Planet X-Press Men
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| US Publish Number | 8 |
| UK Publish Number(s) | 10 |
| Written by | Eric Rogers |
| Art by | James Lloyd |
| Title caption | A new high in lowbrow entertainment! |
| Published (US) | 27 March, 2002 |
| Published (UK) | 8 April, 2004 |
| Title reference | Marvel Comics' the X-Men |
| In trade paperback | Futurama Adventures |
"Planet X-Press Men" is the eighth comic issue, which was released 27 March, 2002 in the US.
The Story
Act I
An advanced robot named Benderine (Bender) arrives, dying, at Planet Express. Professor F has his mutants bring him inside. The Professor re-fuels Benderine and asks him to stay on for some testing. It is determined that Benderine was created by their arch-enemy, Momneto but they ask him to train with the team, against Uniclops (Leela)'s wishes.
Act II
Benderine makes the team and eventually gains the trust of Uniclops. The Mayor holds a ceremony honouring the Planet X-Press Men, but Momneto attacks and overpowers the team. Fry wakes up to find out it was a dream and the crew fight off the Electric Boogaloo Gang using methods similar to their counterparts in Fry's dream.
Additional Info
Trivia
- Fry, Leela and Bender become actual super heroes in "Less than Hero".
- The cover design imitates a comic that is in a sealed in a plastic bag. The tag indicates that the comic contains the death of Flexo and the first appearance of Scruffy-Doo. Neither of these are true.
- Unlike the actual X-Men, the powers were received from experimentation rather than genetics.
- Issue #70 is titled "The Devil and Professor F.".
Quotes
Amy / Rouge: Schlick! I'm absorbing Lobstrocity's powers! And oh my god, am I starving!
Zoidberg / Lobstrocity: It's not just an act, people.
Hermes / Weather Mon: You're not paralyzed?!
Professor: Of course not! I'm just lazy! Off I go!
Allusions
- This is a parody of the X-Men with the crew playing the roles of some major mutants. These are indicated below.
- The comic book cover for this Futurama comic is a parody of the cover for the first Giant-Size X-Men issue that was released in May 1975. One unique difference is that while the cover for the Futurama comic was meant to portray the character and their superhero alter-egos, the X-Men version was meant to show the original X-Men team at the top and the newly introduced second generation X-Men team at the bottom, to which most of new characters would at the time become the new X-Men team along with Cyclops.
- Scruffy-Doo is probably a parody of Scrappy-Doo.
Goofs
- On the title page, Bender is seen reaching out with his left hand, it has four digits instead of the usual three.
Special Features
Characters
Comic Credits
- Penned with pride
- Drawn with delight
- Inked with irony
- Lettered with love
- Colored with charisma
- Edited with a big red sharpie
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