Sledge Hammer #2

Marvel's 1988 adaptation of the beloved TV parody series delivers its second issue with a cover that's almost as self-aware as the show itself — Spider-Man crashes through a window trading guns with the plaid-jacketed Sledge Hammer while a third figure gets knocked sprawling across a desk in the chaos. Alex Saviuk and Joe Sinnott are clearly having a ball here, as the cover playfully winks at readers with on-cover text questioning whether Spider-Man's appearance is just "a cheap trick to make you buy this comic" — and then teases that Sledge might actually be a mutant. Based on Alan Spencer's cult TV series, this irreverent Marvel title shows Jim Salicrup and artist Alex Saviuk bringing the same sharp comedic energy to the page that made the show a fan favorite.