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Issue: What The--?! #4
Publication Date: November 1988
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Issues: #4 of 26 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
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 (10 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
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
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Salicrup
First Line: Well, this is it.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Paul Wardle, A Proud Collector, and Thom E. Lake. Salicrup's Section.
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Mutant Beach Party! Chapter 2 The Fall on the Mutants

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, superhero
First Line: Stalked by an ominous consortium of their most deadly and most implacable enemies...
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Pages: 7
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What If Shang-Chew Were a Fast Food Cook?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, martial arts
First Line: I am Shang-Chew. My hands are deadly weapons, and so are my feet...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Day brothers drawing a Master of Kung Fu parody. How cool is that?
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The Wacky Disciple of Doctor Deranged!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Deranged
Character(s): Doctor Deranged
First Line: Watching Benny Barumpbump, you'd just know...
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Pages: 7
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When Titans Clash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous
First Line: 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
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Lone Wolvie; Chris
First Line: I'm the best at what I do.
Synopsis: 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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Disclose Notes: 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.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Captain America; Baron Zemo; The Controller; Madam Masque; Molecule Man; Doctor Doom
First Line: I've found the secret hideout!
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Hard Ball!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Capt. Marvel Ball; Wonder Ball; She-Bubbles; Black Bounce; Ghost Roller; Subunderhander
First Line: 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
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Forbush Man
Character(s): Forbush Man
First Line: 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
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Starchy
Character(s): Starchy; Moronica
First Line: Moronica! I'm home!
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Bullish Bulletins

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Genghis Khublai Hablai Diablo Jones
First Line: Truly, the end of an era. What The --?! will be missed.
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Disclose Notes: Quote of the Month; Pro File On: Genghis Khublai Hablai Diablo Jones; Hype Box
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An Important Message for the Readers of What The--?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Fred Hembeck; Sister Voodoo
First Line: 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
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Witness a universe beyond the ken of mere mortals-- a universe of breathtaking-- uhm-- reality!
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