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Issue: What The--?! #1
Publication Date: August 1988
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Issues: #1 of 26 Issues (36 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Carl Potts (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
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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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...When Titans Tussle!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inker(s): Al Milgrom (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Switching Channels with Dr. Doof!!!!!

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Accounts Overdrawn--Checks Returned for Lack of Funds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter B. Gillis
Penciller(s): Hilary Barta
Inker(s): John Severin
Colorist(s): Petra Scotese
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Pulveriser
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStar Magazine #9 published May 1991
as Conti in rosso... assegni scoperti [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Any comedy strip drawn by Hilary Barta gets automatic points from me; he's one of three modern artists I can think of with a Mad-quality combination of goofiness and manic energy (the other two being Kevin O'Neill and Flint Henry).
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The Armor That Made a Man Out of Mac

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marc Siry
Penciller(s): Marc Siry
Inker(s): Marc Siry
Colorist(s): Marc Siry
Letterer(s): Marc Siry; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The first of many Charles Atlas parodies in which Mac becomes various Marvel characters.
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Bower Brats Meet Clunk and Dagnabbit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Austin
Penciller(s): June Brigman
Inker(s): Terry Austin
Colorist(s): Glynis Oliver
Letterer(s): Jim Novak
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Yubewasted

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Milgrom
Penciller(s): Al Milgrom
Inker(s): Al Milgrom
Colorist(s): Al Milgrom
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Parody of the traditional self-defense book ad.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bullish Bulletins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bullpen Bulletins parody with Pro File on: Harry Bernmont & Checklist (fake comic titles)
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When Titans Bunch!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter B. Gillis
Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove
Inker(s): Al Milgrom
Colorist(s): Greg Wright
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Unnecessary X-Persons & New Pubescents
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Secret Wars III

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Gruenwald [as Gwen Dibley]
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): John Severin
Colorist(s): Max Scheele
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStar Magazine #9 published May 1991
as Guerre Segrete III [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Gruenwald credit revealed in Carl Potts' blog:

http://generaleclectic123.blogspot.com/2008/10/marvelous-tales-steve-ditko.html
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): What the--Mail?!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Joke letters from Lisa Glynn, John Voskamp, Lewis Long, Orson Keyes, Jennifer Majewski.
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Famous Inkers School

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Austin
Penciller(s): Terry Austin
Inker(s): Terry Austin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad parody for a mythical inker's school run by Terry Austin on the back cover. The "self-portait" of Austin looks a lot like Ziggy Pig.

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