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Warning : Spoilers for Fire & Ice : Welcome to Smallville # 4!By showcasing aJustice League - themed retarding force show , DC Comics showcases just how hefty the medium of comic books can be in the modern age . Anyone with access to the word is in all likelihood aware of how controversial the topic of drag shows has been in 2023 . It ’s become a political hot theme , with several states lapse laws to confine drag performances while others have called to ban retarding force altogether .
DC Comics addressed the controversy head - on with drag performer dressed as members of the Justice League inFire & Ice : Welcome to Smallville#4 by Joanne Starer , Natacha Bustos , Tamra Bonvillain , Ariana Maher , and Andrea Shea . The cardinal heroes attend a Smallville Drag Brunch , the small town ’s only drag brunch and , naturally , it ’s superhero - themed , sport drag - breathe in tailspin - offs of Booster Gold , Martian Manhunter , and even Fire .
Smallville Hosts a Drag Event Inspired by the Justice League
In the last issuance , Fire harbor a spate of supervillains in the salon that she bought with Ice - without consulting Ice about it - for the sake of creating a rehabilitation clinic . When much of the salon is destroyed in a fighting that breaks out , Beefeater is killed and eaten , andJimmy Olsen is transform into a elephantine turtle . frosting is intelligibly miff with Fire , strain their relationship . Mutual ally Martha Kent decides to interpose in this issue , bringing the girls together to conciliate at a Justice League - theme drag brunch that Martha calls a"beautiful celebration of love , feminity , and sparkle . "
flak and Ice begrudgingly agree , and the best friends quickly piece thing up , despite getting kick out for talking through the performances . They take the air out of the building to find a crowd led by a former Miss Congeniality winner , all protesting the retarding force event bump . While Ice render to neutralize the place , Fire escalates it by plug Miss Congeniality in the face , sending her flying out of her high heel ( and unbeknownst to Fire , leaving her to be eaten ) .
This DC Comic Never Could Have Come Out Decades Ago
Fire & Ice : Welcome to Smallville#4 is a reminder of how timely comics can be in pop the question commentary on relevant angles like this fall out in the world . Commenting on drag shows through theJustice Leagueutilizes comics as a medium of political commentary to its full potential .
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