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saidtheraina's review
3.0
Mickey does dystopia!
Or rather, robot apocalypse.
Whatever.
This feels like a vintage comic. To the point where I almost started this review with a ::LOOK! MICKEY WAS DOING DYSTOPIA BEFORE SUZANNE COLLINS!:: announcement. Which, of course, woulda been wrong.
And reading this, I felt like I was back in my childhood, when I ripped through comics and Disney properties with abandon.
Paired with a much shorter story about Peg Leg Pete’s near miss with galactic rock stardom, Mickey’s brush with apocalypse combines wide-ranging elements, such as a villain who speaks in rhymes, holograms, a secret organization called the American Bureau of Really Outlandish and Astonishing Developments (ABROAD, for short), and lots of almost steampunk-style technologically advanced vehicles of transportation.
Although some of these elements were first introduced in earlier Mickey Mouse adventures, a reader new to this world will not have difficulty catching up. This volume is surprisingly dense – the core story may take several sittings to finish, and it includes preview pages from six other volumes offered by Boom Kids, in addition to the Peg Leg Pete story.
Enjoyable in its wackiness, this is an outlandish romp for new and old lovers of the Disneyverse alike.
Or rather, robot apocalypse.
Whatever.
This feels like a vintage comic. To the point where I almost started this review with a ::LOOK! MICKEY WAS DOING DYSTOPIA BEFORE SUZANNE COLLINS!:: announcement. Which, of course, woulda been wrong.
And reading this, I felt like I was back in my childhood, when I ripped through comics and Disney properties with abandon.
Paired with a much shorter story about Peg Leg Pete’s near miss with galactic rock stardom, Mickey’s brush with apocalypse combines wide-ranging elements, such as a villain who speaks in rhymes, holograms, a secret organization called the American Bureau of Really Outlandish and Astonishing Developments (ABROAD, for short), and lots of almost steampunk-style technologically advanced vehicles of transportation.
Although some of these elements were first introduced in earlier Mickey Mouse adventures, a reader new to this world will not have difficulty catching up. This volume is surprisingly dense – the core story may take several sittings to finish, and it includes preview pages from six other volumes offered by Boom Kids, in addition to the Peg Leg Pete story.
Enjoyable in its wackiness, this is an outlandish romp for new and old lovers of the Disneyverse alike.