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TaleSpin Comics: Idiots Abroad!/Bye, Bye, SeaDuck! Rant

Reviewed: 09/05/2016
Additional Commentary: 12/15/2025

Welcome To The Wacky World Of TaleSpin Comics, Part Two!

Original Release: 06/00/1991 (Idiots Abroad), 06/00/1994 (Bye, Bye, SeaDuck!).

So, after a thrilling spy/dogfightish TaleSpin pilot featuring Lillian Ravenwood. (2025 Gregory Weagle Says: Whom I think would be perfect as a regular character for the second season if it were not for TaleSpin's motifs of guest characters getting over and never coming back again.); we head to a much more comedy style story as Baloo gets kidnapped by Trader Moe's goons because Trader Moe is missing according to them. But in reality; Trader Moe is ditching them to get him some new goons; all while stealing a plane made of gold from an Air Circus that Baloo is supposed to fly over to fly a banner for Rebecca Cunningham. Yeah; there is a lot going on here. Did I mention that even Trader Moe has enemies that aren't police officers?! (Remember when Trader Moe kept saying in the television series that he needs some new goons?! Bobbi decided, "Let's paid off that angle!" and then you wonder why she was great as a future TaleSpin writer even though TaleSpin had zero future by the time this comic book got released?!) Then from there, we get another bonus comic book story as Baloo and Kit get captured by a scientist who is stealing parts due to his decontruction fetish. (This scientist wishes he were Mr. Bull from Peppa Pig.) How do these stories fare? Let's rant on shall we?!

Idiots Aboard! is written by Bobbi JG Weiss and artwork is done by Oscar F. Saavedra, Mas Manos and Robert Bat. Bye, Bye, Seaduck! is written by Bob Langhans. The comic was drawn by Oscar F. Saavedra and inked by Raul Barbero and Ruben Torreiro. "Bye, Bye, SeaDuck" comes from Disney Adventures 4-08 released in June of 1994.

Opening Moment #1: The cover of this story is Trader Moe and his goon being chased by a brown dog pilot with goggles and a helmet flying a golden plane with Baloo holding onto the right wing as tents are being slashed all about. WildCat and Rebecca are shocked and appalled while Kit looks excited. Geez; I thought Kit was smarter than that?! (After "The Lost Cargo Of Kit Cloudkicker" former self?! Nah, he's not.) I would think Molly would be the one doing this spot; but she isn't in the cover despite clearly being in the actual story! (And unlike the first new story cover, Molly is not a new character, so they don't have that excuse going for them.)

Idiots Abroad!: We begin this one inside the office of Higher...For...Hire as Baloo is reading a pink covered book from his red chair as it's morning. I should note that the cover reads "Amatingly Fantastical Tales". What is this; Bobbi's attempt to sound Engrish?! (Nah, it was probably a printing error.) Okay; it's supposed to be "Amazingly Fantastic Tales". (Yup, the fictional comic book production company's debut name in the comics that didn't exist in the television series. Just wait until Flim Flam Flyboy and their stories about how Don Karnage is really a misunderstood good guy. You'll be thinking: Is this where all those live action movies about the Disney villians being a complex human being?! Because if so, then they lost the plot, both sides.) That's not the biggest logic hole of the panel. The biggest one is Gorilla Goon and Rhino Goon lifting up a wall of the Higher For Hire building and saying "Knock, knock." Okay; I realize the goons are powerful enough to punch through an elevator to grab Baloo by the throat in Time Waits For No Bear; but COME ON! (For those who use the "GG" sign off on the internet: In 1991, it would be Gorilla Goon and have a totally different context.) Baloo looks rightfully panicky as the goons apologize for not using the door and slam the wall back down because they no longer hold up houses; just banks. Okay; the joke is funny, but come on guys. (Hey, I have seen and heard stupider stuff that make even less sense than this.) The goons break down the door like they should have from the start and greet Baloo. Baloo demands answers to this outrage as Gorilla Goon still have zero idea how to express himself in a way that doesn't make him look like an idiot. (Well, he's a dumb goon. You wonder why I don't see Daddy Pig as dumb no matter how many bouts of stupidity he does?! It's because as a child, I was used to idiots like Gorilla Goon and Rhino Goon.) Rhino Goon claims that Baloo lives in Cape Suzette and is smart. Hack and Slash routine ensues. I realize that some Canadians will read this rant and think that these goons are ripping off Reboot. However, as a fellow Canadian myself, I can assure you that Hack and Slash from Reboot were the ones who stole from these goons. (ReBoot debuted in 1994 and the original had 48 episodes in four seasons. It did have a 20 episode sequel, but it was totally different from the original.)

Basically; the goons are asking for help because they want to know where Trader Moe is. There is a charming exchange where Baloo calls them gangsters and the goons claim that they are mindless goons and Trader Moe is the gangsters. You'll never find more transparent honesty and stupidity than Gorilla goon and Rhino goon. (The new sincerity in the 1990's when it just got popularized by David Foster Wallace. The cycle of life continues.) The goons claim that Trader Moe told them to meet with him on the Cape Suzette docks; but Moe never showed up. Geez; I wonder why?! Hasn't he said that he was looking for new goons at this point?! (Heck, the last episode involving them was "Double Or Nothing" back in the fall of 1990 for crying out loud. It's been a long process, methinks.) Well; as we'll see later on, he really was. Baloo calls this heartbreaking. (Riiiigggghhhhhttt. More like funny bone breaking.) However, he's busy right now. Gorilla Goon grabs Baloo by the shirt collar. (I see BS&P has had enough of the neck grabbing now.) Rhino Goon proclaims that Trader Moe never goes anywhere without them. What part of "I need some new goons" don't these two...?! Oh wait, never mind. Gorilla threatens to get persuasive about this and Baloo is sweating like he's gone to the Oscar convention. (Fish Hooks one; not TaleSpin one.) Baloo gulps and proclaims that he would love to help them out now. Yeah; I'll bet. We scene change to a four way intersection as Kit is whistling on the sidewalk with the newspaper. Suddenly; a black antique car drives in and turns left. That car contains Rhino Goon as the driver, Baloo as the prisoner in the back and Gorilla Goon as the backseat driver. (That souinds like a dangerous combination, and not in a good nor nice way I might add.) When the car turn left; it's such a wide turn that the car almost runs over Kit. This incident causes Kit to drop on his ass on the sidewalk with the newspaper and himself covered with black oil. Baloo is horrified when this happens as Kit protests this outrage as apparently, he thinks Rhino Goon got his drivers license from a cereal box. Somehow; I think Kit wishes pilot's licenses were in same box. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm...

