    Hey Nash,
 wait up a sec!
I can't KEEP UP
   at this rate !

   That's the
WHOLE IDEA,
  you BOZO!

    I'm SICK
of you hanging
 around like a
  BAD SMELL
– so BUZZ OFF!

     Sorry,
 sis, but bad
smells DON'T
  buzz – on
    OR off!

         Besides, you
 NEVER miss an episode
 of "HAIRSTYLES of the
  RICH and FAMOUS" …

Dang FOOL
   Rocket
 Boarders!

… so I wanna see what's so
SPECIAL that it can DRAG
   you AWAY from the TV
    and all the way down
to the boring old space …

… dock.

EEP!

But they NEVER
 land here. Who
 does it belong
    to, Nash?

Nash? Who does ..

   Saratoga
   Mantu –
THAT'S who!

  Saratoga?!?
You mean THE
   Saratoga?

YES! Now quit
  YABBERING
so I can hear
the VIDCAST ….

 AWESOME! An
  x-class Hyper
  thrust SILVER
STARSTREAKER!

   … already QUITE a crowd
  down here, all eager to see
Saratoga Mantu, the Empire's
  FOREMOST monster hunter,
  whose ship has just LANDED.

As reported barely an
hour ago, Saratoga is
making this SURPRISE
STOPOVER on his way
 to planet KALGURI …

  … a NON-HUMAN world
      even MORE remote
than our own dear DROOG.

  650
LIGHT-
YEARS
FROM
EARTH

 1,722
LIGHT-
YEARS
FROM
EARTH

      Kalguri supplies the
        Empire with 75%
 of its MANDALA SPICE –
   a VITAL ingredient for
     HYPERTHRUST fuel.

 However, these SPICE CROPS
     have recently come under
         threat from a HUGE
   DESTRUCTIVE MONSTER,
  which is why Saratoga has
         been asked to help.

      Saratoga is renowned
 for observing strict GSPCM*
guidelines, capturing monsters
     ALIVE and keeping them
     in his intergalactic zoo.

 Ah, just a moment,
 viewers – the ship's
 HATCH has started
        to OPEN!

*GSPCM: Galactic Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Monsters

And here he is,
    viewers –

SARATOGA
   MANTU!

ALL RIGHT!

YEEHA!

WHOO-HOO!

MANTU!
MANTU!

Wow! The crowd's going
   WILD on the ground
    below as Saratoga
  crosses the gangway.

WOW! Here he comes!
Can you see anything,
          Millie?

   Millie?
Where ARE
    you?

 HEADS
UP, SIS!

 MILLIE!
  WHAT
ARE YOU
DOING?!?

   Nash
    is a
scaredy–
cat. Nash
    is a
scaredy–
    cat!

      I'm just
      taking a
 CLOSER look!
     Come on
    UP – your
MAGNO-BOOTS
   will HELP
      you ….

I AM NOT! I just
 think you could …

  EEK
MEOW!
  EEK
MEOW!

  NO WAY!!
   Now GET
DOWN from
there before
     you ….

 FINE! Suit
  yourself!
 You always
  DO! Just
don't expect
me to CRY
   at your
   funeral.

Nerves strung
to BREAKING
POINT, Millie
  inched her
 way up the
 SHEER face
 of the ship,
  where the
 SLIGHTEST
  slip could
   send her
plummeting to
   her doom.

  Her sister had BEGGED
 her not to continue, but
   NOTHING could BUDGE
      Millie's IRON WILL …

 And then, just as Millie
  thought she COULDN'T
     go on, she … HEY!

SQUOOT!!
   DON'T!

   SQUOOT!
  Come BACK
      here!

 EEP
EEP!

EEP!

   Naughty Squoot!
Come HERE right

MILLIE!!!

eanwhile, in the Arrival Lounge ….

    On behalf of
DROOG TELEVISION,
      I'd like to
   WELCOME you
     to our planet
      Mr. Mantu.
  Gosh, I must say
     you're a lot
  BIGGER in REAL
  LIFE – either that
      or I'm a lot
      SMALLER!
     Ha–ha–ha!

          AHEM!
   Anyway, I'm SURE
    you'd like to SAY
    something to the
PEOPLE of DROOG?

Yes.

Hello.

