Issue #44: Fresh Meat, Part I

 

Story in Synopsis

200.000.000 million years in the past, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, a T-Rex called "Scarback" was the king of his tribe. On the present day, Tommy and Natt are in the Injun Research Laboratory (The one responsible for the zombified penguins in issue #13), and are collecting their pay after killing a weird sort of superhero. They have a brief discussion about how things are going on in Gotham (Pretty bad) and are on their way home. Natt has to use the toilet, and bumps into a team of guys with guns, probably mercenaries. Tommy soon joins him, and they are all transported.... 200.000.000 years in the past, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth. It seems that the team is actually a bunch of hunters, off to kill dinosaurs. After a heated discussion with the hunters, Tommy and Natt decide not to take part in the hunt, and actually relax and watch the landscape. Too bad "Scarback" smells them and sends one of his minions to investigate. Natt heads off to respond to "Nature's Call". Tommy hears his screams, and goes to the rescue...only to discover that Natt just has a really mean butt-itch. All seems well.... that is until the hungry T-Rex finds them. Tommy saves Natt from the T-Rex's mouth (Literally), and they both run like hell back to the 20th Century, leaving the mercenary team behind. All's well that ends well? Not quite, as the dinosaurs follow them back..... Oooops!!!

Hit Bits

SCIENTIST: "Injun is a research facility, Monaghan. Metahuman experimentaion and development are a big part of our work here." TOMMY:"Aw, gimme a break! I mean come on, a guy whose powers only work when he's reading porno?"

MERCENARY: "The security on this was ulratop- there's no way in hell you could've just walked in on us!" TOMMY: "Top security? At Injun Peak?" MERCENARY: "I should've known, dammit! Those idiots couldn't organize an orgy in a whorewhore!" BOSS: "Oh yes... but they take all major credit cards."

NATT: "HELP ME MAN!!! I'M FREAKIN' DYIN IN HERE!!! I WIPED MY ASS ON SOME KINDA PREHISTORIC NETTLE!!!" TOMMY: "Uh...why?" NATT: "WELL I DIDN'T MEAN TO, IT JUST LOOKED LIKE A BIG FRIGGIN' LEAF! OH JESUS IT'S KILLIN' ME! DO SOMETHIN'!!!" TOMMY:"Hey, I don't even wanna see it! You're on your own with this one!"

Criticizing

 

Story

Garth takes on all those '60's and '70's movies with dinosaurs, and Jurassic Park, and I have to admit, that I really liked the result. It's not as funny as last issue, but I found myself laughing out loud a couple of times. Lots of toilet humour and some really funny scenes make for a really nice issue. I liked the mercenary team, and how Tommy ticked them off. The whole T-Rex sequence was a hoot, and I was relieved to see that Natt didn't die (Whew!). Like in "Zombie Night" the set-up for the nest issue is a really hilarious and horrific one at the same time. I think that on next issue Garth will probably take on "Godzilla".... I can't wait to see how this turns out!

Art

I don't know, there was something I could not put my finger on, in this issue. I like John McCrea's pencils and all, but I don't think it fitted the dinosaurs. I still liked the art, don't get me wrong, I just expected something more terrifying. Even though I liked the dinosaurs a lot, I was more impressed by the facials of the characters, which were absolutely priceless!! Gary's inks complemented John' pencils nicely, and made the dinos look good. I quite liked the final image of the issue, the set-up for the next issue, where we see Tommy and Natt relaxing after the T-Rex chase, heading back for the 20th Century, oblivious to the fact that a dinosaur in following them. Poster Stuff!