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Issue: Twisted Toyfare Theatre #4
Publication Date: January 2004
 
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Rating: Not Recommended for All Ages
Brand: Wizard
Indicia Publisher: Gareb Shamus Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/07/2004
Volume: 4
Pages: 108
ISBN: 0974325341
UPC/EAN: 978097432534750999
Price: $14.99 CAD
$9.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Not Recommended for All Ages
Content Items: 17 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date taken from an add in Toyfare: The Toy Magazine #84.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus
Umm.. what are you a doctor of, exactly?
Spider-Man doubts Doctor Octopus' credentials.
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Law Is War

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Jon; Ponch; Captain America; Red Skull; Conan; Human Torch; Riddler; Hombre Spectacular Incredible [Starsky]; Gary [Hutch]; Mr. Buttons; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Spider-Man; Cornelius; Hulk; Mr. Fantastic; Scarecrow; Invisible Woman; Wonder Woman; Robin; Speedy; Fonzie; Tarzan; Iron Man; Human Torch; Boss Hogg
Jon and Ponch are suspended after killing a penguin who was trying to give them an ice cream cone. They are replaced by Hombre Spectacular Incredible and Gary. They kill a cat while saving it from a tree. Spider-Man and Vision have a parking dispute. Jon and Ponch return to reclaim their jobs, and they decide to settle it in the ring. Jon and Ponch shoot them, discover they are really Starsky and Hutch, and kill them.
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Due to a cease-and-desist letter DC Comics sent Toyfare, DC characters are not allowed to be reprinted in collections. However, several DC characters can be seen in crowd scenes of this story, some with minor photoshopping.
Beach Blanket Mego

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Spider-Man; Thor; Ponch; Iron Man; Mr. Fantastic; Bucky; Sandman; Hulk; Daisy Duke; Captain America
Everyone is at the beach. Iron Man has rusted together, and is attacked by crabs. Bucky is building a sandcastle unknowingly out of Sandman, but Hulk smashes it. Hulk continues to run around the beach, smashing sandcastles, until he comes across Daisy, who is also smashing sandcastles. They fall in love and date. Everything is going well until Daisy is eaten by a shark. Atlantis attacks, and a now buff Bucky tries to stop them, but is killed. Everyone dances.
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Y2K Monkey Business

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Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Mr. Buttons [Iron Cat]; Iron Man; Professor Xavier; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Living Laser; Whirlwind; Dr. Doom; Magneto
Mr. Fantastic tries to turn Thing human, but instead turns him into a pile of goo. He realizes it is due to Y2K. Elsewhere, while trying to save a cat, Iron Man's armor comes off him and goes onto the cat. Cerebro gives Professor Xavier hair, Vision can't perform in bed, S.H.I.E.L.D. can't connect to AOL, and Whirlwind's card is stuck in the ATM. Richards tries to get Doom to help, but he refuses, and is crushed by Asteroid M.
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Variations on a Theme Park

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Invisible Woman; Thing; Franklin Richards; Namor; Colossus; Uatu; Kingpin; Fonzie; Northstar; Magneto; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Lizard; Red Skull; Mario; Professor Xavier; Cyclops; Hulk; Thor; Spider-Man; Green Goblin; Dr. Doom
Invisible Woman has Thing take Franklin to Universal Studios. Colossus gives out Fastball Special rides, Uatu guesses people's weights, Northstar is in a parade, and Magneto manipulates the ball throw. Thing and Franklin go to the Food Court Axis of Evil. Professor Xavier mind-controls people at the haunted X-Mansion and Green Goblin threatens people in the Spider-Man ride. When Franklin yells at Doom, he throws him out. Sue had a good time with Namor while they were away.
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The Way We Wuz

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Falcon; Thing; Captain America; Northstar; Vision; Hulk; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; Bucky; Franklin Richards; Kingpin; Daredevil; Green Goblin; Magneto
Falcon, Thing, Captain America, Northstar, Vision, and Hulk play poker and tell their origin stories. Elsewhere, Daredevil accidentally went to the wrong poker game.
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Idol Hands

