Comic Review Michael Eury Peter Porker Spiderham Mayham For Aunt May

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Marvel Comics 1988 – Spoiler alerts Some Spiderman comics of the late 1980’s came with the main story, and a short supplementary spoof comic adventure for Peter Porker, Spiderham, a spider bitten by a radioactive farm pig and transformed into a superhero pig. Most Spiderham stories featured spoof takes on classic Spiderman villains, but in this delightfully daft yarn, he meets Seegar and Burly who are Popeye and Bluto in all but name. Seegar gets his powers from cabbage, noting himself that spinach is copyrighted to someone else (the real Popeye). The plot, a thin excuse for some very silly jokes, has Burly abduct Aunt May (who behaves like Olive Oyl throughout), with Spiderham and Seegar uniting to rescue her. Coming after a quite violent Spiderman / Punisher crossover (to be reviewed separately) this is all the more hilarious. Sadly Spiderham is probably not going to get to be in any major Marvel hero movies soon. Youtube – Homer Simpsons with Spiderpig, another hammy Spiderman parody, from the Simpson’s Movie. Arthur Chappell