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JuniorJones

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Rocket Surgeon said:
Wow, they really have NEVER done the Indy "brand" any justice.

Cool to see, thanks for posting, but what a piece of trash design.


Is there any other! Indy's unopeaned rejection letter from Sir Jim'll Fix it. Ow's about that, then!

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Montana Smith

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Rocket Surgeon said:
Poor Mrs Junior...I would have been content never knowing of Oklahoma Bones, thanks.

What was his "Christian" name?

Don't think he had one. But because I know you love the ickle fwuffy animals...


CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW No. 5
July 1982

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Cover Credits
?Artists: Scott Shaw! (penciller) and Chad Grothkopf (inker)


STORY

"The Secret of Easter Bunny Island!" (25 pages)

Credits
?Editor: Dave Manak
?Writer: Roy Thomas
?Penciller: Scott Shaw!
?Inker: Chad Grothkopf
?Letterer: Janice Chiang
?Colorist: Tom Ziuko

Feature Characters
?Captain Carrot, Pig-Iron, Alley-Kat-Abra, Fastback, Yankee Poodle, and Rubberduck

Villains
?Doctor Hoot (owl; name based on BBC's science fiction hero DOCTOR WHO; first appearance; appears next in issue #14)
?Baron Von Vermin (rat; first appearance; also appears in flashback)
?Several unnamed Hamazon River "savages" (dogs?), Unnamed Ratzi pilot (rat), Several unnamed "yolk-monsters" (all appear in flashbacks only; first and only appearance of all)
?Ralf-124C4U (extraterrestrial rabbitoid; named in next issue), Several unnamed Ratzi soldiers (rats) (appear in flashbacks only; first appearance of all)
?Unnamed "yolk-monster" (extraterrestrial egg-yolk; is destroyed in this issue; first and only appearance)

Supporting Character
?Mallard Fillmore (last seen in issue #3)

Other Characters
?Oklahoma Bones, Jr. (prairie dog; first appearance)
?Whipley (snake; first appearance; also appears in flashback)
?Oklahoma Bones (prairie dog; father of Oklahoma Bones, Jr.), Several unnamed Easter Bunny Island natives (dogs) (all appear in flashbacks only; first appearance of all)
?Two unnamed U.S. government agents (monkeys), Several unnamed university students, Several unnamed extraterrestrials from an alien planet (rabbitoids), Several unnamed sailors (all appear in flashbacks only; first and only appearance of all)
?Two unnamed Secret Serpents agents (snakes; first and only appearance)

Cameo Appearances
?Super-Squirrel, Wonder Wabbit, Green Lambkin, the Crash, Batmouse, Aquaduck (all members of the Just'a Lotta Animals; as ideas in Roger Rabbit's imagination)
?Unnamed version of a DC Comics villain (pig; as idea in Roger Rabbit's imagination)


Synopsis

As the individual members of the Zoo Crew (in civilian clothing) prepare to watch the world-premiere of Byrd Rentals' new movie, a huge, metallic, owl-like robot arrives and wreaks havoc in the middle of Gnu York. Roger and Felina change into their heroic identities and battle the robot, which is being mechanically controlled by the villainous Doctor Hoot from within. Alley-Kat Abra summons Fastback and Pig-Iron to the scene, and together they defeat the menace and capture Hoot, the self-proclaimed "greatest inventive genius of all time." An angry Byrd Rentals and Rova Barkitt arrive on the scene, having missed the entire battle due to the movie, which was, in turn, attended by no one else because of all the action outside.