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Alex Trebek; Colossus; Human Torch; Red Skull; Magneto; Punisher; Kang; Silver Surfer; Wolverine; Spider-Man; Dr. Doom; Scarlet Witch; Henry Winkler; William Shatner; Mork [Robin Williams]; Lizard; Kraven; Venom; Electro; Gene Simmons; Northstar; Professor Xavier; Cyclops; Phoenix; Thor; Hulk; Hawkeye; Bucky; Thing; Captain America; Falcon; Vision; Mephisto; Mr. Fantastic; Franklin Richards; Human Torch; Negative Zone alien
Alex Trebek hosts "Ultimate Idol," to decide who will be the next ultimate comic book. The Spider-Man villains make a KISS cover band, Northstar juggles, Professor X raps, Hawkeye does archery, the Thing shows off his piercing, Captain America and Falcon preach black power, the Vision tells jokes, Mephisto skateboards, Invisible Women breaks a record, and a Negative Zone alien plays the piano and sings. In the end, Shatner crashes the stage and wins his own ultimate comic book.
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Twenty, Twenty, 24 Hours to Go

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Nick Fury; President Falcon (Skrull); M.O.D.O.K.; Captain America; Electro; Bucky; Kraven; Green Goblin; Lizard; Cyclops; Steve Irwin; Iron Man; Jarvis; Red Skull; Redwing
Fury warns President Falcon that there is a nuclear bomb in Megoville. He enlists Captain America to find it. He interrogates Electro, who points him to Kraven. He warns Bucky. Kraven helps him after he brings him the head of his worst enemy, Steve Irwin. A bomb goes off at the Avengers mansion. Redwing shows up with the detonator, tries to warn Cap that the Falcon and half of Megoville are Skrulls, and the bomb is there to stop them, but Cap kills him.
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'Bots All, Folks!

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Willie; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Thing; Human Torch; H.E.R.B.I.E.; Franklin Richards; Dr. Doom; Haley Joel Osment; M.O.D.O.K.; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Mysterio; Soundwave;
Human Torch gets mad when the others get checks from the Fantastic Four cartoon where he was replaced by H.E.R.B.I.E. He decides to get his revenge by entering H.E.R.B.I.E. in a battle bots competition, and takes Franklin with him. However, H.E.R.B.I.E. wins, so Human Torch decides to fight him. He ends up in traction.
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Crisis on Infinite Megovilles!

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Spider-Man; May Parker; Watcher; Black Bolt; Iron Man; Mr. Buttons [Iron Cat]; Cable; Franklin Richards; Alex Powers; Katie Powers; Hulk; Dr. Strange; Moon Knight; Hellboy; Lizard; Punisher; Man Thing; Falcon; Daredevil; Venow; C3-PO; R2-D2; Negative Zone alien; Namor; Human Torch; Captain America; Lord Pumpkin; Sludge; Brian Michael Bendis; Solar; Turok; Prince Xixor; Usagi Yojimbo; Lara Croft; Scarlet Spider; borg; Wolverine; Gladiator; Dormammu; Professor Xavier; Thanos; Silver Surfer
When Aunt May uses the Infinity Gauntlet to make wheatcakes, it creates a crisis which threatens all realities. The Watcher enlists Spider-Man's help. They travel to many different universes, gathering people to help them. Finally they return to the Megoverse to confront Aunt May. She turns over the gauntlet, but is killed by the Defenders' van. Everyone eats wheatcakes.
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28 Smurfs Later

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Brainy Smurf; Chef Smurf; Jokey Smurf; Hefty Smurf; Papa Smurf; Smurfette; Handy Smurf; Allstar Seaworthy; Dimmy; Casey; Gargamel; Azrael; Harmony Smurf
Brainy Smurf sprays the Smurfberries with a special fertilizer, but it ends up turning the Smurfs into zombies. Jokey uses a bomb to prank the other Smurfs instead of stop the zombies. Hefty eats another Smurf. Papa Smurf takes charge, but is infected when they stopped to rest. He is killed. Azrael is infected by eating infected Smurfs. Gargamel kills him. Brainy and Smurfette make it to a castle where Harmony saves them. Smurfette is taken by the zombies, so the other Smurfs use Brainy as their woman.
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Electile Dys-Func-Tion

