Dexter’s Laboratory

Dexter’s Laboratory #3

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Dexter’s Laboratory #3Given the perfect set-up I expected Dexter‘s successful attempt to write his sister Dee Dee out of reality and his subsequent dimension jumps to find her would be the start of IDW’s Cartoon Network summer crossover. Sadly it appears that’s not the case, but Dexter’s adventure continues here as the genius inventor finds himself in a reality where science is outlawed and ruled over by a sister who has no memory of him.

Despite getting some unexpected help from Dee Dee’s subjects who want their queen to return to her own reality, Dexter’s attempts to talk some sense into his sister only get the scientist thrown into the pink palace’s dungeon. And his escape only draws Dee Dee’s further wrath.

Next month’s final issue should wrap up the arc as Dexter will have to find some way to convince, or trick, his sister into returning home and let their reality get back to normal (or as normal as things get in Dexter’s Laboratory). Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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Dexter’s Laboratory #2

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Dexter's Laboratory #2Dexter awakes to a brand-new world discovering his latest invention, the Dream Wish-O-Tron 5000, has actually worked. In his sleep reality has been rewritten and the child genius finds himself in a world without a sister. Finally, Dee Dee is gone!

Given the freedom to pursue his scientific genius without needing to hide it from the prying eyes of his parents or his meddlesome sister, Dexter quickly finishes building all his remaining inventions. And then he runs into a problem as, much to his surprise, Dexter discovers without the struggle to overcome Dee Dee’s interventions he has no inspiration.

In your basic “be careful what you wish for” storyline, Dexter’s Laboratory #2 also sets up IDW’s big summer event as Dexter creates a dimensional portal to find his sister, even in he must travel through all the other Cartoon Network properties to do it! Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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Dexter’s Laboratory #1

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Dexter's Laboratory #1Continuing to grow Cartoon Network presence in their comics, the first issue of the new four-issue mini-series introduces the characters from Dexter’s Laboratory into the IDW universe. Fans of the show and those, like me, with only vague memories Genndy Tartakovsky‘s cartoon which ran for four season is the late 90s and early 2000s should enjoy themselves here.

After his sister Dee Dee destroys yet another of his experiments, Dexter comes up with a new plan and wastes no time to create his newest invention which he believes will fulfill his wishes while he dreams and get rid of that pesky sister once and for all.

With the opening issue ending on a cliffhanger as Dexter tries out his invention for the first time we’ll have to wait another month to discover its fallout. The tone and pace Derek Fridolfs and Ryan Jampole and create here is a hellova lot of fun while crafting an intriguing idea for a story that I’ll definitely come back for more of. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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