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Crazy
Collects Crazy (2019) #1; Obnoxio the Clown (1983) #1; material from Crazy Magazine (1973) #9, 20, 22, 28, 31, 39, 42, 57, 59-60, 62-63, 65-66, 68-72, 75-90, 92-94; Marvel Meow Variants. Marvel's most demented humor mascot is Obnoxio the Clown! No hero is safe! No comic-book event is sacred! Have we gone Crazy? Yes! And to prove it, we've unsealed the Crazy Vault and rummaged through the hilarious history of the classic funny mag! Witness Obnoxio's unsettling origin and cringe as he takes on the X-Men! Go mean green with Chester Weems, the Teen Hulk! Brace yourself for Retread Funnies, classic Silver Age tales with a twist! Experience the Do-It-Yourself Comic Book! And split your sides with more Marvel mirth! Plus, to top things off, enjoy a gallery of adorable Marvel Meow variant covers! We're Crazy? You're crazy!
248 pages, Paperback
Published January 28, 2020
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Marvel Comics
9,962 books414 followersMarvel Publishing, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media. Marvel Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, owns Marvel Publishing (since 2009).
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Daredevil, Thor, the Sub-Mariner, the Punisher, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, and the Silver Surfer; antagonists such as Dr. Doom, the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Magneto, Sabretooth, Galactus, the Red Skull, the Kingpin, and Bullseye; and others. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locales set in real-life cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
The comic book arm of the company started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, with the company later that year launching Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Marvel has since become the largest American comic book publisher, surpassing its longtime competitor DC Comics.
On December 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion.
--from Wikipedia
Note: Although currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, this author is kept separate due to it's long history prior to it's acquisition - over 70 years.
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Daredevil, Thor, the Sub-Mariner, the Punisher, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, and the Silver Surfer; antagonists such as Dr. Doom, the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Magneto, Sabretooth, Galactus, the Red Skull, the Kingpin, and Bullseye; and others. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locales set in real-life cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
The comic book arm of the company started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, with the company later that year launching Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Marvel has since become the largest American comic book publisher, surpassing its longtime competitor DC Comics.
On December 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion.
--from Wikipedia
Note: Although currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, this author is kept separate due to it's long history prior to it's acquisition - over 70 years.
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October 30, 2020
Half a star.
This is a hideously curated collection of bits-and-pieces from Marvel's MAD rip-off, Crazy. I have fond memories of Crazy from around age 10, including some hilarious parodies that I didn't expect to be included here, since they would surely piss off people in today's PC climate. But could they have chosen ANYTHING funny for inclusion in this collection, especially since, barring an omnibus geared towards nostalgic collectors with too much disposable income, this is all of the classic Crazy that we're ever likely to get..? A huge chunk of this volume is taken up by 2019's Crazy one-shot and a reprint of 1983's OBNOXIO THE CLOWN VS. THE X-MEN (It wasn't especially funny in 1983, and it hasn't gotten better with age.), there are a handful of Crazy covers (Nicely done, but...unnecessary here.), a LOOONG, unfunny tutorial on how to create your own Marvel comic, some horrendously unfunny Marvel singalongs, and close to ONE HUNDRED PAGES of Teen Hulk. Really. One PAGE of Teen Hulk is all that you need to see that it isn't funny. Editor Jennifer Grunwald must have the worst sense of humor ever to think that anyone would need this dreck to be presented in what I assume is its entirety. And...is this really the place to collect "Marvel Meow" variant covers...? They could have included a few Dirk McGirk strips on those pages!
To be sure, there are a few funny bits in this collection. The new issue of Crazy is better than I expected it would be, some of the old Lee/Kirby/Ditko comics get redialogued and generate a few laughs, and the rejected Marvel comic characters are the highlight of the book. But overall, this is just a wasted opportunity. I can't imagine any new readers would pick this up and want another volume, and older readers will just shake their head and wonder who the hell chose these contents.
This is a hideously curated collection of bits-and-pieces from Marvel's MAD rip-off, Crazy. I have fond memories of Crazy from around age 10, including some hilarious parodies that I didn't expect to be included here, since they would surely piss off people in today's PC climate. But could they have chosen ANYTHING funny for inclusion in this collection, especially since, barring an omnibus geared towards nostalgic collectors with too much disposable income, this is all of the classic Crazy that we're ever likely to get..? A huge chunk of this volume is taken up by 2019's Crazy one-shot and a reprint of 1983's OBNOXIO THE CLOWN VS. THE X-MEN (It wasn't especially funny in 1983, and it hasn't gotten better with age.), there are a handful of Crazy covers (Nicely done, but...unnecessary here.), a LOOONG, unfunny tutorial on how to create your own Marvel comic, some horrendously unfunny Marvel singalongs, and close to ONE HUNDRED PAGES of Teen Hulk. Really. One PAGE of Teen Hulk is all that you need to see that it isn't funny. Editor Jennifer Grunwald must have the worst sense of humor ever to think that anyone would need this dreck to be presented in what I assume is its entirety. And...is this really the place to collect "Marvel Meow" variant covers...? They could have included a few Dirk McGirk strips on those pages!
To be sure, there are a few funny bits in this collection. The new issue of Crazy is better than I expected it would be, some of the old Lee/Kirby/Ditko comics get redialogued and generate a few laughs, and the rejected Marvel comic characters are the highlight of the book. But overall, this is just a wasted opportunity. I can't imagine any new readers would pick this up and want another volume, and older readers will just shake their head and wonder who the hell chose these contents.
March 6, 2021
I went into this thinking it would be something in the vein of What If...? but it's just a shoddy MAD Magazine rip-off. Most of the jokes are very inside baseball, which means that most readers won't get them. Some of the parodies of old comic book ads (e.g., Hostess Fruit Cakes) are good, but most fall flat.
Art is generally bad, too.
Art is generally bad, too.
November 25, 2021
This collection of Marvel related pieces from the humor magazine Crazy is a mixed bag. It is probably not well served by putting all of the “Teen Hulk” stories (more than 1/3 of the book) together. They are pretty formulaic, and it gets tiresome to read too many in a row.
February 21, 2020
Silly fun, but entirely missable.
April 11, 2020
While not the strongest and sometimes aged, it's a nice time capsule of Disney history.
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