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TaleSpin Comics: Little Plane Of Horrors/Law Of The Bayou/Silence, You Cheater! Rant

Reviewed: 09/30/2016
Additional Commentary: 01/01/2026

Welcome To The Wacky World Of TaleSpin Comics, Part 17!

Original Release: 07/00/1991 (Little Plane Of Horrors), 12/00/1990 (Law Of The Bayou), 06/05/1992 (Silence, You Cheater! (Localization by Steet since it was only released in France.)) .

After we went through two of the most absurd comic stories ever and a Ruby Monkey Head fight with Don Karnage's blimp; we are finally nearing the end of reviewing these comics of TaleSpin. Personally; these comics are pretty fun in terms of amusing me how different writers handled these characters and stories. (2025 Gregory Weagle Says: What's not amusing is the horrible artwork and sometimes Ducktales characters overwhelming the furry nature of TaleSpin.) We wrap up these stories as it's Rebecca's birthday and she hates Baloo for ignoring it! (That was awfully petty of her?!) Baloo tries to get out of the doghouse with a pet that is a cross between a chipmunk and a beaver. And that is just the female critters. (The male critters are a cross between a cow and a chipmunk. Who do these critters think they are on, the Wuzzles set?!) Then we head to the Blue Bayou as Baloo is screwed over by a shrew who now owns the plane because it's the LAW OF THE BAYOU~! Hee hee! Then we finally rant on our first comic that was never released in North America: Khan is sabotaging a movie Baloo is working on in order to buy the movie company out due to an insurance policy. Yup, we have "Mommy For A Day", "Double Darkwings/Nightmare Of The Living Spud" and "A Star Is Torn", only the guest character is a total babyface who smokes a lot. Yes; I mean it. In the French comics, you could get away with even more forbidden stuff than the English comic. Including Kit being unable to do math and Molly being able to operate a radio by herself. Yippee! "Little Plane Of Horrors" debuted in Disney Adventures Volume 1.04 in 1991. "Silence, You Cheater" debuted in The Journal Of Mickey 2085 in 1992 and in the INDUCKS page for this entry, there is a strip page which is in total black & white. (Don't bother finding it. The website is pretty much a malicious code website now.) "Law of the Bayou" is one of the last TaleSpin comic book storied debuted in 1995 in the Disney Afternoon #7 comic book. The Disney Afternoon comics included the story "Welcome to Gumbeaux; Bubblegum Capital Of The World" which features one of about four stories in the entire comic book run that didn't have a Kit Cloudkicker appearance. (Also, the only one I know that they could have easily penciled in appearing and have no excuse since no voices are involved.) How do these stories fare? Let's rant on shall we?!

"Law of The Bayou" is written by Janet Gilbert and artwork is done by Walter Carzon, Joe Messerli and Michael James. Little Plane Of Horrors is written by Cherie Wilkerson and artwork is done by Cosme Quartieri and Carlos Valenti. "Silence, You Cheater!" (Super Baloo title: "Silence, on triche !") is written by Francois Corteggiani (Fan translated and localized by Steve "Steet" Stan.) and artwork done by Mario Cortes. Francois according to lambiek: François Corteggiani is one of the most prominent contemporary French comic writers. He has written stories in many genres and styles, from adventure serials in the tradition of Charlier to humor comics in cooperation with artists like Pierre Tranchand, Philippe Bercovici, and Giorgio Cavazzano. Although mainly known for his writing activities, Corteggiani started his career as an artist. After some small projects in his birthtown Nice, he began his professional career in Paris in 1972. He worked in advertising and illustration, and produced over 1,000 pages for SEPP, a publishing company from Lyon, during a period of two years. He made his appearance in comic magazines like Spirou with 'Mucheroum', and especially in Pif Gadget. He was one of the artists of the title comic 'Pif le Chien', mostly in cooperation with Michel Motti. He also wrote and drew the feature 'Pastis', but eventually focused more and more on scriptwriting. While writing 'Pif' stories for such artists as François Dimberton, Louis Cance and Yannick, he created several series with Pierre Tranchand from 1979. Starting with 'Chafouin et Baluchon' in Djin, they developed 'Marine fille de pirate', 'Bastos et Zouky', 'Smith et Wesson' and 'L'École Abracadabra' for either Pif, Djin or Le Journal de Mickey throughout the 1980s. Another artist with whom Corteggiani worked a lot from the late 1970s was Giorgio Cavazzano. He took over the writing of the 'Peter O'Pencil' ('Silas Finn'), that Cavazzano had created for the German magazine Zack with Tiziano Sclavi, and also of 'Capitan Rogers', that Cavazzano had originally made with Giorgio Pezzin for Il Giornalino. Cortegianni and Cavazzano also launched 'Timothée Titan' in Le Journal de Mickey through Strip Art Features.

François Corteggiani created more humorous series with Philippe Bercovici, such as 'Robinson et Zoé', 'Testar le Robot', 'Grand Panic Circus', 'Téléfaune' and more. François Corteggiani is additionally one of the main writers of Disney comics for Le Journal de Mickey since 1984. He has written over 1,500 stories and gags with characters like 'Mickey Mouse', 'Ellsworth', 'Supergoof' and the Ducks for both Hachette in France and Egmont in Denmark. His stories have been drawn by Claude Marin, Daan Jippes and many Spanish and Italian studio artists. By the mid-1980s, François Corteggiani proved to be a talented writer in the realistic genre as well in the pages of magazine Vécu. For this magazine and the eponymous collection of Glénat, he has created a great many historical comics during the following decades. These include the longrunning series 'De Silence et de Sang' with Marc Malès (and later Jean-Yves Mitton, and Emmanuele Barison) and one-shots and shorter projects like 'Le Casque et la Fronde' (with Walter Fahrer), 'Le Bossu' (with Norma), 'Sundance' (with Michel Suro) and 'Sécession' (with Rachid Nawa). Following the death of Jean-Michel Charlier in 1989, Corteggiani has continued 'La Jeunesse de Blueberry' with Colin Wilson and later Michel Blanc-Dumont for Novedi and Dargaud since then. He has also worked on a regular base for Soleil Productions from 1989 throughout the 1990s, creating series like 'L'Horus de Nékhen' with Georges Ramaïoli, 'L'Archer Blanc' with Jean-Yves Mitton, 'Yakuza' with Emanuele Barison, 'Saïto' with Norma and 'Les Ombres de la Lagune' with Giulio De Vita. Soleil also published Corteggiani's aviation western 'Thunderhawks', that he created with Colin Wilson and later Michel Suro for Strip Art Features.

