(September 1991)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1991-07-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Renee Witterstaetter (credited as Renée Witterstaetter) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

[Buggy Krocker's 1001 Ways to Re-Hash Spiders] (Table of Contents)

Spittle-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rurik Tyler
Inks
Rurik Tyler
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help me... please... help me.
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Spittle-Man
Reprints

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rurik Tyler; Darren Auck; Win Mortimer
Inks
Rurik Tyler; Darren Auck; Win Mortimer
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of contents with illustrations from the stories.

Tangled (Table of Contents: 2)

Spittle-Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Wray (credited)
Pencils
Rurik Tyler (credited) (artist)
Inks
Rurik Tyler (credited) (artist)
Colors
Marie Javins
Letters
Brad K. Joyce

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Latveria, deep in the dankest, darkest cell of a castle, a hunchbacked, vermin ridden cartoonist struggles fervently to meet his master's deadline.
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Spittle-Man; Toad; Dr. Doom
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story listed as "Tangles" on credits page.

Super-Villain Dating Game! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Darren Auck (credited)
Pencils
Darren Auck (credited)
Inks
Darren Auck (credited)
Colors
Marie Javins (credited)
Letters
Darren Auck (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi! Welcome to the show that has cupid going up against the criminals--
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Jim Lame; The Blob; Mr. Hyde; Man-Thing; Trixie Larlie

Hazards of Being a Super-Hero (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Brown (credited)
Pencils
Rurik Tyler (credited) (art)
Inks
Rurik Tyler (credited) (art)
Colors
Daniel Vozzo (credited)
Letters
Jade Moede (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Getting into a restaurant:
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Hulk; Spider-Man; Hawkeye; Galactus; Vision; Iron Man; The Beast; Wonder Man; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Falcon; Captain America; Thor; Spider-Man; Batman; Robin; Mockingbird; U.S.Agent; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Thing; Human Torch; Juggernaut; Hydra agents; Quasar
Reprints
Keywords
Avenger's Quinjet; White House

Indexer Notes

Story listed as "The Hazards Of Being A Super Hero" on credits page.

Jurassic Classic (Table of Contents: 5)

Milk and Cookies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch (credited as Shelly Fisch)
Pencils
Rurik Tyler (credited) (artist)
Inks
Rurik Tyler (credited) (artist)
Colors
Daniel Vozzo (credited)
Letters
Chris Eliopoulos (credited as Chris Eliopolilos)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As you probably expected, Milk and Cookies are on the streets of Riverdull, USA, fighting a rampaging dinosaur!
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Milk; Cookies; Slughead
Keywords
dinosaurs

Brain Games (Table of Contents: 6)

Visionary and the Scarlet Itch / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch (credited)
Pencils
Win Mortimer (credited)
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
Kelly Corvese (credited)
Letters
Jade Moede (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is most illogical, Windex. I am fully functional and do not require any servicing at this point in time.
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Visionary; Scarlet Itch; The Mad Stinker

Forbush, P. I. (Table of Contents: 7)

Forbush Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Aaron Lopresti (credited)
Pencils
Aaron Lopresti (credited) (artist)
Inks
Aaron Lopresti (credited) (artist)
Colors
Evelyn Stein (credited)
Letters
Jade Moede (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Irving Forbush! You meathead!
Genre
detective-mystery; satire-parody
Characters
Forbush Man; Aunt Mayhem

Indexer Notes

Upside down from rest of book except back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
About issue #12: Everything was perfect.

Indexer Notes

Letters from "A guy who thinks moanin' is the best and lives in Canada", "Some guy who is a diehard Marvel fan and lives in Canada", Elvis Presley, Kevin Powell, Scott Watson, Charles S. Novinskie, and Mark Phillips.

Tin-Head Detective Stories (Table of Contents: 9)

Forbush, P. I. / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tin-Head Detective Stories
Genre
detective-mystery; satire-parody
Characters
Forbush Man

Indexer Notes

On back cover, upside down from rest of book except Forbush, P. I. story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Buggy Krocker's 1001 Ways to Re-Hash Spiders]
    Spittle-Man
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Tangled
    Spittle-Man
  4. 3. Super-Villain Dating Game!
  5. 4. Hazards of Being a Super-Hero
  6. 5. Jurassic Classic
    Milk and Cookies
  7. 6. Brain Games
    Visionary and the Scarlet Itch
  8. 7. Forbush, P. I.
    Forbush Man
  9. 8. ["About issue #12: Everything was perfect."]
    What the--Mail?!
  10. 9. Tin-Head Detective Stories
    Forbush, P. I.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • EK
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Semich
  • Jim Van Dore