Scene change to inside the office as Kit comes in with the newspaper which some oil is still on it. Nice touch there, guys. Kit is asking for Baloo since he has the sports section with the previous day baseball game scores. However, Kit then notices Baloo is gone and the place is a mess. In comes Rebecca and Molly as Kit notices something is wrong with Rebecca as Rebecca looks panicky. Rebecca states that people drive like maniacs and they almost got hit by a car two minutes ago. Kit calls the black car a sedan as Rebecca wonders how he knew that. Kit tells her to never mind (huh?) and asks about Baloo. (That was odd because Kit almost got run over himself and seems to want to forgot about it. Personally, after "Road Wars", that might be for the best. The last thing we need is Rebecca Cunningham turning into Karen Cummingham. Let Momma Money play that role.) Rebecca thinks he's disappeared already and states if he didn't live here, he would probably never show up for work at all. Heh. (Rebecca's out of line, but she's right on this.) Rebecca wonders about the door on the floor and Kit deduces that WildCat was probably putting new hinges on the door. (If only Kit, if only.) Rebecca calls this someone around this place actually doing a job. (If only Rebecca, if only. Both ways.) Rebecca puts her yellow purse on the desk. Rebecca then proclaims that Baloo needs to be at the Air Circus by noon to fly her banner over the crowds or she has spent a lot of money for nothing. (Which is a nice way to say that she might fire Baloo for not doing his job. I believe she almost does in the comics later on.) Kit snaps his fingers and deduces that Baloo is at the Air Circus, stating that Baloo wanted to be there early. That sounds reasonable; although Baloo probably wanted to go to enjoy himself and give Kit some entertainment. (That's a valid point. Which is fine as long as Baloo does the one job Rebecca wants at the end of the day.) Kit decides to go look for him as Molly gets giddy and literally pulls Rebecca's pant right near her ass. (That was a bit creepy there, artists!) Rebecca isn't sure about this; but Kit insists that Molly can come with him because he'll watch her. Rebecca agrees to it as long as Molly behaves. (Which after the squid incident, I'm certain Molly will be a lot less reckless.)

Molly, of course wants cotton candy and going on rides. (Typical carnival behaviour from little kids. Happens all the time. In Britian, cotton candy is known as candy floss, which sounds less problematic to me.) Rebecca takes a newspaper and puts it on the box. It contains an ad that says "Wanted: Two Goons. Brawn Required, Brains Negotiable, Immediate Openings! Apply Now!" Shouldn't be "Brains Recommended!"?! I mean; if Trader Moe is looking for two new goons; shouldn't he by asking for someone with at least some brains?! (Somehow, I suspect the second short joke has less brains than the first short joke. Colonel Spigot, everyone. Also, as a reminder: Thembria does appear multiple times in this comic and even involves getting into the Air Pirates business, twice! One of them I have ranted on and the second one I couldn't rant on until 2025 since the story was unused at the time of this rant!) Speaking of Trader Moe; we head to a dingy office in downtown Cape Suzette as we have a line of furries, including a wolf, gorilla, elephant, a white dog in army fatigues, a rat and a bear. Yeah; no dog noses. (Don't worry, this will all go back to dognoses later on in the story.) We head inside Trader Moe's office at his desk with a ticket depenser and a box containing resumes on said desk. Moe is talking to a red wolf wearing a green suit and black shirt while the brown wolf is wearing a purple suit with pink shirt and blue pants. He might be Don Karnage's son for all we know. (I thought Don Karnage's son was a cosplaying Jitters?! I don't hate my life, or this gig, honest!) Oh, and they are #47 being served as Trader Moe asks them if they have done goon work before, follow orders, obey all words and do what they are told. The wolves say "right" and Trader Moe hires them on the spot. Geez; with that kind of questioning; I'm sadden I didn't send my resume to Trader Moe. (Thank goodness you didn't, former self. The benefits of ranting pay better than this.) The wolves like it as we cut back to the street with Baloo in the back street with Gorilla goon as Rhino goon is driving. Baloo proclaims that he has a banner to fly and he risks losing his job if he fails. The goons laugh it off as Baloo tries to escape. However, Gorilla Goon slaps handcuffs on himself and Baloo to prevent that. Baloo thinks this is going to get worse and then the car stops at Ralph's Gas Station.

Rhino goon tells Baloo to erase all ideas of running away. Baloo perishes the thought of course as there is a giant yellow poster that tells us that this is the fifth annual Cape Suzette Air Circus. (In other words, it started in 1932.) Also, the air circus is presented by the "Amazingly Fantastical Tales". Which is the book Baloo was reading earlier. So, the book was in fact an exhibition guide. Too bad the cover was misspelled at the beginning of this story. Also of note is special guests known as Golden Pup & The Air Woofs~! Thrill to the amazing plane of gold. (I betcha that plane of gold is in fact plastic gold. It's possible since the plastic we know today was invented in 1907. I doubt it's celluliod plastic since that is flammable. I doubt it's gold plated, the troupe doesn't look as rich as Shere Khan is.) Baloo proclaims as he calls Gorilla Goon, Sparky. Huh; how did he know this?! (This was clearly Baloo doing a nickname, although this would be a "huge if true" moment otherwise.) Anyhow; Baloo agrees to cooperate with them as long as he can go to the Air Circus. Gorilla Goon thinks this is all right and Baloo wants to drop the formalities. Rhino Goon is filling the tank with gas, of course. Baloo asks Gorilla goon about his thoughts to start the search for Trader Moe, and Gorilla Goon doesn't know. Rhino Goon gets in the car and states that they want Baloo to think about where he could be. Of course! Baloo asks how stupid can these guys be; and then realizes that he answered his own question. Of course! (Baloo is our GEEK OF THE WEEK~!) Baloo notices the poster, deduces that Trader Moe would be looking for something to steal and a plane of gold would be perfect. By virtue of "deducation" as Bea would say in Fish Hooks, Moe must be at the Air Circus. Apparently; Golden Pups owns the plane of gold, too. (As logical as this is, I suspect that plane is painted a gold color and worth as much as any plane in 1937. Which is not much in money, but it would make for a decent ride if you know how to pilot it at least. Sadly, that would mean hiring a pilot as a goon and I don't think even Trader Moe thinks stuff all the way through.) Rhino and Gorilla goon look out the window as Gorilla's head changes color from grey to brown. (This is a vast improvement from the last issue, so kudos I guess.) Gorilla goon isn't sure about this; but Baloo insists because he's the brains of the operation. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. (That isn't saying much, former self.)

