A burglar sneaks into the Utonium household at night, and steals some Chemical X from the Professor’s lab with an empty jelly jar. Unfortunately, there was still a bit of jelly stuck to the bottom of the jar when the burglar used it to scoop up some Chemical X with it, and inadvertently created a jelly jar monster.
This comic issue is obviously where the inspiration for the episode “Burglar Alarmed” came from. However, I like this comic version more because the girls actually fight a bad guy here. Professor Utonium actually gets woken up by the burglar and has an active role here in this comic issue, whereas in “Burglar Alarmed,” he bafflingly just slept through the whole burglary, even when the incompetent jerk screamed in his ear. It was sweet how the girls tucked their dad into bed, and tried to make sure he got sleep to help him be well-rested for his dissertation in the morning. Still, I really just don’t buy that Professor Utonium would be able to stay asleep through an entire burglary, even after the guy screamed in his ear. It just didn’t make sense to me.