“Bad For Business” p11
Ah, so THAT’S how the Treacley Corporation replaces those Super Pals so quickly!
And the Super Pals have been in the works for quite some time now, in one of the very first Coffee Break gags!
We’re back, Heroites, after an extended holiday break. The schedule is back on track as we hit the second half of our sixth storyline! Lots of exciting stuff coming up in 2015, so stay tuned!
… aaaand we’re back! Just like the Five Musketeers.
Regarding the comic, I like it, but I’m not familiar enough with comics to get this particular reference.
I concur–all I see so far is a guy who looks and talks like Silver Age Jimmy Olsen, but is colored like the Golden Age Johnny Thunder.
Well I see what could be Apache Chief, though the others are harder to place. Seeing Jonny Thunder makes me wonder if that one kid is Jakeem Thunder, though im not so sure of that. And the girl with the ponytail could be Saturn Girl, as she is the only heroine with a pony tail I know of.
As for the other two…No idea.
I think they’re just poking fun at the Captain Planet team and its broad-spectrum demographic of social relevance. There’s a South American male, an American male, an African male, a European female, and an Asian female, same as the Planeteers…
A little bit of that…
I’m thinking the Super Pals are a parody of the kind of Rainbow Coalition teen supergroups that were way too popular during the 70’s.
…. and a little bit of this…
These guys are definitely making a Concerted Effort to be Team Subway – where all you need is tokens! I guess the only way it could be more diverse is if one of the white peeps was a brunette, and there was an Indian tech genius who works from a hidden fortress off-site.
… and some of this. It’s not a parody of One Specific Thing, moreso the proliferation of multi-cultural super-teams that could only be created (quite literally!) from a Corporate Marketing Machine.
Sort of like the Ultimen from Justice League Unlimited.
Interesting. The first thing I thought of was Archie comics…
The Treacley Corporation… theme parks… movies, cartoons…
Perhaps this is what the Disney Corporation grew up into… take on a few Super
Kids just to add to the portfolio, you know? Keep it ‘now’, it’s what teens expect these days…
Eli…
and THIS. a lot of THIS. ; )
Yeah, but as they went with a different agency and the info was uncovered after that, kinda guessing that the non-disclosure agreement doesn’t cover that little slip.
Companies actually ask agencies to sign non-discolsures if they are privvy to ANY internal information; Even agencies pitching that aren’t actually awarded the business. Way of the world now!
And the blonde front man kinda looks like a golden age Jimmy Olsen.