Previously:
You thought your lunch was safe...and it essentially is. But adventure calls! Once again a hero rises from the deep fried ashes of Valhalla to insure the herbage and spiciness of your meal will be finger lickin' adequate. So grab a spork and let's dive into the latest extra crispy adventure of Colonel Sanders as he teams up with Green Lantern in "Across the Universe."
Our story begins as Ferris Aircraft monitors the crash landing of...something. As those vultures from the press crowd in to get their pound of chicken flesh, a familiar figure emerges with the payload from the downed spacecraft:
Apparently the Colonel has been testing the process of shooting his new Zinger Sandwich into space...for...some reason. I assume he's trying to break into the intergalactic fast food market. But since Ferris can't get the job done he turns to one of his super powered pals for help.
"Every member of the Green Lantern Corp is working on this." Every single member has ceased protecting their respective sectors in order to help move sandwiches around in space. Seems legit. On the brightest (day) side, that comes with the opportunity to have some sweet GL cameos:
The (entire membership of) Green Lanterns determine that for some reason the space buckets are showing up to their destinations empty. Not so much as an herb or a spice (or that one napkin they give you in the drive thru) make the intergalactic trip. An investigation is in order and that can only mean one thing: time to get deputizin'.
So the Colonel gets his own ring but there's a bit of a missed opportunity in that he doesn't give himself his own custom GL uniform. I guess KFC thought his trademark white suit just couldn't be messed with. But that's the only opportunity they missed since their intergalactic investigation led to a few DC Comics cameos:
After a quick stop at the Source Wall, the cop buddy road trip heads to Rann to say high to Adam Strange. And then a quick stop at Thanagar:
to check in with Hawk Girl. At this point it just seems like Green Lantern is showing off all the cool people he knows to the Colonel. Sanders didn't have enough time to be impressed since they picked up enough clues to lead them right to the prime suspect.
So we then get your standard fight scene as Larfleeze gives his usual spiel about how he's greedy and he wants and wants and wants and that he's totally into these new space sandwiches. But the Colonel has heard enough and, as the true businessman, comes up with the most profitable solution.
Yep, the logical solution to this problem is to give Larfleeze his very own KFC franchise to run. Makes perfect sense, right? Well it doesn't if you don't think about it too much. All that's left is to give a little praise for a job well done:
Great job guys! Just like the last couple of issues with the Flash, it looks like they aren't making print copies of this adventure. Digital only, so grab your copy from Comixology.
