The Bot Who Cried Wolf

The Bot Who Cried Wolf is the sixtieth comic issue, released 28 March, 2012 in the US.

The Story
Bender becomes the star of a hit TV show on which he terrifies the public with predictions about the imminent end of the world. Meanwhile, Fry and Leela work off an amusement park debt as carnies on the moon. And when a real threat to Earth appears on the horizon, Bender and the Planet Express crew must warn a wary and weary populace that has braced itself for disaster one too many times.

Allusions

 * The issue's title is a reference to the fable "".
 * The plot refers to the.

Special Features

 * The Bongo Beat - review of the column's history.
 * Junk Mail
 * Farnsworth's Factoids: Explaining Science's Most Misunderstood Principles
 * Security Monitors Gone Wild Presents: Scruffy's Hidden Camera Tapes Volumes 1 - 4

Characters

 * Agnew
 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Fry
 * Hattie McDoogal
 * Leela
 * Morbo
 * Debut: Morbo's nephew
 * Nixon
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Sal

Comic Credits

 * Script
 * Ian Boothby
 * Pencils
 * James Lloyd
 * Inks
 * Dan Davis
 * Colors
 * Robert Stanley
 * Letters
 * Karen Bates