Slapstick #1

Part 1 of 4 kicks off Marvel's 1992 limited series with a cover that announces itself with gleeful, cartoonish confidence — a wide-mouthed, purple-haired clown villain unleashes a thunderous "MU-HU-HA-HA-HA!" while a caped, blue-hatted figure crashes into a crowd of startled bystanders, all rendered with sharp energy by penciler James Fry and inker Terry Austin. The tagline says it all: "He's here! The hero who laughs at danger!" — and Slapstick wastes no time making that promise feel delightfully literal. Writer Len Kaminski and the creative team set the tone for what looks to be a wonderfully irreverent superhero romp right from the opening page of covers.