- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]
- Synopsis
- Head shot of normalman in sillouette. Dated 1984.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Everything
- Synopsis
- Pinup of Captain Everything in front of the American flag.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino (?)
- Characters
- Captain Everything
- Synopsis
- Credits for the original printings, special thanks to many people, and a drawing of Captain Everything.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! It's Small Print!
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]
- Synopsis
- Pinup and the indicia for this volume.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Fanatic Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk]; The Ultra-Conservative; Nasty-Girl
- Synopsis
- A quick origin of normalman, shot from his world into space by his father who believed the world was going to explode. normalman lands on a world where everyone has super-powers.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Nasty-Girl; The Ultra-Conservative; The Cephalopod
- Synopsis
- Captain Everything finds normalman an apartment.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; The Ultra-Conservative; Fanatical Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk]; Doctor Derranged; Wok Man
- Synopsis
- The Ultra-Conservative sends the Fanatical Four to capture normalman so he can give him superpowers.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; Cerebus (cameo); normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Legion of Superfluous-Heroes [Lightweight Lad; Uranus Girl; Ambiguous Boy (cameo); Ample-Lass (cameo); Androgenous Person (cameo); Brain-Damaged Kid (cameo); Burned-Out Boy (cameo); Colossal Bore (cameo); Comix-Boy (cameo); Crustacean Kid (cameo); Dastardly Dame (cameo); Diptheria Kid (cameo); Do-Nut Boy (cameo)]; The Ultra-Conservative [The Liberalator]; The Fanatical Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk]; Justice League of Society [The Flesh (cameo); Flat Man (cameo); Green Heartburn (cameo); Human Person (cameo); Waterlogged Man (cameo); Nasty Girl (cameo); Robin Hoodlum (cameo); Useless Kid (cameo)]; Aimless; Rotten Kid; Neil the Horse (cameo); Wolverine MacAlistaire (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The Ultra-conservative attempts to capture normalman so he can give him super-powers and make him conform.
- Reprints
DC Comics parody issue. Part 1 titled "Not a Dream...", Part 2 titled "Not a Hoax..." and Part 3 titled "...Not an Imaginary Story!". Includes parody ads for Cerebus; Neil the Horse and Journey in the style of the old 1960's DC house ads.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady; Ultra-Conservative; Fanatic Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk]; Legion of Superfluous Heroes [Entropy Empress (cameo); Euphemism Lad (cameo); Fan Boy (cameo); Flaccid Lad (cameo); Flatulent Lass (cameo); Gangrene Girl (cameo); Generic Lad (cameo); Generous Lass (cameo); Glutinous Girl (cameo); Hackneyed Kid (cameo); Half-Wit Lad (cameo); Hedonistic Girl (cameo)]; Rotten Kid; Aimless (flashback cameo); Old Maid; The Trendoid; Man-Man; The Pope of Pain
- Synopsis
- Rotten Kid captures Normalman and tries to sell him to the Ultra-Conservative. Meanwhile Captain Everything battles Sgt Fluffy for no particular reason.
- Reprints
Marvel Comics parody issue.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady; Pope of Pain; The Watchdog; Old Maid; The Trendoid; Man-man; Rotten Kid; Legion of Superfluous Heroes [Iconoclastic Kid (cameo); Ignoramus Lass (cameo); Incoherent Kid (cameo); Irrational Girl (cameo); Jiggle Queen (cameo); Jocular Lad (cameo); Juvenile Kid (cameo); Kinky Kid (cameo); Klassy Dame (cameo)]; Rotton Kid (flashback); Ultra-Conservative; Smelfs
- Synopsis
- Sophisticated Lady sends normalman to a parallel world.
- Reprints
EC Comics parody issue.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Smelfs: Cuter; Skywiseguy
Captain Everything; Cutey Bunny; E-Man [Alec Tronn]; Fred Hembeck; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady; Smelfs [Slime Slider]; Mr Nose-Et-Al; Ronald; The Wraith; The Cephalopod; The Trendoid (cameo); Hairy Sloth; Legion of Superflous Heroes [Lackadaisical Lad (cameo); Lady Laxative (cameo); Lightweight Lad (cameo); Lobotomized Lass (cameo); Misnomer Maid (cameo); Malnutrition Kid (cameo); Napalm Nate (cameo); Nihilistic Kid (cameo); Oblique Kid (cameo); Obnoxious Boy (cameo); Orbiculated Kid (cameo); Oxymoran Miss (cameo)]; Mickey Money
- Synopsis
- The Smelfs attack Hairy Sloth, leader of the Cretins, to save themselves from cancellation.
