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I started hammering this list out a few months ago. I figured I would hit both Parody and Spoof comics since they were different companies but very similar concepts. Both companies rose and fell in the early 90s, although Parody Press put out a Heroes parody with two covers in 2007. I think I heard somewhere that Parody Press eventually folded into DC. Spoof was an imprint of Personality Press and Personality Press featured another imprint, Celebrity Comics. Few comics were printed under the Celebrity Comics banner and most of those were reprints or reprinted as Personality Press books. In the interest of completeness, I tackled the maddening task of trying to put together checklists for both Personality Press and Celebrity Comics to go along with Spoof.

Parody Press Checklist

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 5
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters: Death of Bruce GN (HC definitely exists, possibly a SC as well - from JohnnyRnR)
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters Lost Treasures 1
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters: Lost and Alone 1
Arrowman One-Shot 1
Axed Files 1
Babewatch 1A, 1B, 1C
Bloodyhot 1, 1 Gold
Bragade 1
Cable TV 1
Cyber Farce 1
Death and Taxes the Real Cost of Living 1
Death of Stupidman 1A, 1B, 1C
Dork House Comics 1
Dorkier Images 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D
Dumm $2099 1
Generation X-Farce 1
Headbanger 1
Hellspock 1
Hewoes 1A, 1B
Incredible Punk/the Mighty Fore 1 Punk cover (Hulk parody), 1 Fore cover (Thor parody)
Infinity Charade 1, 1 signed
Jurassic Lark 1
Kill Barney 1
Kill Barney Again 1
Magnets Robot Dismantler 1 Deluxe Edition
Meadowlark 1
Mightily Murdered Power Ringers 1
Monkey Business 1, 2, 3
Old Blood 1
Paro-dee 1
Parody Press Annual Swimsuit Special 1
Parody Press Swimsuit Special 1
Petworks vs. WildKATS 1
Pitts 1
Pummeler 1
Pummeler $2099 1
Quantum Creep 1, 1 Gold
Rank and Stinky 1
Rank and Stinky Special 1
Robbin' $3000 1
Rummage $2099 1
Sewage Dragon 1
Silly Surfer Deluxe 1, 1 autographed
Skin 13 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E
Spidery-Mon Maximum Carcass 1 Spidery-mon cover, 1 Carnage cover
Spidery-Mon Unlimited 1
Spineless Man $2099 1
Star Blecch 1A, 1B
Stupidman Rain on the Stupidmen 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D
Supremie 1
Taxx Ashcan ½
Trek Teens 1A, 1B, 1 Gold
Unfunny X-Cons 1X (Uncanny X-Men 1 parody cover), 1Y (Uncanny X-Men 94 parody cover), 1Z (X-Men v2 parody cover)
Venumb Deluxe 1
X-Cons vs. X-Farce X-Tinction 1, 1 ½
Yawn 1
Youngbroads 1
Zen Intergalactic Ninja April Fool's Special 1

Spasm Trading Card Set (pictures courtesy corvettejim)

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Spoof Comics

Spoof Comics Presents 0 Imp-Unity, 1 Spider-Femme, 2 Batbabe, 3 Wolverbroad, 3 numbered with card, 4 Superbabe, Limited Prism Card Edition numbered of 750, 5 Daredame, 5 numbered of 750 with card, 6 X-Babes, 6 numbered of 1200 with card, 7 Justice Broads, 8 Fantastic Femmes, 8 numbered with card, 9 Hobo Patricide, 9 numbered with card, 10 Wet Shirts, 11 Mable, 11 signed numbered of 500, 12 Deathlocks, 13 Goat Rider vs. Moobius, 14 Sandmadam, 14 singed numbered of 325, 15 Dame Patrol, 15 signed, 16 Silver Sweetie, 17 Excalibabes, 18 Iron Can, 19 Green Lanterns
Spoof Comics Presents Bloodskirt 1, 1 signed, 1 bagged with card
Spoof Comics Presents Cyberfemmes 1A, 1B
Spoof Comics Presents Death of Superbabe 1, 1 autographed
Spoof Comics Presents Deathmitt 1
Spoof Comics Presents O-X Cow o' War 1
Spoof Comics Presents the Punish-Her Score Journal 1
Spoof Comics Presents Rench and Stinky 1
Spoof Comics Presents Soft Corps 1, 1 Autographed
Spoof Comics Presents Soul Trek 1, 2
Spoof Comics Presents Spider Femme 2088 1
Spoof Comics Presents Spider Femme vs. Denim 1
Spoof Comics Presents Spoon 1
Spoof Comics Presents Spoon vs. Bat-Babe 1
Spoof Comics Presents Superbabe Returns 1
Spoof Comics Presents Swamp Thang 1
Spoof Comics Presents Wildchicks 1
Spoof Comics Presents Wolverbroad vs. Hobo 1, Limited Prism Card Edition numbered of 1050
Spoof Comics Presents X-Babes 2088 1, 1 autographed
Spoof Comics Presents Youngspud 1
Spoof Music 1 Kisses

