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|image text=[[Characters]] on the cover: {{Leela}}, {{Fry}}, {{Bender}}, {{Amy}}, [[Scruffy]], {{Kif}}, and {{Hattie}}.
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'''''Futurama Comics'' #79''' is the seventy-ninth [[Comic Listing|comic]] issue, expected to be released on {{date|18 May}}, [[2016]] <ref name="release date"/>  in the [[United States|US]]. <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->
'''Kif of Death!''' is the seventy-ninth [[Comic Listing|comic]] issue, released on {{date|18 May}}, [[2016]] <ref name="release date"/>  in the [[United States|US]]. <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


== The Story ==
== The Story ==
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'''Translation''': "8". The armband has two characters on it, the first of which appears to be an [[English language|English]] letter 'O' - the first letter from '[[Omicron Persei]]'.</poem>
'''Translation''': "8". The armband has two characters on it, the first of which appears to be an [[English language|English]] letter 'O' - the first letter from '[[Omicron Persei]]'.</poem>
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=== Continuity ===
=== Continuity ===
*Kif previously died and had a funeral in [[The Beast with a Billion Backs]].


=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===
 
*[[iZac]] is mistakenly coloured brown.
*The [[conspiracy nutter]] from [[1947]] is among the familiar characters at Kif's funeral.
=== Special Features ===
=== Special Features ===
*Junk Mail
*[[Bongo Bonus Stamps|Bongo Bonus Stamp]] - [[Amy Wong]]


=== Allusions ===
=== Allusions ===
*Scruffy poses at the front of his cruise ship in a similar pose to the well known scene in ''[[wikipedia:Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', the aliens behind him resemble the two lead characters of that movie.
=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
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*An advertisement appears in this issue indicating that "Something ''new'' and exciting is in store for ''Futurama Comics''!" and that "The [[Bongo]] spirits will reveal it soon!"


=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===
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*{{Amy}}
*{{Amy}}
*'''Debut''': The Beatles' heads
*{{Bender}}
*{{Bender}}
*{{Fry}}
*{{Fry}}
*{{Hermes}}
*{{Kif}}
*{{Kif}}
*{{Leela}}
*{{Leela}}
*{{Professor Farnsworth}}
*'''Debut''': Room Runner
*[[Scruffy]]
*[[Taco Bellevue Doctor]]
*{{Zapp}}
*{{Zoidberg}}
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**[[Tone Rodriguez]]
**[[Tone Rodriguez]]
*Inks
*Inks
**[[Andrew Pepoy]]
**[[Phyllis Novin]]
*Colors
*Colors
**Unknown
**[[Art Villanueva]]
*Letters
*Letters
**Unknown
**[[Karen Bates]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 11:48, 20 May 2016

Kif of Death!
Futurama Comic 79.jpg
Characters on the cover: Leela, Fry, Bender, Amy, Scruffy, Kif, and Hattie.
US Publish Number79
Written byIan Boothby
Art byTone Rodriguez
Published (US)18 May, 2016 [1]
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Content may change rapidly as the release date draws near.

Kif of Death! is the seventy-ninth comic issue, released on 18 May, 2016 [1] in the US.

The Story

The Planet Express crew is surprised to learn that Kif has come down with a rare fatal disease and has only a week to live. In keeping with Amphibiosan tradition, Leela and Amy attempt to throw a funeral that he can really enjoy before he passes on, but Kif has other ideas, plenty of other ideas. Meanwhile, Bender gets bent out of shape over Professor Farnsworth’s new vacuum cleaner, the Room Runner.

Additional Info

Continuity

Goofs

Special Features

Allusions

  • Scruffy poses at the front of his cruise ship in a similar pose to the well known scene in Titanic, the aliens behind him resemble the two lead characters of that movie.

Trivia

  • An advertisement appears in this issue indicating that "Something new and exciting is in store for Futurama Comics!" and that "The Bongo spirits will reveal it soon!"

Appearances

(In alphabetic order)

Characters

Comic Credits

References

  1. ^ a b [1]