- Reprints
ElfQuest / Smurfs parody issue.
- Script
- William Messner-Loebs
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs
- Letters
- William Messner-Loebs
- Editing
- Nadine Messner-Loebs (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Wolverine MacAlistaire; Ojibwa
- Synopsis
- Wolverine meets Native American Ojibwa and recounts an encounter with the temporally displaced normalman.
- Reprints
This volume credits William Messner-Loebs for lettering, original index credits Jim Osten.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady; Mickey Money; Rags Rabbit [as Rugcleft]; Dipstick Duck; Punky Pig; Don the Mean Old Ghost; Slow Whine; Cephalopod; Car Man; Legion of Superflous-Heroes [Pathetikid (cameo); Pithecanthropus Princess (cameo); Pyromaniac Pete (cameo); Quadrilateral Queen (cameo); Quandry Kid (cameo); Quean Queen (cameo); Rambunctious Boy (cameo); Repugnent Kid (cameo); Ruthless Lass (cameo); Lightweight Lad; Uranus Girl]
- Synopsis
- Mickey Money battles the Web to protect his right to all the money in the universe.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady; Ultra-Conservative; Cephalopod; Car Man; Rotten Kid; Thug; Legion of Superflous-Heroes [Tawdry Trollop (cameo); Temerity Kid (cameo); Ulterior Kid (cameo); Lightweight Lad; Unavoidable Boy (cameo); Uncouth Kid (cameo); Unscrupulous Lass (cameo); Vacuous Lad (cameo); Vicarious Kid (cameo); Witless Lass (cameo); Wretched Woman (cameo)]; Justice League of Society [The Flesh (cameo); Nasty-Girl; Human Person (cameo); Flatman (cameo); Useless Kid (cameo)]; Aimless
- Synopsis
- Sgt Fluffy comes back but is killed again.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy (flashback) (cameo); Sophisticated Lady; Ultra-Conservative; Cephalopod (flashback cameo); Mr. Nose Et Al; Rotten Kid; Fanatic Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk] (flashback cameo); Pope of Pain (flashback cameo); Man-Man (flashback cameo); Smelfs (flashback cameo); Wolverine MacAlistaire (flashback cameo); Ojibwa (flashback cameo); Mickey Money (flashback cameo); Rags Rabbit (flashback cameo); Justice League of Society [Human Person; The Flesh; Flatman; Nasty-Girl; Useless Kid; Water-Logged Man; Green Heartburn; Robin Hoodlum]; Legion of Superflous-Heroes [Xenophobikid (cameo); X-Rated Girl (cameo); X-Ray Roy (cameo); Lightweight Lass; Yellingirl (cameo)]; The Unnecessary A-Men [The Aardvark; Sneaky Pete; Metalus; Windbreaker]; The Tight Teens [Nebula; Swelll Guy; Copy Cat; Bionikid]; The Cloned Kids [Terrifikid; Psuedolad; Nymphet; Rustbucket]; Max the Magnificent; Lord R. Nader
- Synopsis
- The Justice League of Society vs the Unnecessary A-Men, The Tight Teens and the Cloned Kids.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Max the Magnificent; Wolverine MacAlistaire; Lord R. Nader; Miss Meteorite; RD22; Ultra-Conservative; Union Man; Ordinary Guy
- Synopsis
- Norm and Max try to rescue Miss Meteorite from Lord Nader.
- Reprints
Star Wars parody.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Julius Caesar; Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Countess of Monte Crisco; General Gluteus Maximus; David; Cleo; Abdul; Union Man; Ordinary Guy
- Synopsis
- normalman is trapped in the past of Levram and fights in the Roman arena. Origin of Levram revealed
- Reprints
Asterix parody.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything
- Synopsis
- Captain Everything goes to a comic convention.