After some good buildup, we finally head to the Cape Suzette Air Circus. Think every major carnival you have ever seen; only it contains an airplane motif to it. Oh; and the guides are also sold there. Whoever did the artwork for this story was a lot more tuned into the TaleSpin universe than most comic book artists doing this series because I have seen few if any dog noses in the area. There is a carnival barker wolf furry in candy cane pants, blue boots, a top hat and a black coat doing his promo about a three winged rocket plane that spins, dives and crashes into a thousand little pieces. So, it's basically a suicide plane. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummmm... Kit and Molly are walking in the carnival as they are the only ones not wearing any footwear whatsoever. (That was odd because the rest of the patrons are wearing footwear as well.) Molly doesn't see Baloo anywhere. However, Kit points out that they aren't near the airfield entrance yet. Then we get a really neat spot to sell the festival as a wonderful thing as an airplane clown with a model blue airplane attached to his back zooming around the area in front of Kit and Molly. It makes airplane noises as Molly giggles and Kit is amused. Then the clown gives them two free coupons for a "Root Beer Bomber Float" at the "Cargo Cantina". No one is scared of this clown and the clown feels like someone put a lot of effort into the design. It's not an edgy design; it's a unique design that fits the motif of which this show was shooting for and I like it. (Keep in mind, TaleSpin is a rushjob on all planes. This is impressive.) The carnival barker continues his promo as we discover that the clown's name is "Happy Flappy Fling-Winger" and his astonishing "Super-Cyclonic Ornithopter". An ornithopter is a machine designed to fly by flapping it's wings; which is what the clown is wearing. Oh; and he even gives rides to kids as Molly is wanting to go as she apparently won a rubber ball during this whole thing. (That scene would likely be shown on television to pad the running time in a montage today given the quicker pacing of children's cartoons in general.) Kit kindly no sells the deal because Baloo must be found first. They turn around to see the first dog nose with red hair wearing a shirt, brown bomber jacket, blue pants and black shoes on wooden stilts. (I'm certain the good graces of diverse furries will end here.) Molly then gets the money shot line of the story and I quote:

Molly: Do you get termites in your legs?

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The orange haired man has no way of countering this as Kit and Molly walk off. Molly says her goodbyes while the man thinks Molly is weird. I don't think so, Tim. Which is his booking name in my opinion. (There is an episode of Ducktales 2017, where all the kids -- including Raven and Lena Sabrewing -- are in a magical area where they show off their fantasies to each other. Many of them are abusrd, maybe one or two are within the boundaries of good taste. Then you have Huey "Jet" Duck, whose fantasy is to have real stlit-like legs like Tim has and Dewey "Turbo" Duck is so gravely offended by this, he becomes so overdramatic that I feel sorry for Huey. I was hoping Molly was there and said that line because despite Huey hilariously bad attempts to deflect this, there would be zero way Huey could counter that line in any way. This is a hilariously funny line by Molly Cunningham.) Kit doesn't look thrilled by that crack from Molly. (I betcha in Ducktales 2017, he would be amused by this because it's Molly Cunningham and she's awesome! I would adjust this response if this made television.) They make it to the airfield which contains bleachers and a house with a green windsock on the roof. The P.A. system is blaring for our attention as in thirty minutes the "Amazingly Fantastical Tales Fifth Annual Air Show" will be proud to present that astonishing aerial trapeze group: The Flailing Frenzia Brothers. (Which means they might literally be birdman, and very poor at it, too. Nice one Bobbi, nice one.) That's in thirty minutes at the West Air Arena. Huh; that sounds like they are in Arizona or something?! (They are not in Arizona, because who wants to be in a state that has Bubsy The Bobcat as their unofficial animal and Arnold Armadillo being treated like he's the spawn of Satan, or something?!) We then get a really funny moment from Kit and Molly as the crowds come in as half of them are dog noses (See what I mean by the good graces ending soon?):

Kit: Well, those are the air field gates ahead; but I don't see Baloo anywhere. If he's not here, Miss Cunningham will kill him!
Molly: My Mommy won't kill him, silly! She's just yell at him real loud!

I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. I note this because this is the first time Molly has ever used the word kill in this series. In other words: she understands what that word means, because she knows Rebecca is not going to legit kill him if Baloo doesn't make it. She's not a dumb animal. I just love how this show just casually says these words and the six year old actually knows what it means and no negative consequences actually happen as a result. Moral guardians; it's time to heal thyself, no one cares about your fee-fees anymore. (Molly can also suspend her disbelief better than anyone on Peppa Pig, especially SUZY SHEEP~?!) Molly has dropped her doll and ball as everyone is at the gates watching a golden plane and four red planes doing stunts in the air. Which leads to the planes landing on the air field ground with ease. The denizens watching are cheering for this golden plane as the announcer cuts a promo calling Golden Pup and the Air Woofs the heroic hounds of the heavens and those captivating canines of the clouds. Because we can't have bears take all the glory now, can't we?! (They can go pound sand as far as I'm concerned. You'll see why later.) As the golden plane lands, it makes a sound effect that sounds like "Settle!". This prompts Kit to say that he's gonna fly like that someday, which is funny considering that this means this takes place before Flight School Confidential. (Interesting theory there, former self.) We cut to underneath a hut with cargo boxes as Trader Moe and his two wolf goons -- the brown wolf is wearing red/orange striped pants now -- as Trader Moe does indeed want to see the golden plane. Man; that Baloo sure knows his detective work doesn't he? Or he's just lucky. Occam's Razor and My Headcanon suggest the later in this case. (Yup.) The red wolf asks how they are going to steal it and Moe tells them that he will reveal the Krackpotkin Plan soon enough. However, he'll stuff them in a drain pipe if they screw up. The two wolf goons salute him as Trader Moe also informs them that he has a rival of his own called Queso Grande. Yes folks; Bobbi Weiss is so on the ball with this series that they gave a heel who has like THREE episode appearances; a rival. (Bobbi Weiss is clearly writing to move on up the ladder, there's no way she would be putting in this much effort if she wasn't.)

