Not Brand Echh #2

Marvel's gleefully self-deprecating humor magazine returns with issue #2, and the cover — penciled and inked by Marie Severin — says it all: a larger-than-life Spidey-Man bursts through a wall while a crowd of parody figures scrambles around him, including Gnatman and a small Robin-esque sidekick, a robot-headed villain, and several bewildered bystanders. The tagline "Who SAYS a comic book has to be good??" sets the irreverent tone perfectly for stories pitting Spidey-Man against Gnatman and Rotten, Ironed Man versus Magnut the Robot Biter, and Knock Furious, Agent of S.H.E.E.S.H. against the Blunder Agents. For anyone who loves their superheroes served with a generous side of absurdity, this 1967 gem delivers the laughs in full.