A militant student uprising has taken prisoners and disrupted classes at CHS--and it's being led by the teenage terror Demi-Jon! To make matters worse, Jon and his friends are among the student hosta- ges--and there's bound to be bloodshed before the day is over. Can the Warriors stem the tide of mob rule before their alma mater--to say nothing of their city--goes up in flames?
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Issue #: 47
Release Date: Mar 3, 2009
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The "Bart kid" is, of course, TV's Bart Simpson, who is seen writing a different joke, reflecting some misdeed or chldish prank (eg: "I will not grease the moneky bars" or "Beans are neither fruit nor musical") on a classroom chalkboard in each regular opening cred roll of The Simpsons.
The line about "leave world domination to lab mice" refers to the show Pinky and the Brain, whose plot concerns two genetically-enhanced mice who work nightly to take over the world, invariably failing.
Title: "Up the Demi-Jon Staircase"
Story (out of 24 pages): 18 p.
Writer: J.M. Sweet and Jonah K. Eastman
Penciller: Ethan W. "Meat" Jackson
Letterer:J. Antwon Shea
Colorist: Theo "Jet" Swann
Summary:
In a continuation of the earlier part of this story arc, The Treehouse Warriors arrive at the school auditorium and are immediately taken hostage by a group of black students, led by Carbuncle High's not-so-fornerly villianous new transfer student. Demi-Jon straps inhibitor devices to both Jon and Jimmo to damp down their powers and explains that his whole reform bit was simply a ruse; he was biding his time in order to build together an army, made up of black students, for his latest plan: takeover of the entire city. Larry happens to recognize one of the guards--an old accquaintence from grade school--and tries to reason with him, but to no avail. The Warriors are soon locked up in a special electrically-charged plexiglass cage, which Jon is too weak to break out of, and the others cannot touch because of the highly-charged walls.
Meantime, Jeanne Stonehart finds herself locked out. Unable to get past the armed guards Demi-Jon has posted everywhere, she realizes the use of assault weapons for simple security patrol is a bit too extreme for simple security. Sensing something terribly wrong, Jeanne goes to ask a pack of unlikely heroes--Tony Moneran, Scarface, Mugsy and Rocco--for help.
Inside, Demi-Jon informs his captivess that the collar around his twin's neck is boobytrapped to go off if it is tampered with. The young general frentically stirs up the troops, calling for a massive race riot that, according to his plan, will start at the sound of the fifth-period bell. The students in the room are to run and get away from the building as fast as possible (preferably looting and burning and killing on the way). When the tardy bell rings five minutes later, the young sociopath informs them, the time bomb in Jon's hibi collar explodes, taking a good chunk of the school with it. Without a super-powered hero to rescue them, our heroes will be buried, along with hundreds of other innocent students....
Notes: page 2. Monty mentions seeing "the new Jason flick". This refers to the Friday the 13th reboot, which was a then-current release while this issue was in production.
page 2. The Book of Virtues is a collection of morality-themed fables compiled and written by conservative pundit and author William Bennett. East of Eden is a John Steinbeck novel about two wealthy rival families steeped in secrets, debauchery, and prostitution, set in the backdrop of dust-bowl era America.
One student (top of page 9) quotes Mel Gibson's famous line from Bravehart. A moment later he paraphrases Mel's infamous drunken rant, uttered during an arrest for speeding and driving under the influence, about Jews being responsible for all the world's wars.
The two wisecracking blacks in the balcony (page 9) are parodies of The Muppet Show's resident old cranks, Statler and Waldorf.
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Title: "Naphtali Nonsense"
Story (out of 24 pages): 6 p.
Writer: Jake C. Thomas
Penciller: Scott J. Hanna
Letterer: Noah Jewett
Colorist: Theo A. "Jet" Swann
Summary:
Ben and Tim pay a visit to Dr. Zigmund Fraud after their horseplay gets out of hand. Fraud blames TV violence--especially the boy's beloved wrestling--and tries to make then watch nice wholesome programs instead. When this fails the doc hits upon a sure-fire idea....
page 2. The title of Fraud's book "I'm Okay, You're a Stupid Fartknocker" recalls Thomas A. Harris' successful (and oft-parodied) self-help tome I'm Okay, You're Okay.
page 3. "Smellybutt Moose" is a parody of the children's show Elliot Moose. Other shows Fraud tries are Davey and Goliath, a religious-leaning Claymation show about a boy and his large talking dog, "Bernie and Buds" (a parody of Barney and Friends), and <"Caraway Road" (think Sesame Street)
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A militant student uprising has taken prisoners and disrupted classes at CHS--and it's being led by the teenage terror Demi-Jon! To make matters worse, Jon and his friends are among the student hosta-
The "Bart kid" is, of course, TV's Bart Simpson, who is seen writing a different joke, reflecting some misdeed or chldish prank (eg: "I will not grease the moneky bars" or "Beans are neither fruit nor musical") on a classroom chalkboard in each regular opening cred roll of The Simpsons.
