Fred & Bianca Valentine's Day Special

The cover says that this is the Fred & Bianca's Valentine's Day Massacre. However, the official title is called Fred & Bianca's Valentine's Day Special #1. If you are a collector of holiday themed comics, you might have to search for either in order to find it as different databases have it listed under either name.

If you become a fan of Fred & Bianca and you want more of their adventures, don't base a search on what it says in the top right corner. There's no such thing as a comic called 'X-Thieves'. Instead, you have to search for a comic called Aristocratic Xtraterrestrial Time-Traveling Thieves. I'm thinking publisher Comics Interview is guilty of attempting to monopolize on the popularity of X-Men with that little triangle blurb. As for me, I bought it strictly for the V-Day theme. And while love and romance is in the air with this book, the holiday is never once mentioned. 

Before going into the details of this issue, a little back story. Fred is the alien on the left who has the face of a horse, tail of a kangaroo and toes of X-Man named Nightcrawler. Bianca is on the right. She's human. Both are thieves that fly around in a ship able to change shape and size. And it's called a TARDIS! No lie, they really refer to Fred's Fredmobile as a TARDIS like in the big blue box from Doctor Who. 

Oh, and the pair are lovers.

Anyways, in this story, Fred and Bianca are working on their next heist when the pair run across one of Bianca's old flames. It's a bounty hunter who is still hung up on Bianca. Under the delusion that Fred hypnotized Bianca away from him, the merc kidnaps Bianca. He'll make Bianca fall back in love with him or die trying. That means Bianca too!

This 1989 special was entertaining. I'm just a bit miffed that there's nothing really holiday related. That's because this issue is a reprint of issue #5 of Aristocratic Xtraterrestrial Time-Traveling Thieves. There's also a Fred & Bianca Mother's Day Special. I'm a little hesitant to pursue it least its just a reprint of a matronly themed issue from the Indy series. 

Who am I kidding? If I found it for a buck, I'd be buying it. I'm that much of a sucker for holiday comics of any kind.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.