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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

What The..?! #2

Artist/writer John Byrne has a wicked sense of humor.  It shows in his writing and art.  

His humor was demonstrated in full swing in the second issue of Marvel Comics What The..?! #2 humor comic book title.

Leave it to John Byrne (with ink assist by Jerry Ordway) to come up with a tale where Superbman goes one on one against The Fantastical Four.

For you that are unfamiliar with John’s work John both drew and wrote the adventures of The Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics and Superman for DC Comics.

This is a way for John to take a jab at both.

Of course if you make fun of Superman his archenemy Lex Luthor can’t be far behind.  In this case he’s Rex Ruthless.  The Fantastic Four’s longtime enemy is parodied as Doctor Bloom.

Fred Hembeck and John Severin show what happens when the they look at The Retirement Of Knick Furey, Ex-Agent Of S.H.E.E.L.D.

Fury has his hands full with The Hydra Ladies Auxiliary

Terry Austin invites readers to the Famous Inker’s School and Al Milgrom and Mike Mignola poke fun at everyone’s favorite mutant Wolverine in Woof ‘R’ Eam!

Last but not least Doctor Strange gets his fair share of being made fun of in Doctor Deranged and his confrontation with DC Comics supernatural heroes Dr. Feet, Dead Man, Zatan-Nana, Spatula and Fandom Stranger as they battle Aunty Monitor.

What The..?! harkens back to the early years of EC Comics MAD magazine.

It’s ‘Marvel’ously funny and ‘D’elightfully ‘C’razy!


Psalm 16:8 (NKJV) “I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.”

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