From 1967, here's the second issue of Super Heroes starring The Fab Four, Dell Comics' short-lived attempt to cash in on the sudden popularity of superheroes in the aftermath of Batman's smash success on TV. You can read Super Heroes # 1 here. The cover blurb for this issue says it all: "America's Greatest Super Heroes battle The Clown...Mr. Mutt...and Johnny Boom-Boom all in this super issue!" One suspects this dastardly lot will never quite compete with The Joker, Dr. Doom, or even Paste-Pot Pete, and The Clown is corrected to a plural on the first page. But why quibble? It's SUPERHEROES! In the parlance of '67: POW! ZONK! BIFF!
The Fab Four is believed to be an orphaned property, no longer under copyright. The Fab Four appear in new adventures in the pages of Popular Comics, published by InDELLible Comics. You can see El, Hy, Polly, and Crispy (among others) right on the cover.
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