Why didn't she get promoted to DTVA television much sooner than she did?! (That part I don't know. I do know she couldn't be a future TaleSpin writer since TaleSpin had no future, but what was Disney's excuse for Darkwing Duck and Goof Troop?!) She's really on par with Libby Hinson at this point; and she doesn't mind Shere Khan which is a bonus to Weiss over Hinson. (Ouch! Former self just cut the best writer in DTVA history down to size a bit.) Problem is that Trader Moe claims that Queso always interferes in his affairs. That is a lie since this is the first time we ever met him in this series. Unless, this episode took place BEFORE Time Waits For No Bear. (Probably true considering how much of a rushjob this show turned out to be.) Anyhow; none of the heels notice that Queso -- A grey rat wearing a green hat and trenchcoat -- and his henchmen -- A grey rat wearing a black hat and blue trenchcoat --. (So, they are basically the same character and might be twin brothers for all we know...Oh wait; the blue one is taller and looks different. My mistake.) The rival heels are right behind them whispering. The heels leave stage right as Queso proclaims that Trader Moe will fail; or his name is not Queso Grande. (Well, Trader Moe did fail in the end, so Queso keeps his name.) We head to the airfield near a red bench and trashcan as Rhino and Gorilla goon look for Trader Moe while carrying candy apples, cotton candy, a bag of popcorn for each and wearing propeller and tail section hats. (Propeller hats, everyone.) Rhino Goon is the head; while the Gorilla can be himself. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SQUEEZE! UGH! Ummmm... (That sounds close to being racist there, former self. Although Gorilla Goon being an asshole might be accurate.) Baloo is dragged along for the ride asking what the hell they are doing and they gleefully answer that one for me. Baloo is thinking that the goons Krackpotkin plan -- oh no, that's an understatement -- is to walk around and Moe will appear in a paper cup, to which Gorilla Goon agrees. HAHA! (That is one amazing short joke there, goons. I can see why ReBoot's Hack and Slash was the way they were. Sadly, Megabyte is much bigger than Moe, so that joke wouldn't work unless they talk about MegaByte having a short temper. Which he most often does not.)

They check near a hotdog cart and there's no dice as Baloo looks into the sky and sees the SeaDuck arriving. (Which means WildCat Puma is piloting it, although Rebecca has done this in Bringing Down Babyface since she technically has a piloting license she got from a quackery book. No wonder Kit was so jealous!) Baloo calls this salivation as the artists has clearly had enough of drawing complex furry designs and has gone back to his default Ducktales dog noses designs. Rhino goon and Gorilla goon check up a tree as Baloo calls this the end of these stupid tricks. Why?! Stupid tricks is their only gimmick, Pop-A-Bear! What use would they have otherwise?! (That is actually a good question there, former self.) The goons agree that Baloo did find Moe at the Air Field. (Which is true by the way.) The Goons decide to move on to more areas, dragging Baloo away from the airfield. Baloo protests this outrage; but no go as Baloo wonders what he ever did to deserve this. Actually in this case; nothing. However, seeing Baloo gets thrown around by bigger guys is typically funny and humbles the guy, so there you go. (Besides not doing his job properly, Baloo's question is a solid one methinks. It's even funnier when Kit invokes judo on Baloo as well.) Cut to the airfield as the SeaDuck has landed on the runaway and WildCat is unraveling the lime green banner onto the ground. It's tied to the tailsection of the SeaDuck as Rebecca is pissed off of this because Baloo isn't here, even claiming that she should have chained him to the floor before she left the office yesterday. Yeah, Rebecca is in jerk-ass mode today as Kit believes that Baloo is in trouble because he knew this was important. (Bobbi Weiss' writing of Rebecca as a no-nonsense feminist still needs a bit of work. Still a Bobbi/Libby combo writer on the second series of TaleSpin that never happened would have been killer.) Rebecca tells WildCat to fly the SeaDuck instead as she is disappointed by this since she also wanted Baloo to do a few aerial tricks to wow the crowd. (Of course, I guess this would get them extra money as a bonus, but Rebecca is still a jerk.) Kit wants to get the police involved; but Rebecca ignores him as she threatens to dock Baloo's pay. (Uh-oh! You just pissed Kit off and Kit is in the right this time around.)

Kit has had enough and storms off stage right. You know Rebecca is being a jerkass when even Kit Cloudkicker has had enough of her copping an attitude. Not one of Rebecca's finer moments, I can tell ye. (Kit wanted to do the right thing in filing a missing persons report, but Rebecca isn't having any of it. It's better off if Kit looks for Baloo anyway since Rebecca can now look after Molly and it's not like Kit hasn't been a lonely runaway and lived through that period in his life.) We see the goons and Baloo approaching the air field gates and they then notice Trader Moe and his two wolf goons. YAY! Gorilla Goon yells at Moe and Moe turns around and panics as he wants to get the hell out of there because the original goons will ruin his plans again. We see the goons looking around for Trader Moe assuming that he's in trouble. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Baloo then notices the SeaDuck and screams for WildCat and Rebecca to help him; but they don't hear him. (Or Rebecca has stopped caring about Baloo's excuses. Either way, not a good sign for Pop-A-Bear.) Baloo is dragged stage left by the goons who are concerned that the two new goons are going to hurt him. Actually, they are right; but it's not the two new goons and it's unlikely the original goons either. We head to in front of the Golden Plane as we see the wolf pilot and his bulldog pilot getting their pictures taken by the PRESS OF FRAUD. (Their Public Relations department, which while been there for ages, was formally named in 1906. I mention this because that was the joke since no real journalist would ever stoop to this low. The gaming media wishes they were journalists.) The wolf furry addresses the bulldog pilot as Domdom. (Dom Dom is a Japanese fast food restaurant chain operated by Orange Food Court, Inc. Dom Dom was the first hamburger chain to open in Japan, with the first restaurant opening in February 1970. Nice one Bobbi; nice one.) Flashbulbs go off as Domdom is not amused. After some time; he shoves the press away stage left as he wants to prepare for the show right now. What a jerk?! Although; he's the nice one compared to the full of himself wolf pilot named Slapsticker Balk, aka The Golden Pup. He is about to spell out his name, but Domdom takes him by the ear and drags him away stage left before he can spell sticker.

