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Superhero Hype announced that Dynamite Entertainment's launching a new take on the old Capt. Planet and the Planeteers cartoon from the early 90s, which was an early example of political/environmental propaganda for its time, and is written by a scribe who may have once worked as a specialty news journalist:

Running for six seasons, Captain Planet and the Planeteers was notable among superhero cartoons of the 1990s. While most children’s programming of the era was focused on selling toys, Captain Planet promoted environmental awareness and activism. Earth’s Greatest Champion offered viewers tips on how they could help save the world in small ways, advising viewers that “the power is yours!” Now, Dynamite Entertainment is updating the series in a new monthly comic.

The new series will be written by writer David Pepose, best known for his work on 2024’s Space Ghost reboot. Pepose is joined by Vampirella artist Eman Casallos, who will provide the comic’s interiors. Dynamite has also confirmed covers by Mark Spears, Christian Ward, and Ben Oliver for the first issue. Additionally, Jae Lee and June Chung will produce a series of interconnecting covers for the series’ first six issues.

Their idea of reflecting modern sensibilities is to draw Capt. Planet with a beard, rather than a mullet. It also says:

The series will feature the same five Planeteers as the original Captain Planet cartoon. However, the comic will denote their specific nationalities, rather than describing them as being from Africa, Asia, North America, or South America. The comic will also reportedly see emotional arcs for each of the Planeteers as they overcome personal issues to work together for a better tomorrow.

Well if it emphasizes their nationalities and local cultures like food recipes, that can be getting somewhere, seeing how the most woke products stuck tightly to superficial components like skin color and LGBT ideology. But that part about "better tomorrow" reeks too much of the alterations DC is making to Superman's slogan, and it's not pleasing at all. Mainly because, as this fawning Newsarama report says:

Lucian Plunder seems to be the updated version of original villain Lootin Plunder, whose name is of course a play on "loot and plunder," his favorite things to do as a cartoonishly evil capitalist.

Gee, if that's the direction they intend to impose upon this new adaptation, then they clearly aren't interested in exploring whether socialists are capable of evils. So what good does it do to adapt this old cartoon if they won't move beyond any cliches it embodied? It's just another excuse to follow the woke playbook of the modern leftist era then.

Labels: animation, history, indie publishers, moonbat writers, msm propaganda, politics