A new figure then arrives to seek the Zoo Crew's help, introducing himself as Oklahoma Bones Junior, son of the famous archaeologist, accompanied by his father's bullwhip snake, Whipley. Oklahoma had recent found and read his father's journal, telling of his last great adventure just before Weird War II. Two government agents sought his help in 1938 against the Ratzis (of Ratzi Verminy and their "New Odor" led by Adolph Hippo), who had suddenly and inexplicably become interested in Easter Bunny Island. Okie then traveled to that place to find that Baron Von Vermin and his Ratzis were digging up the great, ancient, stone bunny heads. Beneath them were buried Easter eggs that had within in them a "horror" left there by alien bunnies from a faraway planet for whom the stone statues were built as a warning not to open the eggs. Okie defeated all the Ratzis, but not before they got away with all but one of the eggs as well as the alien bunny who had been resting in a cocoon of his own making for centuries now. Okie brought the egg he had home and wrote everything down in his journal (although Whipley had promptly forgotten about the adventure due to being "wiped out by the experience").

As Okie Jr. finishes his tale, and the he with the team begins to decode the alien bunnies' language, the always-hungry Pig-Iron leaves in search of food, only to find the one Easter egg recovered by Oklahoma Bones in Okie's refrigerator, and he uses it to cook himself an omelet. The egg yolk then jumps up and clings to his face, however, until he manages to toss it back into the refrigerator, although it escapes seconds later. The team discovers that the egg yolk has sucked all the moisture out of everything it touched and soon find it drinking from a water tower atop a building, now a thousand times larger than before! The Zoo Crew and Okie Jr. fight the egg yolk until it occurs to them that the only way to defeat it is to fry the egg and beat it with a large egg-beater.

Meanwhile, in Waspington, D.C. a group of children are gathered at the White House for the annual Easter egg hunt, for which all the eggs were donated by the mysterious "Señor Von Vermin," an ambassador from San Salvador. (Story continues in issue #6.)


Annotations



COVER: The stone rabbit head statues in the background are Earth-C's equivalent of the stone-head statues on Easter Island, which is called here Easter Bunny Island (after the Easter Bunny).

"Rabbits of the Last Ark" and "Oklahoma Bones" are, as mentioned in last issue's notes, puns on the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark and its main character, Indiana Jones. Like last issue's tie-in with the Swamp Thing film, this issue attempts to capitalize on the interest in the then-new Indiana Jones craze.

The phrase "...and Whipley believe it or not!" is an obvious reference to Ripley's Believe it Or Not!, the multimedia franchise about oddities around the world which began as a comic-strip in various newspapers since 1918 and has spawned books and television spin-offs. Josh Marquart adds that "Ripley's also has a number of 'stores' notably on Key West, in California, Orlando, Gatlinburg Tennessee, etc... where their oddities are displayed. Quite fun romps."

T Campbell comments that, "Whipley's not only a substitute for Indiana Jones's whip, but a twist on Indiana Jones's weakness. Oklahoma Bones, unlike Indy, clearly doesn't hate snakes. But Oklahoma Bones, Junior has a snake who sort of hates HIM."

PAGE 1: This issue finds the Zoo Crew back in Gnu York City despite the team's wish last issue to find a Califurnia headquarters.

A crescent moon in its last quarter (this time without a cartoony face in profile) can be seen in the night sky at the top of the panel.

"Real Toad" is a pun on the word rialto, a word generally meaning "theater district" (in this case New York City's historical Union Square), named after the Rialto, a marketplace in Venice, Italy.

"Smoke-Eye and the Panda, Part 12" is a parody of the movie Smokey and the Bandit and its sequels, part II and part III, which starred Burt Reynolds.

The "Big Candy-Apple" is a parody of the "Big Apple," New York City's primary nickname.

"Bruteway" is a pun on Broadway, New York's famed theatre district.

Title: Captain Carrot and his amazing Zoo Crew! in "the SECRET of EASTER BUNNY ISLAND!"

Credits: Roy Thomas, script. Scott Shaw!, pencils. Chad, inks. J. Chiang, letterer. T. Ziuko, colorist. Dave Manak, editor.

Title: "CHAPTER 1: WHEN FLIES THE FUR!"

