| Zootopia 1 (Dynamite) |
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Zootopia #1 is the first issue of a series of comics published by American comic book publisher Dynamite.
Official Description[]
It's another beautiful day in the bustling city of Zootopia, where every animal is free to strive to realize their full potential - and one of the most successful of those strivers is Tripp Zebrando, owner of the PB&J cell phone company.
PB&J's high-tech devices are the must-have accessories for every species in town, and Tripp is about to launch their latest model with a huge publicity event timed for the arrival of the first shipment of phones at the airport.
Unfortunately, somebody has it in for PB&J, or Tripp (or both), and the resulting sabotage threatens to bring the house down - right on top of the unsuspecting crowd!
Luckily, ZPD's finest - in the form of Officers Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde - are on the scene, ready to keep the peace (or at least contain the chaos). But what they're about to discover in the aftermath of this seemingly isolated incident will lead them into a much larger and more complicated case!
Acclaimed author JEFF PARKER (Negaduck, Batman '66) partners up with renowned artist ALESSANDRO RANALDI (Disney Villains: Hades) to bring the captivating world of Disney's Zootopia to comic-book life with this all-new mystery adventure - featuring courtroom-quality covers from RANALDI, TRISH FORSTNER, CRAIG ROUSSEAU, and more![1]
Characters[]
Judy Hopps - a rabbit
Nick Wilde - a fox
Chief Bogo - a cape buffalo
Officer Clawhauser - a cheetah
Burl Squirrel - a duo of flying squirrels
Tripp Zebrando - a zebra
Yax - a yak
The Fauna Air crew - a group of felines
Donny - a muskrat
Plot[]
At the daily morning bullpen meeting at the ZPD, Chief Bogo announces everyone's assignments except those for Judy and Nick. He assures them he hasn't forgotten them, though, saying he has saved them a special detail. This detail turns out to be a crowd control job at a tech event near an airport, where Tripp Zebrando, owner of the telecommunication company PB&J, is unveiling a new phone model. Judy recalls Bogo telling her that sometimes they have to protect the public from themselves. After she and Nick shoo away some reckless daredevils cutting in line and trying to film themselves doing stunts, Nick questions why a new phone going on sale is a big deal, admitting to not keeping up with tech. Clawhauser calls the two to express his excitement for the event, asking if it is true that that Tripp will be giving away free phones.
Tripp greets Judy and Nick, and shows them a threatening note he received. He says that he and the company have received numerous threats, which he attributes to "haters". He asks them to flank him on stage to keep him safe. He then gets on stage to greet the audience, who cheer and demand phones. Yax's protests are ignored as Tripp reveals that he will indeed give out ten free phones to raffle winners who bought tickets prior, and announces the shipment is arriving via an approaching airship. He gets interrupted by a phone call and hands his phone to an apprehensive Judy. The phone notifies that said call is an emergency call, so Judy answers and hears the panicking airship crew, who warn that they have to evacuate the airship, as it has caught fire.
Judy aims to warn the crowd that the airship could come down on them, but Nick cautions that news such as this could cause the crowd to injure themselves as they panic and try to escape, so they come up with a plan to make everyone evacuate calmly. Nick cuts off Tripp's microphone and takes over with his own, telling the crowd that they can receive their new phones by returning to the main gate in an orderly fashion, and that breaking formation will render them ineligible for the phone giveaway.
Oblivious to the situation, Tripp asks what's going on, and Judy tells him that his crew are jumping out of the airship in parachutes because it is on fire, and they tried to call him to warn him about it. As Tripp panics over losing his shipment of phones, the airship almost crushes him, but Judy pushes him out of the way before he can be hurt. Afterwards, he cries over losing the airship.
Meanwhile, back at the ZPD, Bogo is angry to see other officers in his office, to which Clawhauser replies that his window has the best view of the "fireball" over the airport. Exasperated, Bogo says that trouble always finds Judy and Nick no matter where he sends them.
Back at the airport, While Tripp bemoans the hit to his reputation that the airship disaster will cause, Judy and Nick confirm that the airship's crew are safe. Nick gives them ice cream, noting that a book Judy gave him states that comfort food can jog memory. The crew confirm Judy's assertion that the airship was examined prior to the event, adding that rigorous checks are routinely performed. They say the only stop they made was to pick up the cargo at the PB&J factory. One of the crew members says that it was her job to go down to the cargo hold while the crates were loaded, and that they stayed until the muskrat forklift driver was finished delivering them, but she still smelled the muskrat's musk afterward. Judy insists that the musk should have dissipated quickly, as the cargo hold was well-ventilated. She then remembers that she saw seven figures jump out of the airship. The airship crew made up six of these figures, so she realizes that the muskrat must have been the seventh, as he hadn't actually left and was hiding in one of the crates.
Judy asks the crew member to accompany her and Nick to another airport on the north end to see if she can pick up the musk again. In the midst of a sugar rush caused by the ice cream, she happily agrees to do so. She catches the scent as they arrive at the airport, where the muskrat is attempting to board a flight. Thanking the crew member for her help, Judy and Nick catch up to the muskrat as he tries to give them the slip. He kicks a bucket in Nick's direction, which Nick dodges, but he then escapes by swimming away in the canal. Nick hops on the boats in the canal to catch up to him, but can't quite reach him. However, Judy then appears and knocks out the muskrat with her phone, then dispatches Clawhauser to send a car over to pick him up.
Later, at the ZPD, the muskrat is interrogated by Chief Bogo. The muskrat claims that an animal he doesn't know the identity of assigned him to small jobs, with one of these jobs being related to the airship disaster. He was instructed to disguise himself as a warehouse worker and leave a package in one of the airship crates. He didn't intend to stay on the airship, but was forced to stay in it to avoid being caught by security. He assumed the package was a tracking device, but at some point during the flight, it beeped and caught fire, and the fire spread to the rest of the airship. He is then taken to a cell.
As Clawhauser makes a phonecall to ask about obtaining Gazelle tickets, Judy wonders if the airship disaster was intended as a sabotage by a rival company, and Nick quips that it might be someone who cares about tech even less than he does. Judy says that Bogo will discourage her from investigating this incident further, but she and Nick already know that she will.
Trivia[]
- Donny's name is not mentioned in this issue, and will be revealed in the next.
Goofs[]
- Tripp's hooved hands resemble those seen on antelopes and giraffes, rather than the fingerless hooves regularly seen on horses and zebras.
- Two sheep were shown in the burning airship. The only animals said to have escaped from it were the Fauna Air crew and Donny, so it is unknown what happened to them.
- The gray cat with long ears is the one that said she stayed in the cargo hold and smelled Donny's musk, but it is the serval that Judy asks to pick up his scent.
- In some panels, Donny's earring is on his left ear. In other panels, it is on his right.
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