Author Topic: OS and Topps-related characters and lines in ANS Wackys and beyond (Read 29595 times)

koduck · « **Reply #35 on:** July 22, 2021, 12:56:27 PM »

Don't know if it's been mentioned already, but the Wacky worms appear in the June 2021 title, "Cap'n Corpse"

mikecho · « **Reply #36 on:** July 22, 2021, 01:07:25 PM »

Quote from: koduck on July 22, 2021, 12:56:27 PM

Don't know if it's been mentioned already, but the Wacky worms appear in the June 2021 title, "Cap'n Corpse"

Good thinking, Neil; it's included!

Oh, btw, it's the Wormy Packages worms.

mikecho · « **Reply #37 on:** July 24, 2021, 09:59:14 AM »

And yet another one: Solaroid Film from Attacky Packages Series 4 #19.

The dead camel from Camals is in it.

mikecho · « **Reply #38 on:** September 26, 2021, 06:12:30 PM »

Here's another one after all this time: Mtn Don't from the June All New Monthly Series.

The guy from both Lazy Couch Potato Chips and The Game of Loaf is in it.

70s_Kid · « **Reply #39 on:** November 07, 2021, 11:28:45 AM »

Quote from: mikecho on July 24, 2021, 09:59:14 AM

And yet another one: Solaroid Film from Attacky Packages Series 4 #19.

The dead camel from Camals is in it.

Nice catch, I just checked it out and you are correct Sir!

mikecho · « **Reply #40 on:** November 07, 2021, 02:10:55 PM »

Quote from: 70s_Kid on November 07, 2021, 11:28:45 AM

Nice catch, I just checked it out and you are correct Sir!

Thanks! Glad to see someone's looking at this after all this time.

mikecho · « **Reply #41 on:** November 09, 2021, 12:04:19 PM »

And another one: Geese's Peanut Butter Ducks from the November All New Weekly Series.

The duck from Ducko Cement is in it.

mikecho · « **Reply #42 on:** November 10, 2021, 10:44:41 AM »

Again, two more: Happy Jack and Leaves from the November All New Monthly Series.

The characters this time are the guys from Hipton Tea Bags and Duzn't Do Nothin' Detergent, respectively.

dth1971 · « **Reply #43 on:** November 11, 2021, 05:31:54 AM »

I even noticed 2 Wackys in November 2021 use original sticker series Wacky Characters:
Leaves - Man from Duzn't
Happy Jack - Man from Hipton tea

drono · « **Reply #44 on:** November 11, 2021, 08:06:06 AM »

So is it nostalgia from the artists to hide some "easter eggs" or are they just running out of character ideas?

koduck · « **Reply #45 on:** November 11, 2021, 10:01:53 AM »

Quote from: drono on November 11, 2021, 08:06:06 AM

So is it nostalgia from the artists to hide some "easter eggs" or are they just running out of character ideas?

Definitely nostalgia. I'll let you know when I run out of ideas

mikecho · « **Reply #46 on:** November 18, 2021, 09:20:46 PM »

Just found another one: Frosted Stakes from the October All New Monthly Series.

The vampire from Stake 5, one of the Wacky Halloween Postcards, is in it.

mikecho · « **Reply #47 on:** February 05, 2022, 08:26:06 PM »

And another one that I didn't even know about until now: Avenjerx from All-New Series 11's Bonus Sticker B9.

The members of the Avengers all look like the guy from Ajerx.

mikecho · « **Reply #48 on:** October 17, 2022, 07:17:46 PM »

Just found another one: All New Weekly Series August 2020 Week 1 (Ugly Frowny).

