Comic Review: Rick and Morty #41

Will Jerry finally get his revenge on Rick for completely ruining his life?

 

 

 

Overview:

The culmination of a long ongoing story is about to take place.  In issue #39 we met one of the most devious players in the Rick and Morty multiverse, Party Dog.  After having his plans thwarted by Rick Sanchez one too many times, he has put together a group of villains all hellbent on seeing Rick destroyed once and for all.  The leader of this group is someone close to Rick that has been plotting his revenge for years, Jerry.

After this sinister team has been assembled, they finally confront Rick.  Morty is hunted down by Krombopulos Amy.  Summer is being approached by the sexually deviant Peacock Jones.  Leaving Rick to deal with the rest of his enemies.  But, we will need to wait another month to see how this one plays out.

Our Take:

I absolutely love where this comic book has grown to.  Unlike many other series based comic books, Rick and Morty have genuinely come into itself and set itself apart.  Like a classic superhero comic, faces of Rick and Morty’s past continue to pop up.  This issue has finally brought many of those pieces together to form a supervillain team much in the vein of Spider-Man’s Sinister Six, or the Fantastic Four’s Fearsome Four.  We are reading a book that blends two genres and styles together, and it couldn’t be more exciting.

Though, honestly, there may not have been much to the story here.  This particular issue was more about laying out the pieces.  This is pretty typical in comics that have longer story arch’s, where one issue may focus on a lot of backgrounds to help build anticipation going forward.  So, if you are just picking up your first Rick and Morty comic book, this is not the place to begin.  In fact, it starts off with an old friend recommending just that.

Instead of notes from the editor, this issue kicks off with our good pal Poopy Butthole.  A big fan of Rick and Morty comics, he has a complete list of the issues that carry relevance in this larger overall story.  Going all the way back to issue 16, Poopy reveals that there is a lot of backgrounds that may or may not be necessary to enjoy the full depth of the book going forward.   If we had to choose anyone from Rick and Morty to help guide our way through this arch Poopy Butthole would have been on the top of the list.  And, the fact that he asks if season four has started yet makes it all that much better.

There was also an added short in the back of the issue titled “Adventures in Public Domain Part 1”.  The basic concept being that Rick and Morty may be limited by making too many references due to copyright laws, but there are some characters that are free reign.  I am not sure who the heck Rikki Tikki Tavi is, but there are also references to Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, and Dracula, to name a few.  Rick has some devious plans for these characters, and it will be interesting to read part 2.

There’s a lot of waiting for the next issue involved in this book.

However, even though the story was a lot of build up, a lot of action, and minimal humour, I am still extremely excited about this issue.  It redefines what a rip-off comic book can be.  They are defining their own characters instead of relying on what the show has to offer.  Suddenly, this book is more than something for Rick and Morty fans to tie over their longing of season four, it is now a relevant comic book that any comic nerd can love.