03:22] Speaker B: Oh, no. [00:03:23] Speaker C: I heard it on the news. So it must be true. [00:03:25] Speaker B: Oh, because the election results in the mayor. Oh, of course it's gonna be. Well, you know, you have to trust the news. Yeah. [00:03:30] Speaker C: Yes. [00:03:31] Speaker B: Yeah. We can't go now. [00:03:32] Speaker C: We're gonna have to think about something else. We'll probably just have to barricade the house and. Yeah. Buy a gun. We better buy a gun. Yeah, for sure. [00:03:41] Speaker B: We could go to New York, but we need to take our gun. [00:03:43] Speaker C: Well, Kamab is probably gonna surround our house. [00:03:45] Speaker B: We can get our guns. We can get registered and just carry our guns on our hips like they do in the grocery store. [00:03:49] Speaker C: This is West Virginia. We ain't taking gun anywhere. [00:03:51] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:03:52] Speaker C: And apparently we take our dogs into the grocery, too, anytime we want, even if they're not service animals. People. [00:03:57] Speaker B: People bring their dogs into our grocery stores all the time. [00:04:00] Speaker C: Non service animal dogs, to be clear. [00:04:03] Speaker B: Just their dogs. [00:04:03] Speaker C: Just. [00:04:04] Speaker B: I don't. [00:04:04] Speaker C: Fat mutts. [00:04:06] Speaker B: I don't get it. [00:04:06] Speaker C: I don't either. I would never take my dog in the grocery store. The grocery store. [00:04:10] Speaker B: What if they piss on some. What if they piss on the floor? Or worse, like when you take your dog to petco. Right. Which, by the way, I would never do. I did once because I thought, wow, you could take your dog to a store and then you do it and they're encountering other dogs and it's a pain in the ass. And. But they have pet cleanup stations at the pet store. [00:04:27] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:04:28] Speaker B: Because pets piss and poop. [00:04:30] Speaker C: Yes. In. [00:04:31] Speaker B: Inside a store. [00:04:32] Speaker C: Yes. [00:04:32] Speaker B: You don't think they do that at Home Depot or at the Food Lion? [00:04:37] Speaker C: They surely do. [00:04:38] Speaker B: They have to. [00:04:40] Speaker C: I did take June Bug to petsmart when we first got her so she could pick her own toy out. [00:04:44] Speaker B: Oh, and did she? [00:04:46] Speaker C: No. She's never been one for toys. She probably ate something off the ground or picked a treat or something. Yeah. [00:04:52] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:04:53] Speaker C: You know how dogs are. [00:04:55] Speaker B: Yes. I am so ready for this podcast tonight. [00:04:59] Speaker C: What a change. [00:05:00] Speaker B: It's later than usual, but I had a. I've been having some very, very long, full days. [00:05:05] Speaker C: Yes. [00:05:06] Speaker B: A lot of them. [00:05:07] Speaker C: Yes. [00:05:08] Speaker B: And I happened to have had a window in my day with nothing going on. And normally what I do when I do that work, just work with. [00:05:16] Speaker C: Through. [00:05:16] Speaker B: Right. [00:05:17] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:05:17] Speaker B: I was sitting there grading and just struggling to keep my eyes open, and I said, I think I could run home and take a nap because, you know, we only live 10 minutes from. It was the best gift I could have given myself. [00:05:32] Speaker C: I'm so glad. [00:05:34] Speaker B: And I was like, we're doing a podcast tonight. Hell, yes, let's do it. I'm ready for it. [00:05:38] Speaker C: Normally, does this mean you might be able to stay awake for one entire program tonight? [00:05:43] Speaker B: Girl, what was up with that last night? [00:05:45] Speaker C: I don't know. It's Matlock, the most exciting show on television. [00:05:48] Speaker B: I'm telling you, I have just been burning the candle at both ends trying to sleep. I am getting a little bit more sleep, but oh my gosh, it's been about since I returned from my conference two and a half weeks ago. Just non stop. Like everything is scheduled out and I'm all caught up now. And today was the first day that actually felt like, okay, I'm caught up. I can get some grading caught up, some grading done. So I was really enjoying reading what the students had written in my class. I'm serious, I'm enjoying it. And then I realized that, oh, I'm caught up. And then my body just responded by going, oh, yeah, you're caught up now. [00:06:28] Speaker C: You need some sleep. [00:06:31] Speaker B: Anyway, so I'm really looking forward to this podcast. [00:06:33] Speaker C: Same. Yes. Let's go. Cause I'm literally just off the plane from my singing engagement out west. Oh, I know. [00:06:40] Speaker B: Oh, I missed you while you were gone. Well, you know what I did while you were gone? [00:06:44] Speaker C: What? [00:06:45] Speaker B: House projects. Good. Well, I'm prohibited from watching any interesting television while you're gone. [00:06:51] Speaker C: That's a lie. [00:06:52] Speaker B: It's true. I watched the Charlie Brown Halloween. Yes. Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. [00:06:58] Speaker C: Yes. [00:06:58] Speaker B: And then I watched two episodes of season two of the morning show. [00:07:02] Speaker C: Yes. [00:07:02] Speaker B: And that's it. I didn't watch anything else. [00:07:05] Speaker C: Watched on the plane. I was very excited because on the trip out. Mm, dread. The new Jurassic park was on the plane. [00:07:14] Speaker B: Go ahead. [00:07:15] Speaker C: Well, I was going to watch it on the way home specifically for that reaction you just gave me, but it wasn't showing anymore, so I watched that Mariska Hargady documentary. Oh, it's terrific. [00:07:26] Speaker B: I did consider watching a Jurassic park movie. [00:07:32] Speaker C: Yes. [00:07:32] Speaker B: Dreaming. And I literally pulled it up and I was like, eyeroll, I can't. I can't even with this. [00:07:37] Speaker C: Was it one of the originals? [00:07:39] Speaker B: No, it was one of the new, I don't know, one of the newer ones. [00:07:41] Speaker C: You know, Jurassic World, Rebirth. [00:07:43] Speaker B: I don't know. [00:07:43] Speaker C: So we're gonna watch it this weekend. I'll watch it. [00:07:46] Speaker B: I'll watch it with you. That's fine. So anyway, Justice League of America number 52. [00:07:53] Speaker C: 52. March 1967. Superman is fighting a. Where am I? Rock Em Sock' Em Robot Tears of the Kingdom peeps. This is a Flux Construct two. Okay. Also a Rock Em sock' em robot. Yes. And his mightiest punches can't even put a dent in the Colossal Cube creature. [00:08:15] Speaker B: Oh, my goodness. [00:08:17] Speaker C: But Batman swinging in on the action, encouraging Superman to keep up the barrage because it's showing its weaknesses. [00:08:24] Speaker B: And the weakness that we'll get to it is ridiculous, by the way. [00:08:28] Speaker C: Yeah, there's that roll call. Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman. Plus Batman, Superman. Missing in action five Justice Leaguers. Well, this cover is a lie. First of all, because Batman is not one of the Leaguers that's missing in action. It's poor Adam, who didn't even make the COVID Nope. And Adam, unless he's very, very tiny and unless he's perched on Hawkman's shoulder, because they're great friends, you know? [00:08:53] Speaker B: Okay. [00:08:55] Speaker C: Hey, yeah, Rob, have you ever been troubled by the question, why don't all the Justice League members show up at all the meetings and participate in every adventure? Great question. [00:09:08] Speaker B: Let me think on that. Don't care. [00:09:11] Speaker C: Oh, well, no, then. Then we might as well just call it a day. Bye. Bye. If so, listener, your troubles are over. For at long last, this puzzler is answered by the absentee members themselves. In the missing. [00:09:33] Speaker B: Wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry. [00:09:34] Speaker C: In Missing in action 5 Justice Leaguers story by Garden Fox, art by Mike Zukowski and Sid Green. In the Justice League of America secret Sanctuary, honor member Snapper Carr sorts through the mail. [00:09:52] Speaker B: Honor member? His job is to sort through all the shit mail, right? [00:09:56] Speaker C: Well, we'll get to that. At the end of the episode, he. [00:09:59] Speaker B: Says another batch of letters asking how come all 10 members of the JLA don't participate in every case? That's an easy one to answer. They're not obliged to. If it's a regular scheduled meeting or even an emergency call, they may be involved on such critical cases of their own that they can't risk abandoning them. For instance, in one of the most recent cases, Green Lantern, Adam, Martian Manhunter, Superman, Hoffman failed to show up for the battle. The Lord of Time. [00:10:30] Speaker C: This was in justice League of America 50. The Lord of Time attacks the 20th century. Which we covered on this very program in episode 248, July 2024. [00:10:41] Speaker B: I have no memory of that. [00:10:43] Speaker C: You do, because I skimmed through it. And it's when Batman and Robin. Robin guest starred. And Batman and Robin took Wonder Woman like battering ram and swung her around. [00:10:55] Speaker B: I remember that. Well, anyway, as required, they later taped for the record the reasons of their absences. Nice. So let's start with the Winged Wonderful. [00:11:10] Speaker C: Hawkman. Hawkman speaking. As you know, my wife, Hawkgirl and I are on leave from our planet Thanagar to study Earth police methods. One evening, as we were closing in on a criminal mastermind. [00:11:28] Speaker B: All clues point to this old abandoned mine as the secret hideout of Faceless. [00:11:32] Speaker C: We can expect a tough fight. [00:11:34] Speaker B: Remember that. We can expect a tough fight. [00:11:37] Speaker C: But it'll be to his finish. [00:11:40] Speaker B: Ah. That's her battle cry. [00:11:45] Speaker C: Scree, scree. Faceless. There's Faceless. They found him. Now, Faceless, lady and gentlemen, is Mr. V from Martian Manhunter, the leader of Vulture. He wears a potato sack over his head. This shocked me. I was shook because this magazine is edited by Julius Schwartz, who was famously possessive of his characters. The Martian Manhunter stories were not edited by Julius Schwartz. They were. Jack Schiff, I think. So to have a character from another editor's story appear in a Julius Schwartz story, that's amazing. Much less a villain. They could have just made any villain here. Wow. Well, except it does kind of tie into the story. Anyway, Hawkgirl's gonna take on the easy job of rounding up the three thugs, while Hawkman goes after Mr. V. And Hawkman does. [00:12:40] Speaker B: He goes behind a door. [00:12:42] Speaker C: Yep. [00:12:43] Speaker B: A stone door. [00:12:44] Speaker C: And the angels roll the stone away. [00:12:48] Speaker B: And he gets trapped there with Mr. Faceless. [00:12:51] Speaker C: With Mr. Faceless. Who's gonna punch Hawkman in the jaw? He's never hit so hard in his life. [00:12:56] Speaker B: And Hawkman fears he might lose consciousness. [00:12:58] Speaker C: Yes. But he doesn't. [00:13:00] Speaker B: He uses his mace. [00:13:01] Speaker C: Mm. [00:13:02] Speaker B: Hits back at him. Except that it has no effect on Faceless. [00:13:05] Speaker C: No effect. [00:13:06] Speaker B: And Faceless takes the mace, grabs it and breaks it in half between his hands. [00:13:12] Speaker C: Yep. And he also throws Hawkman into a steel beam, which bends desperately. Hawkman drives back at Faceless with repeated blows of the mace. The mace is rent in half. [00:13:32] Speaker B: Then he strikes. Faceless strikes at Hawkman with the mace, which, by clasping it. By slamming the two parts of the mace together. And they produce fantastic sparks, which Listener catches Hawkman's wings on fire. [00:13:49] Speaker C: I was shocked. Fire. Why? [00:13:52] Speaker B: Just like. That's some serious tension right there. [00:13:55] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. Now Hawkman's really blazing mad. You get it? Because of. His wings are on fire. Now he punches and punches. And Faceless now is starting to feel the effects. And finally, it's a tko. That's a total knockout. He snuffs out his flaming wings. And he pulls the mask off of the mysterious Faceless. And. What? [00:14:25] Speaker B: It's the Martian Manhunter. [00:14:26] Speaker C: Martian Manhunter. It's no wonder he had such A terrible time. Because Martian Manhunter has super strength. Well, Martian strength. But his one weakness is fire. Fire. So the fire weakened him. [00:14:40] Speaker B: I didn't know that fire weakened him. I thought he was just afraid of fire. [00:14:44] Speaker C: Well, there's some controversy about that. Turns out it's more of a psychological weakness. And so it. Because of. He comes from ancient Mars, where all the people died of a plague and they had to burn the bodies. [00:15:00] Speaker B: And so. [00:15:00] Speaker C: That's. Right. [00:15:01] Speaker B: That's why I thought that it wasn't an actual. Like, it wasn't kryptonite. It didn't affect him like Kryptonite does Superman. [00:15:06] Speaker C: Well, it affects, you know, how anxiety acts upon a person's body. [00:15:10] Speaker B: Trust me, I know it. I'm drinking a cocktail right now. [00:15:13] Speaker C: Yeah, self medicate. That's my motto. All right. He alerts Hawkgirl to the unexpected complication and instructs her to take the gangsters to jail. And he returns to find Martian Manhunter waking up with no memory of how he got into Faceless costume. [00:15:32] Speaker B: I have to pause for a second and tell you something. [00:15:34] Speaker C: Yes. [00:15:34] Speaker B: So you're. You're a student. Sang beautifully today. [00:15:37] Speaker C: Thank you. [00:15:38] Speaker B: And then my. Our colleague's student. I've been hearing her sing Lullaby of Birdland, and I really enjoyed it all day. I never knew what student