Marvel Tails

    (Marvel, 1983)
™ and © Marvel Characters, Inc.

This humor title finds Marvel’s popular characters recast as funny animals. In addition to Spider-Ham, there is also Captain Americat and the Hulk-Bunny. Interestingly, aside from a few sight gags, these are fairly straightforward super-hero stories by Marvel standards. Spider-Ham’s sarcastic retorts are completely in the character of the real Spider-Man and Captain Americat possesses the dogged determination of Captain America, even though he is a cat. Since many of Marvel’s stories have humorous elements anyway, it requires a more absurd approach to set it apart as a humor book.

A backup story featuring the Ghost Rider as the Goose Rider is more successful since by contrast there is little that is funny about the source material.

— George Haberberger
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Marvel Tails #1

November, 1983
Cover Price: $0.60
5 copies available from $39.95 		Tom DeFalco, Steve MellorMark Armstrong, Steve Mellor
Marvel Tails #1 Newsstand Edition

November, 1983
Cover Price: $0.60
1 copy available for $64.99 		Newsstand Edition by Steve Mellor; 1st Appearance of Captain Americat; 1st Appearance of Goose Rider; 1st Appearance of Hulk Bunny; 1st Appearance of Peter Porker; One-shot Tom DeFalco, Steve MellorMark Armstrong, Steve Mellor