Besides these publishers, Corteggiani created 'Crin Blanc' with Michel Faure for Hachette, and 'Francis Falko' with Victor de la Fuente for Novedi. Dargaud has published Corteggiani's thriller series 'Tatiana K.' between 1998 and 2004, for which the artwork was provided by Félix Meynet and Emanuele Barison. He wrote the children's series 'Les Bonheurs d'Agathe' with Caroine Leboucq for artist Claire Le Grand for Milan (2002-03), and made 'Raimond le Carthare' with Michel Suro for the same publisher in 2004. In 2005 he created yet another humor comic with Yves Rodier for Glénat: 'Simon Nian'. He was also active for the Italian press with several short stories for Playboy, Topolino and Il Giornalino. In 2004, he became editor-in-chief of the relaunched Pif Gadget magazine, for which he wrote many new 'Pif' stories, but also features like 'Kid Franky' and 'Monster Hôtel' (art René Mazyn) and 'Forg' (art Dominique Cèbe) under the pen name Pujol. In addition, he has been working on stories with classic characters like 'Zembla' (with Dominique Cèbe, 2006), Raymond Macherot's 'Sybilline' (with André Taymans, 2009), Jacques Martin's 'Alix' (with Marco Venanzi and Mathieu Barthélémy, 2012) and 'Les Pieds Nickelés' (with Herlé, 2012).

Joe Messerli according to lambiek: Joseph Hugh Messerli was an artist from Kingsville, Texas. He began his career at the age of 18, assisting Charlie Plumb, Fred Fox and Roger Armstrong on the 'Ella Cinders' comic strip for United Feature Syndicate. He served in Korea from 1950 to 1952 and then attended Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. During this period, he also ghosted the 'Napoleon and Uncle Elby' strip for Mirror Enterprise Syndicate (1953-56). Later in the 1950s, he assisted Al Wiseman on 'Dennis the Menace' comic books. Besides comics, Messerli worked at UPA Studios (where he designed the first 'Twilight Zone' logo) and NBC Burbak Graphic Arts Department. During the 1960s he was the inker and letterer of Gene Hazelton's 'Flintstones' and 'Yogi Bear' Sundays and dailies. During the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s, he did comic book art for Western Publising on such titles as 'Three Stooges', 'Bugs Bunny', 'Porky Pig', 'Yosemite Sam', 'Daffy Duck', 'Cave Kids', 'Flintstones', 'Pink Panther', 'Baby Snoots' and 'Andy Panda'. He also did art for Western Publishing's coloring and activity books, the Little Golden Books collection and Marvel's children's books with 'Flintstone Kids', 'Foofur' and 'Scooby Doo'. Messerli was an inker for Marvel's 1990s Disney title The Disney Afternoon and an artist for DC's Warner Bros magazines. He passed away in 2010 by the way. Here's his tribute page: http://www.joemesserli.com/ .

Janet worked on Disney Comics on various DTVA comics and then DC comics on a script for a Tiny Toons comic between 1990-1992. She also worked on horror comics for Hamilton Comics and then worked for Disney under Egmont. She is a former arts teacher. Walter according to lambiek: Walter Carzon, illustrator and visual communication designer, was born in Argentina in 1965. He has a vast experience on illustrating comics and children's books with licensed characters for international corporations such as Warner Bros., Disney Worldwide Publishing, Scholastic Inc., Egmont, among many others. He attended his visual communication design studies at the University of Fine Arts in the city of La Plata, creating and founding a magazine called B.A Comics. In the same faculty, he started seminars on graphic humor and became a member of the humorous magazine La Gastada. He temporarily worked at the Jaime Diaz Producciones animation studios as layout assistant and produced the comic strip: 'Amilcar, El Delirante' for the Argentine newspaper La Nación. During the year 1992, Warner Bros. Publishing granted him the exclusivity of drawing 'Pinky and the Brain' comics for DC Comics. He contributed to issues of 'Animaniacs' and 'Looney Tunes'. He also illustrated stories with 'The Flintstones', as well as Disney characters in Marvel's The Disney Afternoon and The Little Mermaid. In 1993 he founded the international art studio Duendes del Sur together with the artists Leonardo Batic and Pablo Zamboni, becoming the Art Director of editorial and license projects. Throughout his career, he has specialized in the character creation area for advertising entertainment and merchandising corporations. Among his most outstanding characters, we may find 'Papelucho' (a recreation of Marcela Paz's legendary Chilean character); 'La Sole' (a recreation of the popular Argentine singer Soledad Pastorutti); 'Pipito' (based on the children's singer and songwriter Pipo Pescador); and 'El Oso Arturo' (animated character of the Argentine TV show VideoMatch). Whew!

