Not Brand Echh #10

Marvel's gleefully self-deprecating humor anthology returns with issue #10, and Marie Severin's jam-packed cover says it all — the tagline "Who Says a Comic Book Has to Be Good??" crowns a chaotic crowd scene bursting with caricatured versions of Spider-Man, the Hulk, Captain America, the Thing, Daredevil, Nick Fury, and a host of Marvel heroes and villains all crammed together in glorious, grinning mayhem. Severin's elastic, affectionate send-ups give every face its own comic personality, from a laughing Cap to a sneering one-eyed spy type to a serene Silver Surfer lookalike floating serenely amid the chaos. Inside, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby deliver "The Silver Burper!" — which, frankly, tells you everything you need to know about the irreverent spirit of Not Brand Echh in 1968.