  Aha … RIGHT. So –
 I understand you're
  writing an AUTO-
  BIOGRAPHY called
  "How I Saved the
 Universe, and Other
 Really Heroic Stuff"….

    I BET there are
 LOTS of EXCITING
 ADVENTURES in that
book you could SHARE
        with us …?

Yes.

    So! Um …
seen any good
MOVIES lately?

There are.

ack outside ….

      COOL!
Now the OTHER
 one's going UP
       there!

Maybe someone
   should call
    the COPS.

  What –
and MISS
OUT if she
  FALLS?

     Boy, when
I get my HANDS
      on HER!

     MILLIE?
Are you there?
     MILLIE?

Nothing but
 ECHOES ….

I ought to have my
HEAD examined, but
      here goes …

Phew! What a LOT
  of toilet paper …

   I guess
there aren't
 many REST
 ROOMS in
outer space.

Now, where'd
that STUPID
 KID get to.

 BRR! This
place gives
   me the
 CREEPS!

    This is
HOPELESS ….
She could be
 ANYWHERE
  by – huh?

   PREPARE
FOR LIFTOFF!
   PREPARE
FOR LIFTOFF!

    This is UNBELIEVABLE, folks!
Saratoga's spaceship has just been
 HIJACKED! The mighty huntsman
 does NOT look happy about this
     DRAMATIC turn of events!

    And he'll be even LESS
happy when he discovers that
 the ONLY ships available OUT
  of here are three very slow,
    rusty STARFIGHTERS!

Y'Know, you'd have to be –

OOF!

   Ah … as I was saying –
you'd have to be CRAZY to
 mess with a guy like HIM!

Ouch!

GET OUT
  OF MY
  WAY!!!

       NASH!
    you made it
   on board, too!
       COOL!

   LOOK!
  I found
SQUOOT!

                 Well,
  JEEVES here found him,
  actually. He's Saratoga's
     personal HELP-BOT!

GREAT! 'Cos YOU'LL need
    HELP in a MINUTE!!

    HEY! It wasn't MY fault!
SQUOOT sat on the LAUNCH
          button, not ME!

      Don't you
 REALIZE what
you've DONE?!?

   NAWTY, widdle Squooty-poo!
   Did yew fink it said “LUNCH,”
       my widdle baby? Hmm?

  Give me
 strength!

Well, WHATEVER. The thing
  is, we have to TURN this
  ship AROUND and try to
        LAND it again!

   Come on,
  help-bot –
   HELP me!

   Unable to comply –
    steering override
command INOPERATIVE.

  Whaddaya MEAN
“INOPERATIVE”?!?

It's SIMPLE, Nash.
He MEANS that we
CAN'T turn the ship
         around.

The ship's set on
  AUTOPILOT –
 it WON'T STOP
  till it reaches
    KALGURI.

  WHAAAT?!
  But – but
 that's LIGHT-
 YEARS away!!

  Yeah! AWESOME, huh?
Just THINK, Nash … we're
  gonna meet some REAL
         live ALIENS!

      Chill out and have a
 BURGER – they're GREAT!

  I don't
BELIEVE
  this ….

AW, come ON, Nash!
Where's youR SENSE
   of ADVENTURE?

   BACK THERE!! In
     the SAME place
you left your BRAINS,
       you IDIOT!!!

  Millie, LISTEN to me!
Stealing a SPACESHIP is
  SERIOUS! They'll LOCK
        US UP for this!

   GOLLY!
Ya think so?

  Then we'll
be FAMOUS!

         YEAH! I can
    SEE it NOW!
“Scaredy–Cat Nash
  and Millie the Kid”
  – OUTLAWS of
  OUTER SPACE!

   Ha Ha!
Take THAT!
 And THAT!
   Pshew!
   Pshew!

Nah … they WON'T lock us up

we're
 too

  Maybe
  so, but
 you can
BET that
Mom and
 Dad will
 GROUND
  us for
   LIFE!

Then we'd better have FUN
while we CAN! C'mon Nash
    – let's go EXPLORE!

   SOUND thinking, Miss
     Nash – MAKE HAY
WHILE THE SUN SHINES!

eanwhile, back on DROOG ….

Updating our
  HIJACKED
 SPACESHIP
   story ….

     Say,
 weren't the
KIDS going
  down to
that SPACE
    DOCK?

