All in a Disney Afternoon Chapter 5: Darkwing Duck

It's fall of 1991 and The Disney Afternoon has officially passed on year on the air. The block has proven a massive success with the initial four shows, three of which finish their runs and the newest of the bunch TaleSpin runs through its entire series. As we enter the new season, things begin to shift. Gummi Bears is officially finished and makes its exit from the block with DuckTales, Rescue Rangers and TaleSpin shifting down. Which leaves the last part of the block to be occupied by Disney's latest animated series. It's the terror that flaps in the night. The review article that takes longer to get finished because of other projects. It's Darkwing Duck!

So, how did Darkwing come to be? After Rescue Rangers wrapped up, Tad Stones began work on the next Disney animated series. However, it wasn't initially Darkwing Duck. It was a reboot of The Rocky and Bullwinkle show. You see, Tad and his crew thought that Disney had the rights to the series and began work on a new animated series based on the moose and squirrel, only to soon discover that Disney had the rights to distribute the show on home video, not the rights to create new products. So next was plan B.

The Stinal Countdown: Goosebumps Triple Header Book 2

Last year for this blog, I covered Goosebumps Triple Header, a triple short story book. And it was... a book. I mean, it had some neat ideas like a ghost granny, a game show for monsters, and sponge alien children, but nothing that really felt all that amazing. Like rough drafts that never felt fully finished. Well, it's time for the second helping. Will we get a better hat trick? Let's find out with Goosebumps Triple Header: Book 2.

COVER STORY

We return to the previous motif from book 1 as the cover features three header monster, Lefty, Righty and Slim. Only now we need to up the gross out factor, of course. It is our second helping after all. I mean, it's fine, good gruesome detail on the bugs and dead rats, the monster looks creepy. It's serviceable. I do like the hologram on the top that shows the three headed monster turn into R.L. Stine, the scariest monster of them all.