History ComicBook / Cosmo2018

An Earthling astronaut, the [[BlatantLies courageous]] Captain Max Strongjaw, is left adrift in the empty wastes between Earth and Mars after his ship's power fails; his life is saved when a passing Martian captain (the titular Cosmo) and his crew of explorers, en route to investigate a DistressCall from Earth's moon, bring the stranded ship aboard their own, much larger vessel.

* LittleGreenMen: Played with. The Martians ''are'' diminutive and have weird skin colors, but they aren't green and don't have antennae; in fact, if you're green it means you're from ''Venus''.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Cosmo and Astra carry "concussive stun blasters", the name of which implies that they aren't lethal (Cosmo is annoyed by the term "death ray"). Still effective if you need to blow out a door or a window, though,

* InsistentTerminology: Cosmo's ship is a UFO, but it's pronounced "you-foe" -- he's annoyed that Max spells out the acronym instead. (Max {{facepalm}}s when he finds out the ''Ufo'' 's shuttlecraft is called the ''[[IncrediblyLamePun Tufo]]''.)

'''Max:''' ''(smiles)'' Is that a fact? I like the sound of that.

Back in the 1950's, Archie Comics came up with ''Cosmo the Merry Martian''. The guy only had 7 issues that would later get serialized, but would gain some recognition after longtime Archie artist Fernando Ruiz kept sticking him in little cameos. ''Cosmo'' is a 2018 reboot of the ''Cosmo the Merry Martian'' miniseries by Ian Flynn and Tracy Yardley (whose [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog work you might]] [[ComicBook/MegaMan be familiar with]]).

* LittleGreenMen: Played with. The Martians ''are'' diminutive and have weird skin colors, but they aren't green and -- with the exception of Jojo -- don't have antennae; in fact, if you're green it means you're from ''Venus''.

* InsistentTerminology: Cosmo's ship is a UFO, but it's pronounced "you-foe" -- he's annoyed that Max spells out the acronym instead.
** Max {{facepalm}}s when he finds out the ''Ufo'' 's shuttlecraft is called the ''[[IncrediblyLamePun Tufo]]''.

[[caption-width-right:350:From left: Medulla, Orbi, Cosmo, Astra, Jojo, Captain Max Strongjaw]]

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An Earthling astronaut, the [[BlatantLies courageous]] Captain Max Strongjaw, is left adrift in the empty wastes between Earth and Mars when his ship's power fails; his life is saved when a passing Martian captain (the titular Cosmo) and his crew of explorers, en route to investigate a DistressCall from Earth's moon, bring the stranded ship aboard their own, much larger vessel.

* HumanAliens: The Martians are small, childlike humanoids with PointyEars and pastel skin colors. Max, who was apparently expecting StarfishAliens, is repeatedly caught off guard by how human-like they turn out to be: upon stumbling into the showers, he immediately assumes they serve some other purpose, and when Cosmo shows him the captain's quarters he is actually surprised by the presence of an ordinary bed.

** Max {{facepalm}}s when he finds out the ''Ufo'' 's shuttlecraft is called the''[[IncrediblyLamePun Tufo]]''.

* PunyEarthlings: Earth technology, what we see of it, is rather behind those of the Martians and other aliens. Medulla admits to being impressed that humans reached the Moon with the primitive methods available in 1969, but points out that Martians had not only been to Luna by then, they had ''built an amusement park'' on the far side. (The park went bust, incidentally, after a better one was built back home under Olympus Mons.)

Back in the 1950's, Archie Comics came up with ''Cosmo the Merry Martian''. The guy only had 7 issues that would later get serialized, but would gain some recognition after longtime Archie artist Fernando Ruiz kept sticking him in little cameos.

''Cosmo'' is a 2018 reboot of the ''Cosmo the Merry Martian'' miniseries by Ian Flynn and Tracy Yardley (whose [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog work you might]] [[ComicBook/MegaMan be familiar with]]). An Earthling astronaut, the [[BlatantLies courageous]] Captain Max Strongjaw, is left adrift in the empty wastes between Earth and Mars when his ship's power fails; his life is saved when a passing Martian captain (the titular Cosmo) and his crew of explorers, en route to investigate a DistressCall from Earth's moon, bring the stranded ship aboard their own, much larger vessel.

* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: Human Captain Max Strongjaw fits this trope to a tee, from his heroic build to his cowardliness, although his casually tossed-off reference to the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet) Theia hypothesis]] suggests he may have some HiddenDepths.

'''Orbi:''' Yeah... just reps... [[CoughSnarkCough (ahem!)]]

* StandardHumanSpaceships: The ''Sagittarius'' has a more utilitarian design, and a much less flashy paint job, than the ''Ufo''.

''Cosmo'' is a 2018 reboot of the ''Cosmo the Merry Martian'' miniseries by Ian Flynn and Tracy Yardley (whose [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog work you might]] [[ComicBook/MegaMan be familiar with]]).

* Max {{facepalm}}s when he finds out the ''Ufo'' 's shuttlecraft is called the''[[IncrediblyLamePun Tufo]]''.
* MarsNeedsWater: Also averted. In fact, Martians take more precautions with their water, according to Cosmo -- he thinks it's weird that Earthlings leave all their water right up on the surface where it can get dirty and evaporate.

* WalkingTheEarth: The interplanetary equivalent. When Max asks about the Martians' superiors, he's informed that they don't have any -- they just explore the solar system for the fun of it, and respond to the occasional distress call.

* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: Human Captain Max Strongjaw is fitting this trope to a tee, from his heroic build to his cowardliness.

* PunyEarthlings: Earth technology, what we see of it, is rather behind those of the Martians and other aliens. Medulla admits to being impressed that humans reached the Moon with the primitive methods available in 1969, but points out that Martians had not only been to Luna by then, they had ''built an amusement park'' on the far side.

* AliensAreBastards: Averted with Cosmo and his crew. They're actually pretty stoked about encountering a human.

* MundaneUtility: Max finds a floating sphere in the galley with a bunch of knives embedded in it; he asks what kind of weapon it is, and Astra tells him that it really is just their knife rack.

* WalkingTheEarth: The interplanetary equivalent. When Max asks to be taken to the Martians' superiors, he's informed that they don't have any -- they just explore the solar system for the fun of it, and respond to the occasional distress call.

-->"The Sagittarius has lost all power en route to Mars. It's cold. Dark. And even my iron will is starting to fold like...not-iron...stuff..."

* MarsNeedsWater: Also averted. In fact, Martians take more precautions with their water, according to Cosmo -- he thinks it's weird that Earthlings leave all their water right up on the surface where it can evaporate and get polluted.
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* MarsNeedsWater: Also averted. In fact, Martians take more precautions with their water, according to Cosmo -- he thinks it's weird that Earthlings leave all their water right up on the surface where it can evaporate.

* MarsNeedsWater: Also averted. In fact, Martians take more precautions with their water, according to Cosmo.