There are 2 stories in this issue. The cover story has one of the cadets having to undergo surgery. Officer Mahoney and the rest of the gang go to visit their sick friend. But the patient is nowhere to be found. So the law enforcers go undercover at the hospital to find him and wind up running afoul of a literal mad scientist!
Story #2 has the cadets of the Academy forming a singing group. Wacky cadet Zed excites the singers with the promise of a paying gig. But when the choir members get to the event, it turns out that Zed accidentally signed everybody up to be the main event at a wrestling match!
The first story was more of the sort of thing you'd expect from a police procedural; albeit a zany satire. The cadets go undercover, question witnesses and practice surveillance techniques. Story #2 was just too absurd to even be considered as part of the Police Academy series! Yeah, I know that some very unbelievable things happened in these movies. But having the team wind up as grapplers instead of performing in a concert was just beyond the pale. And why are a bunch of police cadets trying to be choir singers? I know that some law enforcement agencies do things like this as a sort of community outreach. But that's not an element that's not explained here and I think it's necessary to make that second story a bit more credible.
As unlikely as a comic book this was, I had fun reading it. Well, I liked the first story. I never watched the cartoon series. But I enjoyed the movies when I was younger. Sure, I'm way older now. But I want a copy of all 6 books from the short-lived Marvel series. Probably just for nostalgia purposes. But more than likely it's because I know that if the Star Comics imprint was still in existence, these comics would have been released under that banner.
Rating: 6 out of 10 stars.
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