- Reprints
- From Collector's Con Souvenir Book (March 1984)
- Script
- Jim Valentino; Dave Sim (Cerebus figure only)
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino; Dave Sim (Cerebus figure only)
- Inks
- Jim Valentino; Dave Sim (Cerebus figure only)
- Letters
- Diane Valentino; Dave Sim (Cerebus figure only)
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; Cerebus; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Countess of Monte Crisco; Ultra-Conservative; Dr Deranged; Orange Julius; Paste-Pasta Pete; Telepathetic; Union Man; Ordinary Guy
- Synopsis
- normalman runs for president of Levram, with Sophisticated Lady as his running mate.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- elections; politics
Cerebus parody.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Countess of Monte Crisco; Anchorman; The Watchdog; Rotten Kid (flashback cameo); Smelfs (flashback cameo); Wolverine MacAlistaire (flashback cameo); Mickey Money (flashback cameo); Max the Magnificent (flashback cameo); Miss Meteorite (flashback cameo); Ultra-Conservative (flashback cameo); Mr. Tough Guy; The Neo-Fascist Fun Boys; Naughty-Girl; The Italian-Indian Liberation League
- Synopsis
- normalman finally gets the ruby slippers and quits as president of Levram.
- Reprints
American Flagg parody.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Countess of Monte Crisco; Major Trouble; Ultra-Conservative; Rotten Kid; Man-Man; Union Man
- Synopsis
- normalman tries to sort out his feelings for Sophisticated Lady and the Countess before he leaves Levram.
- Reprints
Archie Comics parody.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (Original Editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; Cerebus (cameo); normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Countess of Monte Crisco; Major Trouble; Ultra-Conservative; Rotten Kid; Dark Fluffy; Anchorman; Union Guy; Legion of Superflous-Heroes [Lightweight Lad]; Fanatic Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk] (cameo); Man-Man (cameo); Wok-Man (cameo); Orange Julius (cameo); Paste-Pasta Pete (cameo); Telepathetic (cameo); Nasty-Girl (cameo); Doctor Derranged (cameo); Smelfs (cameo); Mickey Money (cameo); Rags Rabbit (cameo); Max the Magnificent (cameo); Miss Meteorite (cameo); Wolverine MacAlistaire (cameo); Lowra (normalman's mother)
- Synopsis
- Returning to Arnold, the Countess attempts to conquer the planet with the Ruby Slippers.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Fabian Nicieza (original editor); Evan Skolnick (original assistant editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy (flashback) (cameo); Sophisticated Lady; Rotten Kid (flashback cameo); Nasty-Girl (flashback cameo); Man-Man (flashback cameo); Countess of Monte Crisco (flashback cameo); Dark Fluffy (flashback cameo); Mr. Agent Man; Mr. Studio Head; Avergage Guy
- Synopsis
- Hollywood wants to make a TV show about normalman.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady
- Synopsis
- normalman travels to the San Diego Comic-Con.
- Reprints
- From 1984 San Diego Comic-Con Souvenir Book (August 1984)
- Script
- Jim Valentino (script; co-plotter); Don Simpson (co-plotter); Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot only); Larry Marder (Mr. Spook only)
