I have always loved good superhero parodies. Mad had Superduperman, Batboy, Plastic Sam, and Woman Wonder. DC had the Inferior Five, which included such parodies as the Kookie Quartet, the Cobweb Kid, and the Submoron. Marvel had some parodies that I remember less distinctly, though I do remember Gnatman.

I have recently begun my own parody of the Fantastic Four, which I call the Furshlugginer Four.

[Click to view comic: 'CC 229: Sue and Johnny Smog of the Furshlugginer Four']
[Click to view comic: 'Mr. Furshlugginer tries to keep the peace']
[Click to view comic: 'Layja, the shape-shifting Krull girl, hits on Johnny Smog']
[Click to view comic: 'Sue Smog stops in at Atlantean Subs']
[Click to view comic: 'The Thingamabob and his girlfriend']
[Click to view comic: 'Thingamabob meets the fearsome Puppet Meister']
[Click to view comic: 'Sue Smog and Greed Gizzards of the Furshlugginer Four']

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I'd like to see more before I give an opinion.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

Great minds think alike.
[Click to view comic: 'The True story of the Fantastic Four']
[Click to view comic: '3.0 Four']
[Click to view comic: 'Meanwhile, in Latveria']
[Click to view comic: 'The Human Torch']
[Click to view comic: 'Invisible...Girl']
[Click to view comic: 'Ben Grimm is the Thing: excelsior!']

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Peeing sitting down is the gift you give yourself.

I see you used the same image I'm planning on using for my Dr. Doom parody when I get to it. I would have used the blond kid for Johnny if I had found it in time, though I'm glad I didn't, because it is too much of a dead ringer for the image I am using for my Submariner parody. Speaking of my Submariner parody, you can see him now in the next installment of my Furshlugginer Four series.

[Click to view comic: 'Sue Smog and Nemo']

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Here's a brief interlude and then the continuing saga of the Furshlugginer Four.

[Click to view comic: 'The Unbelievable Bulk']
[Click to view comic: 'Thingamabob and Bulk']
[Click to view comic: 'Thingamabob and Mr. Furshlugginer']

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Here's another interlude. Stayed tuned to find out what happens between the Furshlugginer Four and the Offenders.

[Click to view comic: 'Dr. Strangelove']

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We now meet all the Offenders together, and the conflict builds. Stay tuned to find out how it ends.

[Click to view comic: 'The Offenders']
[Click to view comic: 'The Furshlugginer Four (minus one) vs. the Offenders']

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I now introduce my Dr. Doom parody. The Harlequin character is based more on DC characters than Marvel but is not as closely based on them as my Marvel parodies have been on the characters they're based on.

[Click to view comic: 'Harlequin and Dr. Dummkopf']

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Here are the first two battles in this epic conflict. Notice the change in venue. This is probably because some supervillains altered the timeline since we last saw our antagonistic heros. Or maybe the brick wall was always there on the other side.

[Click to view comic: 'The Unbelievable Bulk vs. Thingamabob']
[Click to view comic: 'The Flaming Homo vs. the Submarine Hero Guy']

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[Click to view comic: 'Breaking News: The Offenders vs. the Furshlugginer Four']
[Click to view comic: 'News Coverage of the Offenders vs. the Furshlugginer Four']

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[Click to view comic: 'Getting the dirt on Johnny Smog']
[Click to view comic: 'Mr. Furshlugginer vs. Dr. Strangelove']
[Click to view comic: 'The Battle's Aftermath']

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Since I like the group Evanescence, I looked up the word. That's the inspiration for this strip. We will return to the saga of the Furshlugginer Four after this short break from an alternate reality.

[Click to view comic: 'The Evanescent Five']

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[Click to view comic: 'Sue and Greed reunite after the battle']
[Click to view comic: 'Dr. Dummkopf and Harlequin, the Clown Prince of Romance']

Gotta go watch Smallville now. Turns out that Chloe is Lois Lane's cousin.

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[Click to view comic: 'Interview with the Flaming Homo']

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Bwah-ha-ha! Good stuff! I'm a Marvel fan, so I quite enjoy all of your strips in this vein. Any plans for Spidey and co. to appear?

Glad you like them. Maybe I'll do Spider-Man eventually. He has always been one of my favorite Marvel characters. I even used to get excited about watching him on the Electric Company. But with the current selection of images, I would have to settle for a Venom-like costume. For the immediate future, I'm planning on doing something with the Invaders. My last strip was an intentional segue to this.

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[Click to view comic: 'American Idol']

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Oh, gads. I imagine Red Simon is his main nemesis? Does he help the war effort by releasing albums? Just don't let it sink into cliched anti-American stereotypes; those things are overdone.

I've never heard of Red Simon. I expect I'll go with White Skull, since some images will work with that.

[Click to view comic: 'Buddy defeats a Jap']

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Red Simon = Cross between Red Skull and Simon, the really nasty judge on American Idol.

Oh, you see, I don't actually watch American Idol. I just used the name because of its timeliness and because I had just read a bunch of back issues of A Next, the next generation of Avengers in the Marvel2 Universe, which includes the ever so fetching M2 successor to Captain America, American Dream.

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[Click to view comic: 'The original Flaming Homo and his sidekick Tobor']

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[Click to view comic: 'Nemo joins the Allies in World War II']

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[Click to view comic: 'President Roosevelt brings together the Intruders']
[Click to view comic: 'White Skull and Alexei Luther']

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[Click to view comic: 'The Death of Buddy, American Idol's sidekick']
[Click to view comic: 'The Flaming Homo saves American Idol from Asian Girls']

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