Spy Kids: The Adventures Continue(IDW comics)

Spy Kids: The Adventures Continue is an American spy action-adventure comic book series designed as a sequel to Spy Kids and Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams set in the Spy Kids franchise(albeit in a alternate universe), Being published by IDW Publishing in December 4, 2024. It written by Mark McCorkle, Robert Rodriguez and Greg Weisman.

Synopsis
Set in an alternate timeline where Juni didn't resign from the OSS and Alexandra became Carmen's successor after she retires from the OSS to remain in Leeke Leeke to help Romero and lead the creatures. The new Spy Kids(Juni and Alexandra) must overcome 2 obstacles that stand in their way: An brand-new super-villain attempt to take over the U.S and their potential blossoming relationship.

Main

 * Juni Cortez - The main protagonist of the IDW Spy Kids comics, the young brother of Carmen Cortez, Ingrid & Gregorio's son, a full-time Level 1 OSS agent of the spy kid division and love interest/boyfriend of Alexandra Anami.
 * R. A. L. P. H. - The spunky spy bug and sidekick of Juni Cortez that assist both him and Alexandra in their missions
 * R. A. L. P. H. is given more new upgrades like built-in cloaking device, immunity to powerful EMPs like the Transmooker device, waterproof, durability along with auto self-repair and more enhanced intelligence and speak in English phrases thanks to The Third Brain's enhancement
 * Alexandra Anami - The secondary protagonist of the IDW Spy Kids comics, The President's daughter who is now a full-time Level 1 OSS agent and also a new member of the spy kid division and Juni's partner (replacing Carmen) and love interest/girlfriend.
 * She has a character arc from being timid, sheltered and shy to becoming a capable and competent spy kid like Carmen.

Supporting

 * Carmen Cortez - Daughter of Ingrid and Gregorio and a former OSS agent who decides to retire and stay in Leeke Leeke to become the Tarzan-like leader of Romero's hybrid creatures and she appears in one issue and was mentioned in Issues 3 to 7 until making her full reappearance at the end of Issue 8.
 * Valentin Avellan - The grandfather of Juni and Carmen Cortez who gave his grandson and Alexandra advice in their missions
 * Gregorio Cortez - The father of Carmen and Juni Cortez and now the director of The OSS
 * Fegan Floop - The host of Floop's Fooglies a and a ally to The Cortezes.
 * Alexander Minion - The assistant of Floop and a former enemy now ally to the Cortezes.
 * Isador " Machete"  Cortez - The expert gadget inventor and Juni and Carmen's uncle and now the head of his own OSS Gadget department at the Spy Kid division.
 * Romero - The scientist that inhabit Leeke Leeke that creates creatures like Spidermonkeys, Slizzards and other animals
 * Neil Anami - The President of the United States and Alexendra's father

S.W.A.M.P.(Sinster Wrong-doers Against Mankind Preservation)

 * Dr. Oscar Jones/The Golden Brain - The central antagonist of the IDW Spy Kids comics, The 14-years old protege of Gregerio Cortez during The Third Brain Project during the Third Brain Project and the sly and sinster but capable leader of the counter-spy organization, S.W.A.M.P., His plan throughout the whole series is to use the OSS's spy kid division members through the Pinnoquinox device to overthrow the president and take over the US.
 * Gerti Giggles - The secondary antagonist of the IDW Spy Kids comics, the father of Donnagon Giggles and The Golden Brain's snarky but level-headed henchwoman/second-in-command a that is Oscar's girlfriend and also serves as Alexandra and Juni's arch-rival. She was released from her duty from the OSS's spy kid division due to Donnagon's crimes. She has the power to mimic molten metal and turns her body into it thanks to the Pinnoquinox serum.
 * Mr. Lisp - The former OSS agent, a terrorist and now the benefactor of S.W.A.M.P. as technical support and engineer as repayment for breaking him out of jail to get revenge at the Cortezes, Floop, Minion and OSS after he lost his wealth in the first movie.
 * The Mangamen - Former henchmen of Donnagon Giggles and now employed henchmen of The Golden Brain along with Gerti Giggles who has magnets for headwear.
 * A few corrupt Ninja Thumbs have also got hired by The Golden Brain to join his empire.

Mentioned:

 * Gary Giggles
 * Ingrid Cortez
 * Donnagon Giggles

Differences in the comics and the movies

 * Juni remained in the OSS as a current Level 1 Spy Kid while Carmen retired from the OSS to live in Leeke Leeke to help and lead Romero's mutated hybrid animals.
 * Juni retained his fun-loving, fairly intelligent(sometimes immature) and confident personality seen in Island of Lost Dreams but it's fully fleshed out.
 * Alexandra has more feelings like affection, warmth and have a crush on Juni.
 * Mr. Lisp is now penniless and in jail after the first movie.
 * R. A. L. P. H. is given a bigger role in the comics and serves more than just a comic relief.
 * Gerti is now a full-on villain instead of an ally to the Cortezes like in the main timeline because both her brother and father are traitors to the OSS like her and now work for S.W.A.M.P. as Golden Brain's competent second-in-command and weapon/combat specialist but retains her friendly side like her mainline counterpart.
 * Gerti doesn't use her helicopter hair/headbands that often anymore but relies on her intellect/competence, close-quarters combat training, leadership, weaponry, gymnastics/acrobatics from her cheerleading days and newfound fire powers.
 * She's in a relationship with Oscar/The Golden Brain because she's attracted to his good look and manly
 * Machete is now the head of the gadget department of OSS spy kid division.

