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* HurricaneOfPuns: The scene where Daredevil meets an undercover agent at the Mexican border is full of puns on the word "sí". [[spoiler:It's an [[WholePlotReference extended reference]] to the "Si Sy" sketches from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'', and an excuse to skewer Daredevil with a {{sai|guy}}. "([[LameLastWords sigh]])" "Si."]]
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* HurricaneOfPuns: The scene where Daredevil meets an undercover agent at the Mexican border is full of puns on the word "sí". [[spoiler:It's an [[WholePlotReference extended reference]] to the "Si Sy" sketches from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'', and an excuse to skewer Daredevil with a {{sai|guy}}.sai. "([[LameLastWords sigh]])" "Si."]]
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Ever since a fiasco involving a KillEmAll Marvel comic book, Fred Hembeck had fallen from grace, and is slumming it up in an alley with nothing but the unpublished comic to keep him warm. Suddenly, he is visited by none other than ComicBook/ThePunisher, who has come to determine how guilty Hembeck is for destroying the Marvel Universe. Will Hembeck's reputation be redeemed, or is he doomed to die at the hands of the Punisher?
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Ever since a fiasco involving a KillEmAll an AnyoneCanDie Marvel comic book, Fred Hembeck had fallen from grace, and is slumming it up in an alley with nothing but the unpublished comic to keep him warm. Suddenly, he is visited by none other than ComicBook/ThePunisher, who has come to determine how guilty Hembeck is for destroying the Marvel Universe. Will Hembeck's reputation be redeemed, or is he doomed to die at the hands of the Punisher?
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* HurricaneOfPuns: The scene where Daredevil meets an undercover agent at the Mexican border is full of puns on the word "sí".
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* HurricaneOfPuns: The scene where Daredevil meets an undercover agent at the Mexican border is full of puns on the word "sí". [[spoiler:It's an [[WholePlotReference extended reference]] to the "Si Sy" sketches from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'', and an excuse to skewer Daredevil with a {{sai|guy}}. "([[LameLastWords sigh]])" "Si."]]
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** Also when The Punisher, having finished the original comic, angrily confronts Hembeck for getting [[DudeWheresMyRespect only one cameo panel]] in all the deaths presented. Hembeck points out that when he originally wrote it, Frank was just a third-tier vigilante "going after jaywalkers" and not the popular 80s AntiHero he had become by the time the book came out.
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Ever since a fiasco involving a KillEmAll Marvel comic book, Fred Hembeck had [[DarthWiki/FallenCreator fallen from grace]], and is slumming it up in an alley with nothing but the unpublished comic to keep him warm. Suddenly, he is visited by none other than ComicBook/ThePunisher, who has come to determine how guilty Hembeck is for destroying the Marvel Universe. Will Hembeck's reputation be redeemed, or is he doomed to die at the hands of the Punisher?
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Ever since a fiasco involving a KillEmAll Marvel comic book, Fred Hembeck had [[DarthWiki/FallenCreator fallen from grace]], grace, and is slumming it up in an alley with nothing but the unpublished comic to keep him warm. Suddenly, he is visited by none other than ComicBook/ThePunisher, who has come to determine how guilty Hembeck is for destroying the Marvel Universe. Will Hembeck's reputation be redeemed, or is he doomed to die at the hands of the Punisher?
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Ever since a fiasco involving a KillEmAll Marvel comic book, Fred Hembeck had [[FallenCreator [[DarthWiki/FallenCreator fallen from grace]], and is slumming it up in an alley with nothing but the unpublished comic to keep him warm. Suddenly, he is visited by none other than ComicBook/ThePunisher, who has come to determine how guilty Hembeck is for destroying the Marvel Universe. Will Hembeck's reputation be redeemed, or is he doomed to die at the hands of the Punisher?
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* AppealToMorality: To bring themselves back from death, the superheroes [[spoiler:send Uncle Ben to convince Fred Hembeck to change the story into a ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' story, telling him that superheroes are supposed to be an ideal, not real-life]].
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Crackers kills the X-Men not with normal Sentinels, but ''Ninja'' Sentinels.
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* FreakyFriday: The last two characters killed were Prince Namor the Submariner and Zzzax the Living Creature of Electricity, who get their minds switched by Crackers and die trying to engage in their contrasting elements.
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-->'''Hembeck:''' [=--=] Why, it's ''so'' ancient that the New Yorks Mets were still a very ''bad'' baseball team at the time it was done! Now, ''that's'' old, let me tell ya [=--=]
-->'''Hembeck:''' [=--=] Why, it's ''so'' ancient that the New Yorks Mets were still a very ''bad'' baseball team at the time it was done! Now, ''that's'' old, let me tell ya [=--=]
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'''''Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe''''' is a 1989 one-shot comic where cartoonist Creator/FredHembeck... well, [[ExactlyWhatIsSaysOnTheTin [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin destroys the]] Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
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->''"I always '''did''' want to go down in comic book history, and '''destroying the Marvel Universe''' is one sure way to do it. Of ocurse, it's not as good as '''creating''' the Marvel Universe, but it's a start."''