Little Plane Of Horrors: We begin this one with the SeaDuck over the docks of Higher...For...Hire as Baloo is piloting and checking his pocket watch. According to the narrator, we have a small miracle happening because Baloo is four seconds early and thus he made it in time! Whoop-de-doo, Pop-A-Bear! You were five minutes early in All's Whale That Ends Whale. Needless to say, color me unimpressed. That being said, Baloo claims that he deserves a reward from Rebecca for this and he goes into the office tipping his hat and being a cocky prick for being early by four seconds. (He wonders why Rebecca doesn't respect him?! He is like a manchild.) Rebecca blows him off, which I can understand her doing so. However, she is blowing him off for all the wrong reasons. (Probably another reason why some people hate Rebecca and think she is a jerk. Sadly, this is not nearly as funny as her reason to be in the SeaDuck during "Flight Of The Sky Raker!".) She's blowing him off because there are no balloons, presents, cards and flowers? You see, Baloo forgot her birthday and thus is in the doghouse for it. Baloo asks if she believes that the cake is in the mail and Rebecca no sells, gives him an assignment paper, tells him to get lost and she doesn't care if he comes back. That is stupid, Rebecca; considering that you own the SeaDuck. This is got to be the most unjustified reaction to Baloo by Rebecca of all time. And if you think this is ugly; just wait until later on when she sharply turns into a pushover! (I see why Cherie wasn't on the main television roster for TaleSpin, then.) We head to a blue house dock somewhere outside the forest as the SeaDuck is landing as Kit states that Baloo should give Rebecca flowers and Baloo blows it off claiming that she'll put flowers on his grave. Umm; if she hates you Baloo, she is going to piss on your grave, not put flowers on it. (Probably hire someone to do it so she can deny that she abused the corpse.) The SeaDuck lands as we see a bunch of furries including a rhino carrying two crates and a bag over their heads. There is a weasel furry in a purple suit, pants and hat blowing them off as fools for being idiots and clumsy. Baloo deduces that someone forgot his birthday too. In comes a brown warthog furry with a chipmunk/beaver hybird creatures as he addresses the weasel furry as Doctor Wilies.

Wilies steals the creature and blows him off, addressing him as Jonesy. Kit is amazed by this creature and Baloo thinks that this is the answer to his prayers if he can afford it. Baloo shows off some money and Wilies actually teases not selling it. However, it does seem to like Baloo as he gives Baloo the creature which we discover later that it's a Chippit. Jonesy tries to speak; but get shut up as a result and then Wilies and Jonesy walk off. Wilies explains that while he told him he wasn't selling the Chippit, she'll be just fine and yes; her gender does play a role in this story. Wilies promises that she'll be back soon. We head into the cockpit of the SeaDuck as Baloo is piloting and Kit is in his seat writing down in the log, which is the first time he's ever done that. Kit proclaims that Wilies didn't want anyone to touch his stuff nor see his lab. Baloo also wants Kit to write down that the Chippet cost him five hundred dollars even though he really paid twenty bucks for it. (That sounds like insurance fraud to me, Pop-A-Bear!) Baloo also claims that this was the smartest move in his career of smart moves. Riiiigggghhhttttt. The Chippit steals Kit's pen right in front of Kit. However, Kit acts like the dumbest guy in the room and doesn't notice it was stolen. (The staging here was terrible to say the least.) Baloo basically references the Chippit as an airplane gremlin and Kit decides he probably dropped it. We head to the docks of Higher For Hire as Baloo, Kit and Rebecca are on the docks showing off the Chippit. Rebecca instantly marks out for it. Geez; talk about going from the most difficult person on the planet to being a total pushover in less than three pages! In comes the first dog nose wearing all green wondering what the heavens is that creature. Baloo proclaims that it's a Chippit and proclaims that Baloo will have to go back to get him one for a hundred dollars. Talk about a five fold mark up there, Pop-A-Bear! (More insurance fraud here.) The dog nose wants to buy one as according to Baloo, there are none of them like them in this world. We cut back to the forest near the blue house as Kit and Baloo load up the SeaDuck with Chippits. Wilies informs them not to cage them since they like being free. Kit claims that when they grow, they stop being cute as Baloo hate cuteness. So, he hates Molly now?! Sod off, Pop-A-Bear! (Baloo will likely use the "present company accepted" defense with Molly though. Still, bigot.)

Baloo heads inside the SeaDuck as Baloo notices that the flight stick is missing from the pilot's seat. Willies brings it in and claims that one of the workers stole it and will talk to the workers about it. That's silly. Who in their right mind want to steal a flight stick?! It makes no sense. (Ummm, a Wuzzle who doesn't know how to drive properly in their own series?!) We head into the air with the SeaDuck as Baloo is tried of this Chippit shipping, and even Kit's tired of it, but thinks Rebecca is happy. Oh; this won't last long...We head into the storage room of Higher For Hire as Baloo walks in with more Chippits as the one on the ground has grown to 75% of Rebecca's height and weight basically. Rebecca blows off Baloo for his casual attitude and accuses him of stealing her makeup bag. Baloo asks why he would need such a thing. This actually makes sense when you realize that Baloo has cross dressed before, including using makeup in "Feminine Air". (Yeah, Baloo is the prime suspect in this case, even if that is merely confirmation bias on my part.) WildCat walks in to inform Baloo that he is the second person to fly a plane without tires on it. Then pigs and warthogs run in with money and fury because they want to buy the creature. Baloo and Kit shoves the doors close as all the Chippits they have were sold, except for the one that is bigger than the rest. Rebecca wipes her forehead with a hanky and no sells Baloo's offer to end this venture as she tries to sit down. However, her chair is gone as she drops on her ass on the ground. I hope Kit giggled on that one since Kit suffered the same thing after Rebecca destroyed his chair in Kung Fu Mistress. (That would make television, I assure ye.) WildCat jokes about her losing to musical chairs as he cannot find his toolbox. WildCat goes over to pet the Chippit who is now as big as WildCat while Baloo and company cannot find a way. That bastard ate Kit's airfoil?! Okay; that Chippit is dead now as the Chippit grabs WildCat and growls at him. The Chippit bails stage left as WildCat pushed on the upper lip. Rebecca yells at Baloo and Kit to rescue him.

