# I need some terrible/obscure/infamous Marvel comic titles... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097 "2014-07-26T14:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/1 "2014-07-26T14:37:16Z")
Here’s the deal, straightforwardly enough: For a side-project of mine, I’m looking for names of some of the more “oddball” comic book series’ that Marvel has published over the years. “Odd” as in “infamously bad,” or had a weird/stupid concept, or even just had an unusual but obscure name, or were otherwise infamous. I’ve already got some of the bigger names, just off the top of my head—“[Nightcat](http://theisleoffailedpopstars.blogspot.com/2010/12/nightcat-nightcat-1991.html),” “Street Poet Ray,” “[NFL Superpro,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_SuperPro)” [“Billy Ray Cyrus”](http://www.4thletter.net/gavok/cyrus/brcover.jpg)… But I have to figure I’m missing or forgetting at least a couple of real howlers, out there. (Accidentally) funny titles are okay, but inane-sounding ones that actually had infamously bad or weird content are good, too. So…'anyone have any suggestions? I’m all ears. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/2 "2014-07-26T14:44:31Z")
**KISS**. **Squirrel Girl**. **Dazzler**. ---
**Author:** ![Mavis\_Topholese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@Mavis\_Topholese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavis_Topholese)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/3 "2014-07-26T15:01:09Z")
Night Nurse comes to mind. Li’l Kids Starring Calvin was kind of weird, in a heart’s-in-the-right-place kind of way. Midas the Million Dollar Mouse, sadly, never made it to print. U.S. 1 and Team America are both licensed toy comics that were fairly bad. Crystar The Crystal Warrior is another one. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/4 "2014-07-26T15:05:15Z")
For terrible, obscure, and infamous Marvel titles, there is nothing better (worse?) than Secret Wars II. There was an article summarizing its terribleness and infamy at a site called Gone and Forgotten, but I was not able to find the original article. There is this, though: > **[SECRET WARS II 2!](http://gone-and-forgotten.blogspot.com/2013/06/secret-wars-ii-2.html)** > > As part of the 30 Days project , I’ll be reviving Gone&Forgotten for a short article every day throughout the month. It’s June 2, and Your ... ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/5 "2014-07-26T15:07:52Z")
How about “Not Brand Ecch”? ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/6 "2014-07-26T15:11:16Z")
How about ‘Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham’ or [Generic Comic Book](http://www.comicbooktidbits.com/Generic%20Site%20Enty.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/7 "2014-07-26T15:18:17Z")
[_Archie Meets The Punisher_](http://web.archive.org/web/20071013154222/oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=2007-08-20&mode=print) was an unlikely crossover. Or _[Spiderman and the 1978 cast of Saturday Night Live](http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/marvel_teamup/074.html)_. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/8 "2014-07-26T15:41:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [_Archie Meets The Punisher_](http://web.archive.org/web/20071013154222/oddballcomics.com/article.php?story=2007-08-20&mode=print) was an unlikely crossover. Or _[Spiderman and the 1978 cast of Saturday Night Live](http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/marvel_teamup/074.html)_. You beat me to the Saturday Might Live one – that’s what I came in to post. I’ve got that issue. The high point was The SAmurai vs., John Belushi in his samurai persona. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/9 "2014-07-26T15:44:44Z")
[_Giant-Size Man-Thing_](http://i44.tinypic.com/33jr9fa.jpg) may be neither terrible nor obscure, but it sure is funny. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/10 "2014-07-26T15:49:55Z")
> [@Santos\_L\_Halper](#): > > How about ‘Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham’ or [Generic Comic Book](http://www.comicbooktidbits.com/Generic%20Site%20Enty.htm)? Incidentally, in an upcoming Spider-Man arc, Peter Porker is going to show up in the mainstream Marvel universe. No joke. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/11 "2014-07-26T15:52:18Z")
Nth Man? The entire New Universe? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/12 "2014-07-26T16:01:11Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > How about “Not Brand Ecch”? Or **Spoof** , their other standard comic book foray into humor. Or **Crazy** , their magazine-sized Mad-like humor magazine. Or **Comix Book** , Marvel’s attempt to produce an Underground comic: > **[Comix Book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comix_Book)** > > Comix Book is an underground comic book series published from 1974 to 1976, originally by Marvel Comics. It was the first comic of this type to be published by a mainstream publisher. Edited by Denis Kitchen, Comix Book featured work by such underground luminaries as Justin Green, Kim Deitch, Trina Robbins, Art Spiegelman, and S. Clay Wilson. While it did not depict the explicit content that was often featured in underground comix, it was more socially relevant than anything Marvel had previously... There’s a new book out about this one. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/13 "2014-07-26T17:37:10Z")
Marvel had a title called “What The?” that was a parody of another title called “What If.” Very funny, as I recall. I still remember one line: “He’s an Ex-X-Man? Doesn’t that make him a man?” ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/14 "2014-07-26T17:43:48Z")
How about [Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punisher_Kills_the_Marvel_Universe) where, well the title pretty much explains it. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/15 "2014-07-26T17:51:10Z")
or [Lockjaw and the Pet Avenger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockjaw_and_the_Pet_Avengers)s? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/16 "2014-07-26T17:53:23Z")
Obnoxio The Clown vs X-Men? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/17 "2014-07-26T18:03:07Z")
> [@Santos\_L\_Halper](#): > > How about [Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punisher_Kills_the_Marvel_Universe) where, well the title pretty much explains it. Bah. How about _Fred Hembeck Destroys The Marvel Universe_? ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/18 "2014-07-26T18:14:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Bah. > How about _Fred Hembeck Destroys The Marvel Universe_? I remember the frustration I felt when, after much anticipation, I went looking for [FHDtMU](http://www.hembeck.com/Destruction.htm) only to learn it had been delayed (it didn’t end up being published 'til six years later). How about [Damage Control](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damage_Control_(comics)) or [Eminem/the Punisher](http://marvel.wikia.com/Eminem/The_Punisher_Vol_1_1)? In [Marvel Zombies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Zombies), all of the heroes become… Zombies! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-terrible-obscure-infamous-marvel-comic-titles/694097/19 "2014-07-26T18:20:18Z")
Everything published during “Assistant Editor’s Month”, January 1984. > **[Assistant Editor's Month 1984](https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Assistant_Editor's_Month_1984)** > > Assistant Editor's Month is a semi-regular event that happened at Marvel Comics wherein the Editors of Marvel Comics would give over full creative control over to their assistants, usually the end result would be something humorous. The premise for... _What If?_ volume 1, number 34, August 1982. “What if the Watcher were a stand-up comedian?” > **[What If? Vol 1 34](https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/What_If%3F_Vol_1_34)** > > Characters: Ben Grimm Johnny Storm Reed Richards Susan Storm Fantastic Four (Bananas) Reality: Earth-82801 The Fantastic Four are literally bananas; though patently absurd, it does have a certain appeal. Characters: Odin May Parker Spider-Man (Peter... ---
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