-->-- '''Creator/FredHembeck'''
'''''Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe''''' is a 1989 one-shot comic where cartoonist Creator/FredHembeck... well, [[ExactlyWhatIsSaysOnTheTin destroys the]] Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
Ever since a fiasco involving a KillEmAll Marvel comic book, Fred Hembeck had [[FallenCreator fallen from grace]], and is slumming it up in an alley with nothing but the unpublished comic to keep him warm. Suddenly, he is visited by none other than ComicBook/ThePunisher, who has come to determine how guilty Hembeck is for destroying the Marvel Universe. Will Hembeck's reputation be redeemed, or is he doomed to die at the hands of the Punisher?
This comic is notable for [[http://www.hembeck.com/Destruction.htm its troubles in production]] regarding a FramingDevice that involved Creator/JimShooter (which was eventually reduced to SecondHandStorytelling in the final product).
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!!''Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe'' contains examples of:
* AppealToMorality: To bring themselves back from death, the superheroes [[spoiler:send Uncle Ben to convince Fred Hembeck to change the story into a ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' story, telling him that superheroes are supposed to be an ideal, not real-life]].
* BlackComedy: It's a humor comic about characters dying, what other kind of comedy were you expecting?
* BloodlessCarnage
* CelestialBureaucracy: All of the killed characters end up in the Beyond, a paradise where they are fitted with either a pair of wings or horns.
* DramaticUnmask: Mr. Fantastic makes a final request to see Doctor Doom without his mask. [[spoiler:Doctor Doom reveals himself to be Nathaniel Richards, Reed's father -- Victor Von Doom was DeadAllAlong.]]
* EvilTwin: A jealous one was involved in the backstory provided by Hembeck.
* ExcusePlot: The main story is Crackers systemically killing off all the superheroes and supervillains in the Marvel Universe through the orders of "the Big Guy" (i.e. Creator/JimShooter).
* FreakyFriday: The last two characters killed were Prince Namor the Submariner and Zzzax the Living Creature of Electricity, who get their minds switched by Crackers and die trying to engage in their contrasting elements.
* TheGrimReaper: Portrayed here as Crackers, the crown prince of death.
-->"Why the clown get up? Well, look at it this way: life is just one long elaborate set up, and death? Why, death is the ultimate punch line, of course!\\
"Hey, who ''says'' I don't have a sense of humor?"
* HurricaneOfPuns: The scene where Daredevil meets an undercover agent at the Mexican border is full of puns on the word "sí".
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Crackers kills the X-Men not with normal Sentinels, but ''Ninja'' Sentinels.
* ItsBeenDone: Crackers, in trying to come up with an [[DeathByIrony ironic death]] for Elektra, decides she should be run through with her own sai, only to remember that it already happened.
* MediumAwareness: Towards the end of the comic, after Fred Hembeck finishes telling his story to the Punisher, he asks if he's going to kill him now, "Because if you ''are'', you'd better ''hurry'' because we're almost out of pages."
* MicrowaveTheDog: Ant-Man is killed when an old lady sticks him into a microwave oven.
* MoneyDearBoy: How Hembeck agreed to create the comic in-universe.
* ReasoningWithGod: A variation -- since the Big Guy wants all the super characters dead, Mr. Fantastic decides they should instead appeal to an even higher power... [[spoiler:Fred Hembeck himself]].
* SequelSnark: The back cover advertises a sequel called "The Marvel Universe Destroys Fred Hembeck" (Coming Soon?), depicting various Marvel characters walking away from Hembeck's grave carrying shovels, unaware that Hembeck is rising from the grave.
* TheEndOrIsIt: At the very end of the story, Hembeck's comic is abandoned in the trash, with the reasoning that as long as it isn't published, the Marvel Universe is safe. But then Crackers comes across it and flies off with it. "The End?"
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After all of the super heroes and villains are dead, Crackers decides he deserves a vacation, but reminds you that he'll still come for you some day, when you least expect it.
* ThemeNaming: In the original FramingDevice, Jim Shooter's fictional assistaints are named [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]], and [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana]]. The inside cover for the "evil twin" version of the story implies that those aren't their real names.
* TrappedInTVLand: The fate of Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau, in this case).