PAGE 2: Panel 1: Roger says, "Publicity stunt?! Who's got that kind of money in a recession?" This is probably a reference to the early 1980s economic recession in those post-Carter, early Reagan era years which, according to Wikipedia, ran from "1982 and 1983, caused by tight monetary policy in the U.S. to control inflation and sharp correction to overproduction of the previous decade which had been masked by inflation."

Panel 2: "Hello-my-name-is-Doctor-Hoot!" As Brad Walker notes, this name is spoofing Doctor Who, the time-traveling Time Lord from the BBC television series which began in 1963.

Panel 3: Roger's complaint, "And why giants all the time, anyway? What'd be wrong with a midget menace once in a while?" is a reference to the numerous large foes that the Zoo Crew has had to face since in their short history: Preview: Superman (a human who is giant in comparison to most Earth-C natives); Issue #1: Starro the Conqueror (a giant starfish); #2: Armordillo (a giant armadillo); #3: Jailhouse Roc (a giant bird), Kongaroo (a giant kangaroo), Frogzilla (a giant frog), and the giant statue of Abraham Linkidd from the Linkidd Memorial; #4: Mudd (a giant swamp-monster).
 

Montana Smith

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Panel 4: Doctor Hoot says, "Give-me-the-money-that's-what-I-want?!"This is a reference to the song Money (That's What I Want) written by Berry Gordy, Jr. (the father of Motown Records) and covered by numerous recording artists afterwards.

Panels 1?4: T Campbell comments on the ridiculousness of Doctor Hoot's (self-proclaimed "greatest inventive genius of all time") first criminal escapade:

"Who's got that kind of money in a recession?" Indeed. Doctor Hoot may excel at building weapons, but he sucks at financial management. What is this million-dollar robot doing? It's either ordering passers-by to hand over their spare change or, if Roger's correct, trying to make off with BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS. From a SINGLE THEATER. And he attacked before the movie even STARTED, so nobody actually SHOWED UP TO PAY before the sight of the giant robot sent them screaming in the other direction.
And we won't even get INTO exactly how that thing's four-foot high hands could even HOLD a dollar bill.

Clearly, Hoot has nowhere to go but up.

Panel 5: Felina Furr refers to herself incorrectly as Felina Furry, a slight variation of her name.

PAGE 3: Panel 3: The billboard which Captain Carrot is thrown into says "Acme egg beaters," with the tagline of "our beaters can't be beat." This is a foreshadowing of the alien egg which appears later in this story. The Acme Corporation seen in so many Looney Tunes cartoons can be seen in this series numerous times as well.

PAGE 4: Panel 2: Timmy Joe's exclamation, "GAWRSH!" is similar to the exclamation that Disney's Goofy makes, which can be heard here.

Panel 5: Pig-Iron is singing here, "Puttin' on the fritz?!" which is a variation on the Irving Berlin song of 1929, Puttin' on the Ritz (which spawned a 1930 film by that name).

PAGE 7: Panel 2: Dr. Hoot's shirt has "BADGUY" printed on it. Hoot is a villain in the mold of Superman's criminal scientist arch-enemy Lex Luthor and Captain Marvel's mad scientist arch-enemy Dr. Sivana.

PAGE 8: Panel 2: Pig-Irons says of Oklahoma Bones, "Huh? I heard'a you when I was just a piglet." This establishes that Oklahoma Bones, an Earth-C version of Indiana Jones existed as a real archaeologist in this world, rather than just a movie character.

PAGE 9: Panel 1: Title, CHAPTER 2: "RABBITS OF THE LAST ARK"

"The Second Weird War" is a parody of the Second World War, and Weird War Tales was the title of a DC Comics mixed war/sci-fi genre series, running from 1971 to 1983, running for 124 issues in total.