Baloo and Kit chase him and go into the SeaDuck as Baloo is piloting and Kit looking with the binoculars proclaiming that the Chippit has eaten WildCat. WHAT?! (Okay, this is becoming a country song now and it's time to mercy kill it for the sake of the show.) The SeaDuck follows the Chippit and then lands on a runway as the Chippits return to the blue house in the forest as Baloo and Kit notice that they are heading to Wilies' lab. Baloo and Kit practice the fine art of not being seen and hides behind some boxes inside the lab. We see the male Chippits in a giant glass cage as the female Chippits are coming in all grown up. (The males look like kangaroos fused with cows. Are the Chippits from the Land Of Wuz?! Is the land of Wuz in the TaleSpin world now?! My head hurts now and that almost never happens with this show!) They are bringing out various riches and putting them into the treasure pile. I discover that there is a SeaDuck colored object in the background and later on they show Kit holding it: That's Kit's airfoil. (Somehow in the painting room decided to do a sight gag color scheme with Kit's airfoil. It was neat though, if nothing else.) Yeah; the comics and PR materials was wacky in that regard. Wilies is liking this as Jonesy liked the critter before they grew up and became dirty thieves. Baloo is outraged; but then the rhino furry grabs them and teases blowing their covers. However, they then stop and turns babyface on them. You see, the employees were mistreated you see. Gee; what a shocker?! I thought Wilies was just a jerk when he was yelling them like Miss Cunningham can sometimes. The furry in a yellow shirt states that they were kept as prisoners as the giant Chippit spits WildCat out and WildCat calls this a far out wet ride. Heh. (Those stomachs are weak as hell if WildCat doesn't have any acid burns on him.) Jonesy somehow has a pistol in his hand as Wilies orders him to kill someone. I think it's the Chippit because Jonesy no sells because he's a vegan. Huh. I assume it's the Chippit because Wilies steals the gun and calls Jonesy an animal lover. It's harder to tell since the characters are half-animal anyway.

Baloo runs in and throws a box at Wilies. However, Wilies ducks and points the pistol at Baloo calling him a fatso. (Uh-oh! You body shamed Kit before he became Kit in Ducktales 2017, you will pay!) In comes Kit from behind as he MURDERS Wilies with the cart filled with boxes as the pistol goes flying and lands in the hands of the Chippit. (Uh-oh! This is going to be King Amok and the GOLDEN SLEDGEHAMMER OF PLOT all over again! Only this time, I don't think the Chippit knows what mercy is nor cares about it.) The rhino and his two friends surround Wilies and Jonesy proclaiming that they have the place for them. Willies and Jonesy are put in a wooden cage as the glass cage is opened and the males all go free. This somehow causes the female Chippits to stop stealing and they marry each other. (Aw, my heart melted! They do know what love is and I'm perfectly fine with this.) Then, the police come in via a SWANK red jeep as Baloo and Kit load up the SeaDuck with the stuff the heels stole as Baloo assures Kit that they will stop stealing now that they have married each other. (Yeah, because they shared their hearts which is a preventive measure for stealing.) We head back to the docks as Baloo and Kit get out and the all the denizens from Cape Suzette are yelling at them to bring back their belongings. Baloo opens the door and lets the denizens inside the SeaDuck to get their belonging if they want them. We head into the office as Baloo brings in a vase, Kit brings in his SeaDuck colored airfoil and WildCat a wooden box. Rebecca has a headache at her desk as she tells us that she's broke because she had to refund their money because of the chaos of the Chippits. Baloo then informs her that they got WildCat and their stuff back. Plus; the police has rewarded them with money for capturing Wilies and Jonesy while Baloo gives Rebecca purple flowers as Rebecca proclaims that they are beautiful. Baloo proclaims that they don't eat anything -- which is untrue, but they don't eat like Chippits -- and that ends the story. This was fine for what it was. However, the whiplash mood of Rebecca hurt this a lot. Call this *** (60%).

Law Of The Bayou: We begin this one with the SeaDuck in the skies heading towards a swamp. The narrator states that you can fly the frantic skies of Higher...For...Hire, where slip ups are their specialty along with boo-boos, blunders and bone-headed mishaps. Geez; and Rebecca still hasn't fired Baloo yet?! Anyhow, Kit is navigating again as he sees that the SeaDuck is out of gas and Baloo thinks Kit forgot to get the gas tank filled up at Louie's. The SeaDuck nosedives and splashes into the swamp cockpit first as the babyfaces see some fish and some seaweed. A green bird is bored on it's perch as Kit calls the place creepy, spooky, errie and down right dangerous, while stammering as he goes along. Who keeps saying Kit is a Gary Stu?! It's mind boggling as Baloo tells Kit to relax because they made it down safely and he knows this swamp. It's called "Blue Bayou" as Baloo floats out of his seat proclaiming that the Cayennes live here, they are the friendiest people around and can cook like pros. He goes to the pilot's door and opens it saying it's time for some great gumbo. However, Baloo then gulps on cue when a crocodile appears with it's mouth open. Suddenly, we jump cut to near a house and a dock as Baloo and Kit are in a wooden boat with the crocodile and a shrew furry in a purple dress with an accordin along with a rowing stick looking pissed off. The narrator tells us that this is the "Swamp Duchess", who is a pain in the patootie, so to speak. (Which makes her the defacto babyface in the story by default!) Baloo is pissed off as well because we discover that the Swamp Duchess for no reason has ownership of the SeaDuck. The reason: because it's the LAW OF THE BAYOU~ you see. The two argue as Baloo demands proof of this as Duchess calls him a fuzzball. Duchess opens the door to her house and calls out Eddie and Laura Jane as Baloo scoffs at this he thinks she calling her attack dogs. Baloo and Kit go inside with Duchess to discover that Eddie and Laura Jane are not her attack dogs; they are her lawyers in suits. (Okay, that was funny!) One is a male brown mouse with glasses where the other is a female rat with blond hair. Duchess snorts at this as they are reading a book called "Law Of The Bayou" and they are doing the Iggy MAVO Rules gimmick as they use DA RULES (FAIRY GODPARENTS!) to screw Baloo over. According to Law 10, Subsection 37, Line 5: What's on Duchess' land is hers. Redneck law, says I!

