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SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN Meets FANTASTIC FOUR WEEK! — It’s FANTASTIC FOUR WEEK! Because there’s a big ol’ movie coming out! Click here for the COMPLETE INDEX of columns and features! Flame on! — Dan — Spider-Man is all about power and responsibility. The Human Torch is all about, well, the Human Torch. Put them together, though, and they’re a couple of idiots. Observe: “As a kid I LOVED when Spider-Man and the Human Torch teamed up as good-natured rivals,” sez Kerry. “The first time I encountered it was in Marvel Team-Up #2, which I bought in 1972. It had an incredible kid-enticing cover! “Since I lived in the country, I didn’t have the opportunity to get many comics. At some point I decided to start making my own! Looking at the results, you can tell I was also pretty influenced by Mad magazine. Here’s a photo of a few. “Why do I mention all this? Well… I typically don’t take strip suggestions from people, but I found this commission request to be pretty dang funny. I tweaked things a bit, but the concept was his. “The title references the Civil War series, but I looked it up and Captain America has had SEVERAL funerals in his career. (I was trying to justify my retro approach.) Aside from the Civil War funeral in 2007, there was Captain America #445 in 2013, Captain America #50 in 2002, Punisher/Captain America: Blood & Glory #2 from 1992, What If? #26 in 1981, and Captain America #113 in 1969. His friends were probably sick of going to them!” — Want a commission? Send an email to KerryCallenArt@gmail.com. You can also find other work at linktr.ee/kerrycallen. — Worth noting: If you showed up today assuming you’d find PART 7 of Kerry’s What WAS the Comic Battle of the 20th Century? — featuring 1978’s MACHINE MAN vs. TEN-FOR — we’ll be running that next Sunday. — MORE — The Complete FANTASTIC FOUR WEEK INDEX of Columns and Features. Click here. — What WAS the Comic Battle of the 20th Century? PART 6 — 1976’s SUPERMAN vs. SPIDER-MAN. Click here. — KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels...
SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN! A SUPERMAN WEEK bonus! — Wrapping up SUPERMAN WEEK! Click here for the COMPLETE INDEX of columns and features! Look, up in the sky! — Dan — By KERRY CALLEN After a one-week gap, resuming my series reviewing 20th Century comic books that claim The Battle/Fight/Bout/Showdown of the Century on their covers… This week’s battle — SUPERMAN vs. THE SPIDER-MAN! First presented in 1976’s Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man. Written by Gerry Conway. Art by a team, including Ross Andru, Dick Giordano, Carmine Infantino, Neal Adams, Terry Austin, John Romita, Bob Wiacek, Jerry Serpe, Rick Taylor and Gaspar Saladino. WHY ARE THEY FIGHTING? First of all, let’s talk about how they even coexist! Superman is published by DC Comics, while Spider-Man is published by Marvel. They come from two different universes! However, in this joint-published, treasury-size book, it appears they’ve always existed together and merely have never met. Smart move. No story time is wasted with explaining “crossing dimensions” or such. New York City is holding a “World News Conference.” Anyone who’s anybody in the news business is attending, including Clark Kent — reporter, Lois Lane — reporter, Peter Parker — photographer, and Mary Jane Watson — um, trophy girlfriend? Lois later bumps into Peter and they start talking about how much they admire each other’s work. Mary Jane shows up sporting a ’tude. Yep. Superman shows up too! The gang’s all here. I wonder what wonderful… WHHAAAAA?! Did… did Superman just disintegrate Lois and Peter’s trophy girlfriend?!? Peter decides to investigate as Spider-Man, which treats us to this hi-larious panel. Clark Kent has been here the whole time? Something’s not right, now is it? Both our heroes decide to investigate outside the building. HOW EPIC IS THE BATTLE? I’m not sure why Spider-Man is so giddy to see Superman. He considers him either a murderer or a kidnapper! Superman considers Spider-Man a criminal and possibly behind the women’s disappearance. There’s going to be a fight! Superman against Spider-Man. This should last about two seconds. Hold on, there’s a couple of guys lurking in the shadows. And by “shadows” I mean a brightly lit rooftop. It’s Lex Luthor and Doctor Octopus! Luthor was masquerading as Superman! Our villains are pleased that Spider-Man is unexpectedly involved, and decide to give him a little boost to his power level. Looks like the...
SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN!
SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN!
