Captain
Carrot, the Zoo Crew, and a combined effort of Oz and Wonderlanian forces
continue to search for more of missing leaders of Oz. This time up for rescue
are the Scarecrow and a certain Wizard.
I
really enjoyed this issue. It was a lot more fluid that the first book. I think
it just needed a little time to hit its stride. It’s a good thing Captain
Carrot has Dorothy Gale around or none of the missing Oz characters would ever
have a chance of being found. But it’s a real shame Alice isn’t in this book. I
wonder why she’s not here. I miss her. Hopefully, her absence will be
addressed.
On
the subject of absent promises, the Jabberwock was promised to be in the issue
last issue, but he was nowhere to be found. I’m not sure why. However, he does
appear here- along with a strange team-up between Captain Carrot and almost
every funny animal of the rabbit persuasion to exist in DC Comics history.
Along with several bunnies I’ve never heard of, the Good Captain meets up with
another rabbit donning the red and gold- Marvel Bunny and briefly reunites with
the love of his life- Wonder Rabbit. Sadly, their love is left unrequited.
Also,
thanks to some editor’s articles throughout this issue, I now know why in the
last issue of Captain Carrot and the Amazing Zoo crew why we were promises with
a 6-part series on the Oz-Wonderland War and only received 3. That’s because of
the Zoo Crew series getting cancelled. Originally, there were to be a 6-part
story that took place in the pages of Captain Carrot. However, shake-ups at DC
caused the title to be scrapped altogether. The higher ups did manage to get
this series to see the light of day as a mini-series and made 3 double sized
issues instead of 6 standard sized comics. Thus, nothing was omitted and DC
actually found a way to keep their promise in order for this series to find
newsstands and eventually my collection.
Worth
Consuming!
Rating:
9 out of 10 stars.
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