On the day:
25/10/2012
On the way: There it is, on a washer-dryer in the laundromat looking out on to the bus stop, the ultimate contact number: JLA 0800 264667.
If you've got a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, you can call... not the A-Team. Let's face it, indiscriminately destructive renegade militia groups of dubious allegiance are a dime a dozen nowadays, from the Expendables to the Lord's Resistance Army.
But if you really wanted big-hitters, wouldn't you go for a team that could boast, like, the brute strength of Superman, the scheming brain of Batman, the speed of the Flash, the versatility of a Green Lantern and, come on guys, the hooters of Wonder Woman? (Sorry, that's the testosterone talking, but what can you expect after namechecking teams that include Mr T with his bad attitude, Sly Stallone with his bad diction, and Joseph Kony with his bad everything else.)
I mean, if you require dictators to be toppled, mad scientists to be shut down, aliens to be repelled, the Justice League of America are your go-to guys. It's just that knocking on the front door of a satellite in synchronous orbit above the Earth, or even an embassy in New York, was always a challenge in itself.
But now all you need to do is call the number, and hope it hasn't been outsourced to a call centre in New Delhi via an automated system, to an excessively alliterative second-string team ... for Martian Manhunter press 5, for Blue Beetle press 6, for Guy Gardner press 7, for Rocket Red press 8...
On the pod:
December African Rain - Juluka
On the front page:
Double-dip set Britons Back £1,800 every year (The Times)
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