Alex Weller’s Reviews > The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1 > Status Update

Calvin runs into a closet to transform into a superhero named Captain Napalm. Unfortunately, the "superhuman powers" he's been endowed with do not include opening locked doors, as Calvin has become trapped in the closet (don't even think about it!) and calls for his mom.

While sledding together, Calvin asks Hobbes if he believes in life after death, or reincarnation. A spooked Hobbes just covers his eyes and tells Calvin to focus on steering the sled. Good advice, Hobbes.

Calvin and Hobbes are engaging in a snowball fight. Calvin is getting impatient because Hobbes is taking so long. Little does Calvin know, however, that Hobbes has prepared a MASSIVE snowball he intends to catapult onto Calvin. Uh oh!

While outside at night, Calvin asks Hobbes if he thinks their destinies are controlled by the stars but Hobbes believes they can do anything they want with their lives. Calvin thinks for a bit, then decides he doesn't wanna hear his parents tell it.

Calvin goes to his mom and asks for money so he and Hobbes can go to a movie. Mom, however, isn't so thrilled about the type of movie Calvin wants to go see, and lectures Calvin on more constructive things to do, to Calvin's dismay. When Hobbes asks what she said, Calvin describes it as an "irrelevant tangent". Funny thing is, I went to a movie today and boy, was it bloody and gory!

Calvin and Hobbes are doing Calvin's math homework and end up on a quote that says a bushel is equal to four pecks. When Calvin asks what a peck is, Hobbes says it's a quick smooch. Calvin comments that he doesn't understand math at all.

Calvin and Hobbes have Calvin's dad read "Little Red Riding Hood" as a bedtime story, with the wolf swapped out for a tiger. Annoyed by Calvin's constant interference, Dad ends the story by having the tiger eat both Red and the hunter and leaves. Calvin and Hobbes both enjoyed the story, with Hobbes crying at the "happy ending".

Calvin goes up to Moe and asks if his antisocial tendencies are because of his pituitary gland. Moe has no idea what Calvin just asked and responds with "What?" Calvin tells the reader to give him a round of applause. Clearly, he thinks Moe is the playground equivalent of a circus act.

Moe returns to berate Calvin for taking his favorite swing. Calvin says that's true and asks, "How about that?" Moe is at a loss for words and can't come up with a response. Calvin asides that Moe's train of thought is still boarding at the station.

Calvin imagines he is an octopus crawling along the beach to terrorize the tourists. He grabs onto one tourist, who turns out to be his annoyed mom asking him if he wants something.