What is the most obsecure unknown comic book you have ever read?

Question

When I was a kid I read some italian and belgian comic books. Good titles like the paranormal mistery title Gordon Link or Great Blek. What is yours - it can be from the U.S. or around the world.

Answer 1

Marvel comics published a comic book titled Capt. Mar-Vell. This is well known, but when I was a kid, I remember reading a Capt. Mar-Vell title where the "new" Capt. Mar-vell had a very strange power. He was able to detach his body parts, such as his hands and his feet, use them while detached, and then re-attach them to his body. This only lasted a few issues, but it mesmerized me, and not many people know about this or remember it. I have read some disturbing small press comic books, all of whose titles escape me. They dealt with gross subjects and were immature, and I think maybe 10 people might have bought and read them. Small press and Independent comics are actually a good source for different comics to read, and not all are immature. If you want something a bit obscure, here are some titles to consider : Eightball, Flaming Carrot, American Splendor.

Answer 2

i remember when i was little one of my parents would go to this little drug store and i would tag along too. this drug store had a rack that was filled with comics,mostly Star Wars. Once i remember buying a Jurrasic Park-The Lost World comic book from there. I never really read comic books but now i read the comics in the newspaper everyday.

Answer 3

Good gravy, I'd forgotten about the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers! I read those back in college.

They were basically what you'd get if the Three Stooges took drugs. Franklin was the hot-tempered semi-leader, Phineas was the frizzy-haired straight man, and Fat Freddy was the comic relief (and usually the target of Franklin's temper).

There was also a side-story featuring the adventures of Fat Freddy's cat, who told of his amazing adventures as a secret agent, or escaping from prison, etc.

Answer 4

Does anyone remember Nexus,GrimJack, or Badger?

Nexus, created by Steve Rude, was first published by Capital Comics, then by First Comics in color, and now has been picked up by Dark Horse. The story followed the adventures of a man named Horatio Hellpop. He was greated great "fusionkasting" powers by a being known as the Merk; the catch is that he had to kill a certain number of mass murders as part of his duty, otherwise he would be tortured by the nightmares of their victims. The first person he killed was his own father.

Badger was mostly published by First Comics but was also picked up by First Comics. It chronicled the life of a violent, mentally unstable Vietnam War vet with multiple personalities named Norbert Sykes who joined up with "Ham, the Weather Wizard" and others.

As far as I am aware, GrimJack has only been published by First Comics. I only read a few, I believe it was about a bounty hunter whose soul would travel from person to person everytime the previous incarnation died.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

A good Japanese manga, known to Japan, Asia and Europe but obscure to the US and Canda, via manga, is Spriggan.

It talks about a corporation that protects ancient artifacts called out-of-place artifacts from being used by countries, paramilitaries, criminals and terrorists.

VIZ heavily edited it due to the author's potrayal of the US Military as a power-hungry entity of the American government seeking these relics to retain their status as a first-world country.

Answer 7

It's an Unknown Comic about the Unknown Comic.

It's called "Murray Langston - Did you hear about the American Indian who drank 100 gallons of tea?

He nearly drowned in his own tea pee".

Answer 8

It was “Directory to a Nonexistent Universe” and it was a spoof on the DC Who’s Who and the Marvel Directory.

It included such heroes as

Loose Linda (She was supposed to have a super strong metal skeleton and claws, but the doctor forgot to put it in, so she just kind of lies there limp.)

White Lightning (He throws lightning bolts that make people drunk. Plus it makes him drunk, so if a fight lasts too long, everybody’s plastered.)

Grow-Arm-Hair-Lad (his name tells you everything you need to know. The absolutely most useless character in all of comics.)

24 MAR 07, 2041 hrs, GMT.

Answer 9

I read Calvin and Hobbes
The comic books are big....
Now i see it on The Philippine Star - a newspaper in the Philippines

Answer 10

Aliens vs. Cowboys, a graphic novel by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, if I remember correctly.