HIYA, BOYS, HAVING FUN? ABOUT AN AUTOGRAPH? WE LOVE YOU, MAJOR COURAGE! ---LOVE MY SHOW, YOU KNOW, S.M., = ei ©2394 286 BUT HEY, BOSS I CAN TELL e GUY... WHAT DO THESE BOYS... am YOU THINK?
I THINK... I’M GONNA SHUT IT DOWN. AND IF THE NETWORK CANCELS YOU... RELAX/ WE’RE BEHIND YOU ALL THE . WAY! YOUR RATINGS STINK. eee THIS STUDIO WILL BE WORTHLESS TO ME!
BECAUSE IF DUCKBURG STUDIOS .-MAJOR IS GOING TO COURAGE IS SURVIVE... GOING TO : ‘ NEED A MAJOR OVERHAUL. HOW MAJOR? )ia @ .-eMAKE THIS SPACE SHIP y MAJOR, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS... B SHIPSHAPE.
YOU’VE GOT TWO WEEKS. THIS IS GYRO GEARLOOSE, MY SCIENCE ADVISOR. REDESIGN MAKE IT REAL. THE STARSHIP 3 GOT IT. PHOENIX. MAKE IT AS REAL AS IT CAN BE. LAUNCHPAD? OH, HE’S MY PILOT. YEAH. : COME ALONG, A REAL LADS. PILOT, ‘ NOT SOME y PHONY FLYBOY.
YOU OUGHTA GET THAT FIXED. CIAO, LITTLE BUDDIES! AND I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT. BUT-BUT-BUTBUT-BUT-BUT... BYE, MAJOR COURAGE! SEE YOU LATER! | HE’S GONNA GIVE THAT PINHEAD PILOT MY JOB/ I JUST KNOW IT!
WE HAVE TO GET SCROOGE ON OUR SIDE. EXCITED? WE COULD LOSE OUR JOBS, BOZO! AND THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO BUTTER UP HIS NEPHEWS.
UNCLE TWO WEEKS LATER. SCROOGE, YOU OUGHTA SEE THE NEW SETS GYRO’S BUILT IN THE LAST TWO NO TIME FOR THAT NOW, I JUST WANT TO ETTHIS & ' \ mere. 7 KNOCK ‘EM WITH. { DEAD, BOSS, BEHOLD, THE ~ NEW STARSHIP PHOENIX!
SCROOGEY, THE CHANGES BUT BEFORE YOU’VE MADE ARE YOU ANNOUNCE REALLY TERRIFIC. ANY MORE I MEAN IT. CHANGES... ---I/VE PERSONALLY ARRANGED FOR A SPECIAL, ONE-TIME-ONLY SHOW--JUST FOR YOU, AND THESE SWELL KIDS/
JUST FOR BEING OUR BIGGEST FANS... ---YOU EACH GET GENUINE, AUTHENTIC COURAGE OF THE COSMOS COSMIC CADET COSTUMES/ @nan) mae es See REPORTING iS Be Hap Bi =? atte FOR DUTY, SiR! % ---WHILE I SO WHY DON’T SHOW THESE YOU GO TO THE DIRECTOR’S BOOTH AND WATCH...
THIS SET SEEMS KINDA CRAMPED, THANKS, BUT I’LL COME ALONG WITH THE BOYS, IF YOU DON’T MIND. HMM. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT LOVE TO HAVE YOU ABOARD.
THE DIRECTOR CAN SEE EVERY INCH OF THE PHOENIX RIGHT FROM HERE. .--SO I CAN JUST CHOOSE ANY SHOT AND VOILA/” HEROES JUST DO THEIR JOB. ‘I’VE INSTALLED AUTOMATIC CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE SHIP...” IF YOU ASK ME, REAL HEROES DON’T NEED H \. CAMERAS AND [a MAKEUP. DON’T LISTEN TO HIM, MAJOR COURAGE.
FACE IT, L.P., . j : S 3 ---YOU’RE BABY, ONCE es A ; eee f GONNA WE’RE THROUGH a E aac BE OLD WITH THIS SKIT... | pee NEWS. HISTORY! BYE-BYE/
WHERE’D LAUNCHPAD WE’VE GOT TO GET STARTED ON OUR ADVENTURE. COURAGE OF THE COSMOS, EPISODE 96/ ALL STATIONS, PREPARE TO LAUNCH. AND ACTION! FORGET ABOUT 7 OH, BOY! OH, BOY! OH, Boy!
WELL, YOU SAID MAKE IT AS REAL AS I COULD.
IF I WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD, I WOULD HAVE JOINED THE NAVY! I DON’T KNOW/ I’LL TRY TO RESTART THE CAMERAS. BLOW ME BAGPIPES! LOOK AT THEM. THEY DON’T KNOW THEY’RE IN OUTER SPACE!