Domdom tells him to shut up as Slapsticker protests this claiming that Domdom is ruining his image. (Geez; and you thought Chum Chum and Fanboy were absurd names?!) Domdom claims that it's all he has and calls him a gutless wonder. Geez; Domdom, Slapsticker isn't Drake Mallard for crying out loud. BLAM! HEE HEE! Missed again! You are not...POW! OUCH! Ummm... (Sadly, Domdom's claims turned out to be true compared to Drake Mallard. Gotta call it the way I see, former self. There are billions of ways to cut DARKWING...DUCK~ down to size. This is not one of them. Choose your battles carefully.) Then we get a huge logic break that should have been corrected before the book was released. (Under normal conditions former self is correct here. However, this is not normal conditions because...) Here's the scene: Domdom is telling six of his air woofs including Slapsticker that he has going to fly the following maneuvers: A high climb, a corkscrew fall with a dipty-doo recovery, a stitch in time crosshatch scramble, three straight lunch-loser loops and a false-stall fall with a half-twist recovery. Geez; I sound like I'm listening to Tony Hawk's moveset. (Or Kit Cloudkicker's future cloudkicking skills when he becomes the big act for Molly Cunningham's Danger Woman Air Circus, which is canon in Ducktales 2017. Hey, she needs something to do while moonlighting as a detective/superhero. It's amazing that somehow, I could find a concept in a TaleSpin reboot where Kit and Molly can grow up to be adults and it would work extremely well with proper executation and writing. It's just that execs think kids want just kids, even though you could add those and make them the main event and still get the concept over.) The rest will follow the sequence. The three dogs say they got it (a small dog, a large dog and a poodle), while the Scooby-doo-ish dog in red shorts is with Slapsticker who is dizzy as hell telling him to relax because Domdom does the flying for him and all Slapsticker has to do is fake it and look good for the rubes. Geez; even Drake Mallard wasn't this bad. (Yeah, Darkwing Duck wasn't faking any of his bump. He was a cartoon duck, which means he might as well be GOD~! Slapsticker has no excuse for this at all.)

Now, do you notice the logic breaks?! First one is that in the previous panel, Slapsticker isn't dizzy while in the second shot, he's dizzy for no reason. I'm guessing the Scooby-Doo furry slapped him in the back hard and that's why he's dizzy; but we never see it. That's not the huge logic break. (In fact, this makes sense so it wasn't a logic break to start with.) The huge logic break is in the first shot, there are six Air Woofs not including Slapsticker. Ummm; there are two small dogs in the first scene that look exactly the same character, one on a closeup near Slapsticker and the other one is further near the red planes. On the next shot; the closeup one is gone and we never see him again. That was the "Seventh Air Woof"! Dammit; this show is now stealing "The Fourth Nephew" references from these comic books now! For those of you who have never read the Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge comics; there are moments where the artist insert a scene where you see the nephews and all of a sudden; there are four nephews instead of three, and it appears in one panel and then it's gone and we never see it again. In fact; the late Christopher Barat has referenced Bubba as the fourth nephew in Yuppy Ducks in that Bubba was completely useless in that episode. (Yup, that's the reference I was talking about as a logic break. Anyhow, if anyone has read any other DTVA comics (Ducktales doesn't count because it's based on Uncle Scrooge/Donald Duck comics and you expect this shit), can anyone provide evidence of this reference being made?! I think this is the only time TaleSpin does it, although I have not read the new comic releases nor most of the Super Baloo comics. This is one of the most oddest logic break you will ever see.) Anyhow; we cut to the Golden Plane as a grey mole in overalls, blue shirt and hat with a toolbox and a wrench informs Domdom and Slapsticker (who is still dizzy) that the golden airplane is perfectly fine to fly in the skies. Domdom thanks the mole; but is surprised that the plane would require inspection as the mole walks off with his tools stage left saying that it's new airplane safety regulations of course. Indeed; of course as he's whisper giggling, indicating that he has sabotaged the aircraft.

We head back to the midway with Kit and Molly as Kit is looking for Baloo wondering where he is. Molly simply points to her left and there is the goons dragging Baloo behind another food stand as Baloo yells and waves at Kit. (Molly found him, just like that! That was funny. Her mommy should be ashamed of herself there.) Kit swears in DUBBED ANIME STYLE. (Oh my gosh! Well; you knew BS&P wasn't going to allow him to say God anymore after A Baloo Switcheroo. If an adult does it in a children's cartoon, it's okay. If a child merely says "god" in the context of a generic deity, that's okay. Saying it as a swear as a child, the subtitles erase it and gets the BS&P note.) Molly notices the sizes of the goons and wants to follow them. Kit and Molly run after the goons to the back and Kit doesn't see them. However, Molly does notice Rhino Goon running to the back door of a wooden shack. Baloo, Gorilla and Rhino Goon enter the back of the wooden shack as the goons calls Baloo, Bear. Baloo proclaims that he's gone from Mr. Baloo to bear in three hours. Yeah; that's a bad sign for Poppa Bear right there. (I'm not changing it to the obvious insult there.) We have pitch darkness as Baloo asks the bright boys where they are and the goons tell him to shut up until the kids leave. Then we hear "Kachicka" sound; which is generally the signal of guns being cocked. UH-OH! The curtains open and we discover that Baloo and the goons are behind model airplanes, a model blimp and a model balloon being pulled by a chain pulley assembly. That in itself isn't a problem; except we discover that the operator of this stand is the operator of a shooting gallery containing kids (all dog noses except for a gorilla kid) holding legit pistols painted orange. Oh come on BS&P! No one is buying those are toy guns! (That is not the worst thing about this. You can make makeshift legit guns that shoot water.) You know; they could make these pistols toy guns by having them shoot water out of them. In fact; that was what I was thinking when I first saw this scene and that is what I would book because kids shouldn't be shooting bullet shooting guns in such a place like this. (Oh, how wrong you are because this is TaleSpin and no one knows that guns shouldn't be in children's cartoons.)

So, what happens here?! The kids shoot the guns and out comes legit metal bullets. WHAT THE HELL?! (They might as well be either wax bullets or lead. While wax bullet usually do not kill, you never know anyway, so even those aren't safe to use.) I mean; Honker and Webby handled guns and Honker shot a rifle; but not in a shooting gallery! (Honker's shooting was clearly a sign that kids shouldn't be handling rifles and Webby was reckless with her pistol.) Now I see why this story never made television. There is no way Jymn Magon is going to allow children shoot bullet shooting guns. He might allow Kit to hold a pistol; but that's it. Tad Stones might allow shooting the gun; but not Magon. Too bad; because this story is awesome otherwise. (Yeah, this would be either modified to water gun, or the spot is never done.) The bullets fly and one of them shoots off the chain to the handcuffs, freeing Baloo. (The only storyline reason to do this spot and it's the most dangerous one of the bunch. Another comic book story where the guns get pulled out, so we are six for six in storyline order.) Baloo flees and runs into Kit and Molly looking like he has been screwed up because Baloo is praising Kit for no reason. Even Kit confused by this as Baloo drags Kit by the hand and runs stage right with Molly in the other hand. Kit is confused while Molly is enjoying this. That amused me as we see the goons come out of the shack with their clothes torn calling this not fun at all. You don't say! (Yeah, you nearly got yourselfs mudered by kids in a shooting gallery that uses real bullets. Unreal! Kit is rightfully confused, because it was Molly who found Baloo first. Credit her, Pop-A-Bear; even Kit did in his own way!) They hide behind a stack of basket as they hear Queso Grande The mole has turned out to be his blue trench coat wearing henchmen as the henchmen tells him that the Air Woofs don't suspect a thing and everything is ready. Wait; why are the two wolf goons with Queso and how did they ditch Trader Moe?! That's really stupid as we discover that the wolves were double agents for Queso Grande. (It didn't make sense until Bobbi Weiss made it make sense. Great!) He tells the wolf goons to let Trader Moe steal the plane his way so Queso gets the plane and Trader Moe gets the blame. (Hey, I have heard worse plans than this even in this awesome show!)