was. And so the student sang it today and slayed it. [00:15:50] Speaker C: Of course she did. [00:15:51] Speaker B: And just a delightful singer. Our colleague, who's doing a fantastic job teaching her. [00:15:56] Speaker C: I do adore her. You know, she was a violinist and she switched a voice. [00:16:00] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:16:00] Speaker C: Yeah, I just. [00:16:02] Speaker B: I was so. And one of my students sang today. I was just so delighted with hearing them today. It was just such an affirming day, just of good music and just. Well done, everybody. [00:16:12] Speaker C: Fantastic. [00:16:14] Speaker B: All right, go ahead. [00:16:15] Speaker C: All right. Marshall Manhattan has no memory. He remembers going after Faceless, which is his archenemy, by masquerading as him, hoping that by posing as Faceless to his gang, he'd get a hint or a clue to them as to his identity. [00:16:30] Speaker B: But wouldn't he have to note Faceless schedule to not be accidentally caught in the same place as Faceless? [00:16:36] Speaker C: Yes. Or you know what? He could just read his mind because he does have Martian mind reading powers. [00:16:41] Speaker B: Yes. Well, there you go. And plus, you know, that's Faceless. [00:16:44] Speaker C: Right. But instead, the real Faceless upset his scheme, as my subconscious Martian mind now tells me, by shooting a bolt of incredible energy into me. [00:16:58] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:16:59] Speaker C: Yep. Temporarily paralyzed his Martian memory and caused him to believe he Was really faceless. Great. Phobos. [00:17:08] Speaker B: It must be some sort of God of Mars. [00:17:10] Speaker C: Oh, Phobos is a moon of Mars. Deimos and Phobos. Oh, that's right. [00:17:15] Speaker B: I knew that as soon as you said Deimos, I was like, oh, that's right. [00:17:18] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:17:20] Speaker B: Oh, I guess I need a nap. [00:17:22] Speaker C: So as Faceless Martian Manhunter planned a series of crimes for the mobsters to pull off this very night when Hawkman came upon them. Hawkman instructs him to change back to his Martian manhunter self. [00:17:38] Speaker B: Shed 50 pounds. [00:17:40] Speaker C: Well, you know, he also is a shapeshifter, so I'm not sure if this is actually a costume he's wearing or he just turned his body into a potato sack. All right, off Hawkman and Martian Man Hunter fly. And just then, the Justice League emergency signal rings. Read, read. If they can't drop this case now, stopping this crime wave is our top priority. Our bylaws state so. [00:18:07] Speaker B: I've helped write bylaws before. [00:18:09] Speaker C: Have you? [00:18:09] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:18:10] Speaker C: Get ready to live, because I'm gonna read the Justice League bylaws at the end of this episode. [00:18:13] Speaker B: Shut up. [00:18:14] Speaker C: Stay tuned. [00:18:15] Speaker B: Oh, great. [00:18:16] Speaker C: Since Martian Manhunter had planned the crimes, he knew when and where they were to occur. And in they bust the display of priceless historic scrolls and parchments at Manuscript Mansion. [00:18:32] Speaker B: Manuscript Mansion. [00:18:34] Speaker C: Well, you're laughing, but you know immediately what I thought of the Karpolis Manuscript Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, which once offered me a job for a cool $19,000 a year. Listener. I did not accept the position. [00:18:52] Speaker B: It was fun performing there, wasn't it? [00:18:54] Speaker C: It was fun performing there, but I don't think it would have been very fun working there for $19,000 a year. I could make more than that doing cold calls at the Muscular Dystrophy Association. [00:19:05] Speaker B: Someone that you know of has issued a friendly arrest warrant. [00:19:09] Speaker C: Listener. I had a job once where I was making calls. You know how charities will fake arrest. [00:19:15] Speaker B: People and then you call your family? [00:19:18] Speaker C: I was calling the people to inform that they had been fake arrested and they had to raise bail money if they wanted to get out of fake jail. And was instructed to tell these people that they had been specially selected. They hadn't. We were cold calling out of the Yellow Pages, business owners and whatnot. Now I've told the secret must mda. I'm sorry. Good luck. [00:19:42] Speaker B: Good luck. [00:19:43] Speaker C: All right. Hawkman and Martian Manhunter make quick work of these thugs and catch all the priceless scrolls before they hit the ground. And by exhaling his Martian breath, he takes the wind out of those crooks. And inhaling with his Martian breath, pulls them into his fists. [00:20:07] Speaker B: Can you believe that? That was kind of silly. That's right up there with, like, Flash tap dancing fast enough to cause an earthquake to bring criminals down that are running away from him. [00:20:19] Speaker C: Did that happen? [00:20:20] Speaker B: No, I just made that up. [00:20:21] Speaker C: That tracks, though. [00:20:23] Speaker B: I can just see him. Like, instead of running after them, he starts. Because he's tied up with chains, right? Instead of vibrating through them, he would just tap dance to cause seismic activity that would trip the criminals running away. Editors who are listening to this. I just gave you an idea. I'd like some credit for that, please. [00:20:42] Speaker C: All right. They have smashed up the crooks. They decided to go to the Justice League meeting. But just then, our old pal Green Lantern makes the scene. [00:20:51] Speaker B: I love Green Lantern. You know that, don't you? [00:20:52] Speaker C: I wonder what kept him from attending the meeting. [00:20:56] Speaker B: Here we go. Missing in action. 5 Justice Leaguers, Part 2. To answer Martian Manhunter's question, here is Green Lantern coming up next. This is Capper Snapper. Snapper Snapper Car on our next tape recording. Are you gonna do his voice? [00:21:10] Speaker C: Yeah. As I was recharging my ring at the power battery. [00:21:14] Speaker B: God damn it. [00:21:15] Speaker C: The glow of power is brighter than usual and full of evil. [00:21:20] Speaker B: Look at his evil face. [00:21:21] Speaker C: But how can that be? Unless someone else is using the power battery energy for his own evil ends. Got to see what's happening to it. [00:21:30] Speaker B: Do you know, of all of the characters in all of the comics and everywhere, Green Lantern is my favorite. And you have chosen for him the most horrific, annoying voice ever. [00:21:41] Speaker C: Yeah, I know. All right. Green Lantern is able to trace the evil energy force which is streaking through the air. [00:21:50] Speaker B: That's your brother's voice. [00:21:52] Speaker C: I know. Carefully, he follows the splash of force across the sky until it pinpoints the presence of the stolen energy, and it's coming from a glowing farmhouse. [00:22:07] Speaker B: Okay, this story right now, this little side story. [00:22:11] Speaker C: Yep. [00:22:13] Speaker B: You have a, like, a curse, like, adult language thing on this, right? Because I know I'm, like, dropping f. Oh, yeah. This is the craziest fucking story I've read in a long time. [00:22:22] Speaker C: Yes. And that's. [00:22:23] Speaker B: Green Lantern's battery energy has been somehow diverted in a way. Lantern energy has somehow been diverted in a way that has poisoned a dog or infected a dog and made it giant and angry. [00:22:39] Speaker C: We haven't even gotten to that page yet. I'm giving away spoilers. We're. [00:22:43] Speaker B: We're on the page. Timmy's about to have his dog put down by paw, like a rabid dog. [00:22:50] Speaker C: Bobby is the child. [00:22:51] Speaker B: You know what I'm saying? But like, it's crazy. Go on, Maestro, please. [00:22:56] Speaker C: All right. Green Lantern pierces the farmhouse by phasing through the wall. Mother's crying, of course. Father is explaining to Bobby that Jeff. [00:23:08] Speaker B: Their dog, the dog Jeff. [00:23:10] Speaker C: Jeff must be killed. It's the only way to stop him. Green Lantern makes his presence known, and Bobby says, oh, boy, am I ever glad you're here. You could save my dog, Jeff. [00:23:23] Speaker B: What's the matter with Jeff? [00:23:25] Speaker C: Well, Green lan, Green Lantern, we were out painting the well house when all of a sudden something happened to Bobby's hound dog, Jeff. He grew bigger and bigger and bigger and turned vicious. We legged it to the safety of the house with Jeff growling and snarling at our heels. And from the safety of the house, they watched as Jeff, now giant sized, smashed up the tractor. First of all, speaking of giant sized, in that first panel where father and Bobby are standing in front of that giant chest of drawers and with a chair on it. With a chair on top of it. [00:24:08] Speaker B: Oh, they're blocking a door. [00:24:10] Speaker C: They blockaded the door. I know. [00:24:11] Speaker B: I was thinking, who climbs up on top of a chest of drawers to relax in their easy chair? [00:24:16] Speaker C: But still, that easy chair is big enough for the whole family to sit in. [00:24:20] Speaker B: It's a two person easy chair. Yeah. [00:24:22] Speaker C: Is that a thing? [00:24:23] Speaker B: What is it? It's a one level split. Is this two level? [00:24:25] Speaker C: Split level one. One level split, two story chair listener. Once we were in the grocery store and we used to have a habit of making up life stories for people that we encountered in service jobs. Yes. And there was two checkers at the grocery store, Troy B. And I don't remember the other one's name. Damn it. [00:24:54] Speaker B: It was also monosyllabic. [00:24:56] Speaker C: Anyway, yeah, they were a couple. [00:24:58] Speaker B: Yes, we knew that. I don't know how we knew, but. [00:25:00] Speaker C: That'S not even the way we made it. [00:25:02] Speaker B: They chatted us up, we talked. We weren't friends or anything, but we just knew that they were the guys who worked at the group. [00:25:07] Speaker C: Right. [00:25:07] Speaker B: And they were a couple. [00:25:08] Speaker C: Anyway, Troy B. Had highlighted hair and an earring, long. [00:25:13] Speaker B: Dangly earring and a porn mustache, didn't he? [00:25:16] Speaker C: No, I don't think he. [00:25:17] Speaker B: One of them had a mustache. [00:25:18] Speaker C: That was the other one. Yeah, Troy was very well kept. But I heard him talking about the house they just bought, which he described as one story. One level, two story. I'm sure he was describing a split level house. [00:25:32] Speaker B: A split level house. [00:25:33] Speaker C: I Didn't know what it was called. God love him. I hope they're. [00:25:35] Speaker B: Well, I hope they're still together. [00:25:37] Speaker C: Yes. And that they have a dog that's not giant and vicious. [00:25:40] Speaker B: Well, before we knew that they were together, we had made up a story about them, hadn't we? Hadn't we? About them being together. And did we? [00:25:47] Speaker C: No, I don't think so. You don't think so? No. [00:25:49] Speaker B: We didn't have fun, though. We made up a whole life for them. [00:25:51] Speaker C: Yeah, right. [00:25:52] Speaker B: Not based. They weren't friends of ours, so we had a whole storied life for them. [00:25:56] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:25:57] Speaker B: Yeah, we do that listener. [00:25:59] Speaker C: All right. Farmer Edwards has finished his tale in Green Lantern spots the gigantic dog Michael. [00:26:06] Speaker B: The dog. Michael. The dog's name is Jeff. I know, but how stupid is it to call your dog Jeff? [00:26:11] Speaker C: Listen, we call our dogs things that are probably considered stupid, I suppose. All right, the gigantic dog's about to devour the cattle. [00:26:22] Speaker B: Cattle. [00:26:24] Speaker C: And Green Lantern goes out. He's gonna stop the dog. But as soon as the powering energy touches the dog, he grows twice as big as before and even more violent. It's huge. [00:26:35] Speaker B: And he attacks Green Lantern. [00:26:37] Speaker C: Yes. Jeff must have absorbed some of the battery's evil filled energy as it flashed. And Green Lantern's power beam heightened the effect. [00:26:47] Speaker B: Oh, my God. That is so like Jeff. [00:26:48] Speaker C: I don't dare use my ring again. How about a sock on the snout? Remember, Green Lantern, in his own magazine, has decided to only use his ring as a last resort. But far from being stock, do you. [00:26:59] Speaker B: Remember that time that Jeff got into the chicken coop and chased the chickens all around? Ugh. This is just like that. [00:27:04] Speaker C: Well, at this size, he could eat the whole chicken. [00:27:06] Speaker B: Cooper. [00:27:08] Speaker C: All right. Jeff gets his mighty maw around Green Lantern's leg. Just then, the Justice League emergency signal reap. Reep. That would go off just now. Well, that's. I can't go to any meeting, Green Lantern thinks. Luckily, he is shaken free from Jeff's mouth and starts punching again. But it's no use. [00:27:35] Speaker B: Poor Jeff. [00:27:36] Speaker C: But Jeff gives Green Lantern a kick which knocks some sense into Green Lantern's head. And now he knows poor Hal. Now he knows how to handle the dog. It just so happens they were painting the well house yellow. [00:27:50] Speaker B: Yellow. [00:27:52] Speaker C: So Green Lantern dips his hands into the paint bucket. And as everyone knows, Green Lantern's ring is powerless against the color yellow. Now, when Green Lantern punches Jeff, he really feels it. [00:28:06] Speaker B: Take that. [00:28:06] Speaker C: Jeff strikes him from all angles. And Jeff is knocked out. He's as big as the house. Now he is. Poor little Bobby is besides himself. [00:28:19] Speaker B: Sobbing But Green Lantern sobbing a tiny child at Jeff's. Paul. [00:28:24] Speaker C: Green Lantern assures the Edwards family that Jeff will be himself again as