Editing Pipes is Pipes

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'''''Pipes is Pipes''''' is the final issue of [[Valiant Comics]]' ''[[Game Boy (comic)|Game Boy]]'' comic book series.

At an amusement park in {{wp|Seaside Heights, New Jersey}}, [[Herman Smirch]] is cleaning a clown statue's head while [[Michael Hallis]] and [[Jonathan]] argue about summoning [[Mario]] from the [[Game Boy]]. One of the boys asks Herman if he can borrow his Game Boy, but he refuses. While [[Mr. Petrov|the boss of the amusement park]] dismisses him as a loser, Herman is hypnotized into opening the gateway. [[Pionpi]], [[Tatanga]] and [[Princess Daisy]] appear. Tatanga announces it is Daisy's birthday and orders Herman to prepare smokeworks. He promises her he has the thing she desires the most-- not her freedom, but the most precious gem in [[Sarasaland]], the [[Gem of Aicheizi]].  

Daisy tries to escape but she is quickly caught by the [[Bunbun]]s guards. She asks why he is sending out [[Roketon]]s but Tatanga does not answer. Herman sets up the smoke works and Tatanga proposes Daisy to marry him, but she is unimpressed. Annoyed, Tatanga orders Pionpi to cancel the smokes.

At his home, [[Michael]] is calling his mother about her work, and she reassures him she will be back from the {{wp|Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station|Clam Creek Nuclear reactor}} by midnight. Outside, the Roketons scouts Tatanga sent find the power plant and breach the reactor's coolant system, triggering meltdown protocols.  Panicked, the mother thinks of going out to save her son, but a fellow operator reminds her they have to stay and try to solve the problem.

Thirty minutes later, the authories are organizing the evacuation of the town. Unable to call his mother due to jammed phone lines, Michael gets the idea to summon Mario, which he manages to a few minutes later. Mario pops out of the Game Boy with the [[Sky Pop]]. Mario is eager to rescue Daisy, but Michael implores him to save his mother, which he eventually agrees to. After Mario leaves, Michael goes to the amusement park, thinking that since Mario has agreed to save his mother for him, he must pay him back by saving Daisy himself.

In the reactor, Mario is using his plumbing skills to repair the reactor. Following the stress lines, Mario finds a [[Suu]] gnawing on the cooling pipes. He flees the creature by jumping into a heavy water path, using his wrench to hold onto a broken pipe while the spider misses him and melts. Having been heavily exposed to radiations, Mario comments he is not feeling so well and faints.

Mario's actions bring the plant's safety systems back online. An inspector finds Mario's body and mistakes it for a doll. The inspector brings Mario to the other employees, saying they will be in big trouble with the Nuclear Regulator Commission. Michael's mother recognizes the "doll" as Mario and takes it from the man.

At Michael's house, Daisy is growing weary of her birthday celebration. Tatanga orders his forces to warp back to the Game Boy and Daisy tosses the Gem of Aicheizi to Michael right before they warp out. Michael's mother arrives with Mario, and Mario explains he can only warp back to the Game Boy world while Tatanga are maintaining a [[Warp Corridor]]. He laments that he does not know how long he can survive in the real world and with the radiation exposure he has endured, but Pionpi warps back and asks Michael to give him the gem. As he does so, Mario uses the opportunity to sneak back into the Game Boy.

*''-Michael, why don't you sit beside me here? <br>-You aren't mad? You aren't gonna make me clean this up?! <br>-Later. Forget I ever told you to be quiet about Mario and Tanga. Right now, I want you to tell me everything about these guys. In '''great''' detail!<br>-First of all, it's "Tatanga"...'' - Michael's mother and her son, in the final words of the series.

 

*Despite being the last installment, the issue features no indication of the comic ending, the writers even teasing the possibility of including characters from more ''Game Boy'' games in a response to one of the letters.