Jack Kirby & Stan Lee parody phemselves

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, February 7, 2008 3:11 PM | permalink

Stephen Worth says:

It's rare for a publisher to allow a parody of its own characters, and unheard of for the creator himself to get the opportunity to make fun of his own creation. But back in the late sixties, the powers that be at Marvel didn't take themselves quite so seriously. Here we have the unthinkable... Jack Kirby and Stan Lee doing a parody of their own Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer comics!
"The Fabulous Fantastical Four Suffer Through The Saga Of The Silver Burper!" Marvel's Not Brand Echh! #1 (1967)

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#1 posted by Beryllium , February 7, 2008 3:22 PM

This would have made for a *much* more entertaining movie.

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#2 posted by 5000!

, February 7, 2008 3:49 PM

I don't know how "rare" this stuff is. Marvel seems like it has a pretty long history of self-satire with titles like Not Brand Echh! and Peter Porker: Spider-Ham.

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#3 posted by License Farm

, February 7, 2008 3:59 PM

Don't forget What The--?! and all the Fred Hembeck stuff from Marvel Age and Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe. DC has gotten into the act a little in recent years with the Bizarro Comics anthologies.

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#4 posted by MonkeyT , February 7, 2008 4:39 PM

Not as outrageous, but still pretty fun, an edition of the early "What If?" comic had the original Marvel Bullpen becoming the Fantastic Four.

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#5 posted by Kaiser , February 7, 2008 4:44 PM

Peally? Pow! Pery Pool.

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#6 posted by 5000!

, February 7, 2008 5:23 PM

Ah, What The--?! was the other one I was trying to think of. And I had totally forgotten about Fred Hembeck! Good times!

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#7 posted by David Bruce Murray , February 7, 2008 8:49 PM

I always thought the regular Fantastic Four comics were parodies.

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#8 posted by Beastmouth , February 7, 2008 10:53 PM

Umm, zombie Spiderman figures, y'all?

Idk about anyone else, but these things were the bees knees to all my comic-buying friends as the local comic shop closed its doors forever...

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#9 posted by TechnoLustLuddite , February 7, 2008 11:20 PM

Sorry, i have to be the first jerk to say it:
"Phemselves?" The P isn't anywhere near the T on the keyboard. Not even Dvorak! ;p

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#10 posted by Crawford Tillinghast , February 7, 2008 11:26 PM

I still prefer Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Fantastic Freak Four parody myself.

(Okay, I'm only yanking your chains folks, don't actually go looking for that one. Or if you do come across anything like it, by all means let me know.)

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#11 posted by Takuan , February 7, 2008 11:33 PM

The Hog of Steel.

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#12 posted by interrobang

, February 8, 2008 4:35 AM

Yes, it was unheard of, because we live in an alternate reality where MAD never existed!

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#13 posted by Ben

, February 8, 2008 5:49 AM

Don't forget Hembeck's Fantastic Four Roast. I still have that one up in the attic. Yuks aplenty.

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