Not Brand Echh #7

Marvel's beloved humor title delivers a "nutty new origin issue" with this 1968 entry, promising spoof retellings of both the Fantastical Four and the dollar-signed "Stupor-Man." Marie Severin's cover art bursts with gleeful chaos — a scowling Stupor-Man crouches front and center surrounded by a small army of caped blue animals wearing his insignia, while lumpy Thing-analogues, a flaming figure, a stretchy blue giant, and a kid clutching an Amazing Spider-Man comic jostle for space in the background. It's a wonderfully absurd snapshot of 1968 Marvel at its most delightfully self-deprecating, asking with a wink: "Who says a comic book has to be good??