KEY ISSUE

SLAPSTICK #1

November 1992

KEYEarliest catalogued appearances of Slapstick and Michael Peterson.

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writerLen KaminskiartistJames Fry IIIcoloristJoe RosaslettererBill OakleyeditorBobbie Chase

Fantastic Four

Steve runs into a clown which gives him a advertisement for a carnival. Wanting to get back at Winston for telling on Steve for one of his pranks, Steve seeked revenge. Steve dressed up as a clown, then goes to the carnival to pie Winston. He sees him kidnapped by clowns and dragged through a portal into a different dimension. Steve follows him, and gets told the story of the evil ruler of the world, and is given gadgets to help him. Then Steve goes to stop the ruler and saves all of the humans which the clowns kidnapped to turn into soldiers for their invasion. After Steve rescues them, he goes back to Earth, and tells his friend everything. His friend tells him that he needs a superhero name, and they finally come up with a name: Slapstick.