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Beyond Bizarre
A categorical listing of Beyond Bizarre curated by Key Collector Comics.
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- 8-page promotional comic meant to instruct Americans on how to survive a nuclear attack
- Issued by the Ohio Office of Civil Defense
- Topics include: identifying an impending attack, understanding different air raid sirens, how to react to the bright flash of a detonation, how to decontaminate from radioactive debris and more
- Back cover displays death toll projections if a nuclear event occurs
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- In 1967, Marvel began rewarding readers who performed a 'meritorious service to the cause of Marveldom' with an empty envelope that contained a 'No-Prize'
- Readers qualified to receive a 'No-Prize' by pointing out a continuity error, providing an explanation for an error, sharing a creative idea or winning a contest
- The 'No-Prize' award evolved from a reply to a reader in the letters column of Fantastic Four #22 which caused an influx of letters pointing out any little error and also confusion over not receiving a physical prize from Marvel which led to the distribution of the empty envelopes
- Although it was Stan Lee who coined the phrase and the idea, later editors continued the tradition into the late 80s
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- 40-page printer's proof of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)
- A printer's proof is a sample that is printed to examine the correctness of the issue before printing the entire run
- This one-of-a-kind, historical proof was found in a small print shop in Biddeford, Maine a few years after the publication of issue #1, after the Turtles had already exploded in popularity
- The men who found it traded it to Downeast Comics which operated between the years of 1986 - 1994, in Brunswick, Maine
- The owner paid for the proof with store stock and held onto it before auctioning it on Comic Link in 2020 for $12,472 with 77 bids
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- In the story, 'The Main Event' the Incredible Hulk challenges Hulk Hogan for the use of the name Hulk in what appears to be an unfriendly commentary from Marvel (courtesy of Peter David) aimed at Hogan
- After handling Hogan, the Hulk says, “Any other of you clowns want to swipe a name you don’t deserve just to get ahead?”
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- After every inch of the Punisher's face is horribly disfigured by Jigsaw, he undergoes a skin graft and wakes up five days later as a black man
- In issue #62, while engaged in a fight, the Punisher's doctor notices that his 'treatment' is wearing off, revealing a fully restored, unscarred face. The name of the story is 'Fade To...White'
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- 12-page promotional mini-comic produced by Marvel for Combos Stuffed Snacks
- Measures 4 inches x 5.75 inches
- 1st appearance and origin of Combo Man, a college student who gained superpowers after being bombarded with radiation while carrying comic books and Combos
- The character is comprised of:
- The Incredible Hulk's hair
- Cyclops' visor
- Iron Man's faceplate
- Magneto's cape
- Upper part of Punisher chest emblem
- Lower part of Captain America's chest emblem
- Sabretooth's biceps
- Daredevil's forearms (armored)
- Carnage's arms
- Spider-Man's hands
- The Human Torch's knees
- Silver Surfer's calves
- Appeared in one other comic - Ziggy Pig-Silly Seal #1 (2019)
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- Reported by Graeme McMillan from The Hollywood Reporter: retailer preview that includes an essay by Mark Waid overlaying a Captain America page that is critical toward American politics
- *Marvel has elected to remove political commentary from #1000 but the decision was made after the retailer preview was shipped
- *it is not clear if any of these made it to the market