The mention of Oklahoma Bones' "last great adventure" occurring "just before the Second Weird War" prompts T Campbell to add:

Oklahoma Bones, Junior still acts pretty young, but he must be at least on the edge of middle age, given the way this conversation goes.
It's worth mentioning that Roy Thomas had a special affinity for 1940s-style entertainment. Both his ALL-STAR SQUADRON and his INVADERS were set in that era, and like George Lucas, he recaptures the fun of the stories written IN that time whenever he writes ABOUT that time.

Panel 2: Oklahoma Jr. says of his father, "Most people know only about his quest for the 'Lost Aardvark,' which made him so famous he even started appearing on the lecture circuit." This, of course, is a reference to Indiana Jones' quest for the Ark of the Covenant in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark; the Ark is a Biblical artifact given by God (Jehovah or Yahweh) to the Hebrews in the book of Exodus.

Panel 3: Oklahoma Bones and his son are prairie dogs, which according to Wikipedia "are small stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches native to both North and Central America."

The "Hamazon River" is a pun on the Amazon River of South America.

PAGE 10: Panel 1: "Kong-O-River" is a pun on the Congo River of West Africa, after King Kong, the film about the giant ape. "Oldman River" is a joke, since Ol' Man River is a song from Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's 1927 musical, Show Boat.

Panel 3: An Uncle Sam equivalent is seen here, as an undefined species with a dog-like nose and small floppy ears. Strangely enough, Earth-C's Uncle Sam is referred to as "Uncle Ham" in the very next panel as noted below.

The "Ratzis" are a pun on the Nazis (Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), "Adolph Hippo" is a pun on Adolf (or Adolph) Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, and "Ratzi Verminy" is a pun on Nazi Germany, which is a term for Germany during the time of the Third Reich, when the Nazi Party controlled it from 1934 to 1945.

Panel 4: "Uncle Ham" is a pun on the aforementioned Uncle Sam, a patriotic American symbol. Brad Walker notes:

I think, but I'm not sure, that they later changed it to "Uncle Salmon" to make the initials match. (You know, the whole thing started when a clueless soldier asked what "U.S." stood for and was told, "Uncle Sam." No way could they get "Uncle Ham" from "United Species.")

"Okie" is Oklahoma Bones' nickname just as "Indy" is Indiana Jones' nickname. "Okie" is also half of the phrase, "okie dokie," which is of course slang for the term "O.K." or "okay."

PAGE 11: Panel 2: The Ratzi pilot is dressed in a uniform that is colored similarly to Hans Von Hammer, also known as the Hammer of Hell, from the Enemy Ace feature, which began in Our Army at War #151.

PAGE 12: Panel 7: The "New Odor" is a parody of the Nazi regime's so-called "New Order" (Neue Ordnung). ("It may be new?but it sure ain't good!")

Panel 9: An "anti-leak oath" is a reference to anti-leak legislation.

PAGE 14: Panel 3: "Boa's Ark" is a pun on Noah's Ark, from the book of Genesis in the Bible's Old Testament.

PAGE 15: Panel 2: The years displayed here are: 1868, 1878, 1898, 1908, 1918, 1928, and 1938 (the present year of the flashback).

PAGE 16: Panel 4: "...before you can say Jack Rabbitson!" is a variation on part of Bugs Bunny's phrase, "...before you can say jack rabbit," which of course was based on the phrase, "Before you can say Jack Robinson," which dates back as far as the 1700's. See this webpage for more. (Thanks to Brad Walker and Charles Williams for the heads up!)

Panel 5: The ship's name is the S.S. Ess. Oklahoma Bones says "Ahoy!" to which they reply, "A what?"

PAGE 17: Panel 1: Title: "Chapter 3: The YOLK'S ON GNU YORK!"

Credits: Art this chapter: Scott Shaw! & Dave Hunt.

A "Pleistocene Pig" skeleton is seen here. The Pleistocene Epoch was a time of Earth's pre-history, from about 2 million years ago to 10,000 years ago. Charles Williams adds that "astute readers might note the striking resemblance between the 'Pleistocene Pig' and Pig-Iron, right down to their stances."

