The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

Showcase (DC) (1981)

1	1981 ?	?
	FC by ?	1
	Agony at the Academy, or: A scrap'll floor the teacher / Two brains are better than one / Some throwbacks should be thrown back W-E. Nelson Bridwell P/L-Mike Sekowsky I/F-Michael Esposito L-? C-? Eggsmen (with DC's Inferior Five)	?

X-Farce (Eclipse Comics) (1982)

1	1982 ?	?
	FC by ?	1
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?	?

Terry Beatty's The Phony Pages (1986)

2	1986/05 ?	?
	FC by ?	1
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? Little Beaver	?
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? Chaplain America, Altar Boy	?
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? Brooke Shields, Agent of F.U.R.Y.	?
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? Abner the Barbarian	?

Failed Universe (Blackthorne Publishing) (1986)

This is a parody of all things New Universe.

1986/12 ?

FC by Barbara Marker (Parody of the New Universe logo - pink and white ray hitting the Earth)

BC by Barbara Marker (Parody of cover of Psi-Force #1)

Make Mine Mediocre!
W-Cliff MacGillivray P/L-David Cody Weiss I/F-Michael Kelley L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.]
StarBland (Star Brand), Misfire and the Tequilashooters (Spitfire and the Troubleshooters), Sue Force (Psi Force), Mark Lizzard: Jerk (Mark Hazzard: Merc), P.P.7 (D.P.7), Nightflask (Nightmask), S-Kickers (Kickers, Inc.), JustDressed (Justice)

Feature(s)

Type	Title	Credits	Pgs.
Text	Memo from the big guy	?	1
Text	Mediocre Comics Co./inter-office memo	?	1

1963 (Image Comics) (1993-1996)

This series is a hommage to early Marvel comics (as it is made in exactly the same style), but also has some sarcastic comments regarding the short comings of Marvel in these days. For more information see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_(comic).

1993/04 ?

Title on cover is "Mystery Incorporated"

FC by ?

Mayhem on Mystery Mile!
W-Alan Moore P/L-Rick Veitch I/F-Dave Gibbons L-Don Simpson C-Marvin Kilroy
Mystery Inc are based on the Fantastic Four

Feature(s)

Type	Title	Credits	Pgs.
Pinup/Poster	Crystal Man	?	1
Pinup/Poster	Neon Queen	Melinda Gebbie	1
Pinup/Poster	Kid Dynamo	?	1
Pinup/Poster	Planet	?	1

1993 ?

Title on cover is "No One Escapes... the Fury"

FC by ?

When wakes the Warbeast!
W-Alan Moore P/L-Stephen R. Bissette I/F-Dave Gibbons L-Don Simpson C-[N.G.]
The Fury is based on Spider-Man with some Daredevil influence

Feature(s)

Type	Title	Credits	Pgs.
Pinup/Poster	Sky Solo	Melinda Gebbie	1
Pinup/Poster	The Fury	?	1

1993 ?

Title on cover is "Tales of the Uncanny"

FC by ?

Double deal in Dallas!
W-Alan Moore P/L-Rick Veitch I/F-Don Simpson L-Don Simpson C-[N.G.]
Ultimate Special Agent is based on Captain America

It came from... higher space!
W-Alan Moore P/L-Stephen R. Bissette I/F-Chester Brown L-Don Simpson C-[N.G.]
Hypernaut maybe based on Iron Man and Green Lantern (or maybe Iron Lantern from Amalgam?)

1993 ?

Title on cover is "Tales from Beyond"

FC by ?

Showdown in the Shimmering Zone!
W-Alan Moore P/L-Stephen R. Bissette I/F-John Totleben L-Don Simpson C-[N.G.]
The Unbelievable N-Man is based on the Incredible Hulk

Flipsville!
W-Alan Moore P/L-Jim Valentino I/F-Stephen R. Bissette L-Don Simpson C-[N.G.]
Johnny Beyond is based on Dr. Strange

Feature(s)

Type	Title	Credits	Pgs.
Pinup/Poster	Garab Dorje	Melinda Gebbie	1

1993 ?

Title on cover is "Horus, Lord of Light"

FC by ?

Twelve hours to dawn!
W-Alan Moore P/L-Rick Veitch I/F-John Totleben L-Don Simpson C-[N.G.]
Horus is based on Thor

1996/10 ?

Title on cover is "The Tomorrow Syndicate"

FC by ?

From here to Alternity!
W-Alan Moore P/L-Rick Veitch I/F-Dave Gibbons L-Don Simpson C-[N.G.]
The Tomorrow Syndicate is based on the Avengers

X-Cons vs. X-Farce: X-Tinction! 1½ (Parody Press) (1993)

1	1993 Not rated	$2.75
	FC by Maus (I cannot decipher the second signature)	1
	X-Tinction 2/2: ? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?	?

X-Cons vs. X-Farce: X-Tinction! (Parody Press) (1993)

1	1993 Not rated	$2.75
	FC by Maus	1
	X-Tinction 1/2: ? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?	?

Radioactive Man (Bongo Comics) (1994-2001)

Radioactive Man contains parodies of many super-heroes, only the Marvel parodies are listed.

88	1994/03 ?	?
	FC by ?	1
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? A parody of Silver Age Marvel comics.	?
412	1994/06 ?	?
	FC by ?	1
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? A parody of the The Dark Phoenix Saga	?
222	2001/03 ?	?
	FC by ?	1
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? A parody of the early 1970s Marvel Comics.	?
4	2001/10 ?	?
	FC by ?	1
	? W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? A parody of Marvel Comics science-fiction comics.	?

Simpsons Super Spectacular (Bongo Comics) (2002)

2	2002 ?	?
	FC by ?	1
	Bongos W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-? A parody of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross's Marvels.	?