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino; Don Simpson (Megaton Man; and certain characters on pages 9, 20 and 21); Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot only); Larry Marder (Mr. Spook and Beanworld only); Brad Foster (credited as Brad W. Foster) (some backgrounds on pages 2, 3, 16, 17 [panel one] and 18)); Mike Allred (Madman only); Sergio Aragonés (Groo only); Rick Veitch (Mystery Incorporated characters only); Scott McCloud (Zot only); Scott Saavedra (Dr. Radium only); Jeff Smith (Smiley Bone and Phoney Bone only); Katherine Collins (credited as Arn Saba) (Neil the Horse only); R. L. Crabb (credited as Bob Crabbe) (Junior Jackalope and Squirrley only); Batton Lash (Wolff and Byrd only); James A. Owen (Starchild only); Dave Sim (Cerebus only); Mark Bodé (Bodé Broad only)
- Inks
- Jim Valentino; Don Simpson (Megaton Man; and certain characters on pages 9, 20 and 21); Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot only); Larry Marder (Mr. Spook and Beanworld only); Brad Foster (credited as Brad W. Foster) (some backgrounds on pages 2, 3, 16, 17 [panel one] and 18); Mike Allred (Madman only); Sergio Aragonés (Groo only); Rick Veitch (Mystery Incorporated characters only); Scott McCloud (Zot only); Scott Saavedra (Dr. Radium only); Jeff Smith (Smiley Bone and Phoney Bone only); Katherine Collins (credited as Arn Saba) (Neil the Horse only); R. L. Crabb (credited as Bob Crabbe) (Junior Jackalope and Squirrley only); Batton Lash (Wolff and Byrd only); James A. Owen (Starchild only); Dave Sim (Cerebus only); Mark Bodé (Bodé Broad only)
- Letters
- Jim Valentino; Don Simpson (Megaton Man and certain characters; also letter-script on page 14); Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot only); Larry Marder (Mr. Spook only)
- Editing
- Randy Chalenor (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Charlie-27 (cameo); Nikki (cameo); Starhawk [Stakar Ogord] (cameo)
Atomic Mouse [Cimota Mouse] (cameo); Bat-Mite (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Phoney Bone (cameo); Smiley Bone (cameo); Jeff Byrd (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (statue); Captain Everything; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo); Cerebus (cameo); Concrete (cameo); Death (cameo); The Fat Fury [Herbie Popnecker] (cameo); Flaming Carrot ([also as Bloodclot the Untamable]); Groo (cameo); Gumby (cameo); Krazy Kat (statue); Madman [Frank Einstein] (cameo); Mary Marvel [Mary Batson] (cameo); Megaton Man [Trent Phloog]; Miracleman [Michael Moran] (cameo); normalman [Norm]; Prime [Kevin Green] (cameo); Homer Simpson (cameo); Solar (cameo); Spawn [Al Simmons] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo); Supergirl (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent] (cameo); Alanna Wolff (cameo); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo); Zot (cameo); Mr. Spook; Splitting Image characters [Vapor; TractionShock; Pittstop [Pit-Stop]; Mall; Spasm; Jolly Green Drag-Queen; Sandbox] (cameos); Neil the Horse (cameo); Dr. Radium (cameo); Mystery Incorporated [Crystal Man [Craig Crandall]; Neon Queen [Jeannie Morrow]; The Planet [Biff Baker]] (cameos); Junior Jackalope (cameo); Squirrley (cameo); Starchild (cameo); Radioactive Man [Claude Kane III] (cameo); Stimpson J. "Stimpy" Cat (cameo); Dynamo (cameo); Cheesewiz; John Byrne; Little Nemo; Neil Gaiman; Beavis (cameo); Butt-Head (cameo); Beanish; Bodé Broad (cameo); Scott McCloud; Yellow Kid (statue); Slimy (Stan Lee parody); Watchers (cameos); Paul Levitz; Jenette Kahn; Karen Berger; Hardcase (cameo); Tom Mason; Uglyverse characters (parodies of the Ultraverse characters); Peevish Diversion (Peter David parody); Neal Adams; Mike Richardson; Todd McFarlane; Professor Garbanzo; Boom'r Band; Gran'Ma'Pa; a Sprout-Butt; a Goofy Jerk
- Synopsis
- Captain Everything and Megaton Man want to join the Splitting Image universe.
