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Synopsis
Planet Jurassica is under siege. The sinister space pirates have raided the Imperial palace and stolen the famous Jewels of Jurassica. This looks like a job for . . . Captain Raptor!. . . hero of a thousand space missions; champion of truth, justice, and dinosaurs in space throughout the galaxy. If anyone can track down those marauding space pirates, it's Captain Raptor and the fearless crew of the Megatooth!
Children's Literature
After space pirates attack and steal the Jewels of Jurassica, Captain Raptor and his talented crew board the starship Megatooth to chase them. Blasted by the pirate ship, the Megatooth crash lands on a strange, uncharted moon. There, they encounter Scalawag, who claims he was left there by pirates, but offers to repair the ship. On his advice, they start back to Jurassica. On the way, they are attacked by a ferocious Robokron and saved by bold Captain Raptor. Back near Jurassica, as they battle the pirates, Scalawag shuttles back to the pirate ship and threatens to blast them. But clever Captain Raptor has booby-trapped Scalawag s shuttle. It blows up, the treasure is recovered, Scalawag is imprisoned, and the indomitable Captain is off on another adventure in the series. O Brien exploits the popularity of dinosaurs to create dozens of anthropomorphic characters, good and evil, who are put in landscapes and star-studded outer space to do battle with jazzy space ships. Rectangles of varying sizes show brief text against white backgrounds and pace the action of this graphic narrative, increasing the suspense until the double-page action scene involving the snake-like Robokron. The artist uses lots of dark watercolors and gouache to generate the melodramatic, other-world atmosphere. Action galore. Reviewer: Ken Marantz and Sylvia Marantz