DC Comics is beloved by many for its core universe of heroes and villains. However, the company has also earned respect from fans for its treatment of other properties, and has produced plenty of great comics based on treasured stories from classic literature. However, Captain Carrot: The Oz-Wonderland War (by E. Nelson Bridwell, Joey Cavalieri and Carol Lay) was a fun comic that could have been so much better with a little more substance.Captain Carrot: The Oz-Wonderland War was released in 1986, and combined two classic works of fiction in L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. With DC’s own whimsical superhero Captain Carrot at the heart of the story, it followed a journey through both worlds and their characters on a quest for freedom from an evil king. A classic quest for freedom, the story was written to be a fun read for kids who loved both stories. Unfortunately, the well-intentioned story was weighed down by needless references to the original stories, excessive fan service, and inconsequential challenges. What could have been a wonderful ode to classic literature and a conclusion to a forgotten comic instead came across as little more than a sordid collection of self-referential one-liners.The Oz-Wonderland War united three great, fantastical worlds in a single comic book trilogy, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and DC’s own Captain Carrot and his Zoo Crew. The series revolved around a “crisis” of sorts, which necessitated the crossover between Carroll’s Wonderland and Baum’s Oz. After being recruited by the Cheshire Cat for assistance, the Zoo Crew ventured into Wonderland, where they were met with and joined the Red Queen. As they pushed on, meeting more of the Wonderland characters, they soon found themselves at last in the Merry Old Land of Oz. Despite its name, The Oz-Wonderland War isn’t actually the story of a conflict between the two fantasy worlds. Rather, it tells the tale of the team-up between the characters to take on the evil Roquat, the Nome King, who has taken control of the Wicked Witch’s flying monkeys.RELATED: 10 Marvel And DC Teams That Are Almost The Same
DC Comics is beloved by many for its core universe of heroes and villains. However, the company has also earned respect from fans for its treatment of other properties, and has produced plenty of great comics based on treasured stories from classic literature. However, Captain Carrot: The Oz-Wonderland War (by E. Nelson Bridwell, Joey Cavalieri and Carol Lay) was a fun comic that could have been so much better with a little more substance.
Captain Carrot: The Oz-Wonderland War was released in 1986, and combined two classic works of fiction in L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. With DC’s own whimsical superhero Captain Carrot at the heart of the story, it followed a journey through both worlds and their characters on a quest for freedom from an evil king. A classic quest for freedom, the story was written to be a fun read for kids who loved both stories. Unfortunately, the well-intentioned story was weighed down by needless references to the original stories, excessive fan service, and inconsequential challenges. What could have been a wonderful ode to classic literature and a conclusion to a forgotten comic instead came across as little more than a sordid collection of self-referential one-liners.
The Oz-Wonderland War united three great, fantastical worlds in a single comic book trilogy, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and DC’s own Captain Carrot and his Zoo Crew. The series revolved around a “crisis” of sorts, which necessitated the crossover between Carroll’s Wonderland and Baum’s Oz. After being recruited by the Cheshire Cat for assistance, the Zoo Crew ventured into Wonderland, where they were met with and joined the Red Queen. As they pushed on, meeting more of the Wonderland characters, they soon found themselves at last in the Merry Old Land of Oz. Despite its name, The Oz-Wonderland War isn’t actually the story of a conflict between the two fantasy worlds. Rather, it tells the tale of the team-up between the characters to take on the evil Roquat, the Nome King, who has taken control of the Wicked Witch’s flying monkeys.
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