Sadly; in the TaleSpin world, this would probably be allowed anyway and Donald Trump wishes it was in the real world and probably will never get it even if he's elected president. (2025 called and I suspect this will happen in 2026 as soon as the real endgame starts: The revenge of the kings! A five word term for "god wannabe".) Baloo and Kit storm out blowing her off as Duchess plays the accordian just to be a prick and then becomes a Z-grade prick by telling them to watch out for snakes. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Projection much there, Duchess?! Although, knowing rednecks, this is a feature and not a bug. (Yes for some and for other a surivial mechinism. Once it becomes the SM, the only way to stop it is to kill it.) We head outside AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as Baloo and Kit pace around for a while on the shore with yellow eyes. Baloo wants to sneak back into the SeaDuck and fly off, or call Rebecca. Kit blows it off because there's no gas and no phone. Why not use the transmitter radio?! I guess it's too far away. Anyhow; Kit suggests apologizing to Duchess and Baloo both cuts and blows him off because he ain't sucking up to no accordion playin' armadillo. I'm certain she's a shrew as Baloo would rather swim back home. Baloo then dives into the water stage left basically taking what was Kit's advice in "Time Waits For No Bear". HAHA! Then Baloo panics as he gets chewed on by the crocodile off-screen as Kit runs in for the save while Baloo protests this outrage. (Ah, that why Kit didn't practice what he said at the time. Smart kid in hindsight!) I should note that despite the coloring mistakes in Kit; the artwork is great and there is a diverse set of furries in this comic books. Mere minutes later, we head back inside the house as Baloo is on his knees begging for mercy in front of Duchess sitting in a rocking chair playing the accordion acting like a cocky prick as we discover that her crocodile's name is King George. If this made television, these rednecks would have British accents. Which would be ironic considering that they should have French accents. Baloo begs for mercy and is willing to do anything to get his plane back. Duchess proclaims that the LAW OF THE BAYOU book does say that there is a way to get his plane back.

We see Laura Jane and Eddie reading the book where if Baloo challenges Duchess, then Duchess picks the event of her choice. (This is turning into a modern WWE show now.) We head on the docks at a table as Baloo's shirt is ripped and Kit is fanning him with a giant leaf. Kit's face is totally brown now. However, it returns to normal on the next shot. Kit tells Baloo to keep his cool and Baloo blows him off for thinking an apology would solve his problem. Baloo finally admits that he forgot to fill the SeaDuck with gas and not Kit. (Of course! It's NEVER the manchild's fault, it's always the childman's fault!) Duchess comes out calling Baloo a bushy bear and asks if he's ready for the showdown. Duchess comes out complete with accordion as Eddie and Laura Jane comes out with bowls and boxes of chili peppers. There is a banner on the docks in yellow with blue letter that reads "Blue Bayou, Chili Pepper A! How Much HEAT Can They Eat" and heat is red with blue flame trim. There is also a fire hydrant present with two green beavers in firefighting outfits and hoses attached to the hydrant as there is a rabbit, a turtle, a frog, a pink mouse, and an otter in overalls. Baloo gets up and thinks Duchess is his opposition and proclaims that she doesn't stand a chance. Yes; the rules of engagement for this contest is: The first guy to quit eating chili peppers loses. However; Duchess is not the opposition because she apparently can pick the guy to beat Baloo. (I was so disappointed because I felt Duchess herself could beat Baloo in this contest. I would have against Duchess, Baloo cheats to win and then bring in Tiny #2.) Then we get rumbling as Kit and Baloo are shocked and appalled as Duchess introduces us to our opposition, Tiny. (Our second character in the comics with that name, I should note.) This is turning into Nightmare Of The Living Spud/Jamalaya Jake focused episodes of Darkwing Duck. Only Duchess is much, much more awesome than Jamalaya Jake ever was and yes; Baloo said "Jamalaya" here. In comes a giant ass brown lion with red hair covering his entire face and head wearing giant blue overalls with a white belly shirt and black vest with blue hat. He's also Duchess' son...Somehow. (That's a wee bit creepy there, writer.)

He also has a iron cast stomach which is a lot more believable than being Duchess' son at least. Baloo and Tiny sit down at the table as Eddie puts plates of chili peppers down on the table. Duchess explains the rules as Tiny eats a pepper and no sells the pepper at all while he then pours chili sauce on it from a chili sauce bottle because he wants it really hot. Yes; he's stacking the deck in BALOO'S favor here and he still no sells it. (Baloo is about to get wrecked again. He's going to let Baloo CHEAT and Baloo will still lose badly! This is absolutely great.) Baloo nibbles on a chili pepper and then chomps on it. FIVE ALARM FLAMETHROWER OF DEATH ensues as Kit runs in along with the firefighters. They fire water from their hoses into Baloo as everyone bails except for Kit. Baloo gets splashed over the dock and lands in the swamp. The firefighters sound like a bunch of computers which made this officially funnier than Darkwing's version of the Bayou by a mile. Of course; it helps when no one named Jake exists. (If you think I'm harsh on Drake Mallard, watch me kick Jake's ass from pillar to post!) Duchess raises Tiny's hand as the winner of the pepper eating contest; which is totally true in spite of Kit protesting how unfair it was. It was unfair all right; it was stacked against Tiny, not against Baloo! Kit proclaims that Baloo's not done yet. However, Duchess claims the LAW OF THE BAYOU says otherwise. I guess falling into the drink is the same as quitting in the Bayou. Sounds reasonable to me. I see Duchess has played 3D fighting games recently. Baloo proclaims that his law says otherwise and grabs Duchess by the ankle and she falls into the drink. What a sore loser this Pop-A-Bear fellow is?!! (Wow, Baloo is a sovereign citizen?! Oh, that is awful of you, Pop-A-Bear!) Also -- even the comics -- male on female contact is allowed as the accordion nails Baloo hard in the head on the way down. Well; if the guns aren't going to be pulled out, you have to make up for it with blows to the head. It's the law of the Bayou and this show, says me! (Tragically, and antomically correct there, former self!) Baloo has a phillac symbol on his head as Duchess swims towards him blowing him off for assaulting her.

