09/01/2026
What The—?! Vol.1 #7
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Published by Marvel in February of 1990. Written by Scott Lobdell, Marc Siry, Kelly Corvese, Marc McLauren, Richard Howell, and Sholly Fisch. Art by Rurick Tyler, Donald Hudson, Siry, and Howell. Cover by John Byrne.
What The is a Marvel parody anthology that pokes fun at superhero comics, particularly the idea of a massive Marvel/DC crossover. In the main story, “Us Against Them!”, Marvel’s Revengers and DC’s Just-A-League are manipulated by villains into fighting each other, but the battle quickly becomes an absurd, self-aware comedy filled with ridiculous character behavior, terrible superhero names, fourth-wall jokes, and commentary about comic-book storytelling and sales. The issue also features a humorous Patsy Walker/Hellcat story in which Patsy struggles against her old teen-romance-comic identity, represented by her mother Dorothy, ultimately breaking the fourth wall and literally taking control of her own story. The remaining stories are shorter parodies involving the Fantastic Four, mutants, Spider-Man, and other Marvel characters, making the entire issue a deliberately silly satire of superhero conventions.