MAD Magazine (EC Publications) (2002-2006)

There are a lot of other MAD features with parodies of Marvel super-heroes (often by Sergio Aragonés), but as I only have German issues, it is not possible for me to list the US originals.

418

2002/06 Not rated

$3.50

FC by Mort Drucker

Pained Webber Dept.: Spider-Ham
W-Dick Debartolo P/L-Tom Richmond I/F-Tom Richmond L-[N.G.] C-Tom Richmond
Parody of the first Spider-Man movie

Serge-In General Dept.: A MAD look-at Spider-Man
W-Sergio Aragonés P/L-Sergio Aragonés I/F-Sergio Aragonés L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.]

Feature(s)

Type	Title	Credits	Pgs.
Text	Letters and Tomatoes Department	[N.G.]	3
Text with art/photos	Tech-No Prisoners Dept.: 12 signs you may be too wired	[N.G.]	2
Illustrated story	The Wizard of Odd Dept.: Duke Bissell's Tales of undisputed interest	P. C. Vey	1
Text with art/photos	Red, White and Boo-Boo's Dept.: MAD examines some examples of misdirected patriotism	Charlie Kadau, Paul Coker	2
Fun/Game	Car and Feathered Dept.: Drama on page 20	Michael Gallagher, John Caldwell	1
Text with art/photos	A Jedi Towards The Future Dept.: The 21 hottest internet rumors regarding Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	Arie Kaplan, Hermann Mejia	5
Fun/Game	SoBe's Lollapagooza	Sergio Aragonés	2
Illustrated story	Angster's Paradiese Dept.: Monroe and the love lesson	Anthony Barbieri, William Wray	4
Illustrated story	Joke And Dagger Dept.: Spy vs Spy	Michael Gallagher, Peter Kuper	2
Illustrated story	The Wizard of Odd Dept.: Duke Bissell's Tales of undisputed interest	P. C. Vey	1
Text with art/photos	Berg's-Eye View Dept.: The lighter side of...	Dave Berg	4
Text with art/photos	Separate But Evil Dept.: What is a terrorist?	Barry Liebmann, Drew Friedman	3
Illustrated story	The Brothers Grim Dept.: Six Feet Blunder	Charlie Kadau, Angelo Torres	5
Text	The MAD Bulletin Board	?	1
Fun/Game	MAD fold-in: Where are extreme acts of mistreatment tolerated by the American public?	?	1
Fun/Game	Marginals (appear on many pages of this issue)	Sergio Aragonés	-

424

2002/12 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

Scenes so bad they didn't even make the DVD
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?
Spider-Man I

428

2003/04 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

Not so daring outtakes from Daredevil
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

429

2003/05 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

Genetically-altered outtakes from X2
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

430

2003/06 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

$-Men2
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

431

2003/07 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

The Hulk Special Section
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?
See Details

Details

The Hulk Special Section:

Hulk-a-rama
The 10 most pathetic Hulk fans
Behind the scenes on the set of The Hulk
Less-than-incredible Hulk outtakes
The Hulk has a bad week

Fold-in: What incredible green marvel are many eagerly waiting to see?
W-Al Jaffee P/L-Al Jaffee I/F-? L-? C-?

433

2003/09 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

A Mad look at Hulk
W-Sergio Aragonés P/L-Sergio Aragonés I/F-? L-? C-?

438

2004/02 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

The League of Rejected Superheroes
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

444

2004/08 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

Heroically-awful Spiderman 2 outtakes
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

Spider-Man has a bad week
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

Pet Peeves of Spider-Man's Girlfriend
W-John Caldwell P/L-John Caldwell I/F-? L-? C-?

Spy vs Spy -- Octopus vs. Octopus
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

446

2004/10 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

Spider-Sham Too
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

448

2004/12 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

When Spider-Man goes completely international
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

456

2005/08 Not rated

$3.50

FC by ?

Grotesquely mutated Fantastic 4 outtakes
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

The Fantastic Four has a C**p-tastic two weeks!
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

466

2006/06 Not rated

$3.99

FC by ?

All-too-human X-Men: The Last Stand outtakes
W-? P/L-? I/F-? L-? C-?

Fold-in: The coming May, what group of mutants will you be seeing in every multiplex?
W-Al Jaffee P/L-Al Jaffee I/F-? L-? C-?

Bongo Comics Free-For-All! Free Comic Book Day (2006)

1	2006/07 Not rated	$0.00
	FC by Matt Groening, Bill Morrison, Rote, Nathan Kane	1
	Comic Book Guy gets a live! W-[N.G.] P/L-[N.G.] I/F-[N.G.] L-[N.G.] C-[N.G.]	8
	The origin of Glowy the Radioactive Dog W-[N.G.] P/L-[N.G.] I/F-[N.G.] L-[N.G.] C-[N.G.] Editor's node. The Earth Primo Glowy, not the Glowy of Substitue Earth	1
	Backstage at Bongo Comics Group W-[N.G.] P/L-[N.G.] I/F-[N.G.] L-[N.G.] C-[N.G.]	2
	Holy cow!! Has Pie Man turned evil? W-[N.G.] P/L-[N.G.] I/F-[N.G.] L-[N.G.] C-[N.G.]	9
	Nuclear Power Man and Iron Foot Heroes for Rent (or lease to own) W-[N.G.] P/L-[N.G.] I/F-[N.G.] L-[N.G.] C-[N.G.]	5

Casper and the Spectrals (2011)

1	2011 All ages	$2.99
	FC by ? (Inspired by the cover of Fantastic Four (I) #1 by Jack Kirby)	1
	? W-Todd DeZago P/L-Leanne Hannah I/F-? L-? C-Kieran Oates	?

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