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|title caption=It's ice-cold war! Can Earth survive?
|title caption=It's ice-cold {{cat|battle|war}}! Can [[Earth]] survive?
|us publish=30 January, 2013
|us publish={{date|30 January}}, [[2013]]
|uk publish=4 March, 2013
|uk publish={{date|28 March}}, 2013
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|title referee=The [[1920s|1926]] novel ''{{w|The Sun Also Rises}}''
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'''The Sun Also Raises!''' is the sixty-fifth [[comic]] issue, released 30 January, 2013 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->
"'''The Sun Also Raises!'''" is the sixty-fifth [[comic]] issue, released {{date|30 January}}, [[2013]] in the [[United States|US]].  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


== The Story ==
== The Story ==
The stakes have never been higher when the [[Planet Express]] [[crew]] needs to deliver a check to an alien race to pay the [[Earth]]'s solar power bill. But it is going to take a little gamesmanship and even more dumb luck to prevent another planetary Ice Age. Fortunately, [[Bender]] and [[Fry]] have both -- in spades.
The stakes have never been higher when the [[Planet Express]] [[crew]] needs to deliver a check to an {{alien}} race to pay the [[Earth]]'s [[sol]]ar power bill. But it is going to take a little gamesmanship and even more dumb luck to prevent another [[list of planets|planetary]] Ice Age. Fortunately, [[Bender]] and [[Fry]] have both -- in spades.
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== Additional Information ==
== Additional Information ==
=== Trivia ===
*The shark at the beginning of the story literally bites [[bite my shiny metal ass|Bender's "shiny, metal ass"]].
=== Allusions ===
*The issue's title is a reference to the [[1920s|1926]] novel ''{{w|The Sun Also Rises}}''.
=== Goofs ===
*The crew complain that they need [[Nibbler]] to produce [[Dark matter|Dark Matter]] to fuel {{the ship}}, however, Dark Matter is rendered useless in ''[[Bender's Game]]'', and all {{cat|ship}}s are now fueled by [[whale oil]].
=== Special Features ===
*The [[Bongo Comics Group|Bongo]] Beat
*Junk Mail
*[[Bongo Bonus Stamps|Bongo Bonus Stamp]] - [[Fender]]


=== Quotes ===
=== Quotes ===
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<poem>'''Fry''': The doctor said the shock from the TV falling in the pool caused permanent barn damage.
<poem>'''Fry''': The {{cat|doctor}} said the shock from the {{TV}} falling in the pool caused permanent barn damage.
'''Bender''': You mean brain damage!
'''Bender''': You mean brain damage!
'''Fry''': That's what I just salmoned!</poem>
'''Fry''': That's what I just salmoned!</poem>
<poem>'''Bender''': Earth's boned! I'm moving to Canada!</poem>
<poem>'''Bender''': [[we're boned|Earth's boned]]! I'm moving to [[Canada]]!</poem>
<poem>'''Bender''': I've got some good news and some bad news.
<poem>'''Bender''': I've got some good news and some bad news.
'''Leela''': What's the bad news?
'''[[Leela]]''': What's the bad news?
'''Bender''': I lost everything!
'''Bender''': I lost everything!
'''Fry''': What's the good news?  
'''Fry''': What's the good news?
'''Bender''': I lost that, too!</poem>
'''Bender''': I lost that, too!</poem>
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': It's just another small step, holding back our inevitable death! Welcome to my world!</poem>
<poem>'''[[Farnsworth]]''': It's just another small step, holding back our inevitable death! Welcome to my world!</poem>
<poem>'''Hermes''': We need to get to the bathroom immediately!
<poem>'''[[Hermes]]''': We need to get to the bathroom immediately!
'''Farnsworth''': Welcome to my world!</poem>
'''Farnsworth''': Welcome to my world!</poem>
<poem>''[Scruffy slowly thaws out of a block of ice.]''
<poem>''[Scruffy slowly thaws out of a block of ice.]''
'''Scruffy''': Scruffy feels like the time he fell asleep in that carbonite factory.</poem>
'''[[Scruffy]]''': Scruffy feels like the time he fell asleep in that carbonite {{cat|factorie|factory}}.</poem>
}}
<poem>'''Bender''': And they even let us keep their force-field generator.
 
'''Fry''': No, they didn't.
=== Goofs ===
'''Bender''': Hmmm. Then I must have stolen it.</poem>
*The crew complain that they need Nibbler to produce [[Dark matter|Dark Matter]] to fuel the ship, however, Dark Matter is rendered useless in [[Bender's Game]], and all ships are now fueled by [[Whale oil|whale oil]].
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=== Trivia ===
*The shark at the beginning of the story literally bites [[Bender]]'s "shiny, metal ass".


=== Characters ===
=== Characters ===

Latest revision as of 22:32, 30 January 2016

The Sun Also Raises!
Futurama Comic 65.png
US Publish Number65
UK Publish Number(s)66
Written byIan Boothby
Art byJames Lloyd
Title captionIt's ice-cold war! Can Earth survive?
Published (US)30 January, 2013
Published (UK)28 March, 2013
Title referenceThe 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises
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"The Sun Also Raises!" is the sixty-fifth comic issue, released 30 January, 2013 in the US.

The Story

The stakes have never been higher when the Planet Express crew needs to deliver a check to an alien race to pay the Earth's solar power bill. But it is going to take a little gamesmanship and even more dumb luck to prevent another planetary Ice Age. Fortunately, Bender and Fry have both -- in spades.

Additional Information

Trivia

Allusions

Goofs

Special Features

Quotes

    Fry: The doctor said the shock from the TV falling in the pool caused permanent barn damage.
    Bender: You mean brain damage!
    Fry: That's what I just salmoned!

    Bender: Earth's boned! I'm moving to Canada!

    Bender: I've got some good news and some bad news.
    Leela: What's the bad news?
    Bender: I lost everything!
    Fry: What's the good news?
    Bender: I lost that, too!

    Farnsworth: It's just another small step, holding back our inevitable death! Welcome to my world!

    Hermes: We need to get to the bathroom immediately!
    Farnsworth: Welcome to my world!

    [Scruffy slowly thaws out of a block of ice.]
    Scruffy: Scruffy feels like the time he fell asleep in that carbonite factory.

    Bender: And they even let us keep their force-field generator.
    Fry: No, they didn't.
    Bender: Hmmm. Then I must have stolen it.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits