What The--?!
#23
(November 1992)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.85 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1992-09-29
- 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)
In This Issue We Really Drop Kick Superb-Pro!
Superb-Pro / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Hilary Barta (signed)
- Inks
- Hilary Barta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got the ball! What are they fighting about?!
- Genre
- satire-parody; sports; superhero
- Characters
- Forbush Man
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rurik Tyler; Howard Bender; Aaron Lopresti; Alex Morrissey
- Inks
- Hilary Barta; George Wildman; Aaron Lopresti
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Goofball, the Masked Marble; Forbush Man; Col. Nick Furious
Indexer Notes
Title, table of contents and indicia.
The Drop-Kick That Lifts Your... Um... Spirit!
Superb-Pro / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Hilary Barta; Doug Rice
- Pencils
- Rurik Tyler
- Inks
- Hilary Barta
- Colors
- Ed Lazellari
- Letters
- Brad K. Joyce
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Life is a lot like football, especially if you play football for a living!
- Genre
- satire-parody; sports; superhero
- Characters
- Phil Graymatter; Spidey-Man; Conan; Ruddy Mustard
- Keywords
- football
What I Did Over Summer Vacation
The New Worriers / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They are super heroes whose major is over their book reports.
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- The New Worriers [Night Splasher; Namorette; Nova Kid; Firestarter; Goofball, the Masked Marble; Boy Marvel; Cousin Fred [Irving Forbush]]; Spidey-Man; The Father of All Masked Vigilantes; Fantastical Four [Mr. Fantastical; The Thung]; Revengers [Chaplain America; The Inedible Bulk; Sore; Sheeza-Hulk; Ironed Man]; Goofballers (combo of Revengers & Fantastical Four); Diamondskull; Thigh-Nose; Dr. Doomed; Peppermint Patty
How to Draw Other Comics the Marble Way
Forbush Man / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As you know, nobody does all-out hoo-ha action better than the folks at Mighty Marble!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Forbush Man; The Pulverizer; Wolveream
What If Forbush Man Were a Real Super Hero?
Forbush Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Aaron Lopresti
- Pencils
- Aaron Lopresti
- Inks
- Aaron Lopresti
- Colors
- Kelly Corvese
- Letters
- Michael Heisler
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are a multitude of galaxies precariously balanced in a mysterious and compelling structure that forms the universe, which ultimately rests in the hands of the gods, who, save I, The Watcher, has access to... oh enough already!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Forbush Man; Watcher; Captain America; Tokyo Ethel; George; Aunt Mayhem
Indexer Notes
Earth-90078
Guided Mishap
Nick Furious / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Alex Morrissey (plot); Dan Slott
- Pencils
- Alex Morrissey
- Inks
- Mike DeCarlo
- Colors
- Paul Becton
- Letters
- Dave Sharpe
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a location so secret that even the editor doesn't know where...
- Genre
- satire-parody; spy; superhero
- Characters
- S.H.E.E.S.H. [Col. Nick Furious; Val, Superfluous Cheesecake Babe; Some-Dumb Dougan; Comic Relief
Jimmy Wu]; Hydrant; A.I.M.; Doctor Doof; Mike Modok; Baron Strucker; Viper; Yellow Claw; What-Iffer; The Inedible Bulk
[no title indexed]
What the--Mail?! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as The Thing]
- Pencils
- John Byrne
- Inks
- John Byrne
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'd have to be living in a cave if you don't know What The!? humor magazine's fine tradition of having celebrity guest letter hacks gracing these pages to correspond with you, our loyal Marveloid lettter hacks.
- Characters
- She-Hulk; Weezi Mason
Indexer Notes
Letters from Alex Mercado, Christine Middelton, Scott Austin, Your Fan, Chris, and M. Dodson. Illustration from The Sensational She-Hulk (Marvel, 1989 series) #46 cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
In This Issue We Really Drop Kick Superb-Pro!
Superb-Pro -
1.
Contents
-
2.
The Drop-Kick That Lifts Your... Um... Spirit!
Superb-Pro -
3.
What I Did Over Summer Vacation
The New Worriers -
4.
How to Draw Other Comics the Marble Way
Forbush Man -
5.
What If Forbush Man Were a Real Super Hero?
Forbush Man -
6.
Guided Mishap
Nick Furious -
7.
["You'd have to be living in a cave if you don't know What The!? humor magazine's fine tradition of having celebrity guest letter hacks gracing these pages to correspond with you, our loyal Marveloid lettter hacks."]
What the--Mail?! -
8.
The Insult That Made Mac a Blood-Sucking Freak!
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