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Boss Hogg; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Maria Shriver; Professor Xavier; Stephen Hawking; George W. Bush; Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Thomas Jefferson; Glenn Beck; Curt Conners; Wormtongue; Storm; Predator; Northstar; Banshee; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Clarence Thomas
When Mayor Hogg is arrested, Megoville has a special election for his replacement. Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to run and so does George W. Bush, even though he is still the president of the United States. Mr. Fantastic is worried about the consequences, and brings back America's third greatest president, Thomas Jefferson, to run against him. Also running is Curt Conners and Predator. Jefferson goes on with Glenn Beck, Bush campaigns, and Jefferson hits on Storm. Schwarzenegger and Predator debate. In the end, Bush wins with 32% of the votes, even though Schwarzenegger has 58%.
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Electile Dys-Func-Tion

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Boss Hogg; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Maria Shriver; Professor Xavier; Stephen Hawking; George W. Bush; Mr. Fantastic; Thing; Thomas Jefferson; Glenn Beck; Curt Conners; Wormtongue; Storm; Predator; Northstar; Banshee; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Clarence Thomas
When Mayor Hogg is arrested, Megoville has a special election for his replacement. Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to run and so does George W. Bush, even though he is still the president of the United States. Mr. Fantastic is worried about the consequences, and brings back America's third greatest president, Thomas Jefferson, to run against him. Also running is Curt Conners and Predator. Jefferson goes on with Glenn Beck, Bush campaigns, and Jefferson hits on Storm. Schwarzenegger and Predator debate. In the end, Bush wins with 32% of the votes, even though Schwarzenegger has 58%.
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My Big Fat Fat Wedding

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May Parker; Spider-Man; Otto Octavius; Electro; Kraven; Vulture; Mysterio; Lizard; Hulk; J. Jonah Jameson; Red Skull; Dr. Doom; Magneto; Venom; Dormammu; Kingpin; Skrulls; Quicksilver; Blade; Green Goblin; Kirk; Siegfried; Roy; Elvis
When May and Otto start dating, Spider-Man sees things he can't unsee. They decide to get married in Vegas. They travel by plane with many other villains from Megoverse. The Vulture is sucked into the turbine. At the hotel, Kraven, Lizard, and Electro dine on Siegfried and Roy's tiger. At the wedding, a robber runs through and kills Otto, which Spider-Man is pretty okay with.
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Gamma, Gamma Hey!

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Dr. Hulk; Rick Jones; Dr. Blonsky [Abomination]; Betty Ross; Spider-Man
During an experiment, Dr. Hulk sees a kid at the testing area. They can't stop the test, so he goes out and punches the kid out of the way. The radiation turns him into Hulk. Hulk tells this story to Spider-Man. Spider-Man points out that last week he said his origin was that his parents were gunned down by Hulks. Rick Jones lands on their table.
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Though most stories in this collection were printed elsewhere, this is an original story.
Pole Position

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Green Goblin; Venom; Wolverine; Storm; Spider-Man; Daredevil; Hulk
Green Goblin dares Venom to lick a flagpole. His tongue gets stuck. Wolverine, Storm, Spider-Man, and Daredevil go by. Green Goblin gets Hulk to help get Venom unstuck, but they end up decapitating him and leaving the body there.
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All characters are MiniMates by Art Asylum.
My Way, Right Away

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Boba Fett; Jango Fett; Cyclon
Boba and Jango are discussing the Spider-Man Movie as they go to a fast food restaurant. Jango points out that if Attack of the Clones had bombed, they would have ended up working at a fast food restaurant... like the Cyclon at the counter. Boba insults him some more, and so the Cylons give him a "special."
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