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"'''Night of the Automated Dead'''"<ref name="issue title">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152696214686323&set=a.128667116322.136187.726586322&type=1&theater|title=James Lloyd Facebook post|author=James Lloyd|date=2014-9-9|site=Facebook|accessdate=2014-9-15}}</ref> is the seventy-third [[Comic Listing|comic]] issue, | "'''Night of the Automated Dead'''"<ref name="issue title">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152696214686323&set=a.128667116322.136187.726586322&type=1&theater|title=James Lloyd Facebook post|author=James Lloyd|date=2014-9-9|site=Facebook|accessdate=2014-9-15}}</ref> is the seventy-third [[Comic Listing|comic]] issue, released on {{date|November|19}}, [[2014]]<ref name="Eric Rogers">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EricRogersLA/status/531632794368090112|title=Eric Rogers tweet|author=Eric Rogers|date=2014-11-10|site=[[Twitter]]|accessdate=10 November, 2014}}</ref> in the [[United States|US]]. <!-- insert brief plot summary here --> | ||
== The Story == | == The Story == |
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US Publish Number | 73 |
Written by | Eric Rogers |
Art by | James Lloyd |
Published (US) | November 19, 2014[1] |
Title reference | The 1968 film Night of the Living Dead |
"Night of the Automated Dead"[2] is the seventy-third comic issue, released on November 19, 2014[1] in the US.
The Story
If you thought computer viruses were bad, just wait until Planet Express' morally bankrupt bending unit starts spreading a social disease of his own around New New York City, causing a calamitous epidemic of robot zombies!
Production
Additional Info
Continuity
- On seeing zombie Calculon, Fry reflects on the time they killed him.
- It is possible that due to the zombie anitivirus, he may be alive again. However there's no evidence of this.
Allusions
- The crew delivers Robot Chicken soup to Chapek 9.
- Bender rides the soup can a la Dr. Strangelove.
Goofs
- On the last page Morbo says "...I only hope for all of our sakes..." however the 'f' in the word "for" is missing.
Trivia
- With this issue, Futurama Comics surpasses the original run in number of instalments.
- The plot of land the Planet Express building is on is one of the most expensive in New New York. Farnsworth was given it as a bribe from Mom for not telling anyone about the robots she buried there.
Allusions
- The issue's title is a reference to the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead.
Characters
Comic Credits
- Script
- Pencils
- Inks
- Unknown
- Colors
- Unknown
- Letters
- Unknown
References
- ^ a b Eric Rogers (10 November 2014). Eric Rogers tweet. (Twitter.) Retrieved on 10 November 2024.
- ^ James Lloyd (09 September 2014). James Lloyd Facebook post. (Facebook.) Retrieved on 15 September 2014.
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