Pig-Iron exclaims, "Nuts and bolts!"

PAGE 18: Panel 1: Pig-Iron uses the phrase, "high on the hog."

PAGE 19: Panel 4: "Greta Gartersnake" is a pun on classic Hollywood actress Greta Garbo.

PAGE 21: Panel 1: The name of Oklahoma Bones' museum is called the "Museum of Hysteria" here. On page 9, panel 5, it's called the "Museum of Natural." Putting two-and-two together gets you the "Museum of Natural Hysteria," a pun on New York's American Museum of Natural History.

PAGE 23: Panel 1: There's a sign on the moon that says, "Final Frontier," a catch-phrase from the popular Star Trek franchise which began with the original television show in 1966.

Panel 4: "Yakkensack" is a pun on Hackensack, New Jersey and would exist in the Earth-C U.S. state of "New Gerbil."

PAGE 24: Panel 4: The same giant egg beater prop on the "Acme egg beater billboard" from page 3, panel 3 is used by Captain Carrot here.


PAGE 25: Panel 1: The image seen here of the Just'a Lotta Animals gathered around a giant typewriter may or may not be an homage to an existing scene in the Justice League of America comic-book series, although it may simply be a nod to the giant props seen in the 1950s Batman comics, especially those drawn by Dick Sprang.

Panel 3: This story takes place on Easter Sunday, which fell on April 11 in 1982 (April 19 in 1981), according to this U.S. Naval Observatory page, although there was no crescent moon on that real date, as the Moon Calendar page verifies.

Panel 4: The "Secret Serpents" is a pun on the U.S. Secret Service, the bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (until 2003) which was formed in 1865 and whose primary job is to protect the President, his immediate family, and certain other government officials.

T Campbell also makes a note about the Secret Serpents' species:

The Secret Serpents and Whipley are, I believe, the only snakes we see in the pages of CAPTAIN CARROT. Their presence raises all sorts of interesting questions. Mainly, how does an entire intelligent race with no arms or legs LIVE in a humanoid environment that isn't always friendly to the handicapped? Whipley's life story implies that they attach themselves to the fully limbed as indentured servants (or serpents). Whipley may be disappointed in Junior, but he kind of seems stuck with him. Hey, just like EVERYBODY's disappointed in Fillmore, but we (and therefore the Secret Serpents) kind of seem stuck with him, too!

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JuniorJones

TR.N Staff Member
Rocket Surgeon said:
Poor Mrs Junior...I would have been content never knowing of Oklahoma Bones, thanks.

What was his "Christian" name?

She dreams about the re-sale value!;)

So, you'd like your satire a bit more hard edged? Avert your eyes kiddies...as, if I'm tempted to post the remaining pages, it ain't going to get any better.

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JuniorJones

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Rocket Surgeon said:
Now I KNOW you're married!

Diana Ross in an Indy adventure...now what magazine is THAT from?

Here's an artist impression of my life. Coincidently, from THAT magazine.

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I'm not telling because it MINE, ALL MINE, nobody will never know, NEVER!! Indiana Jones hoarders* of the world UNITE.:dead:



*no relation to shoplifters.
 
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Moedred

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JuniorJones said:
if I'm tempted to post the remaining pages, it ain't going to get any better.
Probably the sex and violence should just have a download link.
I never cease to be amazed by your discoveries, JJ!
 

JuniorJones

TR.N Staff Member
Moedred said:
Probably the sex and violence should just have a download link.
I never cease to be amazed by your discoveries, JJ!

This is my final post on this matter. NEVER to be spoke of again. EVER!!

Welcome to JuniorJones' WTF moment. Don't worry kids, it's art, honest!

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JuniorJones

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For those who like to contribute. Tom Jung Art (7MB). Enjoy.:D

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I wonder how the bottleggers and freeloaders will feed... :rolleyes:
 
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