Linkara (v/o): The cover is rather meh, though it does feature painted artwork for our title character flying towards us from a football field that's floating in the vacuum of space.
(AT4W title sequence is shown, followed by the title card for this episode, accompanied by FOX's NFL theme cut to a shot of the comic cover) Mike Nelson: Are you ready for some football?! (Cut to a shot of the MST3K gang watching Laserblast ) So let's dig into "NFL SuperPro Special Edition #1", and answer that question we all have.
Linkara: Ah, yes, the "special edition" of something that premiered before the regular edition did. Linkara (v/o): That came in the book (dramatically) "NFL SuperPro Special Edition #1"! (Cut to a shot of the comic of review for today)
#SUPER PRO COMIC SERIES#
Linkara (v/o): So why am I not looking the second issue, since we're coming back to the book? Well, that's because the first issue of the series was not actually the characters' first appearance or origin issue. Linkara: Fortunately, (makes "finger quotes") "grounded in realism" is not really something we need to worry about when it comes to "NFL SuperPro". The short-lived New Universe imprint of Marvel in the late '80s brought us "Kickers Incorporated", a book that suffered creative problems by originally intending to be a very tongue-in-cheek adventure book that ran into problems due to the goal of the new universe being grounded in realism. Linkara (v/o): Hell, "SuperPro" wasn't even Marvel's first foray into football-themed characters. (Cut to a shot of another football comic from Marvel "Kickers Inc.") Linkara: And given my current rate of reviewing "NFL SuperPro" issues, I'm sure to reopen old wounds about that book some time around 2045. Linkara (v/o): Honestly, from what I can tell, the only thing of note about "NFL SuperPro" is that apparently Issue 6 caused some outrage from Hopi Indians because of the depiction of a villain as supposedly embracing traditional Hopi beliefs. (Cut to a shot of another "NFL SuperPro" comic, Issue 6) Of course it wasn't gonna be anything to write home about.
#SUPER PRO COMIC FREE#
Linkara (v/o): Yeah, "NFL SuperPro" is barely a blip on the "horrible comics" radar, and even if you took away the deluge of terrible independent books out there, "NFL SuperPro" is really just a crappy cash-in comic that Fabian Nicieza only wrote to score some free tickets. Linkara: (laughs uproariously) Oh, you sweet, innocent children! It has been derided by many as being one of the worst comics ever made. A football-playing superhero tie-in with the NFL. Linkara (v/o): So, 362 episodes and six years ago, I reviewed the first issue of "NFL SuperPro", a widely-mocked comic, mostly for how stupid its idea is. (Cut to shots of a comic Linkara reviewed previously, " NFL SuperPro #1") It's a new year and a new chance to try out something different, so naturally, today we're looking at something associated with something I've already reviewed. Linkara: Hello, and welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn.
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