COMIC BOOK COVER GALLERY: For April 1st, some hoaxes, fake-outs, and imaginary stories acquired in the '60s, '70s, and '80s

I'm not big on observing April Fools' Day, but we'll use today's date as an excuse to gather a few comic book cover equivalents. These are comics that could have been called misleading or hoaxes, though really most just play with our expectations. I'd say most of them play fair, especially within the context of superhero storytelling, a genre which requires the reader to accept the outlandish to begin with. We'll also throw in some what-if and imaginary stories, which kinda fall within a similar area, and we'll even include one otherwise-straightforward  Daredevil guest appearance by a real-life guy (Uri Geller) whose claims of psychic abilities may be a wee bit suspect. All in fun--it's comics, man.

With one out-of-era exception at the end, we'll be sticking exclusively to the '60s-'80s era of acquisition I've established for these galleries. Today's selection includes books I bought new, back issues I acquired after the fact (but within the timeline), and B-stock contraband originally purchased without their covers. These aren't actual photos of comics in my collection; most images are courtesy of the Grand Comics Database, which is grand indeed. But I did have each and every one of 'em at some point in time.

My first imaginary story (implying that other superhero stories were true)

Not a hoax! Not a dream! Just...trippy, but I loved it

Also not a hoax (media reaction notwithstanding)

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