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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/JurassicPark A comic 65 million years in the making]] ]] |
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4 | ''The Jurassic League'' is a Creator/DCComics six-issues miniseries co-written by Daniel Warren Johnson (''ComicBook/WonderWomanDeadEarth'') and Juan Gedon, the latter also doing interior art while the former provides the covers. |
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6 | You know the story: [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} an infant escapes the destruction of its home planet and is deposited on Earth to be raised by human parents]]. [[ComicBook/WonderWoman A goddess from a lost city defends truth]]. [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} An Allosaurus dons the visage of a bat to strike fear into evildoers’ hearts]]. Wait...what? Okay, maybe you don’t know the story. |
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8 | The elevator pitch of the series being reimagining of the heroes and villains of the DC Universe as Dinosaur-themed AnimalSuperheroes. In this prehistoric world, a heroic trinity of Supersaur, Wonderdon, and Batwalker, alongside a league of other super-powered prehistoric animals, join forces to save a prehistoric Earth from the sinister machinations of Darkseid. |
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10 | [[https://comicbookmovie.com/justice-league/jurassic-league-animated-dc-studios-movie-reportedly-in-development-will-it-be-part-of-the-dcu-a209565 An animated film adaptation]] is reportedly in the works, with Brian Lynch (''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'') writing and DC Films head Creator/JamesGunn producing. |
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12 | !!This series provides examples of: |
13 | * AnimalStereotypes: Beyond just RuleOfCool, the team wanted each dinosaur and character's personality to match up; |
14 | ** Superman is a ''Supersaurus'' due to Sauropods being seen as [[GentleGiant Gentle Giants]]. |
15 | ** Wonder Woman is a ''Triceratops'' as they're herbivores but also capable of taking down large carnivores. |
16 | ** Batman is an ''Allosaurus'' due being seen as more of a LightningBruiser in comparison to other Theropods like ''Tyrannosaurus Rex''. And the horns on the brow of an ''Allosaurus'' resembling Batman's cowl's ears. |
17 | ** Aquaman is a ''Baryonyx'', a dinosaur that lived on land but hunted in the water, similar to Aquaman's half-Atlantean/half human heritage. |
18 | ** The Flash is a ''Film/JurassicPark''-style ''Velociraptor'', a dinosaur associated with speed. |
19 | * AnimalSuperheroes: The main premise of the series, every character who appears are reimagined as Dinosaurs or other prehistoric animals. |
20 | ** Superman is a ''Supersaurus''. |
21 | ** Wonder Woman, the Amazons, and [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]] are all ''Triceratops''. |
22 | ** Batman is an ''Allosaurus''. |
23 | ** Joker is a ''Dilophosaurus''. |
24 | ** Aquaman is a ''Baryonyx''. |
25 | ** Green Lantern is a ''Parasaurolophus''. |
26 | ** Giganta is, likely, a ''Giganotosaurus''. |
27 | ** [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]] is a ''Brontosaurus'' |
28 | ** Black Manta isn't a dinosaur, but an anthropomorphic manta ray. |
29 | ** Atrocitus is a ''Carnotaurus''. |
30 | ** Reverse-Flash is some kind of prehistoric turtle. |
31 | ** The Flash is a ''Velociraptor'' |
32 | ** Darkseid is an ''Ankylosaurus''. |
33 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Unsurprisingly, given the premise that the series is about as scientifically accurate as ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''. |
34 | * BadBoss: Darkseid, unsurprisingly. He devours his own minions to regain his strength. |
35 | * BreathWeapon: Jokerzard can spit his own equivalent of Joker Venom, which almost kills Bat Walker. |
36 | * CarnivoreConfusion: |
37 | ** WordOfGod is that Bat-Walker, an ''Allosaurus'', is a vegetarian. |
38 | ** Flashraptor, a ''Velociraptor'', is introduced eating grapes with Green Torch. |
39 | * CompositeCharacter: Reverse-Slash, appearance-wise is a combination of Reverse-Flash and of The Turtle, due to being a super-fast armored dinosaur that resembles a tortoise. |
40 | * DeadGuyOnDisplay: The Amazons keep the remains of a dead ''Triceratops''!Ares and his armor on display in their armory. |
41 | * FourFingeredHands: Atrocitaurus only has four fingers, which is fitting since ''Carnotaurus'' did have four small fingers on each hand. Giganta also has four fingers. |
42 | * FurryConfusion: Non-anthropomorphic Dinosaurs can be seen throughout the comic. |
43 | * GentleGiantSauropod: Supersaur's characterization. He's shown being rather friendly with the children of Metraaaaghpolis. Averted with Brontozarro, who is very much unfriendly and brutish. |
44 | * HollywoodPrehistory: Very much homages this type of setting with the early humans and dinosaurs living together, and woolly mammoths can also be seen in the background of some panels. |
45 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: Played straight for the most part. Supersaur and Wonderdon are herbivores but Bat-Walker is a carnivore (WordOfGod is that he's vegetarian though). |
46 | * InterspeciesAdoption: |
47 | ** True to form, a version of Batman finds himself adopting an orphan, in this case Bat-Walker adopts a human child after dealing with Jokerzard, who had killed the boy's family. |
48 | ** Supersaur is adopted by and part of a community of proto-humans. |
49 | * InterspeciesFriendship: Just like their human counterparts, Green Torch and Flashraptor are best friends despite one being a predator and the other prey. |
50 | * {{Portmanteau}}: Most of the names of the character are portmanteaus; ex. Supersaur, Wonderdon, Brontozarro etc. |
51 | * LanguageBarrier: Dinosaurs do not speak human language and vice-versa, which makes communication difficult between Bat-Walker and the human orphan. Luckily Supersaur can speak both languages and serve as an interpreter. |
52 | * MythologyGag: |
53 | ** [[Film/Batman1989 This isn't the first Joker to kill a Batman's parents]]. |
54 | ** Thunder-Beak, Wonderdon's pet Pterosaur, is able to turn invisible. |
55 | * PredatorsAreMean: Played straight and averted depending on the character. So far all the villains, save for Bizarro, are carnivores but on the other hand Bat-Walker and Flashraptor are predators. |
56 | %%* RaptorAttack: The Flash is a ''Velociraptor''. |
57 | * SavageSpinosaurs: Aquanyx, a ''Baryonyx'', is still a hero but is characterized as more ruthless in comparison to the other dino-heroes. |
58 | * SayingTooMuch: [[spoiler:Giganta fatally injures Brontozarro for revealing the existence of Dark Embryo to the heroes.]] |
59 | * ShoutOut: May be also a case of ArtisticLicensePaleontology but Joker being a ''Dilophosaurus'' who is able to spit acidic venom is one to the portrayal of the animal from ''Film/JurassicPark''. |
60 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Both Atrocitaurus and Reverse-Slash are covered in spikes and are villains at the service of Dark Embryo. |
61 | * TemperCeratops: The reasoning for imagining Wonder Woman as a Trike. A largely peaceful herbivore but also capable of taking down larger carnivores if provoked or angered. |
62 | * ToughArmoredDinosaur: Darkseid is an ''Ankylosaur''. |
63 | * UnusualAnimalAlliance: The titular Jurassic League. Composed of a ''Supersaurus'', a ''Triceratops'', an ''Allosaurus'', a ''Velociraptor'', a ''Baryonyx'', and a ''Parasaurolophus''. |
64 | * VegetarianCarnivore: WordOfGod says Bat-Walker, despite being an ''Allosaurus'', is a vegetarian. |
65 | * YouKilledMyFather: Jokerzard killed Bat-Walker's parents when he was only a chick. |
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