Rally’s “Comics” is an electromechanical table that leans heavily into a colorful, comic book character theme, delivering a unique set of mechanical challenges for its era. The playfield is anchored by two standard flippers, but the layout’s defining features are highly defensive.
A center up-post sits between the flippers, offering players a critical, albeit temporary, lifeline against straight-down-the-middle drains—provided they can activate it in time. Furthermore, the inclusion of spinning posts adds a wildly unpredictable element to the ball’s trajectory, forcing players to read the spin and anticipate erratic bounces before they happen.
This combination of an up-post and spinning posts creates a gameplay experience heavily focused on survival and defensive maneuvering rather than aggressive, high-speed combos. “Comics” is a fascinating mechanical artifact that tests a player’s ability to adapt to strange bounces and master early save mechanics.