- Reprints
Lots of cameos of independent publishing characters.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Randy Chalenor (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]
- Synopsis
- normalman interviews Captain Everything.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Kris Simon (credited as Kristen Simon) (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Johnny Burnout; Saul Plevitz; Rich Mikerson; Joey DeQue; Elric Withholding; Stony Esmerelda; Princess Tulooga; Man-Man
- Synopsis
- Captain Everything and normalman go to the San Diego Comic-Con.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Short description of each cover reprint in the next section.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
Cover based loosely on the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #146.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Ultra-Conservative
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #39.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; The Pope of Pain
- Reprints
Based loosely on Vault of Horror (EC, 1950 series) #32.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Smelfs
- Reprints
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs; Jim Valentino (normalman figure)
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs; Jim Valentino (normalman figure)
- Editing
- William Messner-Loebs ? (original editor)
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier; adventure
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Wolverine MacAlistaire; Ojibwa
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Mickey Money
- Reprints
Cover based loosely on Richie Rich (Harvey, 1960 series) #1
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate) #10/9/1949.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on DNAgents, The (Eclipse, 1983 series) #4.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Max the Magnificent
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #214.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on Asterix the Gladiator. Cover logo based on Classics Illustrated logo.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on various Cerebus: High Society covers.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on American Flagg (First, 1983 series) #5 and American Flagg (First, 1983 series) #8.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Countess of Monte Crisco
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on various Archie comics.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Reprints
Cover features nearly every single character that has appeared in a normalman comic.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino (Captain Everything and normalman figures); Don Simpson (Megaton Man and Phantom Jungle Girl figures); Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot figure); Larry Marder (Mr. Spook figure); Scott McCloud (Zot figure); Mike Allred (Madman and Marrie and/or Warren figure); Terry Beatty (Johnny Dynamite figure); Mark Bodé (Cobalt 60 figure); Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan Clowes) (sourced); R. L. Crabb (credited as Bob Crabbe) (Junior Jackalope and Squirrley figures); Colleen Doran (Aeren Scott figure); Brad Foster (credited as Brad W. Foster) (Mechthing figure); Dave Garcia (Panda Khan figure); Steve Lafler (Jimmy Watts figure); Batton Lash (Wolff and Byrd figures); William Messner-Loebs (credited as Wm. Messner-Loebs) (Wolverine MacAlistaire figure); Marty Nodell (credited as Martin Nodell); James A. Owen (Starchild figure); Randy Queen (Winky figure); Katherine Collins (credited as Arn Saba) (Neil the Horse and Soapy figures); Scott Saavedra (Dr. Radium figure); Richard Sala; Fred Rhoads (credited as Fred Rhodes) (Sad Sack figure); Dave Sim (Cerebus and Beavers figures); Jeff Smith (Phoney Bone and Fone Bone figures); Reed Waller (Omaha figure); Larry Welz (Cherry figure); Chance Wolf (credited as Cee Wolf) (Nymphini figure)
- Inks
- Jim Valentino (Captain Everything and normalman figures); Don Simpson (Megaton Man and Phantom Jungle Girl figures); Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot figure); Larry Marder (Mr. Spook figure); Scott McCloud (Zot figure); Mike Allred (Madman and Marrie and/or Warren figure); Terry Beatty (Johnny Dynamite figure); Mark Bodé (Cobalt 60 figure); Daniel Clowes (credited as Dan Clowes) (sourced); R. L. Crabb (credited as Bob Crabbe) (Junior Jackalope and Squirrley figures); Colleen Doran (Aeren Scott figure); Brad Foster (credited as Brad W. Foster) (Mechthing figure); Dave Garcia (Panda Khan figure); Steve Lafler (Jimmy Watts figure); Batton Lash (Wolff and Byrd figures); William Messner-Loebs (credited as Wm. Messner-Loebs) (Wolverine MacAlistaire figure); Marty Nodell (credited as Martin Nodell); James A. Owen (Starchild figure); Randy Queen (Winky figure); Katherine Collins (credited as Arn Saba) (Neil the Horse and Soapy figures); Scott Saavedra (Dr. Radium figure); Richard Sala; Fred Rhoads (credited as Fred Rhodes) (Sad Sack figure); Dave Sim (Cerebus and Beavers figures); Jeff Smith (Phoney Bone and Fone Bone figures); Reed Waller (Omaha figure); Larry Welz (Cherry figure); Chance Wolf (credited as Cee Wolf) (Nymphini figure)
- Editing
- Don Simpson (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Fone Bone; Phoney Bone; Jeff Byrd; Captain Everything; Cerebus; Johnny Dynamite; Flaming Carrot; Madman [Frank Einstein]; Megaton Man [Trent Phloog]; normalman [Norm]; Omaha; Cherry Popstar; Sad Sack; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Alanna Wolff; Zot; Mr. Spook; Marrie or Warren (robot from Mike Allred's Madman, resembles sphere with arms); Phantom Jungle Girl [Donna Blank]; Panda Khan [Li Yang]; Wolverine MacAlistaire; Neil the Horse; Soapy; Dr. Radium; Cobalt 60; Junior Jackalope; Squirrley; Aeren Scott; Mechthing; Jimmy Watts; Starchild; Winky; Beavers (Dave Sim characters); Nymphini
- Reprints
Cover contains lots of independent characters. Cover loosely based on All-New Collectors' Edition (DC, 1978 series) #C-56
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Kris Simon (credited as Kristen Simon) (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady; The Ultra-Conservative; The Countess of Monte-Crisco; Rotten Kid
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #300.
