ANIMORPHS #42
THE JOURNEY


STORY | BOOKS | CHARACTERS

SUMMARY

Sometimes your worst problems are the ones you can't actually see. Like the Helmacrons. These less-than-an-inch-high aliens are back, and they want the morphing cube more than ever. Obviously, Rachel, the other Animorphs and Ax can't let them take the cube. But when Rachel tries to stop the Helmacrons from stealing it, Marco gets in the way and ends up with tiny aliens, well, up his nose.

Rachel and the others can't let the Helmacrons stay inside Marco's head. They're armed, and could cause serious damage. So the Animorphs and Ax come up with a plan to evict the Helamcrons from their new residence. But it involves a shrinking ray and the obvious: Marco's nose...

 

Released: May 2000
Pages: 139
Cover Art by David B. Mattingly

Front Cover (Hi-Res)
Inside Cover (Hi-Res)

 

ADDITIONAL / ALTERNATE COVERS

Inside Cover    
       
U.S. Inside Cover
French Cover
   
BEWARE NEW READERS, SPOILERS AHEAD!

TRIVIA

  • ANIBASE: The Journey marked the return of the teeny Hemacrons, aliens on a quest to take over the universe despite their diminutive size.

    "About half the fans really hate the Helmacrons," Katherine Applegate says. "Me, I loved the two Helmacron books. It can't be all dark and serious, people. You need some dumb fun every now and then."

 


NEW PLOT ADDITIONS

ANIBASE: While the other Animorphs battled around Marco's insides, Marco takes it upon himself to track down a kid who may have taken pictures of the Animorphs morphing. There was just one problem -- Buster, a nasty little pit bull ends up biting Marco. A nasty little pit bull who, we should mention, also has rabies...

 

Jake None.
Rachel None.
Cassie None.
Marco None.
Tobias None.
Ax None.
   
Visser Three None.

None.

 

Hilna
Some unknown Helmacron body part.

Jackanapes
An insulting name, used by the Helmacron Males to describe the Helmacron females.

 

RELATED LINKS

K.A. Q&A Archives
Reading List and Anibase Download
Alien-English Dictionary

Submit Trivia or your most Memorable Quotes!

 

CREDITS

A big credit to Jeff Sampson for helping build and write the Anibase, which provided much of the inside information towards the series.

Thanks to Raevyn and Slayer XY for scanning the inside cover!



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