The woman from Ill Tempered Sneer is in it.

mikecho · « **Reply #49 on:** October 19, 2022, 07:37:07 PM »

And another one:

All New Monthly Series 2021 (February 2021 #4 (Crept Toothpaste)

One of the worms from Wormy Packages is in it.

mikecho · « **Reply #50 on:** October 19, 2022, 08:18:25 PM »

You got it:

All New Monthly Series October 2021 #2 (Boo!zooka)

The bubble gum bubble-blowing boy from Gadzooka is in it.

mikecho · « **Reply #51 on:** October 26, 2022, 02:41:51 PM »

You bet:

All New Weekly Series November 2020 #9 (Spoilmint)

Another appearance of the Wormy Packages worms.

mikecho · « **Reply #52 on:** November 09, 2022, 12:25:57 PM »

Yes, another:

All New Monthly Series November 2022 (Wonky Packages #4 (Big Murk))

The Gill-man look-alike from Gatoraid is on it.

dth1971 · « **Reply #53 on:** November 15, 2022, 05:35:58 AM »

The November 2022 Wacky set has a reference to Graft Cheese for a line on it.

mikecho · « **Reply #54 on:** November 18, 2022, 04:17:57 PM »

Quote from: dth1971 on November 15, 2022, 05:35:58 AM

The November 2022 Wacky set has a reference to Graft Cheese for a line on it.

You mean Kong's Hawaiian, right?

Actually, the line from Graft Cheese was "This here cheese was yellow, now it's full of holes", not "shot full of holes".

And I don't know about lines. Does anyone else think they should be considered the same thing as characters or not?

Fanatical_and_Sickly · « **Reply #55 on:** November 18, 2022, 04:31:33 PM »

Quote from: mikecho on November 18, 2022, 04:17:57 PM

Actually, the line from Graft Cheese was "This here cheese was yellow, now it's full of holes", not "shot full of holes".

Sure, that line is not the same, but the line that is the same, is the same.

cmgmd · « **Reply #56 on:** November 18, 2022, 05:41:10 PM »

Once again confirming “often in error, never in doubt”…

mikecho · « **Reply #57 on:** November 18, 2022, 11:51:24 PM »

Okay, I didn't know about that line. Thanks. It's in.

mikecho · « **Reply #58 on:** November 24, 2022, 03:48:13 PM »

And yet another:

All New Monthly Series September 2012 #19 (Pinky)

A finger similar to the one in Bustedfinger is in it. It's just missing the bandage.

mikecho · « **Reply #59 on:** December 12, 2022, 06:10:42 PM »

Two more I just found:

2015 S1 #48 (Hunched Tomatoes) and 66 (MayDay).

A monstrous version of one of the tomatoes from De-Mented Tomatoes is in the first one and the drunkard Mr. Peanut from Plastered Peanuts is in the second one.

dth1971 · « **Reply #60 on:** December 24, 2022, 07:31:12 AM »

The November 2022 Wacky Packages entry of "Calico Fritters" includes an appearance of a bottle of original Wacky Packages Series 3 entry of "1-A Sauce".

mikecho · « **Reply #61 on:** December 24, 2022, 09:06:06 AM »

Quote from: dth1971 on December 24, 2022, 07:31:12 AM

The November 2022 Wacky Packages entry of "Calico Fritters" includes an appearance of a bottle of original Wacky Packages Series 3 entry of "1-A Sauce".

Thanks for noticing, it's in!

mikecho · « **Reply #62 on:** December 24, 2022, 09:11:10 AM »

If we're including lines as well as characters, here's one I noticed long ago:

*ANS5 #35 (mrs. Goodbar).

A variant of the line from Mrs. Klean is on it.

mikecho · « **Reply #63 on:** March 19, 2023, 07:28:05 PM »

Yep, two more:

ANS 2023 #7 (Shaft Extra Sharp Cutter) and #30 (Crawl Park Creepy Crawly Franks)

The Jail-O prisoner is in the first one, and as for the second one, you guessed it, our friends the Wormy Packages worms are back again!

mikecho · « **Reply #64 on:** April 14, 2023, 12:44:25 PM »

Here we go again, folks! This one's for the modern Wackys list in Reply #14 (the first one on this list in a long time). Thanks a lot to Joe G. for noticing this one!

ANS 2023: #16 (Wolf Man Chili)

The werewolf from Fright Castle Ghoul Burgers (originally known as Fright Castle Greaseburgers) is in it.

