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5/8 KID BLASTOFF #1 (Amaze Ink) Everything: Evan Dorking & Sarah Dyer S P O I L E R S KID BLASTOFF is a reprint of a three part story by Dorkin and Dyer that originally appeared in DISNEY ADVENTURES in 1995. In this exciting installment, "Attack of the Bomb Squad", Kid Blastoff, novice space adventurer, boldly forges on into space to tackle the legions of Dr. Hugo Boom! Can Kid Blastoff face down Boom's legions of bomb-related evil and save the universe? Of course not. This is a humor comic. I wasn't expecting much from this story -- I don't know why, because I've always enjoyed everything else that Evan Dorkin's done (with the possible exception of the "gritty, realistic" MAD DOG). This issue greatly surpassed my expectations -- it was an enjoyable read, packed full of goofy humor and action and a completely self-contained. The artwork is cartoony (well, what else did you expect?), but works perfectly with the story and adds a few chuckles of its own. Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing a monthly KID BLASTOFF title. It's a good comic for children yet with plenty of appeal for adults, and if stories could be kept self-contained it would be #1 on my to-get list. Hopefully enough people agree with me that we'll be seeing more of the Kid in the future. Until next time, true believers... "Onward to nausea!" Aw, what the hell do I know anyway? DAVE WHITE, dw4e+@andrew.cmu.edu, http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/dw4e "Those who induce these stressors on you, were individually not your friends in the first place, for they wish through these stressors to either brainwash you, transvalue your sex, or even kill you with alphabet soup." --Owen W. Gustafson