The original goons are shocked and appalled and they proclaim that they must find Baloo right now. We head back to the airfield near the SeaDuck as Rebecca of course is not believing his story even though Baloo is clearly wearing the handcuffs. Geez; that jerkass needs to read up on Occam's Razor and fast. Baloo claims that he's telling the truth about Trader Moe and Kit wants to warn Air Security. Cut to the PA announcer informing us that the amazing Air Woofs will present their daring display of aerial skills, thrills and chills. Yes; even the PA announcer is no longer pretending that Slapsticker Balk is not the star of this show. (That PA announcer is cold blooded. I'm expecting a butt fumble from Slapsticker sooner than later at this point.) Rebecca orders Baloo to get in the plane and get into the air with the banner right now to make sure it's flying when the crowd looks up. Baloo is butting; but Rebecca blows him off and assures him that air security will take care of any trouble. (Considering that DTVA authories are stupider than the heels most of the time, I would side with Baloo here.) Baloo and Kit get into the SeaDuck from the pilot's side while the goons enter from the side door. A few moments later; we see Slapsticker live up to his name by slapping Domdom in the back asking if he is ready to fly. Domdom tells him to get in the plane and get his air sickness bags ready this time. Yes; Slapsticker cannot handle flying at all. Geez; Oscar Vandersnoot would call this guy a wimp. (No lies detected.) Oh; and the two wolf goons gag Domdom and drag him away stage right while Slapsticker jumps into his plane. (Uh-oh! Trouble!) In comes Trader Moe dressed with Domdom's red shirt and leather hat goggles enters the back of the golden plane. (They are not even trying to hide the fact that it's Trader Moe. He might as well be a crocodile son of Domdom at this point.) Slapsticker talks about starting the plane and is looking stoned for some reason. (He knows he's toast in a lot more ways than one now.) The crowd cheers as the planes take off and the announcer cuts his usual promos about the Air Woofs. Cut back to Slapsticker who is less stoned now protesting this outrage because they done any stunt moves because he's not sick yet.

Trader Moe brings out his pistol and aims it at Slapsticker. Eat your heart out Coleman Francais! (Because this is like a Coleman movie, only much funnier, much better and Trader Moe is short.) Moe is stealing the plane and Slapsticker pleads for him not to shoot because he's too handsome to die. (Death reference #4 for the story and he's also too stupid to live to boot!) Speaking of death, we head into the cockpit of the SeaDuck with Baloo and Kit as the Goons come into the cockpit and Baloo gets off death reference #5 and the third use of the word "kill" in this story. (I see Bobbi is trying to at least get to War Of The Weirds levels of death. Too bad this requires a lot more gunfire.) The goons plea for help because Queso Grande has wired a remote control on the Golden Pup's plane in which to steal the plane and the boss. (Ah, that's how Dom Dom was able to make Slapsticker's plane of gold fly?! That makes Domdom and Slapsticker a bunch of frauds then. Yeah, my theory of the plane being plastic gold is holding a lot of water right now.) Baloo asks why he is the lucky one. Answer: You suck and then you die. That's the mantra of Michael Eisner after all the classical milk in gone. (Hopefully, Kit Cloudkicker will get the same treatment in a few years down the road unless we get turned into plate glass by one of the blood sucking vampires in power doing an extinction burst. Which one?! Good question, there are some real contenders out there. My money is on Trump, he's the most unstable one of the bunch.) We cut to outside as the SeaDuck is flying with the lime green banner which reads "Require A Flyer? Call Higher For Hire" as Kit jumps out of the tailsection of the SeaDuck on his airfoil and is towed by the rope. (Hey, I have seen worse from this business. The one from "The Wrong Culprit" is much worse than this.) Baloo tells Kit that Queso is behind the equipment shed, Kit sees him and his henchmen. Queso is about to pull THE SWITCH~, but Kit swoops down and steals the remote control from Queso with his airfoil. I see Bobbi is still using the original colors of the airfoil in the television series. Kit is towed into the back of the SeaDuck and he goes to the back as the goons have parachutes on. Rhino Goon steals the remote control from Kit of course.

Rhino and Gorilla goon jump out of the back of the SeaDuck and open their parachutes. Kit goes into the cockpit as Baloo sees the goons turning on him; but he has a Krackpotkin plan to counter that one. A few minutes later, we see Kit with the tow rope on the tail section of the SeaDuck as he cuts the green ropes with a knife. This causes the banner to tease a smother over the parachutes of the goons. However; the wind screws Baloo and the green banner flies away and nearly smothers Queso and the henchmen. This has not been Baloo's day; hasn't it?! Well; now he knows how Kit felt when Kit was babysitting Molly for the first time. (That would be Kit's version of the butt fumble I should note.) The original goons land on the ground cheering victory because they have the plane and their boss back. Yeah; I'll bet. Rhino Goon and Gorilla Goon of course play with the remote control having zero clue how it works and the golden plane zooms around uncontrollably. Trader Moe is panicking as the plane has gone crazy. Slapsticker is blowing him off as a liar and we get death reference #6 for the episode and the fourth use of the word "kill" in this story alone. Next, he Air Woof planes pilots are confused about this; but they follow his lead anyway. Slapsticker is crying for his mommy; prompting Trader Moe to tell him to shut up; calling him a wimp. (Ah, there we go. Oscar doesn't have to tell him that anymore.) Slapsticker is without question not an alpha male, that is for sure. More like a z-grade male. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm... The crowd goes wild as the announcer calls this flying astonishing. If this made television, I would gag this running gag because it's becoming too much. Back into the cockpit of the SeaDuck as Kit notices the goons with the remote control on the ground as Baloo thinks it's a housefly in the pilot's seat. Baloo proclaims that if they don't do something, the planes will crash into each other, like in Thembria. And if you try to be like Thembria; YOU CAN BE SHOT! (Or in Colonel Spigot's case, peel turnips like Kit did in Flight School.) Kit wonders how to do that. This leads to Baloo taking out the MAGAZINE OF DEATH as Kit has a free one, too. You know, this would have been better if we saw Kit take one from the fair earlier, but we didn't see him with it. I'm certain this would be addressed on television as well. (Yeah, Baloo having the magazine makes sense, but not Kit.)Baloo and Kit throw the MAGAZINES OF DEATH out of the SeaDuck. The original goons get bonked in the head, and drop the remote control onto the ground. That causes the golden plane to be stable as Trader Moe is dizzy and so he's telling Slapsticker to land the plane. Concussions are terrible things kids; even when the person flying the plane doesn't have one. (Even worse, vertigo. Which Baloo suffered in the Super Baloo comics later on.)

