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Title: "A Spy on the Wall"
Writer: Charlie Howell
Penciller: Neal Sternecky
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Dave Tanguay
Cover: Allen Helbig
Release Date: April ??, 1996
Cover Price:
$1.75 U.S./ $2.50 Canada Summary:
The Warners team up with James Bomb, and try to
smuggle him across the Berlin Wall.
Description:
In the late '80's, James Bomb consistently
foils Russian spies. However, when he's teamed with the Warners, he appears to
have met his match. After they present his weapons for this mission, they head
to Berlin. They must sneak him across the Berlin Wall, through a setup
strangely similar to the WB Studio Gate, and a Ralph-ish guard. After several
failed attempts, they impersonate the Kaiser and get Rolph to dig under several
key points in the wall, causing it to collapse.
Pages (out of 32): 12 pp.
Quote of the Story:
[The last panel of page 4: we see the plane flying to
Germany, and we see the Warners, inside the plane, in an inset panel.]
DOT: How can we be in that tiny plane when we're in this
inset panel?
WAKKO: Don't look now, but we're in several places at once
on this page!
YAKKO: Hey! You're messing up my suspension of disbelief!
Review:
Well, the Bond spoof has been done to death more
than anything else in the A! canon (besides this comic, there's the Chicken Boo
cartoon "The Chicken Who Loved Me," and two that would come later:
the Warners cartoon "From Burbank with Warners," and on the P&tB TV
series, "From Russia with Lab Mice"). Still, this comic does manage
to be relatively amusing, although a few of the jokes fall flat. The comments
on how convenient everything is set up, as well as the metahumor, help the
story. When Dot says "Life isn't fair!" Yakko replies "But it
sure is fun!" That's pure Yakko.
Rating: 
Title: Useless Facts: "This Month: Blue" (NOTE: There are
no credits listed for this comic.)
By: Neal Sternecky
Description:
Includes blue jeans, blue moons, and bouncing
blue baby boys.
Cameo by a baby Mr. Director (!!!).
Pages (out of 32): 1 p.
Review:
The usual.
Rating: ½
Title: "Take That!" (NOTE: There are no credits listed
for this comic.)
By: Neal Sternecky
Description:
Tribute to the Master: Wakko, noting that
there's a Tex Avery film festival tonight, does a wild take.
Pages (out of 32): 1 p.
Review:
Nice homage to the man who made cartoons what they
are today. Kudos to Sternecky on a nice wild take.
Rating:
Title: "What's the Holdup?"
Writer: David Cody Weiss
Penciller: Leonardo Batic
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Jahrome Youngker
Summary:
While at the bank, Slappy & Skippy run into
some bank robbers.
Description:
Skippy's piggy bank explodes, so Slappy decides
to take him to the bank to deposit the money. While there, she visits her Safe
Deposit box, where she keeps all her old cartoon relics. Some robbers invade
the bank and steal Skippy's money, laughing when he threatens them with his
aunt. But Slappy and Skippy defeat them, with some help from the cartoon props
in her deposit box, proving that the oldest gags *DO* still work.
Pages (out of 32): 10 pp.
Quote of the Story:
SLAPPY: Now, don't forget, kids! Never, never, never blow up
your enemies at home. And if you do, don't mention my name! Remember, those two
imbeciles on MTV told you to do it!
Review:
A fairly weak showing for Slappy's comic debut. The
artwork is top-notch—Batic looks a bit stiff, and not 100% comfortable with
the characters yet, and that's understandable, but he still does a superb job,
especially for his first time working with them. But unfortunately, the writing
isn't nearly as good. It's rather discombobulated and choppy, and there aren't
all that many good lines. Not necessarily bad, but by no means good, and it
doesn't really do justice to the squirrel…
Rating:
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