They're all here: The BlandMan, The Gloom Patrol, Shame the Channel-Changing Man, and Hellbwazer...all the famous Dicey Comics characters you love. But something's wrong...their sales are down, down, down. Join the quest as these desperate few strive to change all that, traveling to the ends of the earth in search of new ways to entice readers. Follow Hellbwazer's pathetic pleas for Hollywood sponsorship. Thrill to the Amazing Regis and Krazy Kathie Lee's brilliant plan to rope in the top American talent, who are all camping in the woods trying to find their artist within. Wait in suspense while Shame discovers the ultimate secret behind the infamous Britpack.
Art and cover by Bill Maus and Bob Hanon.
B&W, 32 pg. Cover price $2.50.
Story, art and cover by Bill Maus. Another superhero spoof by Parody Press, this one a parody of Marvels Cable and X-Force titles.
Despite a top rating from Lizard Magazine, the mysterious, brooding hero named Cable TV still doesnt have his own comic title. Determined to find out why, CTV encounters the other hot comic properties of 1992, including Quantum Creep, Aliens, Judge Bread, Predators, and even a smug Terminator.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
By STEVE DONNELLY and GARY YAP.
The two meanest, toughest, most abusive characters in comics have nothing on Loco and Pulverine. Why, no guy in tights and stupid pointy ears could stand up to just one of their biceps, never mind their whole muscular cardiovascular system. But...which is the toughest of the toughs? Is it Loco, the mad hatter of the Dicey Comics Universe, a guy so mean he'd kill you just for sneezing quietly into a hanky in an isolation chamber on Mars? Is it Pulverine, known to brutally beat into a mushy pulp anyone over his own height of four feet three quarters inches?
Cover price $2.50.
Story by Mike Baron, Ross Turner, Sam Kieth, Don Chin, and Sam Agro. Art by Sam Agro and Dave Feiss. Cover by Sam Kieth and Bill Maus.
Another superhero spoof by Parody Press, this one a send-up of Marvels Punisher.
A crazed ex-cop wages a one-man war on crime in between plentiful flashbacks to his origin story. Also featuring spoofs of other comics done in the style of The Punisher, including Peanuts, Family Circus and Archie (preceding The Punisher Meets Archie by a year or so). The Pummeler Bore Journal; The Pummelers Day Off; The Mumbler; Wash and Die; The Funny Pages.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
Armpits of Fire. Story, art and cover by Bill Maus.
Another superhero spoof by Parody Press, this one sending up Erik Larsens Savage Dragon. The sewer-dwelling Sewage Dragoon has never learned the fine art of bathing, and consequently, his armpits generate an odor that can fell the mightiest opponent. He uses these strange powers to combat street gangsters inspired by still other comics and shows, such as the Peanuts gang and Sesame Street.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
Story by Don Chin. Art by Russ Sever. Cover by Bill Maus.
Another superhero spoof by the creator of Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters and his publishing outfit, Parody Press. This one is a spoof of both Superman and Image Comics Supreme. Tow-el, an orphan from the planet Creepton, gains superpowers on Earth. The only trouble is that he still looks like a two-year-old, even as a crime-fighting adult, which makes his enemies mock him vigorously.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
Cover 1X by Ken Meyer Jr. Story by Don Chin, Ross Turner, and Bill Maus. Art by Mark Lewis, Chris Stroud, and Bill Maus.
Another superhero spoof by the creator of Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters and his publishing outfit, Parody Press, this one a parody of Marvels most iconic X-Men issues. Superpowered youths battle an evil brotherhood and teen angst alike in spot-on send-ups of X-Men #1 (1963), the first appearance of the X-Men; Giant-Size X-Men #1, the first appearance of the new X-Men; and top-selling comic X-Men #1 (1991). This cover spoofs the cover of Uncanny X-Men #1 (1963) by Jack Kirby.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
Cover 1Y by Ken Meyer Jr. Story by Don Chin, Ross Turner, and Bill Maus. Art by Mark Lewis, Chris Stroud, and Bill Maus.
Another superhero spoof by the creator of Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters and his publishing outfit, Parody Press, this one a parody of Marvels most iconic X-Men issues. Superpowered youths battle an evil brotherhood and teen angst alike in spot-on send-ups of X-Men #1 (1963), the first appearance of the X-Men; Giant-Size X-Men #1, the first appearance of the new X-Men; and top-selling comic X-Men #1 (1991). This cover spoofs the cover of Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975) by Dave Cockrum.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
Cover 1Z by Ken Meyer Jr. Story by Don Chin, Ross Turner, and Bill Maus. Art by Mark Lewis, Chris Stroud, and Bill Maus.
Another superhero spoof by the creator of Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters and his publishing outfit, Parody Press, this one a parody of Marvels most iconic X-Men issues. Superpowered youths battle an evil brotherhood and teen angst alike in spot-on send-ups of X-Men #1 (1963), the first appearance of the X-Men; Giant-Size X-Men #1, the first appearance of the new X-Men; and top-selling comic X-Men #1 (1991). This cover spoofs the cover of X-Men #1 (1991) by Jim Lee.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
Questionable. Story, art and cover by Bill Maus.
Another superhero spoof by Parody Press, this one a parody of Todd McFarlands popular Spawn. Struck by lightning while watching TV, Yawn becomes a brooding, costumed insomniac cursed by perpetual sleepiness, which prevents him from ever enjoying another TV show or movie. Also, those big metal chains on his costume really do a number on his back. Also featuring the return of Splatman.
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
