|
Title:
“Fantastic Voyage to
the Bottom of the President’s Brain”
Writer:
Jesse Leon McCann
Penciller: Walter Carzon
Inker: Mike DeCarlo
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Prismacolor
Cover:
Walter
Carzon & Rubén Torreiro
Release Date: January 28th, 1998
Cover Price:
$1.95 U.S./ $2.75 Canada Summary:
The mice head inside Lyndon Johnson’s brain.
Description:
In 1966, Brain shrinks himself, Pinky, and his
“Blue Submarine” down to microscopic size and
they travel inside the president’s head through
the ear. After traveling around inside Lyndie’s
head for awhile, they reach his brainstem where they
deploy transmitters that will allow them to control
him by remote. They begin returning to normal size
and the immune system begins fighting them. They
send themselves out of the body through the torpedo
tubes, only to find they’d been inside LBJ’s
dog.
Wakko Warner has a
cameo.
Pages (out of 32):
12
pp.
AYPWIP:
[Cover; the mice look at the categories in the
President’s mind.]]
BRAIN: Pinky, are you
pondering what I’m pondering?
PINKY: I think so,
Brain, you’d think he’d have left room for
baby-kissing, wouldn’t you?
BRAIN: Pinky, are you
pondering what I’m pondering?
PINKY: I think so,
Brain! But won’t Mr. Hoover notice a missing
evening gown?
Quote of the
Story:
BRAIN: The first stage is a success! Excelsior!
PINKY: Perhaps a
little, to settle my tummy. Poit!
Review:
An enjoyable story, albeit fairly predictable.
Anyone who was paying attention should have realized
that the constant shots of the dog scratching
himself were hinting at something. But it’s still
a pretty good story, helped greatly by Carzon’s
imaginative artwork.
Rating: 
Title:
“Acme
Valley PTA”
Writer:
Jesse Leon McCann
Penciller:
Horacio Saaverda
Inkers:
Mike DeCarlo & Jim Amash
Letterer:
John Costanza
Colorist:
Prismacolor
Summary:
Brain runs for president of a school PTA, with the
help of Billie and Romy.
Description:
Brain has calculated a list of nerdy high school
students who will one day be important world
leaders. He’ll use a false student exchange
program to move them all to Acme Valley High, and
then run for president of the PTA. He invites Romy
home to play his son, and Pinky is henceforth to be
called “uncle” to eliminate confusion. They’ll
say Romy’s mother was lost at sea, but call Billie
to play Brain’s new love. Billie and Romy fall for
each other immediately, and at the pivotal point
right after Brain’s been elected, it’s revealed
that his son is running off with his girlfriend and
“Uncle Pinky” is actually his son’s
“other” dad. He’s not only impeached, but
tarred and feathered.
Pages (out of 32):
12 pp.
AYPWIP:
BRAIN: Pinky, are you
pondering what I’m pondering?
PINKY: I think so,
Brain! But what’s the use of having a
heart-shaped tattoo if it’s going to be covered
by hair?
Quote of the
Story:
PINKY: Well, Brain, a president of the PTA must
be an upstanding family man or woman. Your home life
could best be described as…um…
BRAIN: Dysfunctional
[sic] at best?
PINKY: Well, I was
going to say colorful and sometimes downright kooky
in a Lucy/Mr. Moony sitcom kind of way!
Review:
The first actual appearance of Billie in the comics,
as well as Romy’s first comic appearance, is a
huge disappointment. I don’t know what McCann was
thinking—Billie running off with Romy is pretty
sick, especially when you consider the age
difference. True, Romy bails out at the end, but
still… It doesn’t help that Saaverda is a new
artist. He’s not bad by any means, but Carzon has
been drawing the entire series up to this point and
it’s hard to suddenly adjust to a completely
different style. And Brain is rather off-model. As a
whole, this story is really unfunny and odd. A big
disappointment from McCann.
Rating:
| 
