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Comic Review: Muppet Robin Hood #3

September 8, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Julio Ubilla
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Review: Muppet Robin Hood #3
Release Date:
August 5, 2009
Writer: Tim Beedle
Art:
Armand Villavert Jr.
Colors:
Kat Valliant
Letters:
Marshall Dillon
Editor:
Paul Morrissey
Covers:
David Petersen & Christopher Schons
Publisher:
BOOM! Studios

At the risk of sounding mildly repetitive in the matter, I’ll say this of BOOM! Studios’s take on the Robin Hood legend using Jim Henson’s Muppets: it is really, really, amazingly hilarious.  I have to say I’m fairly surprised at the level of comedic seriousness with which Mr. Beedle and Mr. Villavert Jr. have taken to their tasks.

In this issue you get to see the deviousness of Prince John and his evil crew as they try to trap our “handsome” hero.  While they do this we learn that “King Richard” is being portrayed by none other than Pepe the Prawn and we learn that the Crusades are nothing more than one big concert tour that the King has set up.

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Another thing that I found really interesting is the fact that they have made the Friar Tuck character take the archetypal role of the trickster because the Prince has his mother held in custody.  Basically the Prince is blackmailing the “Friar” into helping him.  I did enjoy the appearance of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker (“MEEEP MEEEP”).

So the trap is set with the whole “archery contest” thing and the Prince’s “scientists” have engineered the perfect arrow that will hit the target no matter what.  The day of the contest dawns, and Robin attends, incognito of course.  But, as fate would have it, he is snitched on by the Friar and the sheriff’s men are about to capture Robin Hood and… CLIFFHANGER!

Overall, I give this issue of the series a 4.1 out of 5.

BOOM! Studios, comics-, muppets, Reviews, robin hood

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About the Author
From the Island of Enchantment (Puerto Rico) comes Julio Ubilla, sci-fi fanatic and rock aficionado. Julio also enjoys the sounds of Broadway musicals and / or movie musicals. He got interested in science fiction / fantasy at the age of seven when his mother took him to see the 1996 re-release of Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, and the rest, as they say, is history. He recently joined the local Central Florida Doctor Who Fan Club, The Guardians of Gallifrey. Apart from being a Whovian (a Doctor Who and its related spin-offs fan), he is also a Ringer (Lord of the Rings fan), a James Bond fan, a Renthead (RENT fan), a Twilighter (Twilight Series fan), a Harry Potter fan, a Marvelite (a Marvel Comics fan), and a Primeval fan.

Julio received an Associate in Arts Degree from Valencia Community College in 2008 and is currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Film from the University of Central Florida's Main Campus, to be awarded sometime in the Early 21st Century.

He is currently residing in Orlando, FL.

Contact: jayubilla@gmail.com
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