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Title:
“Were-Mice of London”
Writer:
Jesse Leon McCann
Penciller:
Walter Carzon
Inker:
Horacio Ottolini
Letterer:
John Costanza
Colorist:
Mark Severin
Cover:
Walter
Carzon & Mike DeCarlo
Release Date: September 2nd, 1998
Cover Price:
$1.99 U.S./ $2.85 Canada Summary:
After
being bitten by a rabbit, our heroes become
“were-mice”…
Description:
One night while trying to harness the power of
Stonehenge, the mice are bitten by a rabid bunny.
The next night is a full moon. They morph into
“were-mice” and rampage across London. The next
day Brain tries to leave his monster self a message
about how to steal the crown jewels, but the monster
can’t read. Still, after another rampage that
night, he recalls the plan in the recesses of his
mind, and they carry it out. But before they can
return to the hotel with the jewels, they return to
normal. The mice head off to kill the rabbit and
cure themselves, but end up being bitten by vampire
bunnies…
Pages (out of 32):
12 pp.
AYPWIP:
BRAIN: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m
pondering?
PINKY: I think so,
Brain! But no more eels in jelly for me, thanks—I
like my gelatin after lunch.
Quote of the
Story:
PINKY: Egad, Brain! To think we swapped our cage
for this English room! They don’t even have a
running wheel! And why do they serve the food
pellets at room temperature?
BRAIN: Enough
cultural commentary, Pinky—that was no ordinary
rabbit that attacked us.
PINKY: Yes, at home
the rabbits only mug you when you have a carrot!
Review:
Somewhat reminiscent of the TV short “Brain Meets
Brawn.” I wonder, are we to believe that there was
a full moon every night? Then again, that may well
have been a poke at the various horror ‘flics
which make just that error. While nothing special,
this is still a fun story that most P&tB fans
will enjoy. Some top-notch artwork by Carzon helps
this story greatly, as well as some nice coloring in
the nighttime scenes.
Rating: 
½
Title:
“Scream
and Scream Again”
Writer:
Jesse Leon McCann
Pencillers:
Walter Carzon & Pablo Zamboni
Inker:
Horacio Ottolini
Letterer:
John Costanza
Colorist:
Mark Severin
Summary:
Brain infiltrates a group of teenage girls to learn
their greatest fear, but what the mice must put up
with is worse than any other imaginable horror…
Description:
Brain plans to scare all the teenage girl
babysitters in the world into staying home, forcing
world leaders to have to stay home with their
children. To find their worst fear he becomes one of
them using the mechanical suit. He must put up with
constant talk about hair, nails, and boys, and
endure makeovers. At a sleepover, he finds that
their worst fear is a bad hair day, and assigns
Pinky to call all the girls in the tri-state area to
give them a bad hair day over the phone. Pinky
instead spends all night talking on the “Leo
Hotline.” The next morning the girl’s father
finds the huge phone bill and takes away all the
girls’ phone privileges—the ultimate horror.
Pages (out of 32):
11 pp.
AYPWIP:
BRAIN: Pinky—are you pondering what I’m
pondering?
PINKY: I think so,
Brain, but I didn’t know 90210 was a real zip
code! Will Tori be there?
Quote of the Story:
PINKY: Well, what do
you know about teenaged girls, Brain?
BRAIN: What’s to
know?
PINKY: Well, who’s
the cute guy on Party of Five?
BRAIN: Number Three?
PINKY: No…on Dawson’s
Creek?
BRAIN: Er, Richard
Dawson? No, wait…the Beaver?
PINKY: Try an easy
one. From Titanic?
BRAIN: The captain,
of course—he was so manly and heroic!
PINKY: Oh, that will
never do, Brain. You’re about as hip and cool as
my Aunt Beauregarde! And she thought “Hansen”
was a fruit drink!
BRAIN: How do you
know so much about this, Pinky?
PINKY: I watch a lot
of The WB!
Review:
A rather bizarre way to round out the
series…still, despite the “weird” factor, this
story is pretty darn good. I wonder if Brain would
really go to this extent even for world domination,
and the depictions of teenage girls are probably
more than a little stereotypical, albeit highly
amusing. This story makes some biting comments on
teenage pop culture, as well as having some very
funny bits. Recommended, for those who have the
stomach to take it… ;)
Rating:
½
Series Continued In:
Animaniacs: Featuring Pinky & the Brain
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