Marvel Comics comic book series parodying superhero stories by Marvel and other publishers
Not Brand Echh
Not Brand Echh #2 (Sept. 1967). Cover art by Marie Severin, featuring parodies of Marvel characters as well as those of DC, Gold Key, and Tower Comics.
Publication information
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Schedule
Monthly
Format
Ongoing series
Genre
Humor/comedy, superhero
Publication date
August1967 – May1969
No. of issues
13; 14th issue in 2017
Main character(s)
Forbush Man
Not Brand Echh is a satiric comic book series published by Marvel Comics that parodied its own superhero stories as well as those of other comics publishers. Running for 13 issues (cover-dated Aug. 1967 to May 1969), it included among its contributors such notable writers and artists as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Gene Colan, Bill Everett, John and Marie Severin, and Roy Thomas. With issue #9, it became a 68-page, 25¢ "giant", relative to the typical 12¢ comics of the times. In 2017, a 14th issue was released.
Its mascot, Forbush Man, introduced in the first issue, was a superhero wannabe with no superpowers and a costume of red long johns emblazoned with the letter "F" and a cooking pot, with eye-holes, covering his never-revealed head. His secret identity was eventually revealed in issue #5 (Dec. 1967) as Irving Forbush, Marvel's fictitious office gofer.
NotBrandEchh is a satiric comic book series published by Marvel Comics that parodied its own superhero stories as well as those of other comics publishers...
books published by Marvel Comics. Originally the mascot of Marvel's NotBrandEchh, he is the alter-ego of Irving Forbush, a fictional employee of "Marble...
rebooted in October 2015 as part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel branding with Squirrel Girl being part of The New Avengers. The Unbeatable Squirrel...
original X-Men; Marvel acknowledged the similarity in its humor title NotBrandEchh. Both include misfit superheroes shunned by society and both are led...
Crazy Magazine, as well as the company's self-lampooning comic book, NotBrandEchh. In 1976, Severin co-created Spider-Woman, designing her original costume...
still had honor, kept his word and left the Inhumans. All was not over, as the Inhumans were not willing to just follow Black Bolt back to Earth. Pressure...
subsequent volumes were ever published for these trade paperbacks. Marvel did not try trade paperback versions of the Masterworks again until 2002 and 2009...
relaunched in October 2015 as part of Marvel's All-New, All-Different Marvel branding and was published through to November 2019 with 50 issues, for a total...
space-alien superhero Captain Marvel, stories for the superhero satire comic NotBrandEchh, and a story of the jungle lord Ka-Zar. In Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (Jan...
in a parody comic, NotBrandEchh (a play on Marvel's dubbing of other companies as "BrandEchh", à la the then-common phrase "Brand X"). Originally, the...
issues in 1973, and reprinted comics parodies from Marvel's late-1960s NotBrandEchh. Later that year, Marvel repurposed the title for a black-and-white...
for the humor title NotBrandEchh, on which he appeared in nearly every issue with parodies of Marvel's own characters. He was not especially equipped...
Marvel Comics published a spoof in August 1969, in the 9th issue of NotBrandEchh, featuring parodies of their popular heroes and villains, and the Bulk...
team was later attacked by The New Paramounts, a team consisting of NotBrandEchh characters including Forbush Man, The Inedible Bulk and Charlie America...
Forbush Man, previously the mascot for Marvel's satirical comic book, NotBrandEchh, appeared or was at least mentioned as the mascot of Marvel Age in issues...
Tales of Suspense #97–99, Captain America #100–119 and material from NotBrandEchh #3, 12, September 2016 ISBN 978-1302900076 An episode of The Super Hero...
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