Aw, SHADDUP!

Shush, honey!

     Police have just released
 IDENTIPICS of two TEENAGE
 GIRLS who were seen ENTERING
   Saratoga Mantu's SPACESHIP
   only MOMENTS before it was
     HIJACKED this afternoon.

     Anyone who knows the
     IDENTITIES of these
RECKLESS TEENLINQUENTS
    are urged to contact the
      police IMMEDIATELY.

MILLIE!!

NASH?!?

Please note, these EYEWITNESS mock–
 ups are to be used as a GUIDE only …

     My
   babies!
 My POOR
   babies!

    Hello?
 Emergency?
 Get me the
   POLICE!

  NO, I CAN'T call back
when it's a bit less BUSY!

 TAG!
You're
   IT!

OUCH!

   … and MILLIE MANTU, the Empire's
GREATEST monster hunter, BAGS herself
               yet ANOTHER trophy!

 Heck, that HEAT-
SEEKING LASSO is
   IMPOSSIBLE to
         dodge!

     Y'know, I reckon this
TRAINING ROOM is BETTER
       than Planet Disney!

  Not Bad?
NOT BAD?!?

 C'mon Nash
 – admit it!
You're having
      FUN!

Yeah, it's
NOT BAD.

OW! STOP IT!
  Ha-ha-ha!

Kitchee–
  koo!

     Ha-ha! OK,
 oK – I ADMIT it,
     I ADMIT it!
      Hee-hee!

  AHEM! FORGIVE me for
INTERRUPTING your high-
    spirited antics, but
    DINNER is SERVED.

  Great! Burgers and
sundaes! Jeeves, you're
        the BEST!

  Think NOTHING of it –
I am DESIGNED to SERVE
       as BEST I can.

     Um … Jeeves –
  what'll happen when
 we get to KALGURI?
Won't the Kalgurians be
ANGRY when they find
 US here INSTEAD of
        Saratoga?

   Possibly. But I'm SURE
   they'll understand that
 this mix-up was simply an
UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.

      But –
  what if they
don't speak any
   ENGLISH?

      Fret NOT, Miss Millie.
   Saratoga's SPARE HELMET
   has an inbuilt LINGUISTIC
     TRANSLATOR that should
             overcome any
COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS ….

Now, I suggest you
  both RETIRE to
 BED for the rest
 of our journey. I
  shall WAKE you
 when we ARRIVE.

IZZAT
  so?

Hmm ….

OK.

  ight hours later, upon
the decrepit Starfreighter
   “The Merrie Celestial,”
960 light-years OUT from
     the planet DROOG ….

    Can't this RUST
    BUCKET go any
FASTER? We're STILL
  HOURS away from
         KALGURI!!

 I've seen SNAILS with
     WALKERS move
    FASTER than this!

        Please
CALM DOWN, Mr.
 Mantu – you're
  UPSETTING my
         WIFE!

Oh DEAR, I AM sorry! Maybe
 she should have thought of
   the consequences BEFORE
she gave BIRTH to those two
           HOOLIGANS!!

Oh NO? Then how come they
 STOLE my SPACESHIP, huh?

I say!

   Hey! Our kids
AREN'T hooligans!

They've never stolen ANYTHING
   in their LIVES! Besides, it's
     YOUR fault they got on
   board in the FIRST PLACE!

Eh? What
 do you
MEAN?!?

       Well,
your SECURITY
must be pretty
 SLACK if two
   young girls
could get onto
 your SHIP so
     EASILY!

    So I
 think you
   owe …

   If we EVER get to Kalguri, I'll
 be found in my PITIFUL EXCUSE
           for a cabin, OK?

I've heard ENOUGH
of this NONSENSE!

     And someone WIDEN
these               DOORWAYS!

    nd
 what of
the “poor
darlings?”

  Huh? wh–
where AM I?

What a
BULLY!

   Oh, Victor, I can't BEAR
    to think WHAT our POOR
DARLINGS are going through!

   Oh yeah,
THAT'S right.

 WHAT?
  We've
LANDED
 already?

Millie?

Oh NO! Not
    AGAIN!

JEEVES! Why didn't
  you WAKE me?!?

      You
DIDN'T think!
Millie CAN'T
BE TRUSTED
on her OWN!
   Where is
      she?

