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Title: "Plane for Keeps" (NOTE: There are no credits
listed for this comic.)
Writer: David Cody Weiss
Penciller: Leonardo Batic
Inker: Scott McRae
Cover: Leonardo Batic & Scott McRae
Release Date: May 21st, 1997
Cover Price:
$1.75 U.S./ $2.50 Canada Summary:
Slappy and Skippy must land a hijacked plane.
Description:
The squirrels head to the annual
Nut-of-the-Month Club Convention in Florida, and after some problems with the
airline people, board their plane. However, it soon turns out the plane is
being hijacked by a variety of terrorists. They sneak to the cockpit, and
Slappy lands the plane—also thwarting the villains by doing so many loops
they're all too sick to do anything.
Pages (out of 32): 10 pp.
Quote of the Story:
SLAPPY: [To the woman at the desk.]: Hiya Toots! Gimme a
pair of tickets ta Liverspot Beach!
WOMAN: Do you have reservations?
SLAPPY: Yeah, but that joke would just go over your head.
Review:
Mr. Weiss seems to have gotten a much better hold on
what Slappy is all about since his previous two stories. Look for tons and
tons of caricatures and film refs, as well as lots of great lines and gags.
Very, very funny stuff.
Rating: 
Title: Useless Facts: "This Month: Ughs and Kisses!"
(NOTE: There are no credits listed for this comic.)
Penciller: Leonardo Batic
Inker: Scott McRae
Description:
Three more entries of the popular feature,
regarding "No Kissing Zones," X's, and laxatives.
Pages (out of 32): 1 p.
Review:
A little below average for these things, as the
facts weren't terribly interesting or funny…
Rating: ˝
Title: "Burbank Place"
Writer: Gary Glasberg
Penciller: Leonardo Batic
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Lorina Mapa
Colorist: Prismacolor
Summary:
A send-up of you-know-which popular FOX series…
Description:
When a Heather Locklear caricature is knocked
unconscious at the toll gate at WB, she has a dream. Dot catches Ralph "in
the sack with a Tramp," but rather than end it all, Heather convinces her
to get a friend of hers to "take Ralph out"—Wakko. After visiting his
stepfather's (Yakko's) sick "Ball-and-Chain," they head to Ralph's, only
to find him cheating—at cards.
Pages (out of 32): 12 pp.
Quote of the Story:
{Impossible to choose one!}
Review:
Definitely one of the most underrated stories of the
series, this is one of the funniest the A! comics produced. A true pity
Glasberg never wrote anymore scripts for them. Absolutely a total laughfest
full of hilarious puns, double-entendres, and to top it all off, Batic's first
real work on the Warners in quite some time. Top-notch in every category.
Rating:
Title: Useless Facts: "This Month: Minty Fresh Coins!"
(NOTE: There are no credits listed for this comic.)
Penciller: Leonardo Batic
Inker: Scott McRae
Description:
The final three of the series: clover-shaped
coins, bullet money, and piggy banks.
Pages (out of 32): 1 p.
Review:
Fairly enjoyable. Love the "licensing
companies" gag.
Ratings:
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