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Title: "A Change of Face"
Writers: Dana Kurtin & Dan Slott
Penciller: Leonardo Batic
Inker: Horacio Ottolini
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Jahrome Youngker
Release Date: May ??, 1996
Cover Price:
$1.75 U.S./ $2.50 Canada Summary:
The Warners get plastic surgery.
Description:
We learn how the Warners have stayed cute for
all these years—plastic surgery. Yakko gets a tummy-tuck, Dot cannot be
improved without exceeding normal human tolerances for cuteness, and Wakko gets
a Michael Jackson makeover, which doesn't go over well with his sibs…
Pages (out of 32): 2 pp.
Quote of the Story:
DOT: [Reading an issue of People with the Warners on the
cover.]: I love doctors' offices--they're the only place I can read magazines
as old as I am!
Review:
Well, it serves its purpose to act as an intro to
the otherwise Warner-less issue. I'm not completely comfortable with the idea
of the Warners getting plastic surgery, but…
Rating:  ˝
Title: Rita & Runt in "Mace Ventura: Pet Hunter"
Writer: Dave King
Penciller: Leonardo Batic
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Agnes Pinaha
Colorist: Jahrome Youngker
Summary:
"Mace Ventura" is sent to capture our
heroes.
Description:
An old lady decides Rita & Runt would be a
fine addition to her collection of stuffed animals. When they refuse to come
along, she hires Mace Ventura to capture them. He's a sadistic version of Jim
Carrey's character in you-know-what movie, and applies several *VERY*
mean-spirited means of capturing the duo before crashing an airplane on top of
the old lady and ending their partnership.
Pages (out of 32): 8 pp.
Quote of the Story:
MACE: Okay, that does it! No more Mister
Comics-Code-Approved Nice Guy! I'm gonna see those two offed and stuffed even
if it means this book becomes a Vertigo title!
Review:
Eh…as Rita notes, it just ain't the same without the
singing. The highlights of the R&R TV cartoons are usually Bernadette
Peters' great singing and Frank Welker's superb Dustin Hoffman impression (both
of which are obviously absent here), as well as the nice tunes the writers cook
up. Without those, the cat & dog team is really not all that great…not to
mention that I didn't see the purpose in turning Ace Ventura into a vindictive
animal-hater…
Rating:
Title: "Cannoli or Nothing"
Writers: Dana Kurtin & Dan Slott
Penciller: Leonardo Batic
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Dave Tanguay
Cover: Walter Carzon & Mike DeCarlo
Summary:
The Goodfeathers must steal a cannoli from the
hands of Frank Pigeonatra.
Description:
The Godpigeon tells the Goodfeathers to get a
cannoli from his favorite bakery, "La Dolce Vita." But once there,
they discover that the last one has been sold to the world-renowned singer
Frank Pigeonatra. The try several schemes to pinch it, including dressing as
tourists, "Nancy," a waiter, and finally the chef. They get the
thing, but when they present it to the Godpigeon, find that he wanted it to
give to his good friend—you guessed it—Frank Pigeonatra.
Quote of the Story:
[Pesto impersonates a waiter, trying to lift the dessert
from Ol' Coo Eyes.]
FRANK: Hey, you--waiter!
PESTO: You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?!
FRANK: Yeah, you. I need another cappucino (sic), you kooky
kid.
PESTO: Kooky kid? Kooky kid? Whaddaya mean by that? Are you
sayin' that I am a kooky kid? Do I look like a quirky baby goat? Is that what
you're sayin'?
FRANK: Yeah.
PESTO: [In shock for a moment; then]: …okay.
Review:
A pretty amusing story. Some nice song parodies,
some good routines. All in all, a nice comic debut for the boids. Goodfeathers
fans should enjoy it.
Rating:
Title: Minerva Mink in "Shopping Beauty"
Writer: Dana Kurtin
Penciller: Neal Sternecky
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Teresa Davidson
Colorist: Jo Meugniot
Summary:
In a "Sleeping Beauty"-ish story, Minerva
is forced to shop until she drops—or meets her Prince Charming.
Description:
We learn where Minerva got her beauty and
intelligence (!!!)—a witch gave them to her, then put a curse on her, saying that she must shop until
she finds her prince. So she heads to the mall and shops, getting the usual
reaction from the males in the vicinity (including Yakko & Wakko, a group
of mutts, the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, and Prince Charles), before
meeting the hunk of her dreams—the cash register guy. She chases him across the
mall, with the other men in hot pursuit of her.
Pages (out of 32): 6 pp.
Quote of the Story:
YAKKO: Look, I got Prince Albert in a Can!
WAKKO: Then don't you think you'd better let him out?
Review:
Um…not a really good story, not even to a dedicated
Minerva fanboy…the writing is terrible (as you can probably tell from the
quote), Sternecky does a *TERRIBLE* job on the mink, and while there's a good
gag here and a nice wild take there, the story as a whole is hardly worth
reading.
Rating:
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