Trading Spaces

Trading Spaces
	; Characters on the cover: Leela.
US Publish Number	72
Written by	Eric Rogers
Art by	James Lloyd
Published (US)	September 3, 2014
Title reference	Likely the 1983 film Trading Places and the fact that the Nimbus is usually in space

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"Trading Spaces" is the seventy-second comic issue, released on September 3, 2014 in the US.

The Story

After Leela saves Zapp Brannigan and his barely covered backside from the gravitational pull of a black hole, she is made captain of the Nimbus, leaving Zapp to fill another void as the new pilot at Planet Express.

Additional Info

Allusions

The issue's title is likely a reference to the 1983 film Trading Places and the fact that the Nimbus is usually in space.
The crew of the Nimbus visit Transformers homeworld Cybertron.
The Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey appears.
A Phantom Zone mirror from Superman appears.
The Silver Surfer appears again. This is his third appearance.

Trivia

With this issue, Futurama Comics equals the original run in number of installments.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Comic Credits

Script
- Eric Rogers
Pencils
- James Lloyd
Inks
- Andrew Pepoy
Colors
- Nathan Hamill
Letters
- Karen Bates

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	61 — 80	"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"
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Mini-comics		"H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
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