Joe G. · « **Reply #65 on:** April 15, 2023, 03:58:15 PM »

Mike my pleasure, glad it made the list. Also I was looking over the list and was surprised to see my Where’s Richard as the potential record holder for this. Your count seems to be right but it is missing one other little tid-bit I added. Not Wacky exactly so it may not rate inclusion but I also did add the Exterminator, arch-fiend from the Spider-Guy Krazy Comic to the painting. I was on a bit of a Wally Wood kick at the time and just happened to be reading the Krazy Comics as I was completing this Wacky Packages art.

mikecho · « **Reply #66 on:** April 21, 2023, 04:19:21 PM »

Well, I found some more, this time on Wacky Website card backs!

ANS1: #30 (Americans OnWine)

The drunk man from Barman Barroom Tissue is in it.

ANS2: #9 (Whacked Packages)

The gangster from Slayer Aspirin and the gangster and the thug from Hawaiian Punks are all in it.

ANS3 #33 (PayUp, Pal)

The gangster and the thug from Hawaiian Punks are both in it.

ANS4 #47 (Alive (Wacky Coupon card back))

In addition to the two Ugly Stickers monsters from before, a third Ugly Stickers monster is in it.

In addition, a Martian from Mars Attacks is in these two:

*ANS2: #2 (StarTrash.com)
*ANS4: #48 (EarthLing).

mikecho · « **Reply #67 on:** April 22, 2023, 01:25:16 PM »

Quote from: Joe G. on April 15, 2023, 03:58:15 PM

Mike my pleasure, glad it made the list. Also I was looking over the list and was surprised to see my Where’s Richard as the potential record holder for this. Your count seems to be right but it is missing one other little tid-bit I added. Not Wacky exactly so it may not rate inclusion but I also did add the Exterminator, arch-fiend from the Spider-Guy Krazy Comic to the painting. I was on a bit of a Wally Wood kick at the time and just happened to be reading the Krazy Comics as I was completing this Wacky Packages art.

You may not know this, Joe, but in the Marvel Multiverse (specifically, the mainstream Marvel Universe of Earth-616) there once was an actual supervillain named the Exterminator (real name: Phillip Wallace Sterling). He was one of the many leaders of a supervillain group named the Ani-Men I (Ape-Man I, Bird-Man I, Cat-Man I, Frog-Man I and Dragonfly (the last member was the only woman to be in the group)) before he was seemingly killed in that identity. Years later, Sterling was resurrected and assumed a second identity - Death-Stalker I, battled Daredevil the Man Without Fear several times (with many of these battles between them ending in a draw), then in his final battle with Daredevil, he briefly formed the Ani-Men II (Ape-Man II, Bird-Man II and Cat-Man II) before being killed in that identity. So far, he's remained dead to this day. After his death, his elderly mother, Elizabeth Dawes Sterling, tried to get revenge on Daredevil by killing him in an elaborate deathtrap of her own creation, blaming him for her son's death, only to end up dying herself in the process before the deathtrap could even be set, much less used.

Sterling's first identity of the Exterminator has so far never been assumed by anyone else, but briefly another person (a woman) has assumed his second identity of Death-Stalker I. Death-Stalker II (so far as I know) has only appeared once and hasn't been seen since. Her real name remains unknown.

You can get more details on this subject in the Wikipedia article "List of Marvel Comics characters" under "D".

mikecho · « **Reply #68 on:** May 21, 2023, 06:56:25 PM »

Just found another one:

ANS11 #51 (Skullpy)

The screaming blonde woman in the red dress from Screech Tape is in it.

mikecho · « **Reply #69 on:** June 24, 2023, 09:51:01 PM »

And yet another:

ANS10 #29 (Asparagus Jacks (Wacky Coupon card back))

Mrs. Klean from the Wacky of the same name is in it.

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Author Topic: OS and Topps-related characters and lines in ANS Wackys and beyond (Read 29595 times)