By Peyo
Publisher: Papercutz
ISBN: 9781597077170
It’s the start of the summer holidays and so Benny is off to stay with his Uncle Placid out in the country. Uncle Placid is a bodyguard by trade but has taken some time off so he and Benny can go fishing and relax. However, no sooner has Benny arrived when Uncle Placid’s boss turns up with an urgent assignment for him – to accompany the finance minister of Fürengrootsbadenschtein back to his own country with the plates for printing his country’s banknotes. Uncle Placid is assured it’ll be an easy job, so taking Benny along won’t be a problem.
What none of the realise is that a gang of crooks are well aware of the impending transfer and are already in place to steal them, starting with a daring heist at the Central Bank where the plates are to be handed to the finance minister in a briefcase. And they almost get away with it but for a last minute intervention from Benny, which includes him speeding down the road after a fast car, ripping off the boot, and snatching the case.
It’s obviously going to be a more dangerous trip than first thought, but this doesn’t appear to concern any of the adults that a small child is along for the ride. Benny even goes as far as to tell Uncle Placid several times about his astounding strength, but each time Uncle Placid is distracted and fails to hear. Naturally, it’s Benny’s abilities that dig them out of trouble again and again as the crooks make more and more attempts to steal the case, before Uncle Placid and Benny finally deliver the rather ungrateful finance minister across the border intact.
There’s a smidgen of peril here, but you know Benny’s not really going to come unstuck, and having his burly Uncle along for the adventure offers an interesting double act that could easily be explored further. The gags are good too, not least the final page where Benny’s only flaw shows itself at the worst possible moment. A well put together humorous adventure comic suited to any age group.
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