(May 1991)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1991-03-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Renee Witterstaetter (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

The Savage Wit of What The--?! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Rick Parker ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mmph!
Genre
satire-parody; sword and sorcery
Characters
Forbush Man
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kelly Corvese (signed)
Inks
Kelly Corvese (signed)
Letters
typeset

Moanin' the Bavarian (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Wray (signed)
Inks
Bill Wray (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Wray ?

Genre
satire-parody; sword and sorcery
Reprints

Moanin' the Bavarian (Table of Contents: 3)

Moanin' the Barbarian / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Wray
Pencils
Bill Wray
Inks
Hilary Barta
Colors
Bill Wray
Letters
Phil Felix

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mother! Blood!
Genre
satire-parody; sword and sorcery
Characters
Moanin' the Bavarian; Groo
Reprints

Cronan the Beerbarian (Table of Contents: 4)

Cronan the Beerbarian / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Barry Dutter
Pencils
Keith Wilson
Inks
Keith Wilson
Colors
Ed Lazellari
Letters
Keith Wilson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let us join the battle, Cronan! I thirst for blood!
Genre
satire-parody; sword and sorcery
Characters
Cronan the Beerbarian
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Parody ad for A&X Lite Beer.

Forbush Man in the Ravaged Land (Table of Contents: 5)

Forbush Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Aaron Lopresti
Pencils
Aaron Lopresti
Inks
Aaron Lopresti
Colors
Evelyn Stein
Letters
Jade Moede

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All right. Now I know. I definitely can't fly. Sheesh! What a way to start a story.
Genre
jungle; satire-parody
Characters
Forbush Man

Indexer Notes

This story's credits were inadvertently omitted. They were provided in the letters page of What The--?! #13.

Married with Superpowers (Table of Contents: 6)

Iwanda Newhouse; The Vision / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Rurik Tyler
Pencils
Rurik Tyler
Inks
Rurik Tyler
Colors
Rurik Tyler
Letters
Brad K. Joyce

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A quiet street in Leonia, New Jersey:
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Iwanda Newhouse; The Vision

Love is a Many Splintered Thing (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Darren Auck
Pencils
Darren Auck
Inks
Darren Auck
Colors
Suzanne Gaffney
Letters
Darren Auck

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's someone who looks like he needs to feel Cupid's sting
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
The Thing

Dear Marble (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
Aaron Lopresti
Inks
Keith Wilson
Colors
Kelly Corvese
Letters
Dan McKinnon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi there! Here in the mighty marble mailroom, we get lots of mail on vitally important topics from the role of the hero in society to Woolveream's bones!
Genre
satire-parody; superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

What the--Mail?! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, I admit it -- I love "Milk and Cookies" and I want to see more, much more of them, but I ain't gonna write DeFalco for a Limited Series as I've got some self-respect left.

Indexer Notes

Letters from P. A. Casey, Brian Crean, Mark Phillips, Jason Kumpfmiller, Elizabeth Rogers, and John Alimmatiris.

The Insult That Made a Wimp out of "Butch" (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Savage Wit of What The--?!
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Moanin' the Bavarian
  4. 3. Moanin' the Bavarian
    Moanin' the Barbarian
  5. 4. Cronan the Beerbarian
    Cronan the Beerbarian
  6. 5. Forbush Man in the Ravaged Land
    Forbush Man
  7. 6. Married with Superpowers
    Iwanda Newhouse; The Vision
  8. 7. Love is a Many Splintered Thing
  9. 8. Dear Marble
  10. 9. ["Okay, I admit it -- I love "Milk and Cookies" and I want to see more, much more of them, but I ain't gonna write DeFalco for a Limited Series as I've got some self-respect left."]
    What the--Mail?!
  11. 10. The Insult That Made a Wimp out of "Butch"
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  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Denys Howard
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice