Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #186

By: Patient Boy

Patient Boy — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:22:30 +0000

The fact that both this crossover and the Christian Archie Comics exist without cancelling each other out boggles the mind.

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:33:44 +0000

I was 9 years old when this comic came out, and not a Marvel fan at all. I remember seeing ads for it in Archie comics and thinking it looked like the craziest thing ever. I finally read it about a decade later, and it turned out I was totally right.

Awesome.

By: J. Paul

J. Paul — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:50:44 +0000

That issue of Ren & Stimpy, if I remember correctly, was written by Dan Slott. I know he wrote the first couple of issues of Ren & Stimpy, which were edited by Fabian Nicieza (I think, I'd have to pull them out of the lnog boxes to verify)

By: J To The AAP

J To The AAP — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:48:10 +0000

I've never seen this comic but I'll definitely pick it up when I come across it, it sounds even better than the Powdered Toastman (of Ren & Stimpy fame) vs Spider-Man crossover.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:16:50 +0000

I bought this when it first came out. Of course, to cover my bases, I bought the more grim "Punisher cover". Now, years later, I am an unashamed Archie Comics fan, and wish I had bought the cover you posted.

I actually dug it out of my stash and re-read it just a couple weeks ago. I caught all the references you pointed out, which made it even more fun now than when I read it a dozen years ago.

Excellent post!

By: Kelson

Kelson — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:32:53 +0000

I remember seeing this at a convention years ago, and wishing that I'd picked it up just so that I could prove that it existed. Of course, these days, all it takes is a trip to comics.org... or someplace like this.

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:15:42 +0000

I bought this when it came out. It was bizarre, wacky, and just plain fun. I wish they did more things like that.

By: km

km — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:42:10 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you! I read this when it came out, as a big fan of both Archie and the Marvel unis - it delivered in spades.

The extraordinary thing is how simple it actually is to mesh the two worlds. The uber-cynical Punisher is bowled over by the small-town sincerity of Riverdale. Naiive Archie and the gang are all starry-eyed over the big-city anti-hero. Comic mayhem commences in five, four...

I have no idea how this crossover was even thought up, much less actually published, but it just shows that sometimes the craziest ideas are the best.

Might want to have Brian verify it, but the legend goes that a bunch of Marvel execs were sitting around with a bunch of Archie execs, and somebody made the standard joke...and then somebody said 'hey, why not?'

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:23:32 +0000

Oh thank God yes.

The only crossover that ever worked.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:00:59 +0000

I lament passing this book up at the time. This kind of insane creativity is truly a reason to love comics.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:20:39 +0000

I bought this when it first came out and it is indeed excellent. The great thing is that it not only takes advantage of the abundant humor in this ridiculous crossover, but seriously considers what the Punisher's thoughts about a place like Riverdale would be.

I only wish there could be more Archie crossovers with other companies so there could be a trade of this. The Jughead/X-Men cross-over is a good idea. I'd also like to see an Archie/Superman crossover that would take advantage of Archie's similarity in looks and character to Jimmy Olsen.

By: Levantine

Levantine — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:12:32 +0000

Oh yeah, I got this a few weeks ago. Just the premise makes this worth checking out, and then the story inside is actually good.

I have no idea how this crossover was even thought up, much less actually published, but it just shows that sometimes the craziest ideas are the best.

By: stephen cade

stephen cade — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:27:38 +0000

I stopped being an Archie Reader around 11 or 12, but I had to check this one out.

I read it online.

By: Dan K

Dan K — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:24:08 +0000

Wolverine meets Jughead? I guess it would make more sense than the current Wolverine solo titles.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:57:15 +0000

Punisher and Miss Grundy?

The mind boggles.