Then Baloo really turns into a horrible heel by telling her to kiss a cow. (Oh, those are treasonus words in the Law Of The Bayou, Pop-A-Bear! You must kiss the animal that you insulted! In the anal canal I shall proclaim!) In comes King George and Baloo gasps in horror along with Duchess. Why would Duchess be afraid of King George when it's her pet?! So, King George has turned heel?! Why doesn't that surprise me?! (The crocodile eating faces party makes a lot more sense than leopards eating faces, I should note. I still prefer the "Cut Nose, Spite Face" party since punching down on animals only makes us hit ourselves. Stop doing that!) Kit runs to Eddie and Laura Jane for help and the two lawyers are wearing shades as they read the LAW OF THE BAYOU and according to Law 22, Subsection 37, Line 42; it says....wait for it...Run stage right like a coward. (The writer made a small logic mistake as the first number was a "rule", when they were using "law" early on. That would be corrected if that made television.) Which is what everyone does; except for Duchess, Baloo and Kit of course. I'll say this, these laws are amusing me now. Baloo blows them off for treating Duchess that way even though it was BALOO who forced her into the swamp! DUMB! (The law of the Bayou says that everyone must be dumb! This makes sense, former self.) King George chases a swimming and panicky Duchess stage left while Baloo swims in, grabs George by the tail and we play crocodile wrestling for a while as Kit helps Duchess onto the dock during this. (See, I knew there would be an actual professional wrestling match at some point. I guess it's "falls count anywhere in the Blue Bayou.) Baloo loses the wrestling match and gets flicked into the water by George for his trouble. Baloo does the most hilarious backstroke as he's chased by George. Duchess yells at "Woolly-Bully" to make him play "Tummy Piano"! This is redneck talk to inform Baloo to grab the accordion and throw it into George's mouth. Baloo does that, it land in George's mouth as George cannot snap his jaws anymore. This all happen while it is playing the most hideously hilarious music ever as Baloo blows him off for stinking the joint. Heh.

Duchess and Kit help Baloo onto the dock as Duchess praises Baloo's crocodile wrestling skills. Baloo asks if he gets the SeaDuck back and Duchess no sells the deal. HAHA! THE LAW OF THE BAYOU HAS SPOKEN~! She does have a point; since Tiny won the pepper eating contest earlier on. Baloo is pissed because he saved her life and asks offhand what the LAW OF THE BAYOU says about that. Eddie and Laura Jane return with the book saying Rule 22, Subsection 32, Line 42 does state that when Baloo saved Duchess, he is granted whatever he wants! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This place rules as Baloo cheers like he just won the Wrestlemania main event! Which is hilarious considering the law doesn't state that it was Baloo who was responsible for putting the Duchess in danger in the first place! (Della at least smarten up to that when she punched Kit in the stomach twice after they hugged and at the exact same Kit cut a smile like a fool in "The Lost Cargo Of Kit Cloudkicker!" on Ducktales 2017!) We cut to the docks as Baloo and Kit are in the SeaDuck as Duchess has a green watering can and apparently she and King George have kissed and made up. (This relationsip has to be of bloodlust, there's no reason to continue bowing down to the king of the Blue Bayou!) Baloo thanks her for filling up the gas tank. Baloo asks what the fuel is and she calls it a silly potion as the SeaDuck S-curves and launches into the air like crazy as Duchess waves at him. Eddie and Laura Jane protest this because she put in high octane, super powered, rocket-ready pepper juice. Laura Jane claims that this fuel it's illegal. (Tell me where Laura?! The Blue Bayou?! Then sue the Duchess then! The Law of the Bayou has spoken!) Duchess claims that it's not where they are going. I was hoping they teased the location... However, the comic ends right there. Coloring mistakes aside; this is the funniest story I have ever heard using rednecks and the Bayou as a plot device. Duchess brought the jackassery, Tiny brought the iron stomach, Kit brought the reason, King George provided the offensive and Baloo provided a picture on the cover of the Disney Afternoon of himself in his SeaDuck. **** 1/2 (90%).

Silence, You Cheater!: Okay; we finally start the first of three comics that were never released in North America that Steet was able to find. (Along with the small French book that sucked and I reviewed already.) Story opened in a red baron plane high in the sky with Baloo wearing a bomber jacket, goggles cap and scarf piloting the target plane. Baloo proclaims that the skies are empty, the little rascal is gone and then panics on cue as a yellow German Iron Cross plane flies towards Baloo and Baloo dodges it and blows him off as a Sunday flier. I should note that Steet has the comic pages grossly out of order, so I had to piece the scenes together in order for it to make sense. If you read the link above and see me skip comic book pages; that's why. It's fine when you download the thing though. We see the yellow plane flying through a hole in the rock as we see a dognose furry on the ground with a warthog furry wearing red caps. (The dognose is wearing his sideways.) The yellow plane in the air is sputtering. The dognose is wearing a yellow shirt with red spots as he is addressed as Mr. Spoiborg by the warthog furry while the yellow plane notices smoke coming. The cameraman furry asks Spoiborg about it and he takes a lit match and literally lights a cigarette right on-panel talking about the smoke for the bombing scene to come. He even blows smoke during this. That is just amazing and I'm sorry I could only find three comics from France. Just wait when one of the furries says "damn" legit! Also witness Kit being unable to do math and Molly being able to operate a radio. Spoiborg panics because it's for Scene four instead of this scene as he runs towards the yellow plane. The pilot in the yellow plane is swearing like a sailor. (French comics love to censor stuff with explosive symbols.) We get an explosion as a grey gorilla jumps out and opens his orange parachute. Now, this is perfectly fine irregardless of what you think about avoiding death since the pilot is a stuntmen and you are supposed to take these precautions since it's just a movie he is shooting. (You only allow death if you want someone to die on the set as a setup to the angle. If you do it for no reason, then it feels worthless and the only ones who will watch further with glees are bloodlusting sickos!)

