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Issue: What The--?! #4
Publication Date: November 1988
 
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 07/26/1988
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07148602112411
Price: $1.75 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
14 (11 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Jim Salicrup (editor); Glenn Herdling (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Mike's Amazing World.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: originally a limited series but became an ongoing series
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Mutant Beach Party Part Two!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Hector Collazo (signed)
Bob Wiacek (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jim Salicrup; ?
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typeset
Subject Matter
What the--Mail?!
Jim Salicrup
Well, this is it.
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Letters from Paul Wardle, A Proud Collector, and Thom E. Lake. Salicrup's Section.
Mutant Beach Party! Chapter 2 The Fall on the Mutants

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Kurt Busiek
Hector Collazo
Kyle Baker
Gregory Wright
Rick Parker
Subject Matter
humorous
Stalked by an ominous consortium of their most deadly and most implacable enemies...
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What If Shang-Chew Were a Fast Food Cook?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Michael Eury
David Day
Dan Day
Gregory Wright
Rick Parker
Subject Matter
humorous
I am Shang-Chew. My hands are deadly weapons, and so are my feet...
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The Day brothers drawing a Master of Kung Fu parody. How cool is that?
The Wacky Disciple of Doctor Deranged!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Fred Hembeck
Fred Hembeck
Fred Hembeck
George Roussos
Rick Parker
Subject Matter
humorous
Doctor Deranged
Doctor Deranged
Watching Benny Barumpbump, you'd just know...
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When Titans Clash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Peter David
Gary Fields
Gary Fields
Gregory Wright [as Greg Wright]
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Subject Matter
humorous
And now, for you fans of the New Universe-- both of you-- we present the most demanded feature of all time!..
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Lone Wolvie and Chris

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
humorous
Lone Wolvie; Chris
I'm the best at what I do.
Lone Wolvie and his boy Chris encounter a group of deadly ninjas, but they are all brought down by Chris' verbosity.
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This is a parody of the manga "Lone Wolf and Cub". The father/samurai in this episode resembles Wolverine, while the boy resembles Chris Claremont.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Marc Siry
Marc Siry
Hector Collazo
Gregory Wright
Rick Parker
Subject Matter
humorous
Captain America
Captain America; Baron Zemo; The Controller; Madam Masque; Molecule Man; Doctor Doom
I've found the secret hideout!
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Hard Ball!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Scott Lobdell
Gary Fields
Gary Fields
Gregory Wright
Gary Fields
Subject Matter
humorous
Capt. Marvel Ball; Wonder Ball; She-Bubbles; Black Bounce; Ghost Roller; Subunderhander
Somewhere on one of the seven seas, the evil Captain Bad and his crew of bloodthirsty pirates are about to board an unsuspecting cruise ship...
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The Last Charlie America

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Scott Lobdell
Ron Zalme
Ron Zalme
Gregory Wright
Ron Zalme
Subject Matter
humorous
Forbush Man
Forbush Man
It began in a secret clandestine covert meeting of the Commissary... (one which nobody knows about...)
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Four Pages with Starchy

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
David Schwartz [as Dave Schwartz]
David Schwartz [as Dave Schwartz]
Jon D'Agostino
Gregory Wright [as Greg Wright]
Rick Parker
Subject Matter
humorous
Starchy
Starchy; Moronica
Moronica! I'm home!
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Bullish Bulletins
Genghis Khublai Hablai Diablo Jones
Truly, the end of an era. What The --?! will be missed.
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Quote of the Month; Pro File On: Genghis Khublai Hablai Diablo Jones; Hype Box
An Important Message for the Readers of What The--?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Fred Hembeck
Fred Hembeck
Fred Hembeck
Fred Hembeck
Subject Matter
humorous
Fred Hembeck; Sister Voodoo
Hello, everybody! This is Fred Hembeck, cartoonist -humorist-acupuncturist and contibutor to the last 3 issues of this fine publication...
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The You Universe!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Adam Blaustein
Hector Collazo
Joe Albelo
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Subject Matter
humorous
Witness a universe beyond the ken of mere mortals-- a universe of breathtaking-- uhm-- reality!
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