HOW'S THAT FOR OPENERS? WE’VE GOT TO WARN THEM! DON’T WE HAVE A RADIO? 44 NEATO! SUPERIFIC! OH, BOy!
REMEMBER, BOYS, I WOULDN’T PUT ON THIS SKIT FOR JUST ANYBODY. BUT SINCE YOU ARE MY NUMBER-ONE FANS... AND YOU WOULDN’T EVER WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO TAKE MY PLACE... Attention, approaching asteroid WE SURE WOULDN'T! belt. Attention. ‘ Approaching. =
MAN YOUR I WANNA BE STATIONS. : NAVIGATOR/ I GOT DIBS DOOFUS ON WEAPONS emer IS LIFE OFFICER/ : SUPPORT! AW, I ACTIVATE. ALWAYS HAVE CONDITION TO BE LIFE RED. SUPPORT! =
ENGAGE MANUAL CONTROLS. I GOTTA OVERRIDE THAT PHONY PILOT’S CONTROLS OR HE’LL STEER US RIGHT INTO (am A ROCK. LOOK OUT, MAJOR! WE WILL BE SMASHED TO BITS! NEVER FEAR. I’M COURAGE OF THE COSMOS! BESIDES, = IS ONLYA & TV SHOW. |
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COURAGE! COURAGE! COURAGE! A. COURAGE. WE’RE HAVING THE BESTEST TIME EVER WITH MAJOR YUP/ WHEN IT COMES TO COURAGE, IYM FULL OF IT. Ii’s be LAUNCHPAD/ —— Sane sia An _ Ts LAUNCHPAD! WHERE YOU " FIRST WE PRETENDED WE TOOK OFF, AND THEN WE STEERED THROUGH THESE GREAT SPECIAL EFFECTS ASTEROIDS!
HE’S TONS OF FUN. HE IS, : HE REALLY IS. an : FUN? OH, BOY! 7 i DON’T YOU : UNDERSTAND? WE‘RE OUT IN SPACE! OF COURSE WE’RE IN WHERE ELSE WOULD WE BE?
LOOK, BUTT OUT. THESE KIDS ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME. BIG DEAL? LISTEN, IF I HADN’T STEERED US THROUGH THOSE UH-UH/ MAJOR COURAGE DID IT/ WE ALL SAW HIM! NEVER TAKE CREDIT FOR SOMETHING SOMEBODY ELSE WHY MAKE A BIG DEAL? «--WE/D ALL BE GALACTIC GARBAGE BY NOW! A REAL HERO/D DID/ LISTEN TO ME/ WE’VE GOTTA TURN THIS SHIP AROUND AND GET HOME/
NONSENSE? WE NEVER GO HOME UNTIL AFTER NO ALIENS, HUH? WHAT DO YA CALL THAT? BU... HUUH.. B-B-BUT... THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS ALIENS. OOH/ NICE MODEL!
--I’M GONNA ASK FORA RAISE. NICE SET. BUT IF THEY’RE SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY ON THE SHOW... IGOTA BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS. YOU THINKING WHAT THINKING? ISN’T THAT WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING? WE REALLY ARE IN SPACE! JUST LIKE I PROMISED/ A ADVENTURE!
HOW YA DOIN’ IN _ THERE, RALPH? 4 ¥ WOULD YO : COME WITH ME, PLEASE? NOT UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO. OH. HM, GUESS THAT COMES LATER IN THE SHOW,
HIS WAY, PLEASE. PRISONERS, SIR. THAT YOU, “™ MURRAY? NICE 1 COSTUME. |’
I AM OVERLORD BULVON. WE a ( ---AND USE AS COME FROM THE PLANET KRONK : * FERTILIZER! IN SEARCH OF INFERIOR LIFE 5 , FORMS TO CONQUER... WELL, HERE’S \Wigie 2 THE MAN FOR Peeeuee I AM MAJOR COURAGE THE JOB. 4m FROM THE PLANET EARTH. Ss WE MEAN YOU NO HARM.
YOUR PEOPLE AND MINE CAN LIVE INPEACE. 4 IF THIS IS THE BEST EARTH HAS TO OFFER... GIVE US THE COORDINATES OF EARTH, OR WE SHALL TORTURE YOU AND STRIP THE DATA FROM YOUR MIND. «+e THEN THIS PLANET IS JUST BEGGING TO BE CONQUERED.
HEY? WHY ME? WHAT ABOUT Eo WELL, HERE’S THE MAN FOR THE JOB.
