The Muppet Show Comic Book : The Four Seasons " The Four Seasons " is the fourth story arc in the " Muppet Show Comic Book " series , and the final arc written and illustrated by Roger Langridge . Marvel Comics released the first issue on July 4 , 2012 . " The Four Seasons " arc features a different seasonal theme in each of the 4 parts . Although originally planned for release in late 2010 , the release was delayed . In February 2011 , BOOM ! Studios announced that they would no longer carry the Muppet comic license ; it was later announced that Marvel Comics would be picking up publishing rights and reprinting the original " " comic book . BOOM ! Studios founder and CEO Ross Richie released the following response regarding the comic : Issue # 1 : Spring . Muppets : Kermit the Frog , Animal , Colonel Marmaduke Bunch , Meredith the Mountain Gorilla , Miss Piggy , Gonzo , Floyd Pepper , Dr . Teeth , Janice , Zoot , Scooter , Link Hogthrob , Dr . Julius Strangepork , Rizzo the Rat , Statler and Waldorf . The guest stars are the team of Colonel Marmaduke Bunch and Meredith the Mountain Gorilla , whom Floyd Pepper refers to as " the greatest primate - based song - and - dance act in showbiz : . Meredith and Animal fall for each other , to the dismay of her former lover , Bruce . Animal ends up leaving her after she ruins his drum set from playing too rough , and she gets back together with Bruce . Issue # 2 : Summer . Muppets : Kermit the Frog , Fozzie Bear , Scooter , Dermont the Dog , Ozzy , Frosty the Bear , Miss Piggy , Gonzo , Dr . Bunsen Honeydew , Beaker , Rowlf the Dog , Janice , Dr . Teeth , Zoot , Floyd Pepper , Statler and Waldorf , Wayne and Wanda , Rizzo the Rat , Beauregard , Link Hogthrob , Dr . Julius Strangepork , Pepe the King Prawn , Sam the Eagle , The Swedish Chef The Muppets do a show at the beach . Before they head for the beach , Fozzie gets a letter from The Whatnot Theater , offering him a summer position . Fozzie accepts , but since he and Scooter were supposed to do an act together , Scooter has to audition a replacement . Although it ' s summer , it eventually snows , right as Scooter found a replacement in Frosty the Bear , a polar bear . Meanwhile , at the Whatnot Theater , Fozzie finds that the cast is very similar to the Muppets . Fozzie learns that his gig is as a replacement for the resident bear , Ozzy , who ' s leaving because of a bigger opportunity . Fozzie eventually returns to the Muppets , since many of the Whatnots believe their show to be what performers do before something better comes along , while Fozzie always saw what he does as what he is , but wouldn ' t have it any other way . Issue # 3 : Fall . Muppets : Kermit the Frog , Pops , Nat Crotchet , Gonzo , Miss Piggy , Link Hogthrob , Dr . Julius Strangepork , Fozzie Bear , Statler and Waldorf , Rizzo the Rat , Dr . Teeth , Floyd Pepper , Animal , Janice , Zoot , Robin the Frog , Topaz Pops gets a letter from the Stage Doorman Union informing him that union rules require him to retire at his age , something he doesn ' t really want to do . Pops trains his nephew , Nat Crotchet , to take over his duties , while Gonzo gets the gang together for a meeting , where they intend to switch Pops ' birth certificate and then distract the union before they notice the name is not his . However , nobody at the theater has their birth certificate - - except for Miss Piggy , who ' s not thrilled with having to use her birth certificate , yet she also has to go through several files to find it . Eventually , Pops finds his birth certificate , and it turns out he ' s five years younger than he thought he was ( Pops had stopped celebrating his birthday and forgot how old he actually was ) and doesn ' t need to retire . Nat reveals to Kermit that Pops lied about his age when he joined the army , but suffered memory loss and mistakenly thought he really was the age he lied about being . Nat had found Pops ' real birth certificate and came to switch it in his office for Pops to find , a skill he had learned when he was a spy ( which he had failed to mention to the others ) . Issue # 4 : Winter . Muppets : Kermit the Frog , Miss Piggy , Scooter , Fozzie Bear , Gonzo , Rizzo the Rat , Statler and Waldorf , Sam the Eagle , The Swedish Chef , Beauregard , Link Hogthrob , Dr . Julius Strangepork , Rowlf the Dog , Sweetums , Dr . Bunsen Honeydew , Beaker , Crazy Harry , Bobby Benson For Christmas , Miss Piggy orders mistletoe and schemes to get Kermit under the misletoe with her . Meanwhile , as Kermit doesn ' t want to get Miss Piggy a gift ( as Piggy will assume anything he gets her will have some significance ) he decides the Muppets will all have secret Santa ' s , but Kermit ends up drawing Miss Piggy ' s name , and vice versa . See also . The Muppet Show Comic Book :