soon as the power force that caused all this wears off. He follows the trail of energy, evil energy, which leads directly to the Martian Manhunter. Martian Manhunter surmises that somehow Faceless managed to tap the power battery and create a force strong enough to make him lose his Martian memory and believe he was Faceless. [00:28:58] Speaker B: Unbelievable. [00:29:00] Speaker C: They turned Faceless gang over to the law. Green Lantern decides to put a special aura of power around his battery to prevent anything like that from happening again. I can't believe that wasn't already in place. [00:29:12] Speaker B: I mean, isn't it already invisible? [00:29:14] Speaker C: It's already invisible, yes. Yeah, but apparently not impenetrable from energy siphoning. And, uh. Oh, I guess we're too late to join the emergency Justice League case. But let's get over to headquarters and find out what we missed. [00:29:29] Speaker B: Well, let's turn the page and we'll get one panel for the Atom. [00:29:35] Speaker C: The Atom sniper car says now, here's. [00:29:39] Speaker B: Where Adam speaks his piece explaining his failure to answer the emergency signal. [00:29:45] Speaker C: I was out of touch at the time. Adam's very small. He's hard to hear. I was out of touch and time because I had gone into the time pool to the year 1783, where I saved the life of Benjamin Franklin. That happened in the atom number 27 covered on this program in episode 181, October 2022. [00:30:12] Speaker B: Jesus. [00:30:13] Speaker C: Do you remember? [00:30:15] Speaker B: Well, it was October. So it was three years ago, right around this time. [00:30:18] Speaker C: Yes. Well, Adam went into the time pool. That's where his professor friend lowers him into a time vortex on a fishing line, because the time vortex is tiny and only the Atom can get through it. But he saved Ben Franklin. But there was a balloon involved. Hot air balloon. [00:30:39] Speaker B: I have no memory of this. [00:30:40] Speaker C: Well, it was exciting. [00:30:42] Speaker B: I wish. Sometimes I wish that I could be one of those people that have photographic memories that just never forget anything. [00:30:50] Speaker C: You remember certain things. [00:30:51] Speaker B: I do, but. Like this stuff, I. [00:30:55] Speaker C: Well, there's only one solution. [00:30:56] Speaker B: What? [00:30:57] Speaker C: We should podcast every day so that it's fresher in our memories when we have to go back to old stories. [00:31:03] Speaker B: Well, when we win the lottery, we'll do that. [00:31:05] Speaker C: Now, this leaves only Superman unaccounted for. And what a yarn he has to tell. [00:31:11] Speaker B: Oh, Snapper. Pretending we really care. [00:31:14] Speaker C: All right, all right. [00:31:15] Speaker B: Several days before I received. Oh, wait, wait. [00:31:18] Speaker C: Who is this Superman? [00:31:19] Speaker B: Okay, several Days before I received the emergency signal, I was unable to answer. Betman and I had completed a case, comma. [00:31:28] Speaker C: But I was unable to answer. I misplaced the comma. Oh, my God. That's fantastic. [00:31:36] Speaker B: Are you gonna leave that in? [00:31:38] Speaker C: Yes. [00:31:39] Speaker B: Okay, here we go. Several days. Oh, that was funny. Several days before I received the emergency signal, I was unable to answer. Batman and I had completed a case in Metropolis. By the way, notice where the editor or the writer has placed the. [00:32:04] Speaker C: The dash. [00:32:06] Speaker B: It says Metropolis. It should be metro-Polis. Why? Because you always start on the beginning of the next syllable with a hyphen. [00:32:17] Speaker C: With a. [00:32:18] Speaker B: With a dash. It's not Metropolis, it's Metro Metropolis. [00:32:24] Speaker C: I disagree. American English Metropolis. [00:32:31] Speaker B: Go on. I'm looking up. [00:32:35] Speaker C: So Superman is about to bid Batman adieu when suddenly the energy momenter in the Batmobile pings actually buzzes and Batman explains that it was. [00:32:51] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:32:53] Speaker C: What? [00:32:55] Speaker B: I looked up the Merriam Webster dictionary. Yes, it is syllabicated. Syllabified. Me. Trop. O bliss. [00:33:06] Speaker C: I know. That's what I told you. I don't know why you didn't believe me. I have a degree in English. Batman explains that it would take an overwhelming force to move the energymometer that way. [00:33:22] Speaker B: Energymometer? Why doesn't he call it energometer? Energometer. [00:33:30] Speaker C: I don't know. Yeah, that's not how it's spelled. Energymometer. E NER G. Mom. Etor. All right, look that up and you're Merriam Webster. All right. Batman sets the directional controls. Superman trails the Batmobile down the street until they come across some cubist creatures which Batman immediately surmises they must have ripped an opening in the space time continuum. [00:33:58] Speaker B: It was the terrific reference to another issue where this takes place. [00:34:03] Speaker C: It's not. No, this is a brand new. [00:34:05] Speaker B: This is the thing. This is present day. This is what? [00:34:08] Speaker C: Well, no, this is a flashback. But it's not something that's come from another magazine, okay? [00:34:12] Speaker B: This is for this magazine, for this story. [00:34:14] Speaker C: Yes. [00:34:17] Speaker B: Cubist creatures. [00:34:17] Speaker C: Cubist creatures must have ripped an opening in the space time continuum. It was the terrific energies needed for such a feat that registered on the energimometer. [00:34:28] Speaker B: Astrophysicist. [00:34:31] Speaker C: All right, as Batman or no, as Superman dove down toward the alien beings, one of them pulled a cube out of its body. It's a Flux Construct, people. I'm telling you, that's exactly what you need to picture in your mind to use part of its body as a weapon to attack Superman. All right? It Explodes on contact. It didn't bother Superman in the least, of course, because these idiot alien creatures, they don't know that only kryptonite or magic or the rays of a red or green sun can affect Superman. I meant to look this up earlier. I'm not sure there's such of a thing as a green sun. I'd never read about that before. Well, I haven't either. [00:35:15] Speaker B: I had no memory about that. But then I thought when I was reading it, I thought, well, of course, there's a lot of things I have no memory of that I've read before. [00:35:21] Speaker C: So I know all about. Well, green stars are collectible green colored power stars that debut in Super Mario Galaxy. Are there any green stars? No, there are no truly green stars. But some can appear greenish due to optical illusions or the presence of specific emission lines in their surroundings. Star's color is determined by its surface temperature. And a star that emits most of its light in the green part of the spectrum will also emit significant amounts of blue and red light. Well, that might be because the red sun