The gorilla pilot calls the plane a piece of junk as Baloo looks on feeling bad for the poor guy and wants to land to check on him. However; Baloo panics because his controls are now jammed up as we cut to in front of a blue and green car with Spoiborg sulking and smoking thinking that this was only one unlike yesterday. A female script coordinator dognose wearing a yellow shirt and blue pants point up towards Baloo's plane. (Yes; the French comics couldn't figure out the TaleSpin world and had it worse than the North American comics. Super Baloo is like TaleSpin in the pre-production stage where it was more of a 1990's show with a Ducktales motif. If TaleSpin is rebooted, they will go to a 1990's show with a 1930's style because they must have a digital side to hook the kids. Ironically, the pitch artwork actually showed signs of this with Rebecca Cunningham with a computer on her desk. By the way, if this comic gets localized by Disney today, her name would be probably Leona Sager, an fusion of Leona Jernigan and Marie Sager, both script coordinators for TaleSpin. Leona also does script coordination for Ducktales 2017!) Spoiborg looks up and panics as he runs away. Baloo bails out of the red plane and parachutes as the red baron plane crashes into the ground prop first causing Spoiborg to bounce away and faceplant right into the ground. OUCH! Spoiborg is dizzy as Baloo lands in front of him. Spoiborg asks what is wrong with him and asks if he doesn't enjoy plane bombings. Geez; that came off wrong, Steet. (Yeah, Disney would change that line and even I wouldn't have a problem with it. Fan translations are not official! Look at my work on the next two Super Baloo comics and see why!) Baloo explains that it isn't his fault because the controls were fried and this has happened many times before this. Then a rat furry wearing a black suit, black pants, black tie and black hat with a briefcase appears saying that Spoiborg needs insurance. Spoiborg runs in teasing to hug him and then kicks the rat's ass and off the set. HAHA! Spoiborg runs to his car, ordering someone to bring the planes back up and working and if that is impossible, they'll find more.

Spoiborg enters his car proclaiming that he's going to the bank to get an extension and he doesn't give up easily. He starts the car and his car explodes on cue, destroying the car completely. Somehow; Spoiborg is able to get out of the carnage with torn clothes and dizzy as he decides to sign the contract. Ummm; if he's dizzy, that's a bad idea. (Wow, Spoilborg might very well be GOD after that sick explosion of burns!) The insurance rat furry gives him the clipboard and Spoiborg signs and tips his hat while giving the hard sell on this. The rat leaves stage left to bring it to his boss to sign the deal. Baloo looks at him as he is out of his goggles cap and scarf not liking this guy. He then notices that Kit is nowhere to be seen. The rat goes to his grey car and enters it driving off as Baloo calls for Kit. Unknown to Baloo is that Kit has somehow hid in the back trunk of the car proclaiming that he doesn't like this insurance guy, too. The grey car drives onto the streets of Cape Suzette as we cut back to Baloo and Rebecca worried about Kit disappearing on them. They are at the desert where the movie was filmed as Rebecca asks how Kit could vanish like that while Baloo doesn't know. Spoiborg enters smoking his cigarette again; which would be his second one and proclaims that Kit entered the trunk of the agent's car and it drove off. (Man, this guy smoked more legit than the entire run of Ducktales 1987 on television!) Rebecca wonder what this means and Baloo has no idea what is going on here. We head to an underground parking lot and it looks like it's the parking lot for a prison. Somehow; Kit is able to unlock the trunk from the inside and pop the back. The agent goes over to the elevator as Kit notices this and follows him. He goes into the elevator noticing that there is only one button on the elevator. Huh; this cannot lead to anything other than a trap, Kit. However, he pushes the button anyway as we head to an office called "SK PDG". (Shere Khan Production Development Group! How very realistic of you, comic!) Which gives away that the place is owned by Shere Khan Industries as the agent is giggling as Khan praises the lawyer for his work. Khan has the contract as Spoiborg has basically signed away the company to him.

The lawyer claims that if an accident occurs, it would ruin Khan Industries. Which Steet rightfully snickered at because that makes no sense. He couldn't say that "Khan would be open to a lawsuit and lose money on the investment via the insurance payment, thus forcing Khan to sell it back to Spoiborg to cut his losses." That would make more sense. (Yeah that one is all on whomever originally wrote the comic, not Steet.) Nuance is not this writers friend, as they say. (Just like nuance is not a gamer's strong point, methinks!) Anyhow; Kit is listening on and a giant dog bouncer wearing a yellow sweater with SK in red letters with a red cap grabs Kit, opens the door and throws Kit into the office chin first. OUCH! Usually BS&P would refrain from this. (Yeah, because chin drops are dangerous to do on child characters. Kids might mimic then. Somehow, they won't mimic it when the adults do that?! That makes no sense at all!) Kit is dizzy as Khan was explaining that they aren't going to sabotage them anymore, thus blowing his cover. Khan notices him and the first thing he asks is if Kit wants a job. Yes; he is trying to bribe Kit into work in order to shut him up. Kit no sells and calls Khan a crook which really pisses off Khan, which is in fact way out of character for him. (Khan in the Super Baloo is almost mirroring Donald Trump as president at this point. Only Khan is younger here and much better shape in all planes.) Kit calls him out and then literally runs out of the office to tell Baloo. Khan orders the bouncer to catch him because he knows too much. Geez; that's the understatement of the history of DTVA right there, Mr. Khan! Kit then realizes that he's on the top floor which is sixty floors high. Khan calls him a foolish boy for not giving up after being on the sixty-th floor! (Khan don't know Kit very well!) Kit blows him off and crashes through the window, probably head first. (Your Baloo's In The Mail with the crashing of the postal truck, I'm just saying!) Khan assumes that Kit jumped out of the window and he splatted on the concrete dead in a suicide. Riiigggghhhhttt, Khan. Kit brings out his airfoil and it's a blue/yellow candycane type foil this time around with a full yellow bottom. The dognoses denizens on ground level panic like crazy and bail. Kit hyperboles and surfs over a car as Khan panics, swears and runs to his helicopter.

