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Archie Meets KISS Brings Up a Childhood Nightmare!

Archie #625 courtesy Archie Comics

  Archie Meets KISS arrives in comic book shops Wednesday. It’s one of my Top 5 comic book picks this week and the latest in the long line of crazy comic book crossovers.

  Does any one remember Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park? I secretly defied my parents and stayed up to watch this made for television movie and it freaked me out!

  KISS use their superpowers to stop an evil inventor from destroying an amusement park. The rockers battle an army of robots including duplicates of themselves in a final showdown at the concert.

  It’s camp-tastic now but as a little kid I got really scared, especially in this scene when the white werewolf robots were suddenly surrounding KISS around the rollercoaster. Here’s the promo from YouTube.

  If this stroll down KISS memory lane inspires you here’s the link to buy the movie on Amazon. Unfortunately it’s only VHS.

Top 5 Comic Picks 11/30/11

X-Men Legacy #259 courtesy Marvel.com

X-Men Legacy #259

Rogue returns from her outer space adventure to find the X-men divided into rival camps but her feelings are torn between Magneto and Gambit. This is the first part of Mike Carey’s final X-Men arc after a 5+ years of innovative storytelling.

BPRD: Being Human

Terror tales starring Hellboy’s trusted team on the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. This trade paperback collects stories of the undead, dark magic and how the strange heroes cope with love and loss.

Archie #625 (aka Archie Meets KISS #1)

The Riverdale High gang will Rock and Roll ALLLLLLLL NIGHT! It’s the strangest comic book mashup I never expected. The world’s most famous rock band invades Archie’s  hometown to save the night when monsters are unleashed on Riverdale Rock City.

Thunder Agents Volume 1 and number 1

Would you prefer to burn out in a blaze of glory or fade away?  Regular people are given the chance to be super heroes but with a catch – the powers will eventually kill them. Volume one collects the first ten issues. A new number one issue marks the new adventures of the team willing to die for superhero glory.

Captain America: Man Out of Time

Captain America sacrificed himself in World War Two. Decades later, Steve was revived to face a modern U.S. he didn’t recognize and meet the heroes who were inspired by his legend. In this tale will Cap risk everything to go back and save his best friend from death? It’s the Avengers versus Captain America for the fate of the timesteam. This trade paperback collects the 6 part series by legendary writer Mark Waid.

Crazy Comic Crossovers

Archie #625 courtesy Archie Comics

  Archie meets KISS debuts this week in comic book stores. The world’s most famous rock and rollers rock Riverdale when monsters invade Archie’s hometown. It’s wacky enough to work. Every few years the comic book industry gets creative with a crossover that makes you say ‘huh!”

There are plenty more but these are the out there crossovers that I remember:

  Star Trek/X-Men Odd but in theory, it wasn’t impossible for Marvel’s mutants to encounter the Enterprise crew. The X-Men had survived outer space adventures in the Shiar Empire. The Star Trek crew had travelled in Earth’s past. X-Villain Proteus and Star Trek villain Gary Seven were the cause for the Marvel mashup with gorgeous art by Marc Silvestri.

  Superman versus Muhammad Ali DC’s most iconic superhero took on Earth’s most celebrated athlete in a boxing match for the fate of the world? I was very young when I saw this comic at the grocery store in my hometown. I can’t remember what book I asked my mom to buy me instead – if only.

Avengers #239 courtesy Marvel.com

Avengers/David Letterman Yes, it happened in Avengers #239, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes were guests on Late Night with David Letterman back when he was on NBC. That issue was part of a Marvel marketing stunt called Assistant Editors Month.

Call the issues an editor gone wild or a wacky marketing idea too far – they get attention and a special place in comic history. Those are some of the memorable comic crossovers that baffled my brain – what are yours?