The Boy with the Most Comic Books in America!
Nope, it ain't YOU, Bunkie!
It's Koppy McFad! (or at least it was in 1942!)
In one of the first comics metafictions, Koppy was a kid who read comics and then daydreamed about being a superhero himself, including interacting with
other comics characters, who were fictional characters in his world, as well as real-life villains like Adolf Hitler!
Debuting in the back pages of
Shadow Comics, he quickly transferred to
Army & Navy Comics, becoming so popular that the book was retitled
SuperSnipe Comics as of #6!
(In fact his appearance in
Army & Navy Comics was
so important, it featured the
only time
Doc Savage and
The Shadow appeared
together in a story before the 1990s!)
Not content to merely fantasize about heroics, McFad donned a
red flannel union suit and attempted to crush evil in his neighborhood, usually with embarrassing (but humorous) results.
BTW, you'll note that Koppy didn't start wearing his red underwear until he gained his own title...
Ironically, he outlasted most of the superheroes who inspired him, ending his title's run in late 1949.
Curiously, his adventures haven't been reprinted, resulting in his comics being among the most expensive on eBay and other venues!
So we've brought him back on a
new line of collectibles including t-shirts, mugs, iPhone cases, and a 12-month calendar!
Since 1949, a number of comics characters obesessed with comic books have appeared...
Some, like
Captain Klutz, have worn red woolly underwear, but most, like
Flaming Carrot and
FanBoy, don't.
But
all owe a debt to the
first FanBoy...Koppy McFad!
What could be a
better Christmas present for the fanboy (or fangirl) in your life than a
kool SuperSnipe kollectible combined with one of the related books listed below for a fan-dream gift set?
Plus, we're offering a discount on any items (including
SuperSnipe, natch) totaling $40 or more from the
Atomic Kommie Comics™ store...
*Save $5 off orders of $40 or more, excluding shipping charges, gift wrap charges, applicable taxes and custom duties. Coupon code SEASON40 must be entered at check out. Promotion starts on December 9, 2010, at 12:01 a.m. (PST) and ends on December 12, 2010, at 11:59 p.m. (PST). Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice.
incorporating their site's newsfeed (tailored to info about the character) along with my own material including galleries from my collections of tv series (like the pic above), movie serial, radio show, and comics material as well as several upcoming articles about the character's various incarnations.