We see the black helicopter flying away from Khan tower as Kit runs through the streets. Kit is sweating like crazy and stops to catch his breath as he realizes that running takes longer than a car. Heh. But then, he stops selling and runs to go tell Baloo. YAY! Kit tells himself to show a little courage. I think standing up to Khan and nearly killing yourself jumping out of a sixty story window is a lot more than a little bit of courage, Kit. Hey whatever, you do you, Kit. I will say that inspite of the wonky world these comics are in, the artwork is off the charts here. We head to the dessert with Khan holding the contract along with Spoiborg, Baloo and Rebecca. Spoiborg is having second thoughts about this. Rebecca is not impressed by this and calls this some sort of trick. Baloo turns around and notices that Kit has finally arrived barking like a dog. That just came off wrong, Steet; I'm sorry. (Listen, I'm glad Steet localized this for the English speaking audience. However, "barking like a dog"?! I think Steet was suppose to mean "panting like a dog" since that makes a lot more sense with the scene.) Kit tells Baloo to convince Spoiborg to not sign the contract. However, it's too late as Khan and Spoiborg shake hands with his lawyer giggling and holding the briefcase. Khan tells him to make a good movie as he gets into the helicopter with his lawyer and the helicopter flies off. Kit yells at Spoiborg that he shouldn't sign because Khan was sabotaging his equipment as Spoiborg states that even if he was, what can he do. He doesn't have money to finish the movie and he's not going to do a remake of Monster A-Go-Go. Okay; he didn't say that; but it's implied. See, Khan advanced him some money and if there is no more sabotage, he becomes the owner as soon as shooting has ended. However; if there is any accidents then he owes Spoiborg a lot of money. (By the way, this entire plotline makes Shere Khan look like Donald Trump when it comes to deal because this is just daring for malicious complience here! At least Kit looked strong in this comic. He won't be so lucky in the two comic stories from Super Baloo I fan translated badly!) Spoiborg sulks away realizing that Khan was screwing him all along and Baloo tells him to wait. Baloo, Rebecca and Spoiborg walk off as Baloo has a Krackpotkin Plan in mind while Kit looks confused. (Looking back in hindsight: I do not like where this is going...)

We head inside Khan's office as Khan's lawyer is looking outside. They see the red baron plane and the yellow German Iron Cross plane flying like they are in a Snowbirds demonstration at the Shearwater Air Show in front of Khan Tower. (This is a bad idea by the way.) Shere Khan looks outside his office, looking giddy and rubbing his hands like a Saturday Morning Cartoon Villian as he proclaims that the movie company is his. The lawyer then starts to panic as Khan is shocked and turns around as the red baron plane is smoking and on fire. This time Baloo isn't even in the plane because it's a dog furry as he parachutes out of the plane and the red baron plane crashed into the office building of Khan Tower and explodes. Khan flees and we never see him again for the rest of the comic. Wait a second....THAT'S THE FINISH?! That was Baloo's plan?! Have someone crash a plane into his building?! (This is literally the same finish in "Baloo Thunder". However, at least it was because Baloo was trying to deliver the Cruisin'Art back to Shere Khan. Also, Baloo paid the consequences at the end of the episode! This one...dammit!) Oh my god; this is beyond stupid and it make Khan look like an idiot. (Khan was already there when he signed the deal, former self. Malicious complience is hell, BABEE!) Worse, we head back to Louie's at the island counter as Baloo is drinking what appears to be green apple wine. (Or kiwi juice, I think.) He informs Louie that Khan has to forfeit half of his fortune to Spioborg thanks to the contract. (Steet spelled it "Spiloborg" here for some reason. Minor compared to the finish though.) Louie asks who sabotaged the plane, Baloo proclaims that he did and they laugh it up to end the story. Yes folks; Baloo sabotaged a plane to make it have an accident and destroy Khan's office with impunity. Granted; it's all within the rules of the contract and Shere Khan is an idiot who should have seen it coming. However, that is an evil move that could have gotten innocents killed and Baloo is supposed to be the babyface. A good story marred by a Johnny Test-equse finish that makes old farts hang their heads in shame. (I was hanging my head in shame after seeing this, in which this era is supposed to know better.) *** 1/2 (70%).

THE REVIEW LINE

We finally end our run with the Random TaleSpin comics with some good to great shorts with their share of flaws. "Little Plane Of Horrors" was a fun story that was hurt by Rebecca's whiplash mood in this episode as she went from insufferable jerk to insufferable pushover and then finally just there to make me suffer. WildCat's interactions with the Chippit were amusing and it's eating habit lead to the climax as Kit got to play hero again while losing his SeaDuck colored airfoil. "Silence, You Cheater!" was a pretty good story in spite of it's modern world trappings and out of character interactions with Shere Khan. (Shere Khan should never be Donald Trump dumb, ever! Even Baloo's evil move wasn't as bad as Khan's idoicy in this story!) Kit was great in this one and it made sense for the most part. (Hopefully, Kit is as good as this in the other Super Baloo comics that I have not seen yet because the next two comic stories just brutalize Kit's character. One really pissed me off, the other buried him hilariously and one spot made me create an exception to the rule of "burials of Kit by Molly will never fail to make me laugh." Although that last one might be localization issues more than anything else.) However, the finish was horrible as it basically turns Baloo into a terrorist blackmailer in using the insurance contract against him. Granted, an accident happening in front of Khan Tower would have been fine if the plane crashed on the street in front of the building even if Baloo sabotaged the plane. However, it involving blowing up Khan's office basically. BAD! (The 9/11 effect makes it look worse on all levels as well. Cannot forget that!) "Law Of The Bayou" was a great episode with a lot of likable prick rednecks and Baloo getting pounded into silly putty for my pleasure as payback for him blaming Kit for not refueling the SeaDuck at Louie's. The artwork was great, along with "Silence, You Cheater!" and this was one of the few comics where the artwork pretty much matched the spirit of the TaleSpin world instead of the "TaleSpin transplated into Ducktales" stories we often see in the other comics. Someone in the art department was paying attention. Duchess and Tiny were great in this one and the lawyer joke was classic MAVO Iggy Barnostrklum'equse comedy for me. This is the sort of story that would make television without much in terms of changes and it would automatically be better than anything Darkwing Duck could dish out.

Overall; we end the Random TaleSpin Comic stories on a high note. We are down to the final two rants as I am currently done the first English transcript translation of "Vertiges" (Which I dubbed "Vertigo Baloo" for obvious reasons.) and will be working on the transcript of The Wrong Culprit once Legend Of The Chaos God: Crystal Chaos is completed. Both French stories will be reviewed once the transcripts are done, which will all be done by next weekend, if not sooner. Finally; I hope Moral Guardians don't read the French comics since there is a lot of violence on children, smoking and even mild language in these comics from the three stories I have read thus far. So...

Thumbs in the middle for "Little Plane Of Horrors" and "Silence, You Cheater"! Thumbs up for "Law Of The Bayou" and I'll see you all next time.

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