Appearing in "Slippery When Wet"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Dorothy Gale
- Ogo Kanefee
- Oy-Doi
- Redwulf
- Smood VI
Villains:
- The Regime
- Vas Deferense (First Appearance)
- unnamed pirates
- Tattoo
- Billy the Squid (Only appearance; dies)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Dark Orb (First Appearance)
- Seatrek D.O.A. (First Appearance)
Synopsis for "Slippery When Wet"
Aboard a vast space station, leader of the Regime Vas Deferense rambles at the captive Redwulf about emotions and wiping out her family. Elsewhere, the ship carrying Bloodwulf and his group emerges from the wormhole and runs out of fuel. Bloodwulf has Dr. Gale aim it toward a nearby planet, and the ship crashes into an ocean. They climb aboard a passing pirate vessel but are immediately held at gunpoint by the crew. Bloodwulf and Gale fight back, but he is pulled overboard by a giant squid. The pirates overwhelm Gale and the others, shift the vessel into a submarine, and dive beneath the surface. Bloodwulf blows up the squid with a grenade and uses one of its tentacles to latch onto the pirate sub as it sails to a domed city on the ocean floor. Just as the pirate captain disembarks with Gale and the others, Bloodwulf attacks and sets them free. They fight their way through the pirates only to be surrounded by Regime troops that were waiting for them. They run into an alley, and Bloodwulf blasts through a door, exposing a Regime lab. He charges through a doorway on the other side, but it seemingly vaporizes him. The Regime troops arrive, and their leader says Bloodwulf was the one they were after; Gale and the others are expendable.
Trivia
- The crew of the pirate vessel are caricatures of characters from 1960s and 1970s American TV shows. The name of the vessel, "Seatrek D.O.A.", is a takeoff on the ship in the 1990s show SeaQuest DSV.
- Vas Deferense is a parody of Darth Vader from Star Wars.
- Several characters from superhero comics and American pop culture appear in the background of this issue, including:
- DC Comics' Aquaman and Mera;
- Ariel and Flounder from Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989);
- Dave Sim's Cerebus;
- Steve Moncuse's Fish Police;
- Marvel Comics' Namor the Sub-Mariner.