Mucho Grande, El: Wrestler for Hire

(Airwave, 2003)
™ and © Airwave Comics

If I Dream of Jeannie and Spells didn’t already prove it, then this comic book will: Yambar is the king of whimsical weirdness.

El Mucho Grande is an 8½-foot tall, 2,500-pound Mexican wrestler who has just moved to Wisconsin, taken a job as U.S. ambassador to Saturn, and unwittingly unleashed Ragnarok. Now, that’s weird. And when it’s revealed that he was so big as a baby that it took two women to give birth to him, that isn’t just weird; it’s hilarious.

Teamed up with fellow Jeannie collaborators Broderick and Ken Wheaton, El Mucho Grande is another treat that can be enjoyed by children of all ages. The only complaint? Although the book is broken into four stories, 64 pages of whimsy can be a bit exhausting, especially at the breakneck gag-a-minute pace.

Jokes, gags, parody, satire: It’s all here. There’s even an appearance by Golden Age Green Lantern creator Mart Nodell! Just be sure to read this in segments to avoid a case of comedic indigestion.

— Jim Johnson

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#1

Cover Price: $5.95
1 copy available for $94.98

#2

Cover Price: $5.95
1 copy available for $34.98

Chris Yambar