Planet X-Press Men

"Planet X-Press Men" is the eighth comic issue, which was released 27, 2002 in the US.

Act I
An advanced robot named Benderine (Bender) arrives, dying, at Planet Express. Professor F has his mutants bring him inside. The Professor re-fuels Benderine and asks him to stay on for some testing. It is determined that Benderine was created by their arch-enemy, Momneto but they ask him to train with the team, against Uniclops (Leela)'s wishes.

Act II
Benderine makes the team and eventually gains the trust of Uniclops. The Mayor holds a ceremony honouring the Planet X-Press Men, but Momneto attacks and overpowers the team. Fry wakes up to find out it was a dream and the crew fight off the Electric Boogaloo Gang using methods similar to their counterparts in Fry's dream.

Trivia



 * Fry Leela and Bender become actual super heroes in "Less than Hero".
 * The cover design imitates a comic that is in a sealed in a plastic bag. The tag indicates that the comic contains the death of Flexo and the first appearance of Scruffy-Doo. Neither of these are true.
 * Unlike the actual X-Men, the powers were received from experimentation rather than genetics.

Allusions

 * This is a parody of the with the crew playing the roles of some major mutants. These are indicated below.
 * The comic book cover for this Futurama comic is a parody of the cover for the first  issue that was released in 1975. One unique difference is that while the cover for the Futurama comic was meant to portray the character and their superhero alter-egos, the X-Men version was meant to show the original X-Men team at the top and the newly introduced second generation X-Men team at the bottom, to which most of new characters would at the time become the new X-Men team along with.
 * Scruffy-Doo is probably a parody of.

Goofs

 * On the title page, Bender is seen reaching out with his left hand, it has four digits instead of the usual three.

Special Features

 * [[Media:Planet Express Cross Section.jpg|Professor Farnsworth Builds his Dream House]]

Characters

 * Amy / Rouge (Rogue)
 * Bender / Benderine (Wolverine)
 * Cubert
 * Fry / Wonder Boy (Marvel Girl)
 * Hermes / The Weather Mon (Storm)
 * Leela / Uniclops (Cyclops)
 * Mayor Poopenmeyer
 * Mom / Momneto (Magneto)
 * Prof. Farnsworth / Professor F (Professor X)
 * Scruffy / Scruffy-Doo
 * Zoidberg / Lobstrocity (Beast)

Comic Credits

 * Penned with pride
 * Eric Rogers
 * Drawn with delight
 * James Lloyd
 * Inked with irony
 * Steve Steere, Jr.
 * Lettered with love
 * Karen Bates
 * Colored with charisma
 * Wicky Weese
 * Edited with a big red sharpie
 * Bill Morrison