{"id":596,"date":"2010-07-06T06:53:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T13:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2010-07-06T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T13:54:11","slug":"comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-14-fantastic-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-14-fantastic-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Cover Swipes Exposed #14 Fantastic Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Fantastic Four <\/strong>have ever been explorers into fantastic worlds and locations. They&#8217;ve traveled to exotic locales all over our planet, including the Savage Land and the Inhumans&#8217; Great Refuge. They&#8217;ve also traveled to other worlds and dimensions. One such alternate plane of existence they&#8217;ve discovered is the Negative Zone. It&#8217;s inhabited by all kinds of bizarre and nefarious beings. One of these aliens is <strong>Blastaar<\/strong>, the deposed monarch of the Baluurians. He&#8217;s able to emit powerful force from both of his hands &#8230; and the FF&#8217;s always on his bad side. <em>Fantastic Four <\/em>#215 featured one of their many encounters.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0092400\/\">Married With Children<\/a> was a very popular TV show that lasted for eleven seasons from the late 1980s into the mid 1990s. Capitalizing on its success, <strong>NOW Comics <\/strong>licensed the show and began publishing comics based on it. As sales began to fall off, NOW experimented with some strange stories. One such spin-off was <em>Married With Children: the Quantum Quartet<\/em>, which re-invisioned the cast of the TV show as super-heroes based on the Fantastic Four. It didn&#8217;t last long. In fact, issues #3 and 4 were never published. But, a while later, those final two issues emerged, combined within this <em>Big Wrap-Up <\/em>special. As always, there&#8217;s no better way to begin a spoof comic than starting off with a cover swipe.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/fantastic-four-215.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFantastic Four #215<br \/>\nFebruary 1980<br \/>\nRon Wilson\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/married-with-children-quantum-quartet-special-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nMarried With Children: the Quantum Quartet: the Big Wrap-Up<br \/>\nFall 1994<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><u>On Ebay<\/u>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22dave+cockrum%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Fantastic Four<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22fantastic+four%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Justice League<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22married+with+children%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Married With Children<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there&#8217;s something about uncovering these &#8220;swipes&#8221; that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics. The Fantastic Four have ever been explorers into fantastic worlds and locations. 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