is no good for Superman, but our eyes will perceive this combination as white, not green. [00:35:58] Speaker B: Okay, okay. My fists serve as my weapons, but. [00:36:03] Speaker C: His fists don't bother the cubist creature at all. And if Superman's powers don't hurt it, what can Batman do? Because as we know, Batman is not superhuman. Nevertheless, the undaunted Batman catapults into action. Superman warns him that they use parts of their bodies for weapons, but nothing Superman and Batman do can make a dent. They release some kind of mysterious gas around Batman, but he manages to roll out of range of the deadly gas. Superman, have you noticed that butler has. [00:36:48] Speaker B: A lot less gas now? Yes. Yeah, Chuck will be pleased to hear this when he listens to this podcast. Yes. I told Chuck and Lori the last time when they were here and Butler was sitting next to us and releasing copious amounts of gas. I said, I'm going to change his diet. I did. And the quality of kibble that I got him is much, much, much better. And his gas has disappeared. [00:37:12] Speaker C: Butler's a dog. If you're new here, we don't actually have a butler because we have not indeed won the lottery. [00:37:17] Speaker B: No. [00:37:18] Speaker C: All right. Superman punches so hard that the creature flies apart, but then joins itself back together just like a flux construct. Now, Batman just noticed something because he's a keen detective. Superman keeps punching. And Batman notices that when. When an earth creature is hit, the part that struck hurts and swells up, Right? But these cubist creatures have different nervous systems that detour any pain they might feel at the point of impact to a toe cube on their feet. [00:37:54] Speaker B: Can you believe that shit? [00:37:55] Speaker C: The toe cube swells as it anesthetizes all pain and sensation. And because it feels no pain, the creature feels no pain. It can go on fighting indefinitely, Always bringing itself back to together again if shattered. What a crazy mixed up nervous system. [00:38:09] Speaker B: I know. Imagine storing all of your pain in your big toe. [00:38:13] Speaker C: Now let's see what happens if Batman pulls that toe right off its body. [00:38:17] Speaker B: Oh my God. [00:38:18] Speaker C: Superman reveals. Now that I said I'm pretty sure I saw that too, Batman. [00:38:22] Speaker B: What was that? Recently we were reading a comic and someone kept on saying, oh yes, I knew that. I knew that I knew. Was it Superman or was it Batman? [00:38:29] Speaker C: Probably either one of them. [00:38:31] Speaker B: It was one of those two that kept on saying, oh yes, I was about to say that too. Yes, I had noticed that too. This is Superman saying, yes, I noticed that too. [00:38:37] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm pretty sure if Batman hadn't yanked the way that toe cube, I would have. Yeah, pretty sure I saw it. Yeah, I saw it. [00:38:42] Speaker B: I saw it first. I'm pretty sure. [00:38:43] Speaker C: All right. Without the toe cube to prevent it, the creature is knocked senseless. And unlike Humpty Dumpty, Superman and Batman will put it back together again once we have it safely locked up. [00:38:55] Speaker B: Well, that's what they think. But within the next split second, the two unharmed cubed beings gathered up the pieces of the shattered cube creature and disappear into another dimension. [00:39:06] Speaker C: They escape through the gap in the space time continuum. [00:39:09] Speaker B: Let him go. [00:39:10] Speaker C: One week later, in the Fortress of Solitude, Superman begins to feel strange, as if his body were being tugged by some titanic force. [00:39:19] Speaker B: And he gets pulled through the space. [00:39:22] Speaker C: Time continuum Just as the Justice League emergency signal goes read, read, read. Next thing he knows, he's a prisoner in the laboratory of the cube creatures. The cube creatures? Yes, Superman. Once you and Batman learned our weakness, we realized we could never invade and conquer your world. [00:39:40] Speaker B: Not unless we could make an Android army of invulnerable supermen. So we brought you here to study you. Discover the strength of your the secret of your strength. [00:39:49] Speaker C: Our first test will be a simple one. A wooden wrap against the skull that encloses your brain. Swat. They are astonished to see that Superman is knocked out. [00:40:00] Speaker B: I knocked him out. [00:40:01] Speaker C: Incredible. [00:40:02] Speaker B: In his own world. We hit him with a prochleonic cube and he didn't feel a thing. [00:40:07] Speaker C: He must be faking. Arouse him. [00:40:09] Speaker B: Alright, conscious, confess your trickery. [00:40:12] Speaker C: Well, it turns out Superman has lost his superpowers. He's just an ordinary human being. But there's no Kryptonite around. He'd know what's going on. We must learn how we can turn his invulnerability on and off. It is of the utmost importance to our plan. Nor is anyone using magic. That leaves only one possible explanation. The sun of this world must be either red or green. [00:40:37] Speaker B: They succeeded in pulling me through the time space warp by using green solar radiation which made me a normal person. The dominant rays of a green sun mask out the yellow solar rays which give me my superpowers. I'll play along, pretending to cooperate with them. Wait. No need to hit me again. I'll tell you how to duplicate my powers. [00:40:57] Speaker C: A very wise decision. [00:40:59] Speaker B: I need silica and soda. Morax. Magnesium oxide. [00:41:03] Speaker C: These things will be brought to you at once. [00:41:05] Speaker B: The Cubists were my unwitting assistance as I made a large filtering lens in their laboratory furnaces. [00:41:11] Speaker C: So he didn't lose his super mind. Apparently. [00:41:13] Speaker B: Now. Now I'll hold the lens over my head. [00:41:16] Speaker C: So he's made a giant lens which he holds over his head at filters out the green. Which leaves him being bathed only by yellow solar radiation. And he's his super. [00:41:27] Speaker B: I'm my super self again. [00:41:29] Speaker C: And he's gonna rip those cube toes off every last one of these jokers. [00:41:34] Speaker B: Alright. After that, I went into my knockout routine. [00:41:37] Speaker C: Next time I see Batman, I'll have to tell him about this surprising sequel to our adventure. And remind him that I knew about the toad cubes first. [00:41:47] Speaker B: Wait, is that it? [00:41:48] Speaker C: Yes. After demolishing their time space continuum apparatus, I came directly here to the Justice League headquarters. Too late to help fight the Lord of Time. But in time to meet with all the assembled members. [00:42:02] Speaker B: Huh? And Flash says. Now that Superman has joined us, I'll. [00:42:05] Speaker C: Explain what his emergency signal case was all about. Make it fast, Flash. The entire Justice League is due to make an appearance in Washington to honor Sergeant