Personality Press

Baseball Sluggers 1A Ken Griffey Jr., 1B, 2 Dave Justice, 3 Frank Thomas, 4 Don Mattingly
Beatles 1 John Lennon, 1 Limited Edition, 2 Paul McCartney, 2 Limited Edition, 3 George Harrison, 3 Limited Edition, 4 Ringo Starr, 4 Limited Edition
Bible Comics Presents: the Story of Jesus 1
Celebrity Comics: Magic Johnson 1
Comic Chronicles Episode Guide Addams Family
Comic Chronicles Episode Guide Beauty and the Beast
Comic Chronicles Episode Guide the Green Hornet
Comic Chronicles Episode Guide Twilight Zone
Hank Aaron 1
Headlights 1
Kiss 1, 2, 2 Limited Edition, 3?
Led Zeppelin 1 Robert Plant, 2 Jimmy Page, 3 John Bonham, 4 John Paul Jones
Madonna 1, (1 Limited Edition?), 2A, 2 Limited Edition
Music Comics 1 Nirvana, 1 Kiss, 2 U2, 3 Red Hot Chili Peppers, 3 Elvis Newsstand, 4 Elvis, 4 Cure Newsstand, 5 Cure, 5 Metallica Newsstand
Music Comics on Tour 1 Beatles, 2 Metallica, 2 Led Zeppelin
New Crew 1 Patrick Stewart, 1 with card, 2 Jonathan Frakes, 2 with card, 3 Brent Spiner, 3 signed middle, 3 with card, 4 LeVar Burton, 4 with card, 5 Denise Crosby, 5 with card, 6 Michael Dorn, 6 with card, 7 Marina Sirtis, 7 with card, 8 Gates McFadden, 8 with card, 9 Whoopi Goldberg, 9 with card, 10 Colm Meany, 11 Wil Wheaton, Annual (polybagged with card?)
Nolan Ryan 1 Limited Edition, 1 Special Edition
Original Crew 1 William Shatner, 1 Uncut Sheets, 2 Leonard Nimoy, 2 Limited Edition, 3 DeForest Kelly, 3 Limited Edition, 4 James Doohan, 5 Walter Koenig, 5 with card, 6 George Takei, 7 Nichelle Nichols, 7 with card, 8 Majel Barrett, 9 Mark Lenard, 9 with card, 10 Grace Lee Whitney, 10 with card, 11 Bruce Hyde, 12 Ricardo Montalban, Annual 1, Special 1
Personality Classics 1 John Wayne, (1 limited?), 2 Marilyn Monroe, 2 Limited, 3 Elvis Presley, 3 Limited, 4 James Dean
Personality Comics Presents 1 Paulina Porizkova, 2 Traci Lords, 3 Arnold Schwarzenegger, 4 Christina Applegate, 5 Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore, 6 Michael Jordan, 7 Samantha Fox, 8 Betty Paige/Jennifer Connelly, 8 bagged with card, 9 Kim Bassinger/Michael Keaton, 10 Gloria Estefan, 11 Paula Abdul, 12 MC Hammer, 13 Elvira, 14, 15 Michelle Pfeiffer, 16, 17 Shannen Doherty, 18 Luke Perry
Personality Comics Presents American Heroes 1 MLK, 2 JFK
Personality Comics Presents Baseball Classics 1 Frank Thomas, 2 Willie Mays, 3 ?
Personality Comics Presents Baseball Comics 1 Frank Thomas?, 2 Ricky Henderson, 3 Nolan Ryan
Personality Comics Presents Best Pitchers 1 Nolan Ryan, 2 Dwight Gooden, 2 Deluxe?, 3 Roger Clemens
Personality Comics Presents Football Heroes 1 Joe Namath, 2 John Elway, 3 Joe Montana
Personality Comics Presents Martial Arts Masters 1 Steven Segall
Personality Comics Presents Rock Classics 1, 2 Jimi Hendrix
Personality Comics Presents Rolling Stones 1 Mick Jagger, 2, 3
Personality Comics Presents Slam Dunk Kings 1 Michael Jordan, 2 Dave Robinson, 3 Patrick Ewing, 4 Charles Barkley
Personality Comics Presents Sports Comics 1 Ken Griffey Jr., 2 Michael Jordan, 3 Pete Rose, 4 Magic Johnson, 4 bagged with cards, 5 Joe Montana
Personality Comics Presents the Who 1
Pink Floyd 1 Syd Barret, 2 the Group, 3 the Group
Secret Agents 1 Sean Connery, 2 Roger Moore, 3 Timothy Dalton
Shaquille O'Neal 1
Shaquille O'Neal vs. Michael Jordan 1, 2
Sports Classics Limited Edition 1 Babe Ruth, 2 Mickey Mantle, 3 Ty Cobb
Sports Classics (regular editions) 1 Babe Ruth, 2 Mickey Mantle, 3 Ty Cobb, 4 Ted Williams, 5 Jackie Robinson
Sports Personalities 1 Bo Jackson, 2 Nolan Ryan, 3 Ricky Henderson, 4 Magic Johnson, 5 Joe Montana, 6 Lawrence Taylor, 7 Wayne Gretzky, 8 George Brett, 9 Mike Tyson, 10 Larry Byrd, 11 Bo Jackson, 12 Ken Griffey Jr., 13 Michael Jordan, 14 Pete Rose
Teen Comics 1 90210, 2 Shannen Doherty, 3 Luke Perry, 4 Melrose Place, 5 Marky Mark, 6 Madonna and Prince

