What The--?! works that spoof some of their all-time greatest successes. For example, in issue #2, Byrne creates a tale pitting his work on the Fantastic Four franchise against his work with Superman. The issue goes so far as to have the Lex Luthor character complain about the changes Byrne made to the Superman legend after DC Comics' "Crisis on Infinite Earths". Though it carried the Marvel Comics label on the front left corner, "What The--?!" touted itself as being published by "Marble Comics". "What The--?!" parodied Marvel institutions such as the legendary Marvel Comics fan mail page, with staged articles called
The Amazing Mr X (comics) The Amazing Mr X (comics) The Amazing Mr X was a British comics character who appeared in "The Dandy" in 1944-1945. He is regarded as Britain's first superhero. He was drawn by Jack Glass, and reappeared drawn by Dudley Watkins in the 1962 "Dandy Book". Recreating him was the objective for entrants of the 2012 Dundee Comics Prize. The winner was cartoonist Steve Marchant with his humorous tale of an 88 year-old Mr X still attempting to fight the good fight. Publisher DC Thomson recreated him later that year for the digital relaunch of "The Dandy", as part of a