Outside, talking to
the Kal …

QUICK,
  then!

Miss Millie said you
 WANTED to sleep
 LATE, I thought …

We've got to STOP
  her, before it's …

"… too late!"

… how DELIGHTED I am
   to MEET you at last,
     mighty Saratoga!

Yeah, LIKEWISE
        Chief!

     PHEW! Thank
GOODNESS he's not
  SLIMY to TOUCH!

  hanks to the amazing
LINGUIST IC TRANSLATOR,
   Millie and the Kalgurian
       ruler are able to
UNDERSTAND each other …

Ahem! Excuse me, Great
One, but you seem much
   SMALLER than I had
        EXPECTED.

Oh yeah,
I KNOW!
 Ha-ha!

  It's only a TEMPORARY SIDE
   EFFECT of HYPER-SPEED
  TRAVEL – I'll shoot back up
 to my NORMAL size before you
              know it!

     Ah, that is a RELIEF, for the
dreaded MONSTER has ALSO grown
              much LARGER!

    COOL!
    I like a
CHALLENGE!

Gulp!

   Excellent!
   Then you
should ENJOY
    this VITAL
        yet
 HAZARDOUS
 part of our
 WELCOMING
 CEREMONY!

HEY!
What
the –

  Do not be
 alarmed – it
  is a GREAT
HONOR to ride
 to the Royal
 Banquet Hall
 in a BUBBLE
  OF MERIT.

 Up
they
 go!

Oh! Ah …
   sure!

 Hup
 ho!

 So – is it
FAR to this
  Banquet
 Hall, then?

STOP! STOP IT
MILLIE! This is
    CRAZY!

Who is interrupting
       with such
    RUDENESS?!

Oh, that's just JEEVES,
 my robot, and NASH,
  my … er … SERVANT.

    LISTEN to me,
PLEASE!! That's NOT
        Saratoga!

  But why are they
   so AGITATED?

      Oh, they're
       just a bit
OVER PROTECTIVE
  until I reach my
     FULL SIZE.

   NESLTI ot em,
SAPLE!! Ahtt's ONT
      Saratoga!

   However, due to the
   linguistic translator's
LIMITED RANGE, all that
   the Kalgurians hear is
   GOBBLEDYGOOK, and
all that Nash and Jeeves
  hear is GOOKLEDYGOB.

    nd so – at the
Royal Banquet Hall ….

        I hope
     you are not
OFFENDED, great
      Saratoga …

I am SURE that the Bubble pole was FAULTY!

Don't sweat
  it, your
 Highness –
my HELMET
 took MOST
 of the fall!

nd at a table far away
   from “Saratoga” ….

ExCUSE please –
  you no WANT?

     HEY! WAIT A
MINUTE! You speak
      ENGLISH?!?

       WHY? Why do
  I BOTHER, Jeeves? I
should just LET her get
   GOBBLED up by that
           monster!

Huh? No,
no thanks.

Oh yes! Ha-ha!
 English speak
     I WELL!

   I learn
from BOOK
  – see?

BRILLIANT! Now,
   listen up, er …

       Hi, Bazule, I'm
     NASH. Now, what
  I've got to TELL you
   is IMPORTANT, OK?

Bazule! I Bazule!

Oh! One moment please.

Im-por-tant …
 Im-por-AH!

You TELL Bazule. IMPORTANT, yes?

  Cool. Now, you
see SARATOGA up
there, right? Well,
   that's NOT …

 Oh no!
  What
NOW?!?

Wait, Bazule
– what is it?

It MONSTER!
Monster HERE
   – NOW!

Oh, no! Millie!

   I've GOT
 to get BACK
     to the
  TRAINING
ROOM – that's
   where all
 the HUNTING
  GEAR is
  kept ….

ack on the ship …

Millie! Oh, thank GOODNESS!

      Don't
  try to STOP
  me, Nash –
  these people
need my HELP!

   YOU need help! Millie,
you're NO superhero – just
 TELL them who you really
 ARE before it's too LATE.

 Oh? And just who
AM I exactly, Nash?

Eh? What do you
 MEAN? I don't
      under …

 I'll TELL you who
  I am. A kid who
    nobody takes
 SERIOUSLY. A kid
who NEVER gets to
    do anything
    EXCITING.

