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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published [November] 2008
Frequency six times a year
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Bill Morrison
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2008-11-26

Cover Details

Characters Turanga Leela; Prof. Farnsworth; Amy Wong; Philip J. Fry; Robot Santa
Pencils Jason Ho (signed)
Inks Bill Morrison (signed)
Notes The cover art is an homage to the cover of The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #23 (December 1965).

1 page advertisement "From the creators of Finding Nemo and Cars"

Synopsis An advertisement for the DVD and Blu-ray release of the Disney-Pixar film, "Wall-E."
Notes inside front cover

25 page Futurama story "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

Characters Bender; the gelatinous glob; Robot Tiny Tim; Smitty; Url; Philip J. Fry; Tuanga Leela; Hermes Conrad; Prof. Farnsworth; Dr. Zoidberg; Cubert Farnsworth; Robot Santa's elves; Robot Santa; Chauncey; Linda
Synopsis Zoidberg leads Robot Santa's elves in a revolt.
Genre science fiction; television; humor
Script Eric Rogers
Pencils Mike Kazaleh
Inks Dan Davis
Colors Nathan Kane
Letters Karen Bates

2 page advertisement "Become a TV remote control operator!"

Synopsis An anti-illegal drug use advertisement from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, suggesting that drug users are only fit to become tv remote control operators.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 5 and 6 of the Futurama story.

2 page advertisement "Everywhere Just Got Better"

Synopsis An advertisement for Sony's PSP-3000 hand-held gaming system.
Notes This advertisement is between pages 7 and 8 of the Futurama story.

1 page advertisement "Think You Know All the Moves?"

Synopsis An advertisement for Prima Games' game guide for the Midway game, "Mortal Combat vs DC Universe."
Notes This advertisement is between pages 8 and 9 of the Futurama story.

1 page advertisement "There's No Looking Back"

Synopsis An advertisement for the EAGames computer game, "Mirror's Edge."
Notes This advertisement is between pages 13 and 14 of the Futurama story.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Action! Romance! Intrigue!"

Synopsis An in-house promotional advertisement for Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular (Bongo, 2005 series) #8; Simpsons Treasure Trove (Bongo, 2007 series) #2; Simpsons Winter Wingding (Bongo, 2006 series) #3.
Notes This advertisement is on the left side of the page between page 18 of the Futurama story and the "Spanking Shakespeare" advertisement.

Half page advertisement "Have you spanked Shakespeare today?"

Synopsis An advertisement for Jake Wizner's novel, _Spanking Shakespeare_.
Notes This advertisement is on the right side of the page between the Simpsons comics promotional and page 19 of the Futurama story.

1 page advertisement "Wrestling so real you feel pain"

Synopsis An advertisement for the Midway computer game, "TNA Impact."
Notes This advertisement follows the final page of the Futurama story and is on the inside back cover.

1 page advertisement "Change the way you experience movies forever."

Synopsis An advertisement for the Blu-ray release of the Warner Brothers' film, "The Dark Knight."
Notes back cover