Tails of the Pet Avengers #1

[perletwo]

So, yeah, I'd say the mood needs a little lightening around here lately. Howzabout a few bits from Tails of the Pet Avengers #1? Because it is made of joy and win, my friends. It's composed of six five-page solo stories, starring Throg, Zabu, Ms. Lion, Lockheed, Lockjaw and Redwing. Here we have writing and art by the likes of Chris Eliopoulos, Ig Guara, Colleen Coover, Scott Gray, Gurihiru, Buddy Scalera and Joe Caramagna. It's just more fun than should be allowed by law, really.


Here is one page from "Beginnings and Endings," by Eliopoulos and Guara. Our story opens with Throg making a grand speech to his clan, and flashes back to his return home and battling encroaching crocodiles.



Y'know, it just really isn't easy being green? *sigh*

One page from "My Enemy, My Friend," by Eliopoulos and Gurihiru. Zabu's in a hurry to catch up with Ka-Zar, but has to have a skirmish with some attacking raptors. They turn out to have been defending their kill, a lovely noble red dino, and Zabu is approached by the two cutest critters in the whole Savage Land - who, as soon as the tiger's back is turned, the raptors try to ambush.



I so sincerely hope they're going to be ongoing characters...

One page from "Terrier on the High Seas," story and art by Colleen Coover. May and Ms. Lion are on a cruise ship, and a seagull sasses Ms. L for being a lapdog and doing tricks such as playing dead for treats, instead of living by his wits like the gull does. Ms. L overhears a plot by two of the ship's cooks to make everyone sick that night so they can rob the casino. Not on a Pet Avenger's watch, buckos!



Seeing this, the more cowardly of the two thieves rounds on the other, berates him in public about the plot, and they are apprehended. Just another day at the office for Ms. Lion!

And here is one page from "Top Dog," by Scott Gray and Gurihiru. It's midnight on the moon, and only Lockjaw has detected an intruder - Mad-Dog, hired and teleported quickly in and out by Roxxon to grab a tubeful of Terrigen Mist. But Roxxon's not the only teleporter around...



Lockjaw zaps back to the moon with the tube intact, and of course the Inhumans are oblivious to how the silly dog has saved them all once again. Poor guy.


Can't wait to see the Pet Avengers back in an ongoing title!

Tag suggestions:
char: frog thor, char: lockjaw, char: mad-dog/buzz baxter (does not exist yet), char: ms. lion, char: zabu, creator: chris eliopoulos, creator: colleen coover, creator: gurihiru, creator: ig guara, creator: scott gray, group: pet avengers, publisher: marvel comics, title: tails of the pet avengers (does not exist yet)

Comments

[darkblade]

Shouldn't Lockjaw be with the Inhumans wherever the capital planet of the Kree Empire is?

[theanswer]

He likes to wander around sometimes.

[perletwo]

The Frog Thor story seems to be set directly after the events of last year's Pet Avengers mini, so either this is pre-Kree or just out of continuity.

[stig]

Reminds me of that horribly-researched story in the last series of Heroes For Hire, wherein we discover that Moon Boy has been abandoned by Devil Dinosaur, who has laid eggs after changing his sex, "Like In Jurassic Park".

Forgetting, of course, that it's clearly stated in the film that the Dinosaurs changed sex because their genes were spliced with those of frogs...

[perletwo]

Film and book, yeah, and given a big ole Tolja So by Ian Malcolm.

I wondered, looking at the art, whether Dead Mommy is a female of Devil Dino's species. I'm not dino-centric enough to tell, really.

[icon_uk]

IIRC Devil Dinosaur is from another dimension (His stories with Moon Boy took place in the present day, just not Marvel Earth's present day), so there are no equivalents to him in even the Savage Land.

[kingrockwell]

Well, he'd shown up already when the Pet Avengers visited the Savage Land in the past mini.

[grimmbear]

Isn't Buzz Baxter, Patsy Walker's first Husband?

[perletwo]

Ayup!

[mercia]

You know what mars this joy for me, just a bit?

Lockjaw's not a dog. He's an Inhuman who's so mutated by the Terrigen Mists that it's easier to think of him as one.

Really, I feel sorry for the guy.

On the other hand, I bet he's spoiled stupid rotten, so.

[colonel_green]

They retconned that retcon years ago, because of how creepy it was.

[perletwo]

IIRC, there's been some debate over whether that's really the case or if it's just what they came up with to dissuade Pietro from taking Luna into the mists, when he was all freaked out about her being born powerless.

[sir_mikael]

There's a lot of thought put into this site about the whole Lockjaw thing:
http://enterthestory.com/lockjaw_talks.html

[rdfox]

...no love for Hairball? :(

[perletwo]

Not this time, which is a bummer. I'd've traded the Lockheed story for a Niels story in a heartbeat, myself.

[the_eleven]

Loved the Mad Dog scene. There are three more of these coming too, can't wait to see them on the shelf.

[silverzeo]

Zabu's story looks like the Lion King, he even looks a teenage Simba with some dental problems.

Lockjaw's art style seem familar too, but I can't quite finger it. Seems to be a shade from the art in the Power Gril comic.

Can't wait too see what else happens to the Pet Avengers.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

Frog Thor is so cool. XD

Also, I liked the sabre-tooth tiger story.

Why aren't dinosaurs in more comics these days, anyway? Dinosaurs are cool, and they're pretty EXTREEEEEME, too, I'd say.

[kingrockwell]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THIS BOOK EXISTS WHY DOES MY LCS HATE ME
and i them

>:(
Well, now I'm definitely going to the other store to hunt down Phonogram #6 because I will always need Pet Avengers in my life.

[sinisterlink]

I feel your pain. The comic shop that was near me closed/moved and they even said they'd transfer my pull list to the new store that was gonna be nearby, but I went to where they said it would be and it's NOT THERE and it's not even listed anywhere, WTF. So the closest comic shop I have now is like an hour and fifteen minutes away. D:

Thankfully I have a Books a Million that is closer and they get a pretty good selection of ongoing/limited series in, so maybe they'll have this since they actually had the first Pet Avengers series...

[sinisterlink]

Yay! I didn't know this was out yet, I have to go get this. Those two baby dinos are the cutest things in the entire world. Are they T-Rexs or something like that? I love how darn happy they look while riding on Zabu's back. And honestly Zabu, did you really think you'd be able to leave them behind? You left them alone for two seconds and they nearly got eaten, of course you're going to have to raise them/find someone to take care of them. And if you think about it, they might be annoying to raise, but in the future having two full grown T-Rex type dinosaurs as your friends could reeeeeeally come in handy.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Ms. Lion - master thespian!
Also, Throg is being a little unfair here, isn't he? I mean, those are ALLIGATORS. A whole horde of normal frogs would do little besides antagonize them.

[taggerung301]

as heartwarming as the dinosaur one is, it is rather amusing to see a freaking saber-tooted tiger chastising velociraptors for killing animals for food

[ian_karkull]

Frog Thor is boss.