Issues

 * 1) Recruitment - Carmen has decided to retires from the OSS to lead the Romero's mutant hybrids in Leeke Leeke, leaving Juni to work with a team as a Level 1 Spy Kid but the U.S President and Gregorio have other plans for him.
 * 2) Interactions -This comic serves as a bridge to the first and second movies to explain how Juni meets Alexanda and receives R. A. L. P. H.
 * 3) Spy Kids Mini-Adventures:  Test Subject - R. A. L. P. H. is tested out with his new upgrades after Gary stepped on him on "accident".
 * 4) Training Day - The President's Daughter, Alexandra was sent to OSS Spy Academy to learn how to work with a partner and self-defense as a spy kid to get out of her sheltered and pampered life.
 * 5) Ghost Ship - Juni and Alexandra are assigned to their first major assignment by Gregorio about a recent continuing pattern of disappearing OSS cargo ships by a mysterious object only to realized it's much more worse than the ones in Leeke Leeke(Carmen's current home).
 * 6) New Employee of the Week - This comic explains how Gerti ends up working in the side of evil and with Golden Brain and S.W.A.M.P. when she was fired by the OSS after her father' plans to use the Transmooker device.
 * 7) Spy Kids Mini-Adventures: Gerti's Lounge Off - Gerti decided to lounge in S.W.A.M.P. headquarters like if it were her own apartment after being fired from the OSS and hired as Golden Brain's second-in-command and love insert.
 * 8) Project Syndicate - The Golden Brain and Gerti Giggles(infected by the Pinnoquinox serum) have hatched up a plan to brainwash the spy kids division members to overthrow the President and take over not just the OSS but The United States as a whole but not with a little help.
 * 9) Mentoring a Rookie Spy Kid - Juni attempts to make Alexandra a better spy kid after their first assignment went almost poorly due to his new partner's inexperience, but realized it's much more difficult than he thought.
 * 10) Spy Kids Mini-Adventures: Juni and Alexandra - R. A. L. P. H. aids Juni and Alexandra when they got the roles as Romeo and Juliet in a play with the same name while they're undercover.
 * 11) Juni The Hero - Juni needs to prove his worth as a Level One OSS agent(as well as Alexandra) when S.W.A.M.P. has reared their ugly head.
 * 12) Drain the Swamp - S.W.A.M.P leading OSS begins it coup on the United States as Juni, Alexandra and a certain someone has to stop them.

Reception
The comics received overwhelming positive reviews from both fans who enjoyed both Spy Kids 1 & 2 and regular comic-book readers for returning to it's roots of the first 2 movies in terms of consistency, tone, art-style, romance, comedy, character development and gripping story. Some deemed it as Spy Kids' grand return and what the subsequent sequels(Game Over and All of time in the World) should be.

Triva

 * This is the first Spy Kids comic series to be made in 2024.
 * This is the first ever Spy Kids content to have Carmen Cortez as a supporting role instead of a lead.
 * Gary, Donnagon and Ingrid are nowhere to be seen despite being mentioned and name-dropped.
 * This iteration of Golden Brain is far different to the one from the Spy Kids: Mission Critical show in terms of both personality and appearance.
 * Oscar resembles Hob from Robocop 2.
 * Alexandra wears the OSS's Udaka assignment gear that both the Cortezes and Giggles wore from Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams.
 * Expect she add some accessories like: a pink ballet tutu, a pink Mp3 player, heart shaped Spy-glasses, pink Converse sneakers and a Spy Watch disguised as a Hello Kitty Watch.
 * Her main gadgets is a Field Ambush Supplies from Spy Kids: All The Time in the World, a BuddyPack and the Machete Elastic Wonder that Juni gave her.


 * This comic book series officially retcons Game Over and All of Time in The World despite using some elements.
 * There are references/parallels to 3 Greg Weisman's and 1 Mark McCorkle produced shows: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Kim Possible and Gargoyles:
 * The Golden Brain is reminiscent of Doctor Octopus as both have super-genius level intellect, being rejected by their respective bosses/companies and have build evil lairs.
 * The gear and uniform that S.W.A.M.P.'s counter-spy operatives and Gerti wore resemble Xanatos' Enterprises Forces/Commandos.
 * Juni and R. A. L. P.H. are similar to Ron and Rufus.
 * Gerti's appearance and ability to manipulate and generate molten metal resembles Molten Man