BAD ACTING TECHNIQUE, PAL. NOT SO MUCH BODY LANGUAGE. BETTER/ MUC BETTER/ HOW CAN YOU EAT THAT STUFF? IT’S GREASY AND WELL, OTHER THAN Y THAT, IT’S NOT BAD. SURE YOU DON’T WANT SOME? 4 NO, THANKS. YOU GO AHEAD.
GOODIE! MMM! I WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE SOONER, BUT THEY WEREN’T DONE PUTTING MY BRAIN THROUGH A BLENDER. NOW, IT’S TIME FOR US TO ESCAPE AND DEFEAT THE & KRONKS! WE COULD DISGUISE OURSELVES, LIKE YOU DID IN THE “PRISONERS OF FLOYD” EPISODE! £ SUGGESTIONS, CADETS?
OR, WE COULD JUST FEED THEM ALL TO \ DOOFUS. THEN fh» WE COULD SABOTAGE THEIR SHIP LIKE YOU DID IN “ATTACK OF THE GHERKINS!” ‘ ONE OF US SHOULD LAY SICK SO THE OTHERS N KNOCK OUT THE GUARD. OH, I’VE GOT IT/ ce WE’LL USE THE OLD )uo GUARD! GUARD! SICKNESS PLOY! QUICKLY! I MAKE A LOVELY CUSTARD WITH THIS. AH. WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME Ls DESSERT?
NO TIME FOR THAT NOW. OUR FRIEND IS ILL. DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?
ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME THE GUN. LOOK, FOR THE LAST TIME, I’M THE STAR OF THIS SHOW. WORTHLESS HUMANS/ TRYING TO ESCAPE? I WILL HAVE YOU STUFFED/ 2.
STAND BACK, EVERYBODY. ,, é NO, DON‘T SHOOT. THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE FIGHT. ARE YOU CRAZY? NO/ I’M... COURAGE OF THE COSMOS! WHAT’S THE DEAL, MURRAY? YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME LOOK BAD?
I’M NOT AFRAID TO USE THIS. MAJOR COURAGE, ARE YOU OK? THIS FACE BELONGS ON LUNCHPAILS AND ] T-SHIRTS! =] THAT’S NO WEAPON, YOU IDIOT! THAT’S A FOOD SYNTHESIZER. THIS IS NO STUDIO! THIS IS REAL! THIS IS CRAZY!
| ™ “WAIT! STOP!” DON’T LEAVE US BEHIND/ WE’RE TRAPPED HERE/ NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
IVs AWFULLY DARK IN HERE. NO SWEAT. I FOUND A LIGHT SWITCH.
QUICKLY! THEY MUST NOT ESCAPE!
GR WORK, LAUNCHPAD! THAT STUFF SHORTED OUT THE DOOR/ “YOU STAND GUARD HERE. DOOFUS AND I ARE GOING UP TO THE BRIDGE. AND IT TASTES GOOD, TOO!
CALLING STARSHIP PHOENIX... THERE/ RADIO’S ALL FIXED. BACK WITH THOSE MONSTERS! | PHOENIX, COME IN/ ANYBODY \ THERE? WHERE’S LAUNCHPAD AND DOOFUS? WHERE ARE MY NEPHEWS? YOU’RE SAFE/ WAIT A MINUTE... THEY WANTED TO GRIND ME UP INTO FERTILIZER/ ME, STAR OF STAGE, SCREEN AND TELEVISION! 4 I’M WARNING YOU, COURAGE, TURN THAT SHIP AROUND...
---AND GET MY NEPHEWS OR YOU’LL NEVER WORK IN THIS TOWN AGAIN! FORGET IT, MCDUCK/ REMEMBER, I’VE VE G GOT A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT. he
THAT’S OKAY, LITTLE BUDDY. YOU JUST GOT DAZZLED BY ALL THAT HOLLYWOOD GEE, LAUNCHPAD, I’M SORRY I EVER DOUBTED YOU/ THAT MAJOR COURAGE WAS JUST A LOT OF HOT AIR/ YOU CAN FLY ANYTHING, LAUNCHPAD/ YOU’RE A GREAT PILOT! AND SPEAKING OF DAZZLED, LOOK AT THIS SCREWY CONTRAPTION. I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN FLY IT. THANKS, DOOFUS. AND YOU’RE A GREAT SIDEKICK. PIECE OF CAKE/
"HUP-TWO-THREE- FOUR! HUP-TWO-- 4 “QUACKAROONI! IF THEY BURN THEIR WAY OUT--WE’RE FINISHED/” IF HE EVER GETS HOME ALIVE, IYLL KILL HIM/ MAJOR COURAGE HAS COMPANY! LA-LA-LA/ SAFE AND SOUND. NASTY ALIENS TRIED TO HURT ME, BUT I ESCAPED/ WON’T BE NECESSARY. LOOK/ NOT AGAIN/ NOT AGAIN/