What The--?!
#26
(Winter 1993)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Price
- 2.50 USD; 3.15 CAD; 1.85 GBP
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1993-07-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Barcode
- 759606040711 02611
- Editing
- Renee Witterstaetter (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Cover says Fall. Indicia says Winter.
Fall Special! Spider-Ham 1588 *Marked Down From 2099
Spider-Ham / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sayonara, suckers!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Spider-Ham
- Reprints
in 
Spider-Ham 2099
Spider-Ham 2099 / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Working late again tonight, Piguel?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Ham 2099
- Reprints
Heartbreak on the Moors
Marvel Classicworks / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sob! How could he??
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Heathcliff; Isabella Linton
Indexer Notes
A mock-up promo for a fake magazine about Wuthering Heights. The Howell credits is from Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators.
The Origin of the Silver Burper!!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Bob Wiacek
- Inks
- John Severin
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Brad K. Joyce (credited as Brad Joyce)
RoboCob
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jean-Marc Toussaint
- Pencils
- Jean-Marc Toussaint
- Inks
- Jean-Marc Toussaint
- Colors
- Renee Witterstaetter
- Letters
- Brad K. Joyce
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Detroit... the future...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- RoboCob
Beware the Hicks-Men!
The Inedible Bulk / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here, in the Ozarks of Missouri, a man can get back to nature... or even go for the first time.
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- The Inedible Bulk
Hank Pym's Super Market Coupons
Hank Pym / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Rurik Tyler
- Pencils
- Rurik Tyler
- Inks
- Rurik Tyler
- Colors
- Mark Bernardo
- Letters
- Brad K. Joyce (credited as Brad Joyce)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, I'm Hank Pym! I used to worry about saving the world!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Hank Pym
What Would Happen If the Unhumans Tried to Meet the Fantastical Four for Their Arrival on the Moon?
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- John Lewandowski
- Pencils
- George Wildman
- Inks
- George Wildman
- Colors
- Paul Becton
- Letters
- Brad K. Joyce (credited as Brad Joyce)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You are entering a dimension of both space and time-- uh---
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- The Unhumans [Black Board; Fuchsia; Goregoon; Frighton; Ka-Rack; Maddmaxx; Blockjaw]
It's Our Third Story, So We Have to Face -- Galacticus!
Milk and Cookies / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Rurik Tyler
- Inks
- Rurik Tyler
- Colors
- Mark Bernardo
- Letters
- Brad K. Joyce (credited as Brad Joyce)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As you probably expected, Milk and Cookies are high above the planet Earth, fending off an attack by the interplanetary gourmand, Galacticus!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Milk; Cookies; Galacticus
An Abhorrent Affair...
comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's about time you got here! What--?!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Poorly Noseitch; Sol Golstein; Charlie America; Spider-Man; The Beast; Lockjaw; Wander-Man; Hawk-Guy
Memories
comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Personally, I'd rather sing the theme from "Superfly"!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
What If the Fantastic Four Stayed in the Movie Biz?
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Dan Slott; Manny Galan
- Pencils
- Manny Galan
- Inks
- Mike DeCarlo
- Colors
- Mark Bernardo
- Letters
- Brad K. Joyce
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am Uatu, the Watcher. I watch everything.
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- The Watcher [Uatu]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Thing; Human Torch]; Franklin Richards
When Sue Was Bored or What's Good for a Goose...
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Roger Brown
- Pencils
- Joe Quesada
- Inks
- Keith Wilson (credited as Kez Wilson)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Mister Fantastic; Invisible Woman
To Save Me, Why Must I Kill Me?
comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a day! First, it was the Warwoofs!z'
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Captain British; Beggin'; Shallocat; Nutcrawler; Kleenex; K-Lion; Midget; Gidget
Top Ten Other Uses for Captain America's Shield
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Güten Tag!
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Captain America
Dumsday: The Death of Forbush Man
Forbush Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Aaron Lopresti
- Pencils
- Aaron Lopresti
- Inks
- Aaron Lopresti
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Brad K. Joyce
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ahhh, the sights, the sounds... the smells of New York City.
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Forbush Man; Dumsday
2099: A Marvel Update
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm Wolverine.
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
[no title indexed]
What the--Mail?! / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a correction from last issue (yes, yes, we do make mistakes).
- Characters
- Batroc the Leaper
Indexer Notes
Letters from Jess Parker, Drew Cline, Mark Burnett, Ryan Gajewski, Mike Wright, Matthew MacDonald, Alex. Good-Malloy, Mark Phillips, and Sara Kate Robinson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Fall Special! Spider-Ham 1588 *Marked Down From 2099
Spider-Ham -
1.
Contents
-
2.
Spider-Ham 2099
Spider-Ham 2099 -
3.
Heartbreak on the Moors
Marvel Classicworks -
4.
The Origin of the Silver Burper!!
-
5.
RoboCob
-
6.
Beware the Hicks-Men!
The Inedible Bulk -
7.
Hank Pym's Super Market Coupons
Hank Pym -
8.
What Would Happen If the Unhumans Tried to Meet the Fantastical Four for Their Arrival on the Moon?
-
9.
It's Our Third Story, So We Have to Face -- Galacticus!
Milk and Cookies -
10.
An Abhorrent Affair...
-
11.
Memories
-
12.
What If the Fantastic Four Stayed in the Movie Biz?
-
13.
When Sue Was Bored or What's Good for a Goose...
-
14.
To Save Me, Why Must I Kill Me?
-
15.
Top Ten Other Uses for Captain America's Shield
-
16.
Dumsday: The Death of Forbush Man
Forbush Man -
17.
2099: A Marvel Update
-
18.
["Here's a correction from last issue (yes, yes, we do make mistakes)."]
What the--Mail?! -
19.
Death of Forbush Man
Forbush Man
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- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Mark Semich
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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