Obviously I’m buying anything involving cats, from specific cat-related covers of Catwoman, to space adventure Man’s Best Friend and now this, Feral, and the story of a cats (hopefully) surviving a rabies outbreak.
There’s no actual explanation for why the cats we’re following are in an animal control van, destined for who knows where. It becomes clear there’s a rabies outbreak, but given that these are domestic cats they’d hardly be rounded up just for the sake of it. There must be more involved, not that the cats know.
Anyway, there they are … Elsie, Patch and Lord. The vehicle crashes, the drivers are dead and the cats, escaping from their cages are confused. Most run off, but Patch and Elsie want to go home yet argue over whether they should just wait for humans to sort everything out. Cue the arrival of rabid raccoons and foxes, a dash to a stream, and Patch rescuing Elsie after a fight, but as the issue closes so it appears Patch may have been bitten.
Quite old school Disneyesque art, a la Aristocats, with cute, snappy dialogue, I’ve already ordered issues 2,3 and 4.
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That sounds like a very interesting and exciting story. Hope you and yours are well.