Two comics again today...making up for last week.
Justice League America #34
"Island Life"
Major Disaster and Big Sir are living in a flea bag apartment, not doing much of anything besides complaining about being poor (and Big Sir is apparently learning to count cards) when Major D comes across an ad for CLUB JLI. Yes, the resort on KooeyKooeyKooey is opened for business with hotel, casino, and spa. But apparently Max doesn't know anything about it. In fact, Max realizes that Booster and Beetle have, basically, embezzled the start-up funding from the JLA.
Major Disaster decides that he and Big Sir can fund their plans for world domination by counting cards and winning at the casino. (Why go to the JLI casino for that? Wouldn't any casino do?) Of course, Beetle doesn't recognize them when they arrive, and welcomes them in. So, they head to the casino, and start betting with a dollar. Now, even if Big Sir knows what the cards are, I don't see how that guarantees him so many winning hands. Not at black jack. Maybe poker. But he is obviously playing Black Jack, and getting 21s. I just don't understand how. Big Sir ends up breaking the bank, when Aquaman appears.
Evacuate now, he says. The island is unstable, he says. And sure enough, before the evacuation can get underway, the island wakes up, dislodges itself and starts to move. Yes, the island is alive. Big Sir and Major Disaster lose all the money they just won when it floats off into the ocean (kids, let this be a lesson. Always get the wire transfer, not the cash. And why didn't they have to pay taxes?).
Justice League #35
Well, Booster and Beetle have really messed this up! The island of KooeyKooeyKooey has drifted (or ran) away,
destroying the resort and, especially damaging, the JLA transporter tubes. No one can escape the island, but no one can get there either. And apparently Max, Oberon, Ice and Huntress were on their way when the tubes were destroyed. Now they are marooned in the ocean somewhere. What to do? Force a sick Ice to make an ice berg so they don’t have to float in the water. Of course, Ice is the one that is injured. She is the only one with real powers. Stung by jelly fish, she is barely managing to hang on. The JLA communicators apparently can’t handle being dunked in water, and then sharks show up. Things go from bad to worse when Max tells Huntress that he “coerced” her into joining. He is forced to then “coerce” her into forgetting that he said that!
In the meantime, the tourists are getting restless. Not the natives. The chief, who talks to the island, expected something like that would happen, and “goes with the flow.” But the tourists! They want their luggage, or to go home, or some food. What can save the island? Major Disaster, Aquaman and some whales! Go Aquaman! They manage to anchor the island on a volcano. At this point, somewhat portentiously, Booster worries that Max may shot him through the head over this. Beetle say "Max'd never do that." Poor, poor Beetle. Max will do exactly that later. But for now, Aquaman rescues the stranded JLA members. Guy arrives in the nick of time to rush Ice off to a hospital.
So, to make it all up, Booster and Beetle have to provide maid service in the JLA headquarters. Excuse me? Maid service? They embezzled funds, used JLA resources (Kilowog) in a private investment scheme, stranded tourists, and were probably ignoring customs laws. And they get sentenced to MAID SERVICE? Something’s wrong there.
As is something wrong in the alley behind the JLA. Maybe we’ll learn more about that later. I hope we haven't see the last of KooeyKooeyKooey.