THAT'S
 who I
   am,
 NASH.

You LEFT OUT a kid
  who's totally OFF
          their

SORRY, SIS,
   but I've
  gotta GO.

Millie ….

        QUICKLY,
        Saratoga!
CATCH the MONSTER
 before it DESTROYS
  ANOTHER Mandala
        plantation!

   WHOA!
 He IS a BIG
boy, isn't he?

 OK, UGLY!
PLAYTIME'S
    OVER!

Gulp! Hope my
SHIVERS don't
SPOIL my AIM!

So! You wanna
  play ROUGH,
     do ya?

Here, Saratoga,
 – I HELP you!

Huh? Who are YOU?

  I BAZULE!
I Nash friend.
    I HELP!

Phew! Thanks
   a BUNCH,
    Bazule!

No need to tha … OH!
     WATERFOWL!

   WATERFOWL!

What?

 OOPS!
I mean
"DUCK!"

YEEK!

YUCK!
 Bad
breath,
 baby!

     HOORAY!
MONSTER FLEE!
    Good news
      for US!

  Hey!
Lemme
  GO!

 Oh no! Look, Jeeves,
we're too LATE – the
 MONSTER'S got her!

  What
are THEY
so HAPPY
  about?

  Oh
dear!

HEY! Stop DANCING
   and go SAVE my
        SISTER!!

Huh? Oh, Bazule – it's you?

  They NO
HELP, Nash.
  They all …
  er … um …

It no use, Nash ….

         Don't TELL me.
They're all SCAREDY-CATS.

  Yes. They only HAPPY
monster GONE. They NO
    CARE your SISTER
          gone too.

Thanks, Bazule … but I don't
   know WHAT we're gonna
                  do ….

But Bazule CARE,
and Bazule HELP!

 Don't DESPAIR,
  Miss Nash! The
DARKEST hour is
  right before
   the DAWN!

 After careful analysis
of the situation, I have
 come up with a PLAN!

 You HAVE?! Well,
come on, Jeeves –
     TELL US!

   Very well – here's
what we need to DO ….

   s the
three RESCUERS
 prepare their
    plan, the
   Kalgurian
 monster moves
  DEEPER AND
DEEPER into a
    LONELY,
  DESOLATE
landscape ….

 Oh, put a
SOCK in it,
    Ugly!

n hour
   later ….

At least the monster's
  TRACKS will be EASY
 to follow, Miss Nash.

What's over
here,
Bazule?

 Oh, NOT good place – dreaded
JUNGLE of BABALUMA – MUCH
danger, much DEATH!

Well,
THAT sure
puts my
mind at
EASE ….

ater still!

 So – how much
FURTHER to this
JUNGLE, Bazule?

We IN
JUNGLE
now!

WHAT?!?
THIS is a
JUNGLE?

Well… it change MUCH
since I be here last …
ALL trees be GONE!

Yes. For
Mandala Spice
from FRUIT on
  TREES …

Ah, just as I
THOUGHT. So now
all Mandala is
grown only INSIDE
the plantations?

Not to MENTION the WILDLIFE.
These TREES, Bazule
– they were CHOPPED down?

Yes. I
think so …

  Hey LOOK! The tracks
lead to that BIG HOLE!

Then we shall
SET our trap
HERE! To WORK,
my friends!

nd so ….

Not BAD –
not bad
AT ALL!

Ugh! My
hands are
COVERED in
TAR!

Bazule go
sound HORN now!

QUICK, Bazule!
Come and HIDE!

Here it
  COMES!

Gulp!

YES!! The MORE it
STRUGGLES, the more
STUCK it becomes!

STOP it kids! They're my FRIENDS
– they WON'T hurt your mom!

MILLIE!  
You're OK?!

 Sure AM!
Oh! Ah, 'scuse
 me a SEC!

Hey, it's OK Jutie –
we'll get you OUT of there.
These are my FRIENDS –
they ONLY came to
RESCUE me.

Millie – you can TALK
to the monster?

Once she QUIT
screaming, I could.

Her name is BABAGRANJUTIE –
JUTIE to her friends. And she's
NOT a monster – she's a MOTHER.

SURE!
Everything's gonna
be just FINE, now.

She was
HUNGRY and only
trying to FEED
her family.

