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Fat Freddy wrote:

powermacho wrote:

I used to have this issue in my comic collection. No kiddin'.

By the way, if memory serves, this particular issue of "Jughead" appeared in 1982 or '83, long after the initial "punk" fad had faded away. Way to keep on top of current youth trends there, Archie Comics.

Fat Freddy wrote:

By the way, if memory serves, this particular issue of "Jughead" appeared in 1982 or '83, long after the initial "punk" fad had faded away. Way to keep on top of current youth trends there, Archie Comics.

He may have missed the boat on punk rock, but Jughead is way ahead of the heavy metal curve by being referred to as "Captain Thrash".

SpectreFate wrote:

He may have missed the boat on punk rock, but Jughead is way ahead of the heavy metal curve by being referred to as "Captain Thrash".

True story: I had a high school pal who was a very gifted artist/cartoonist who could do perfect renditions of the Archie characters. (He once did an X-rated "Archie" strip for a goof that has haunted my dreams for 20-something years now.)

As graduation approached, he had an idea of whipping up some sample strips in the hopes of getting a gig drawing Archie and asked me for help scripting them. I gave him a story about Reggie being unable to play a gig with "The Archies" so he got them a last minute replacement, who was a heavy metal guitarist. Needless to say, Heavy Metal Dude's shreddin' guitar riffs during the Archies performance caused ruptured eardrums, chaos and general mayhem (Jughead, behind the drums, fingers in his ears: "Leave it to Reggie to stick us with a tone-deaf heavy metallist!") to the point where the angry audience was chasing the Archies down the street in the last panel.

Sadly, once I handed the story over to my pal, he never got farther than drawing the first few panels because he had the attention span of a flea and he got distracted by other projects before it was finished. Oh well.

And as long as we're on the Archie topic... here's a classic.

And the Archie hits keep on comin'!

Teh internetz is a virtual cavalcade of unintentionally hilarious comic book panels from days gone by... check these out...



Someone should tell the Joker they have pills for this sorta thing nowadays.



Robin: Boy Wonder, or Teenage Pervert? You make the call.



I always knew Lois Lane was a freak.

Sometimes the comic book idea well dries up...

SpectreFate wrote:

Robin seems kinda disappointed that Batman doesn't "sound g&y." Could it be that all those rumors about them aren't true?

SpectreFate wrote:

Sometimes the comic book idea well dries up...

Super Man? More like Super Douche.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Super Man? More like Super Douche.

There's a whole web site full of Superman covers just like those, proving that Superman is, indeed, a d!ck.

http://www.superdickery.com

Looks like actually an Amber Alert is when you are being attacked by the Capital building in the Devil's Triangle.

The early 90s were loaded with "crossovers" between characters from different publishers (Spiderman/Batman, Batman/Spawn, etc.)... this may have been the weirdest one of 'em all though...I owned this book and y'know what? Oddly enough it actually kinda worked, believe it or not.

I don't even wanna know what happens in the next panel.



Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne... I always had a feeling about those guys.



Batman and Robin look like they're definitely into somethin' freaky here.



...well, that's a relief.



Robin, takes the Michael Hutchence/David Carradine route.

Follow up to the "Joker's Boner" one from a few posts back...



Where does one go to study "the Great Boners Of All Time?" Why, the Wayne Manor Library of course. At this point, I think if Bruce Wayne were a real person, he'd have to register in his community as a sex offender.

I really hate it when an army of zombies emerges from hiding, seemingly from nowhere.

Fat Freddy wrote:

The early 90s were loaded with "crossovers" between characters from different publishers (Spiderman/Batman, Batman/Spawn, etc.)... this may have been the weirdest one of 'em all though...I owned this book and y'know what? Oddly enough it actually kinda worked, believe it or not.

Ya know, I think I own/owned that one as well. I was a big Punisher fan back then, so I probably picked that up just because it was so damn funny.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

The early 90s were loaded with "crossovers" between characters from different publishers (Spiderman/Batman, Batman/Spawn, etc.)... this may have been the weirdest one of 'em all though...I owned this book and y'know what? Oddly enough it actually kinda worked, believe it or not.

Ya know, I think I own/owned that one as well. I was a big Punisher fan back then, so I probably picked that up just because it was so damn funny.

I have been meaning to look thru my 2 boxes of "keepers" to see if I still have this one but haven't had time yet. I may have hung onto it simply because it was so ridiculous.

"Rolling" the "Magic Grass?" I thought these kinds of comics were in black & white and sold behind the counter.

That fat kid in the last two panels looks like he's jonesin' pretty bad for that Magic Grass.

That's good advice, kids. NEVER TOUCH YOUR PARTNER. Unless you're prepared to marry her.

Picture thousands of red blooded American boys back in the 60s (before porn was so readily available) saying "Hmmm... this panel makes me feel funny... kinda like when I climb the rope in gym class..."

Pity poor sad Batman.

Before "Goth" was hip, Casper and Lady Vampire raised money for kids around the world with the aid of the Cub Scouts. Um... what?

Fat Freddy wrote:

Before "Goth" was hip, Casper and Lady Vampire raised money for kids around the world with the aid of the Cub Scouts. Um... what?

Ahhh Casper, so ahead of your time.

Tee hee. Superman said "Dyke."

Bad enough that the 70s and 80s were filled with badly dubbed Hong Kong karate movies, but we got badly translated Hong Kong karate comics too!