* TwistEnding: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:the Punisher reveals himself to be Creator/StanLee in disguise, reasoning that Fred Hembeck would be more honest to someone like the Punisher than Lee himself if the story behind the comic was true]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Nightmare tells Crackers that he had done what he was told to do and killed Dr. Strange. Crackers then tells him he has to die as well, and Nightmare subsequently pops.
-->-- '''Creator/FredHembeck'''
'''''Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe''''' is a 1989 one-shot comic where cartoonist Creator/FredHembeck... well, [[ExactlyWhatIsSaysOnTheTin destroys the]] Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
Ever since a fiasco involving a KillEmAll Marvel comic book, Fred Hembeck had [[FallenCreator fallen from grace]], and is slumming it up in an alley with nothing but the unpublished comic to keep him warm. Suddenly, he is visited by none other than ComicBook/ThePunisher, who has come to determine how guilty Hembeck is for destroying the Marvel Universe. Will Hembeck's reputation be redeemed, or is he doomed to die at the hands of the Punisher?
This comic is notable for [[http://www.hembeck.com/Destruction.htm its troubles in production]] regarding a FramingDevice that involved Creator/JimShooter (which was eventually reduced to SecondHandStorytelling in the final product).
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!!''Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe'' contains examples of:
* AppealToMorality: To bring themselves back from death, the superheroes [[spoiler:send Uncle Ben to convince Fred Hembeck to change the story into a ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' story, telling him that superheroes are supposed to be an ideal, not real-life]].
* BlackComedy: It's a humor comic about characters dying, what other kind of comedy were you expecting?
* BloodlessCarnage
* CelestialBureaucracy: All of the killed characters end up in the Beyond, a paradise where they are fitted with either a pair of wings or horns.
* DramaticUnmask: Mr. Fantastic makes a final request to see Doctor Doom without his mask. [[spoiler:Doctor Doom reveals himself to be Nathaniel Richards, Reed's father -- Victor Von Doom was DeadAllAlong.]]
* EvilTwin: A jealous one was involved in the backstory provided by Hembeck.
* ExcusePlot: The main story is Crackers systemically killing off all the superheroes and supervillains in the Marvel Universe through the orders of "the Big Guy" (i.e. Creator/JimShooter).
* FreakyFriday: The last two characters killed were Prince Namor the Submariner and Zzzax the Living Creature of Electricity, who get their minds switched by Crackers and die trying to engage in their contrasting elements.
* TheGrimReaper: Portrayed here as Crackers, the crown prince of death.
-->"Why the clown get up? Well, look at it this way: life is just one long elaborate set up, and death? Why, death is the ultimate punch line, of course!\\
"Hey, who ''says'' I don't have a sense of humor?"
* HurricaneOfPuns: The scene where Daredevil meets an undercover agent at the Mexican border is full of puns on the word "sí".
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: Crackers kills the X-Men not with normal Sentinels, but ''Ninja'' Sentinels.
* ItsBeenDone: Crackers, in trying to come up with an [[DeathByIrony ironic death]] for Elektra, decides she should be run through with her own sai, only to remember that it already happened.
* MediumAwareness: Towards the end of the comic, after Fred Hembeck finishes telling his story to the Punisher, he asks if he's going to kill him now, "Because if you ''are'', you'd better ''hurry'' because we're almost out of pages."
* MicrowaveTheDog: Ant-Man is killed when an old lady sticks him into a microwave oven.
* MoneyDearBoy: How Hembeck agreed to create the comic in-universe.
* ReasoningWithGod: A variation -- since the Big Guy wants all the super characters dead, Mr. Fantastic decides they should instead appeal to an even higher power... [[spoiler:Fred Hembeck himself]].
* SequelSnark: The back cover advertises a sequel called "The Marvel Universe Destroys Fred Hembeck" (Coming Soon?), depicting various Marvel characters walking away from Hembeck's grave carrying shovels, unaware that Hembeck is rising from the grave.
* TheEndOrIsIt: At the very end of the story, Hembeck's comic is abandoned in the trash, with the reasoning that as long as it isn't published, the Marvel Universe is safe. But then Crackers comes across it and flies off with it. "The End?"
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After all of the super heroes and villains are dead, Crackers decides he deserves a vacation, but reminds you that he'll still come for you some day, when you least expect it.
* ThemeNaming: In the original FramingDevice, Jim Shooter's fictional assistaints are named [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]], and [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana]]. The inside cover for the "evil twin" version of the story implies that those aren't their real names.
* TrappedInTVLand: The fate of Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau, in this case).
* TwistEnding: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:the Punisher reveals himself to be Creator/StanLee in disguise, reasoning that Fred Hembeck would be more honest to someone like the Punisher than Lee himself if the story behind the comic was true]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Nightmare tells Crackers that he had done what he was told to do and killed Dr. Strange. Crackers then tells him he has to die as well, and Nightmare subsequently pops.