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Valentino ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Information on the next section which reprints the back covers of the normalman books.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; The Ultra-Conservative
- Reprints
Based loosely on Superman (DC, 1939 series) #12 and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #14.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything
- Reprints
Loosely based on Captain Marvel (Marvel, 1968 series) #29 (Incorrectly listed as #19 in the Complete normalman TPB)
- Pencils
- William Messner-Loebs
- Inks
- William Messner-Loebs
- Editing
- William Messner-Loebs ? (original editor)
- Genre
- historical; western-frontier; adventure
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Wolverine MacAlistaire
- Reprints
- Script
- Don Thompson; R. A. Jones; Jerry Siegel; Steve Lafler; Dan Vado; Jay Longstaff
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (credited as Deni Sim) (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]
- Synopsis
- Various quotes about the normalman series.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything
- Reprints
- Pencils
- George Pérez
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nasty-Girl
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Diane Valentino
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
Based on Pacific Presents (Pacific Comics, 1982 series) #2.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Kris Simon (credited as Kristen Simon) (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything
- Reprints
Based on a Superman promo piece by Jim Lee and featuring a parody of the DC Millennium Edition trade dress.
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Details on where the various pieces in the next section appeared.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino (credited); Dave Sim (credited); William Messner-Loebs (credited); Katherine Collins (credited as Arn Saba)
- Inks
- Jim Valentino (credited); Dave Sim (credited); William Messner-Loebs (credited); Katherine Collins (credited as Arn Saba)
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski (credited)
- Characters
- Cerebus; normalman [Norm]; Neil the Horse; Wolverine MacAlistaire
- Synopsis
- Jam piece done at Petuniacon April 1984.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Editing
- Deni Loubert (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Countess of Monte Crisco
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Dark Fluffy; Contess of Monte Crisco; Nebula
- Reprints
- From Americon Souvenir Book
Based on the cover of New Teen Titans, The (DC, 1980 series) #1
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady; Smelfs; Rotten Kid; Man-Man; Fanatic Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk]
- Reprints
- From 1984 San Diego Comic-Con Progress Report
Based on Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel, 1984 series) #1.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything
- Reprints
- From 1985 San Diego Comic-Con Progress Report
Based on a Marvelman cover.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
Cover loosely based on Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate) #10/9/1949. Later was reworked into the cover for normalman (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1984 series) #6
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sophisticated Lady; Dark Fluffy; Max the Magnificent; Countess of Monte Crisco; Myth Adventures characters
- Reprints
- from Amazing Heroes #92 (April 1986)
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Sophisticated Lady
- Reprints
- From Fantasy Illustrated comic shop catalog (1984)
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
- From Creation Con Souvenir Book (1985)
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino; Steve Lafler (Dog Boy figure)
- Inks
- Jim Valentino; Steve Lafler (Dog Boy figure)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- Dog Boy; normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
- From Comic Block #6 (June 1984)
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]
- Synopsis
- Ad for Jim Valentino's first comic book store appearance at Hi-De-Ho in Santa Monica. Based on Palisades Amusement Park ads in Silver-Age DC Comics.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]; Sgt. Fluffy; Rotten Kid; Fanatic Four [Mr. Fanatical; Helpless Woman; The Humane Touch; The Lunk]
- Synopsis
- Reprints of the letter column mastheads in various issues of normalman, and what the original inspiration was for each masthead.
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; Editor Girl
Printed here for the first time.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- normalman [Norm]; Rags Rabbit
Unused page for normalman #5.
- Script
- Jim Valentino
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Kris Simon (credited as Kristen Simon) (original editor)
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]
- Synopsis
- Profiles of normalman and Captain Everything.
- Reprints
- Pencils
- Jim Valentino
- Inks
- Jim Valentino
- Letters
- Jim Valentino
- Genre
- humor; superhero; satire-parody
- Characters
- Captain Everything; normalman [Norm]
- Reprints
- From normalman -- The Novel