You GREEDY
Kalgurians DESTROYED her
jungle – then FENCED OFF
the REST of the MANDALA
TREES!

uddenly!

So, Millie and
Nash – we
MEET at LAST!

Sa – Saratoga!

Yes! The REAL ONE,
just for a CHANGE!

Hey! Leave
her ALONE!

Look
OUT!

Koff
Koff!

Ah, keep your HAIR on! – I'm
  NOT INTERESTED in your
                 snotty BRATS!

Oh, Nash,
we were worried
SICK!

Millie? What
are you …

Hang on,
  Dad …

This MONSTER is what
I came here for!

She's NOT a MONSTER!
Just TALK to her, Mr.
Mantu – you'll find out
that she only wants to
LIVE in PEACE!

What do I care?

I've NOT come ALL this way
  to leave EMPTY-HANDED!

Ha-ha-ha! FIVE in ONE net!
That's a RECORD – even for
                ME!

I stand to make a STACK     
of MONEY outa this         
MONSTER, and NO ONE's …

 SLEEP TIGHT
kids! Ha–ha–ha!

Not a BAD day's HUNTING,
 when all's SAID and DONE.

Y'know Jeeves, I reckon this baby's gonna
     be the ZOO'S STAR ATTRACTION!

UNDOUBTEDLY, sir.

No, Jeeves! 
You've got to
STOP him! 

UNDOUBTEDLY,
   Miss Millie.

  Why, merely BAGGING
myself a MONSTER, sir!

Have your CONTROL
  CHIPS fried in the
  HEAT? THAT'S the
monster over THERE!

 EXCUSE me sir, but
 I BEG to DIFFER.
   You see, like the
Kalgurians, you have
   become GREEDY.

Aw, come ON,
Jeeves – look,
  any MONEY
that we make
 EXHIBITING
  this monster,
 I'll SPLIT with
 you 50/50 –
now THAT'S not
 GREEDY, is it?
 Whaddaya say?

I'd say, sir, that you        
ought to QUIT while       
you're AHEAD.         

Eh? What do
you mean?  

Look BEHIND
you, sir.    

 Oh! LORD HIGH EMPEROR!
What are YOU doing here?!?

We came to      
see if we could HELP
you, great Saratoga. 

       You sure CAN!
My robot's gone HAYWIRE!
    Look – he's SNARING
          everybody!

Haywire, you say? Guards –
seize that ROBOT!       

  WAIT! He's LYING,
  your Highness! Put
 on that HELMET and
 TALK to the monster
  – then you'll KNOW
      the TRUTH!

Well, it seems that there   
has been a VERY great   
MISUNDERSTANDING …

… and we          
OWE you an APOLOGY
Babagranjutie.     

 Guards! Take this POOR
 BEAST and clean her up.
Then see that she and her
    CHILDREN are FED.

YAY!

   And FREE these
GOOD PEOPLE too.

 HEY! What
about ME?

YOU, sir,
are NO LONGER
welcome here.
And I shall
be REPORTING
you to the GSPCM!

o …

Well, there he GOES –
 and good riddance!

What an AWFUL man!   
You know, I'm SURE he even
SLEEPS in all that ARMOR.

Please to COME now, parents
 Millie-Nash. Bubbles of Merit
       Parade SOON begin.

What? Bubbles of WHAT?

Hi MOM,
Hi DAD!

    GOOD GRIEF!
MILLIE! Get DOWN
  from there right
         NOW!

  YES! Nash can
STAY, but you're
    too LITTLE!

  Um … Mom
   and Dad?
 I think Millie
can HANDLE it
– besides, she's
    done it
   BEFORE …

  You're
kidding!
WHEN?!?

When we     
FIRST got here –
it was RAD, Dad! 

   OK then … but I
  INSIST on walking
 UNDER you, Millie –
   to CATCH you if
       you FALL!

Don't WORRY, Dad
– I WON'T fall …

  THAT only happens
if you haven't done
  anything to DESERVE
riding in one of these!

Very     
well, let   
the Parade
BEGIN!   

  Hey look, Millie –
BAZULE and JEEVES
 are UP HERE, too!

Cool!

Say, Nash?

Yeah?

    You're no
SCAREDY-CAT.

Hey, I never  
thought YOU
WERE either!

Hi!