Slapsticker is shocked; but then takes the controls because he's a famous pilot and if he saves this heinous criminal; he'll be more famous then ever. (Slapsticker wishes he was Darkwing Duck, although I do admit that he's trying to not be a wimp. He's failing in hideously hilarious fashion though.) The "golden plane" takes a nosedive down to the ground and Trader Moe panics right on cue. The planes all bounce onto the runaway and are damaged; but no one is killed as a result. (Well BS&P RULEZ~ and all that. Still need them alive for the big ending though.) Trader Moe is still dizzy as he looks over the side to notice that the golden plane's paint has come off, exposing the bare metal. Trader Moe screams like crazy because the golden plane is merely a plane painted with gold colored paint; instead of being made into gold. Of course it is! Who would be stupid enough to make a plane out of solid gold?! That's madness and defies the laws of chemistry and physics! It's obvious! (Which means my plastic gold theory is debunked. The TaleSpin reboot needs to revisit this story and have the plane be fiberglass gold as the finish.) We cut to Rebecca talking to a hippo police officer as the hippo officer informs Rebecca that Higher For Hire is getting a reward for apprehending Queso Grande as they have been after him and his gang for a long time. Queso Grande, his blue coat henchmen and the two wolf goons -- which the pants of the one of the goons is now orange -- is walked away by a dognose officer. A brown dog wearing yellow shirt, purple pants and white shoes arrives to give the banner back to Rebecca. Then we see Slapsticker Balk tell one of the dog officers to not press charges against Trader Moe in spite of the fact that Trader Moe threatened to shoot him if he didn't give Moe the plane because Trader Moe helped him fly the greatest show in history. Domdom gets his clothes back and is upset at this dickheadness of Slapsticker; but Slapsticker walks away with Domdom in tow and that is that. Yeah; there's no way this washes in real life, no way! Trader Moe turns around and here comes the goons who pick him up right away and they are so happy to see him. Awwww! My heart melted. (Mine too, former self!) Even better, Trader Moe panics so much that he even yells at the officer to arrest him! When even the criminal wants to go to prison; you know these goons suck. Baloo and Kit turn around and walk away because it really is none of their business anymore. The original goons take Trader Moe away as he screams that he needs new goons to end the story. Yes; they set it up, paid it off and then pushed the reset button all in one go. (AWESOME~!) This story was very fun; but there were too many mistakes made; so call it **** (80%). I love this story; but if this is going to make television; there's no way the shooting gallery scene is making it with them! No way; not even in 1991.

Bye, Bye, Seaduck!: We begin this one in the sky with the SeaDuck flying over Cobalt Valley as there is a massive cloud shooting blue lightning bolts. Baloo forgetting to report in to Rebecca is so like him. However, Rebecca on the radio at her office is much more concerned about that storm cloud than Baloo's memory as she basically tells them to get out of sight before the SeaDuck goes missing. Sounds reasonable to me and even Kit agrees with this observation. However, Baloo is blowing this off because he rules the plane despite in story line, Rebecca owns the plane and the business. (This forgetting has to be Baloo's gimmick now! There's no way this can be a logic break now.) I should note that the painters just cannot get Kit's face right in the first panel. Baloo is so relaxed as he asks Kit how many crazy chances does he take and Kit says at least five times per flight. HA! (Somehow, that sounds a lot closer than we want to admit.) Better question: How many crazy chances does Kit take per flight and cloud surfing doesn't count?! (Probably at least five times, not including cloudsurfing. No wonder I say CPS would be on this business' asses.) Suddenly one of the thunderbolts clips the plane and the SeaDuck is somehow forced upside down as Baloo has lost control of the plane. Kit and Baloo panic as we see some Mad Dog clone in a white coat now controlling the SeaDuck in the sky via remote control. (Bad sign number one that your guest villian is not going to be good: Using a clone from a better henchmen.) His name is Wizardo, which is such irony given that he would be the sort to believe in magic despite depending on science and technology to be a heel. (At least he has an ironic name going for him. Too bad he literally has little else to standout.) Wizardo orders them to bail from the airplane, but Baloo forgot to pack some parachutes and Kit refuses to abandon the SeaDuck to some funny named guy. Somehow, we jump cut to inside a hanger with Wizardo turning around as Baloo and Kit run to him angry. I assure you that it's both, Wizardo. Baloo looks like he chooses violent punching tonight, but he and Kit gets grabbed by the TRIPLE JAWS OF HALF LIFE, which means 1 1/2 lives today, even though it seems only two of the three show up at any one time. (Time constraints, what can you do?!)