Eddie Brent as he receives a Medal of Honor. [00:42:18] Speaker B: Snapper says, well, that ends the story. And just in time too. Here comes the Justice Leaguers now for their next meeting. [00:42:26] Speaker C: By Snapper's comment, I know that this story takes place on a Saturday. So Wonder Woman's comment about Eddie Brent. That was in number 50. That's. Eddie Brent was a school chum of Dick Grayson's. That's why Robin was in the story. And they all fought the Lord of Time without these missing members. But then the very last panel was Eddie Brent getting a Medal of Honor and the Whole Justice League was there, so I remember. It all wraps up nicely. Nice bit of continuity. [00:42:56] Speaker B: Nice. [00:42:57] Speaker C: Now. Now. Would you like to hear some tidbits from the Justice League bylaws? [00:43:04] Speaker B: Do I have a choice? [00:43:05] Speaker C: No. Section 1. Purpose of the Justice League. The purpose of the organization is to handle threats to Earth's security beyond the power of conventional enforcement groups. Using sophisticated surveillance instruments, the JLA monitors the entire Earth for terrestrial and extraterrestrial interference and exploitation. If requested to do so by concerned parties, the JLA will undertake certain missions aiding those of other planets. But the JLA's major responsibility is the welfare of the Earth. The JLA will also participate in public service and charity functions when no higher priority duties beckon. These are the bylaws circa 1977, so a little after go go check era, but still applicable, I should say. Prohibited activities as a group or as individuals. The Justice League is prohibited from using their equipment or powers to acquire political power, interfere in the internal affairs of nations or take sides in international conflicts under review by the United Nations. The JLA may not abridge the civil rights of any individual or interfere in routine police actions. Under Supreme Court jurisprudence. The JLA may not interfere in interplanetary matters that have no bearing on Earth security without proper authorization by the concerned parties or the Guardians of the Universe. The JLA recognizes the Guardians as having jurisdiction over interplanetary security activities. Funding the Justice League of America is a Non Profit Organization, 501, incorporated in the United States of America and hence shall have the word America in its title. The money for the operations and maintenance of the JLA is funded by an annual grant from the Wayne foundation of Gotham City. The Wayne foundation shall have no say over the use of the money within the JLA organizational structure. The JLA shall use its funds for maintenance of its headquarters and equipment and certain special benefits for membership ceiling. The Justice League shall have no more than 10 members on active status at once unless members on leave of absence return or an individual is granted special temporary status. What about Apache Chief? That's Super Friends. [00:45:23] Speaker B: Oh. [00:45:24] Speaker C: The membership ceiling is in accordance with the United Nations. That's Super Friends. The membership ceiling is in accordance with the United nations agreement to limit the Justice League's power. Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held aboard the satellite. So this is once the satellite has been built, which is in the future. From the story we just read. Regular meetings shall be held 12 times per year on the last Saturday of each month for handling organizational business. All active members are expected to be in attendance. Emergency meetings may be called at any time by any member or alternate. All available members shall attend emergency meetings. All meetings will be videotaped for JLA archives. [00:46:10] Speaker B: Wow. [00:46:11] Speaker C: Chairmanship. Each active member of the Justice League shall serve as Chairman for a one month term. The duty of the Chairman is to coordinate all activities for that month and birthday parties. In the event that the Chairman. In the event that the Chairman is absent or unable to perform his or her duties, leadership shall be assumed by the Chairman of the previous month. The order of the Chairmanship for the entire year shall be established at every December monthly meeting. [00:46:37] Speaker B: Wow. [00:46:39] Speaker C: Qualifications for Membership. The applicant for membership in the Justice League must be an adult full time crime fighter, distinguished by at least one year of active public service and must currently be a resident of Earth. Membership Candidacy in Elections. [00:46:57] Speaker B: Oh my God. [00:46:58] Speaker C: Membership of the JLA is awarded regardless of race, color, creed, sex or citizenship. A candidate for a membership must be nominated by an active member in good standing at a regular or emergency meeting. Alternate members may petition for nomination. A candidate will be elected by a 2/3 majority vote of total active membership. Not more than one new member may be inducted at one business meeting. Requirements of Members. No JLA member may accept fees for services rendered by superpowers or in costumed identity. [00:47:30] Speaker B: What? How do they make a living? [00:47:33] Speaker C: From the Wayne foundation, of course. And they all have jobs on side gigs. [00:47:37] Speaker B: All right. [00:47:38] Speaker C: Each JLA member shall keep a log of all missions as individuals or in groups for JLA archives. Each JLA member must file a videotaped excuse for every absence from JLA missions or meetings. Whenever possible, a JLA member shall notify the organization in advance of an absence so the Chairman can determine operational strength and contact alternates if need be. Each JLA member must reveal his or her civilian identity to the active membership at large. All JLA members shall wear their signal devices at all times and be ready for duty 24 hours a day. JLA members are forbidden to reveal any classified JLA secrets such as secret identities and satellite operations to any non member, including spouses. Each JLA member shall serve his or her shift on monitor duty. Monitor Duty. Each active member is required to serve a 24 hour shift of monitor surveillance aboard the satellite. In the event that a member cannot serve his or her shift, it is his or her responsibility to contact a replacement among the active membership. Each member must make up mischiefs. The member on monitor duty must remain awake for 2/3 of his or her shift. For the other third, he shall remain on the observation deck with the audio alert activated. The member on Monitor duty may also have guests during his or her shift, as long as they do not interfere with the duties. [00:49:07] Speaker B: Wow. [00:49:08] Speaker C: Privileges of membership. [00:49:10] Speaker B: This is so interesting. Actually, I was sort of like, oh God, at the beginning. This is fantastic. [00:49:16] Speaker C: Any duly elected member shall have membership