Celebrity Comics

Beatles in Pictures 1
Beatles vs. the Rolling Stones 1
Beverly Hills 90210 1
Bo Jackson vs. Michael Jordan 1, 2
DeForest Kelley the Unauthorized Biography 1
Guns n Roses 1, 2, Collectors Set (both issues polybagged together and numbered out of 500)
Joe DiMaggio 1
Jonathan Frakes the Unauthorized Biography 1
Kiss Satan's Music? 1, 1 Limited Edition with card, 2
Leonard Nimoy the Unauthorized Biography 1
Madonna Her Music 1
Madonna vs. Marilyn Limited Edition 1
Magic Johnson 1
Metallica 1, 2
Nolan Ryan the Unauthorized Biography 1
Patrick Stewart the Unauthorized Biography 1
Patrick Stewart vs. William Shatner 1
Queen the Unauthorized Biography 1
Sexy Women 1, 1 Limited Trading Card Edition, 2
Star Trek Episode Guide 1, 2
Traci Lords Unauthorized Biography 1
Wayne Gretzky vs. Nolan Ryan 1
William Shatner the Unauthorized Biography 1
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nutter.

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Draco wrote:nutter.

:P
Guilty.

What makes it worse is that I think there are two more imprints of Personality Press - Friendly and Best.

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Chiclo wrote:
Draco wrote:nutter.

:P
Guilty.

What makes it worse is that I think there are two more imprints of Personality Press - Friendly and Best.
Oh Lordy.

I never added this tat to my list, but now you done gone sorted it, ill get to it Sir.

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Update - I am still working on this, but I have found several other imprints. I am not going to create a list for Friendly Comics. They are basically porn. Even worse, there is a publisher AC or Adult Comics that might be an imprint of Personality Press too. I don't want to get the icky feeling that putting together the Aircel list gave me.

So far, I have found two Best Comics issues - Balloonatiks Super Heroes 1 and Rescueman 1.

There was a comic "Healthman: the AIDS Crisis" and the only mention of a publisher is "Real Life Comics". I get the feeling this is a one-off but who knows.

There's another potential imprint called "Cutting Edge". I have found two titles released under this name - Vortex: the Wonder Mule 1, 2, 3 (and maybe 4?) and Hell: Princess on Earth 1. The Hell book is pretty obviously adults only but it doesn't look like the Vortex book is.

This promotional poster helped point me in the right direction.

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YIKES!

That's a lotta research. well done!

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Who published Elf Trek (spoof combining Star Trek and Elf Quest)? I'm too lazy to go dig it out right now...

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Added Spasm trading card set to the Parody Press list with corvettejim's pictures.

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I assume those swimsuit specials are pin-ups. Silly question, are any of the parody valiant characters in any of those books? Or featured in cameos in any of the other books?
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iwantvaliantcomics wrote:I assume those swimsuit specials are pin-ups. Silly question, are any of the parody valiant characters in any of those books? Or featured in cameos in any of the other books?
I would answer your question about the swimsuit specials but I don't own them so I can't flip through and check. I actually have a relatively small chunk of these.

The Parody Press books didn't feature much crossover between the titles but the Spoof comics did. You would be correct in saying that the Spoof comics featured a more cohesive universe with character appearing in each others books than the Parody Press comics which kept things isolated and were written more like one-shots. As there were exceptions to every rule, the $2099 comics from Parody Press did cross over and three of the four feature interlocking cover art.

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I do have a pretty impressive selection now, but see many on the list i have never seen since they were published, which is worrying.

NO doubt ill come across some in 50p bins when im not attempting to find any, seems that works well for many DU sets.

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Death of Bruce definitely exists in a hardcover, not sure about softcover.

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JohnnyRnR wrote:Death of Bruce definitely exists in a hardcover, not sure about softcover.
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JohnnyRnR wrote:Death of Bruce definitely exists in a hardcover, not sure about softcover.
So noted. :thumb:

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I also have an autographed (by the writer) trading card from it, don't know what it came from. (It has Sam Kieth art so I had to have it.)

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Sam Kieth is AWESOME!

I have the Death of Bruce hardcover - it's a real thing, folks

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