Wizardo blows them off for their violence and puts Baloo and Kit into a scrap bucket on a pulley system. This is dumb because these two can cause chaos if they are not binded. (In Kit's case: See "Danger With Danger Woman" which I'll be posting on this website later.) Of note, the entire hanger contains airplanes that have missing parts, so this explains what happened to the missing planes at the beginning of the story. Wizardo is basically committing Grand Theft Airplane just to sell the spare parts. (I'll admit, this is a solid story and motive. The problem is that it doesn't stand out in the reems and reems of decent to fun episodes on this show.) Baloo panics because Wizardo wants to subdivide the SeaDuck, and Kit panics because the JAWS OF HALF LIFE wants to kill them basically. I'm certain that the gizmo is designed to kill, so I would rather deal with Rebecca's wrath than with that machine. (That might be the one time former self uses the WRAITH OF BECKEY properly in spelling! This comic story is not doing as well as it should, methinks.) Baloo and Kit are dropped towards the red crushing machine hand, but Baloo and Kit swing on the rope as the scrap bowl gets crushed by the machine hand. Baloo and Kit swing towards the cardboard boxes, because god forbid that Kit has to land on his ass on cement. (Well, you don't want tailbone and spinal injuries when you are 12 years old. Think of the children character there, former self!) Kit lands in the cardboard, which probably wouldn't do much to cushion the impact; but Baloo lands on his ass on solid cement. (BS&P has zero idea what it is doing here and the lack of self-awareness is obvious.) Baloo's ass is screaming afterwards and Kit Cloudkicker isn't any better at this point. Wizardo basically admits that he loves deconstruction while trying to destroy a blue model airplane, probably the same prop Kit used in "The Long Flight Home". (Mr. Bull called and he says you suck at this gimmick! He wants it back. You know you suck as a character when a character from a pre-school show that is worse than TaleSpin can do a better job than the better show does!) Wizardo is so stupid that Kit and Baloo easily make it to the plug and Kit unplugs the machine hand with ease as Wizardo is shocked and appalled. Mad Dog be like: "Yup. That's Kit for ye!" (Ditto if you count El Gato into the mix. They are burying this heel with the golden shovel and it's more justified than El Gato getting the same treatment.)

Baloo and Kit bail into the SeaDuck and fly into the sky, although Kit has to jump like he has a super ball up his ass to get on the wing inside. Apparently, the power is back on even though there was no indication that the power was cut outside of the machine hand, so that's a logic break. (In a story that can ill afford it due to a shitty heel.) The entrance to the hanger is sealed, so no go. Baloo does some 180's for a while as he mentions Rebecca disbelieving him even though she was the one who warned him about the missing planes and thunderbolt. I think Rebecca will believe it, but not want to hear it for a very different reason. I'm done mansplaining this, so let's see Wizardo somehow pull the lever (JESUS~!) and turn on FOUR JAWS OF HALF LIFE. More dodging as Baloo claims that he's more than a match to dodge those machine hands and he is proven dead wrong as one of them grabs the back tail section of the SeaDuck. That wasn't luck, that was Baloo sucking at probabilities since there were four machine hands trying to grab the SeaDuck. Jump cut to Baloo and Kit trying to unclaw the claw; but no go. The SeaDuck is being carried to a giant vat of solvent to eliminate the paint job and acid burn both bears to death. (Hey, he's trying to be a murderous heel, but he doesn't stand out and the babyfaces are not giving him anything in return.) It looks like liquid gold from "The Volcano Of Gold" by the way. I should note that the vat opens up like a dome. After some dramatics of Kit claiming that he is losing his grip despite being on top of the wing on his back; Kit free falls backwards off the wing and invokes his airfoil to make the save, making Wizardo look like a bigger fool. Another episode where the English version uses the red color airfoil. (Ah, the first official rant featuring the multi-colored airfoils gimmick. Get ready, the color schemes will get even more absurd later on.) Somehow, Baloo's SeaDuck has cords because Baloo is pushing wired cords onto conveniently placed plugs on the side of the machine hand. This makes no sense at all. (Sigh.) Anyhow, the machine hand let's go and turns on the other machine hands. Wizardo's promo is dumb as none of the machine hands have mouths. It should be "Don't strangle the hand that feeds you." It's not like the television series didn't allow the word strangle anyway. Kit gets into the back of the SeaDuck, and nicknames him Wizzie. HAHA! (Okay, that was funny.) One of the machine hands destroys the roof of the hanger, which was inside a mountain and the SeaDuck escapes. Baloo proclaims that technology is so great that Kit tells Baloo never to rewire his radio to end the story. The story was a misfire of sorts because the finish made no sense and Wizardo looked like a total geek in the process. ** 1/2 (50%).

MailSpin #2: Time for MailSpin; and Dan Green's letter has been replayed in this issue! Geez; this comic doesn't even have enough fake writers to pretend that this comic book has a fan base. Which begs the question: Why did you bother and why it took seven issues before pulling the plug?! (Because the comic stories at the time were great. That's how sad the state of comics for DTVA were at the time.) Morgan Parsons loves Kit and has a good Donald voice. Did Morgan Parsons ever audition for the Donald Duck voice? Because I hope this means he's going to be playing Donald Duck in the Ducktales 2017 reboot coming next year. (Nope, and for no other voices former self as research indicates.) Otherwise; I assume he doesn't have a good voice. I don't see why Morgan cannot do the voice; he would be thirty years ago by now. The rest is the usual praise of the series and there isn't much in there to be amused by. They do note that TaleSpin #6 (Freeze A Jolly Good Fellow) will feature an interview with Jim Cummings back when he was still allowed to do Louie L'Amour's voice. Also; the entire voices of the main characters is shown and of course Alan Roberts is nowhere to be found; thus a complete burial of the poor guy. (Nope, I refuse to do the interview with Jim Cummings as a rant. It's not worth it and is way to fluffy for me to take seriously.)

THE REVIEW LINE

"Idiots Aboard!" was a fun episode and I really enjoyed the fun air circus location of the story. I would have liked it more if Rebecca wasn't a complete jerk in this episode and some of the logic breaks were really bad here. The characters were as fun as they ever were and Trader Moe even got a rival and a payoff to the whole "I need new goons" angle not paid off in television. I'll say this though: This comic book has some guts in showing kids with actual pistols despite their laughable attempts to paint them orange. Overall; this was a really good story and it's another one I would have loved to see on television; although I'm certain the shooting gallery scene would require a lot of BS&P'ing in order to meet television standards. "Bye, Bye, SeaDuck!" (Sometimes known as "Bye, Bye, Baloo!" in the German version.) was completely average in an above average show. Baloo being an idiot is par for the course and the story was basically paint by the numbers with nothing really outstanding outside of a few logic breaks and a finish that made little sense. Kit's nickname of Wizardo was funny, but Wizardo was a total geek and there was no feel of him being any threat to these two. Wizardo just felt like Mad Dog cosplaying a scientist in the end. Overall, this was the definition of an average story and not much else. Only read it to complete the collection once, Doctor Docyen was far more memorable than Wizardo. So next weekend; I'll finish up on the main TaleSpin comic books and then get started on the randomized comic strip stories from various artists. It's going to be wackier than Kit Cloudkicker ever changing colored airfoils. So...

Thumbs up for "Idiots Abroad!", thumbs in the middle for "Bye, Bye, SeaDuck!" and I'll see you next time.

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