In the mid 1980s, the price of paper hadn't yet gone through the roof and any schmuck with a few bucks could get a black-and-white indie comic printed and distributed to all the LCSes.
Here is one of those comics.
Storytime of Pain: The Mighty Mites
Nicholas Peterson
Elijah Young
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Robert Wilson
If Claremont hadn't existed parodists would have had to invent him.
Ian Davis
F
this looks dope op
Gavin Johnson
Dope may in fact have been involved in this book's creation.
Michael Mitchell
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Jason Thomas
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Ayden Davis
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Matthew Sanchez
Nightcrawler's description made me laugh way too much.
Julian Garcia
> Rogue's thought balloons
I won't lie, this is the apex of the entire issue
Cooper Fisher
Hey kids, click on the author self-insert!
Liam Green
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Jaxon Long
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James Richardson
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Daniel Baker
Oh yeah, the characters from the cover, almost forgot they existed
Henry Brooks
guest editorial by /r9k/
Asher Butler
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Kevin White
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Parker Perez
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Christopher Reed
hey remember those shitty characters you didn't ask for
Evan Long
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Jason Thompson
>Dude, women lmao
David Baker
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Dominic Rodriguez
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Dylan Perry
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Brody Garcia
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Angel Edwards
The end.
After this issue, the author went to work for Aircel's sister comic book company Incel.
John Johnson
It was more confusing than pain.
Bentley Young
From the thumbnail I thought Not-Jean was Mighty the Armadillo
Angel Kelly
Is this plagerism or a parody.
Luke Garcia
Parody, obviously
Aaron Wilson
Yeah, it's more like somewhere around Chapter One and Cosmic Odyssey than War Machine 2.0 and Unfunnies.
Isaac Cooper
Looks like the artist from the webcomic Goblins drew it.
Aiden Cox
You mean Vaughn Bode, his precessor from an appropriate time period.