The Muppet Show Comic Book : The Treasure of Peg - Leg Wilson The Treasure of Peg - Leg Wilson is the second 4 - part comic book mini - series being published by BOOM ! Studios as " The Muppet Show Comic Book " . Based on the television series " The Muppet Show " , the series is written and illustrated by Roger Langridge . Langridge says that the comic is a continuation of his previously published under that title - with similar style , setting and tone . In a 2009 Q & A Langridge stated : A trade paperback was published in January , 2010 , reprinting the four issues in one volume . Issue # 1 : Animal , Vegetable , Mineral . Scooter discovers old documents which reveal that a cache of treasure is hidden somewhere within the theatre , and when Rizzo the Rat overhears this , the news spreads like wildfire . Meanwhile , Animal begins acting very strangely - he ' s now refined and well - mannered ! Sketches include Muppet Sports , the Swedish Chef , Wayne and Wanda ( " When the Lusitania Went Down " ) , Muppet Labs , Pigs in Space , At the Dance , and a musical number by Miss Piggy backed by Dr . Teeth and the Electric Mayhem with special guest drummer Ninja Rogers . Issue # 2 : You May Meet a Stranger . The Hillbilly Singer recaps the events of issue # 1 . Hypnotist Creepy McBoo tries to cure Animal . Mahna Mahna performs with the Snowths . Scooter plays detective . The secret behind Kermit ' s double is revealed . Issue # 3 : Follow the Money . Due to the buried treasure , Kermit decides to have a pirate - themed closing number . He instructs Gonzo to go to the library and do some research on who Peg - Leg Wilson was . Meanwhile , it ' s revealed that Kismet and Rizzo have been working together and planning on splitting the treasure , but then Kismet decides that he ' ll split it with whoever finds the treasure first , who could be the dwarfs he has working for him . Kismet also reveals that he ' s after Miss Piggy ' s jewelry . Kismet comes to Piggy ' s rescue in a melodrama , " The Perils of Piggy " , and tells her that he wants to see her in her jewelry . Miss Piggy is soon dressed in a lot of gold jewelry , but the dwarfs run after her . They soon realize that the gold and jewelry are fake , and they leave her locked up behind the wall . With Piggy seemingly missing , Link talks Kermit into using the robotic Piggy that was in the shows " Pigs in Space " sketch during the closing number , " H . M . S . Pinafore " , in which the cast sings " I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General " ( or , in this case , " We Are the Very Model of a Band Upon a Treasure Hunt " ) , using a very expensive set on loan . Unfortunately , the robotic Piggy runs amok and destroys the set , costing Kermit thousands of dollars . Meanwhile , The Electric Mayhem attempt to get Animal back to normal by instructing him to hit several fleas thrown at his drums , expecting him to become a wild drummer again . However , Animal has become a Buddhist , and is not allowed to harm living beings . The fleas put on an act on Animal ' s drum set , " Julius Prunes Amazing Flea Circus " , and they later give Animal a trophy for being the only guy who was ever kind to them . Issue # 4 : Be It Ever So Humble . . . . The search for treasure starts to cause damage to the theater . Meanwhile , the Electric Mayhem decides to drop Animal as their drummer , replacing him with a drum machine . A saddened Animal recalls that Bunsen told him that he can stop his treatment whenever he wants , and Animal gives up his pills , quickly becoming his old self again . Kermit finds Rizzo and reminds him that the theater is more than just a theater ; it ' s Rizzo ' s home . Rizzo tries to tell the other rats to stop , but they won ' t listen . Meanwhile , Kismet tricks Bunsen and Beaker into leaving the laboratory so that he can steal Bunsen ' s latest invention , x - ray glasses , and use it to find the treasure . Kismet finds that the treasure is in the basement . However , as soon as he finds the treasure , Miss Piggy shows up with a cop , telling him to arrest Kismet for replacing her jewels with shabby fake replacements . Kismet tells her that the originals turned out to be fake as well , but Piggy is aware of this ; She just thought hers were the best fakes money could buy . A monster named Rumpelstiltskin is ordered by a dwarf to smash a pillar , which will destroy the whole theater and make the treasure easy to find ( not knowing that it had been found ) . Kermit , Fozzie , and Gonzo all tell him that if he wants to break down the theater , he ' d have to get through them . Rumpelstiltskin is about to do so anyway , until Miss Piggy informs everybody that the treasure ' s been found . As they are about to open the treasure chest , Animal crashes through the theater on a construction ball , destroying the theater . All that ' s in the treasure chest are letters written by Peg - Leg Wilson and his wife , which , after reading the letters , makes them realize that the theater itself was the treasure . Soon , the stamps on all the letters end up being worth the exact same amount as the costs to repair the theater , and Kermit decides to take The Muppet Show , but can only afford to travel to four towns . On - Stage sketches include " A Young Frog ' s Guide to Stamp Collecting " , " Muppet Labs " , " Veterinarian ' s Hospital " , and an act from Gonzo . Trade Paperback . The trade paperback collection includes all four issues and a cover gallery with all variant covers . The " A " cover for Issue 3 is mistakenly referred to as the " B " cover for Issue 4 , despite the fact that even that cover is referred to cover " B " . In 2011 , Marvel Comics reprinted the collection in a larger format ( newsstand magazine size ) with a variant cover .