in the Justice League for life with according honors. He or she shall have free access to the satellite headquarters and all its facilities and his or her own private quarters and office aboard the satellite. Each JLA member shall have an equal vote and equal privileges. Free life insurance covering crime fighting activities shall be provided by agreement with the United Nations. Each JLA member has permission to travel across international boundaries without a passport. No member is required to swear an oath of allegiance to any outside organization or body. Alternate Membership. Alternates will be summoned in the event that the Chairman deems the JLA is not operating at optimum strength to accomplish the current mission. The requirements for official alternate status. The candidate must have assisted the JLA in at least one mission, be a full time crime fighter residing on Earth, and be willing to be on call for emergency duty. Alternates have no regular duties or maximum number of missions they can perform. Alternates shall be awarded signal devices and can call emergency meetings. They have limited access to the satellite and must require permission from the Chairman to use JLA equipment. Alternates may participate in social functions but are not required to attend regular monthly meetings. They do not have to reveal their secret identities to the jla. All superheroes who assist the JLA on a mission are automatically notified of their standby status if they meet the requirements. Candidates for alternate status shall have one month to notify the JLA of acceptance. Those who decline shall be awarded honorary membership for meritorious service. At the time 1977, the following persons have accepted Alternate Hawkgirl, Metamorpho, Zatanna and Supergirl. An alternate may petition for full membership, but will still have to wait for a vacancy in the ranks. An alternate may ask to be taken off standby status at any time. An alternate is automatically taken off standby status if unavailable for duty in three consecutive summons. Honorary membership shall be granted to individuals who assist in a JLA mission but decline or are ineligible for alternate status. Honorary members cannot enter the satellite without being accompanied by an active member. They may not call emergency meetings, but will contact an active member who will determine whether the matter requires the attention of the entire jla. Honorary members have no regular duties, but are entitled to attend social functions. A 2/3 vote by total active membership is necessary to revoke honorary status for misconduct. As of 1977, the following persons have been awarded honorary membership. Snapper Carr, Adam Strange, Batgirl, Martian Manhunter. Because he was granted honorary membership after his honorable discharge because he returned to Mars. Vigilante. The original cowboy. Not the one from Peacemaker. Sargon, the Sorcerer, Phantom Stranger, John Stewart. Green Lantern. Yeah, who unfortunately in 1977 they were calling Black Lantern. Uh, yes, and Charlie Parker. Not the jazz great. He's just teenage goofball who found Hawkman wings and flew around. Active members may be suspended from active duty for one year periods on the following grounds. Deliberate dereliction of duty or conduct on becoming a Justice Leaguer or willfully disobeying the chairman. To be suspended, the accused must be indicted by at least one active member and brought before his peers for a hearing with the chairman officiating. A simple majority vote will determine suspension. Suspended members are prohibited from entering the satellite and attending regular meetings and will not be summoned for any form of duty. Suspended members may be granted an early reprieve for meritorious action and granted their former Status by a 2/3 vot votes. Active members may be expelled from the Justice League with no possibility of reinstatement on the following grounds. Conviction for any crime or deliberate betrayal of classified jail a secrets or criminal acts not convicted for, but witnessed by at least one member or taking money for services or the accumulation of three suspensions. Any member may resign if he or she wants to sever all connections with the jla. A former member must submit to debriefing of JLA secrets. Any member who resides in sound mind with free will can never be reinstated. [00:54:01] Speaker B: Wow. [00:54:02] Speaker C: Right? That's pretty tough. Discharges are given to active members who for any reason can no longer perform his or her JLA duties. Discharged members are awarded honorary status and unless deemed a security risk, are allowed to retain JLA's secrets. Finally, the Justice League organization may be disbanded by a unanimous vote of all active members. The United nations also has the power to put restraining orders on the JLA's various members or activities to the extent of curtailing the Justice League's operations completely. Failure to comply with the United nations edicts would cause a serious breach of faith between the JLA and the countries it protects. The JLA has the right to contest restraints in a special world Court. The United nations has the right to summon the Guardians of the Universe for arbitration in any dispute with the jla. In the event that the JLA is disbanded by mutual consent or external edict, its satellite and facilities revert to the Wayne foundation for dispersal. [00:55:09] Speaker B: Wow. [00:55:10] Speaker C: Yeah, that's something else. That's not Even the whole thing. [00:55:14] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:55:15] Speaker C: I left things out. If you're interested, listener, these bylaws come from the amazing world of DC Comics. Number 18 from 1977. No, number 14. Sorry. Yeah, you really. I had your rapt attention there for a while. Yeah. [00:55:40] Speaker B: But then you just kept on going on and on and on. I was like, certainly he's going to edit this down. [00:55:45] Speaker C: No. For heaven's sakes, why? I'm padding for time. [00:55:48] Speaker B: There you go. [00:55:49] Speaker C: And you love bylaws. [00:55:51] Speaker B: I do. [00:55:52] Speaker C: Anything to add? [00:55:53] Speaker B: No, no, no. It's been great hanging out with you tonight. [00:55:56] Speaker C: Same girl. You can find us on social media at gogochuckpod. You can rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts from. You can find us on our sister podcast, Nerd Orchestra. And you can find us right back here next week with honorary JLA member. No, Alternate JLA member. Madam Morpho Metamorpho. Right, right. All right. Right. Bye. [00:56:26] Speaker D: You don't have to be a politician. You can change it all with a sin and dispositions of a heavy. And spread it all around. If you find yourself a frowning. Just turn it upside down. When you wear a smile the world will shout hooray. You gotta turn on the sunshine. You gotta give in one time. You gotta turn on the sunshine. Push those blues away, man, this dialectic's too much.