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"'''Son of the Sun'''" is the thirty-fifth [[comic]] issue, which was released January, 2008 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


==The Story==
== The Story ==
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=== Act I ===
From the files of the [[New Justice Team]] comes a tale of derring-do and action-packed action, as Captain Yesterday ([[Fry]]), Clobberella ([[Leela]]) and Super King ([[Bender]]) face the vengeful wrath of the spawn of one of the greatest villains from their decidedly small Rogues Gallery, The Sun.
[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] auditions to become a member of the [[New Justice Team]], but is rejected when he accidentally snaps Super King's head off. [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] shakes a screaming [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] from the flashback caused by a new memory card. Bender decides to project the memories on the wall for Fry to see. [[Clamps]] auditions too, and impresses the team with his clamps. Unfortunately, he'd intended to visit The Super Robot Injustice Society next door, and leaves. Shortly after, night turns to day as a new super villain appears, and, due to the Arnold Drake statute on superheroic battles, reveals his origins. [[The Son of the Sun (character)|The Son of the Sun]] is the child of one of the heroes' defeated nemeses. He never got along with his father, but still wants revenge; so he places five additional suns in orbit between the [[Earth]] and its [[the Moon|moon]]. After [[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]] holds a press conference, the team head out into an unsuccessful battle against the Son, leading to sunstroke hallucinations.
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===Act I===


===Act II===
=== Act II ===
After a few days the planet's water has mostly evaporated and people have had to take in homeless sea creatures. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] reveals a high-powered air conditioner robot for the crew to take with them to The Son of The Sun's base on [[the Sun]], where they are easily captured despite the irony loving guards' ineptitude. Fortunately they are able to determine that their captor is afraid of the dark and convince him to confront this fear (and free them from the elaborate killing machine they are tied to). He opens a nightclub and retires from villainy. after the flashback ends, Fry and Bender decide to satisfy their superhero urges by playing a video game.


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== Additional Info ==
[[File:The Claw.png|right|thumb|Beware ''The Claw!'']]


==Additional Info==
=== Trivia ===
===Trivia===
*This comic mostly takes place in flashbacks to previously unseen adventures of the New Justice Team.
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*The miracle cream also causes memory loss. Additional abilities also include fighting dry skin and providing a healing factor, which can reverse being burnt to ashes.
*This visit to [[Sol|the sun]] is slightly more logical than [[Futurama (video game)|the last time]], inventions have been provided to keep them alive and on the surface in this comic.
 
=== Quotes ===
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<poem>'''Bender''': Please stop doing that. And let's never speak of this again.</poem>
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===Questions===
=== Questions ===
*Who did that?
*Who did that?
**Fry did.
**Fry did.


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===Inside References===
=== Inside References ===
References to other things in the Futurama Universe
References to other things in the Futurama Universe


===Outside References===
=== Outside References ===
References in Futurama to things in the real world
References in Futurama to things in the real world
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===Prerequisites===
 
*{{ep-rqr|Less than Hero|This episode contains the formation and disbanding of the New Justice Team.}}
=== Fast Forward ===
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*Despite being set during "[[Less than Hero]]", during which the heroes kept their identities secret from their co-workers, their identities are clearly known by the staff, especially since they appear to be using the Planet Express building as an in-costume headquarters.
*Leela incorrectly refers to the Nimbus 50,000 as the Nimbus 5,000


===Special Features===
=== Characters ===
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===Characters===
(In alphabetical order)
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*[[Headless body of Agnew]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
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*[[LaBarbara]] (background cameo at nightclub)
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] / Superking
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] / [[Clobberella]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] / Captain Yesterday
*[[Linda]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]] / Clobberella
*[[Morbo]]
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]]
*[[Presidential bodyguards|Presidential bodyguard]]
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
*[[Sal]]
*'''Debut:''' [[The Son of the Sun (character)|The Son of the Sun]]
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] / The Claw


==Comic Credits==
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**[[Ian Boothby]]
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Son of the Sun
Futurama-35-Cover.jpg
US Publish Number35
UK Publish Number(s)52
Written byIan Boothby
Art byJames Lloyd
Title captionINTELLIGENTLY DESIGNED!
Published (US)January, 2008
This article is about the Futurama comic. For the character, see The Son of the Sun (character).

"Son of the Sun" is the thirty-fifth comic issue, which was released January, 2008 in the US.

The Story

Act I

Zoidberg auditions to become a member of the New Justice Team, but is rejected when he accidentally snaps Super King's head off. Fry shakes a screaming Bender from the flashback caused by a new memory card. Bender decides to project the memories on the wall for Fry to see. Clamps auditions too, and impresses the team with his clamps. Unfortunately, he'd intended to visit The Super Robot Injustice Society next door, and leaves. Shortly after, night turns to day as a new super villain appears, and, due to the Arnold Drake statute on superheroic battles, reveals his origins. The Son of the Sun is the child of one of the heroes' defeated nemeses. He never got along with his father, but still wants revenge; so he places five additional suns in orbit between the Earth and its moon. After Nixon holds a press conference, the team head out into an unsuccessful battle against the Son, leading to sunstroke hallucinations.

Act II

After a few days the planet's water has mostly evaporated and people have had to take in homeless sea creatures. The Professor reveals a high-powered air conditioner robot for the crew to take with them to The Son of The Sun's base on the Sun, where they are easily captured despite the irony loving guards' ineptitude. Fortunately they are able to determine that their captor is afraid of the dark and convince him to confront this fear (and free them from the elaborate killing machine they are tied to). He opens a nightclub and retires from villainy. after the flashback ends, Fry and Bender decide to satisfy their superhero urges by playing a video game.

Additional Info

Beware The Claw!

Trivia

  • This comic mostly takes place in flashbacks to previously unseen adventures of the New Justice Team.
  • The miracle cream also causes memory loss. Additional abilities also include fighting dry skin and providing a healing factor, which can reverse being burnt to ashes.
  • This visit to the sun is slightly more logical than the last time, inventions have been provided to keep them alive and on the surface in this comic.

Quotes

    Bender: Please stop doing that. And let's never speak of this again.


Fast Forward

List instances of things from this episode that are referenced later. -->

Goofs

  • Despite being set during "Less than Hero", during which the heroes kept their identities secret from their co-workers, their identities are clearly known by the staff, especially since they appear to be using the Planet Express building as an in-costume headquarters.
  • Leela incorrectly refers to the Nimbus 50,000 as the Nimbus 5,000

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Comic Credits

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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