IT CAME FROM THE QUARTER BIN: MEGATON MAN MEETS THE UNCATEGORIZABLE X+THEMS

[MattBrady]

by Ryan McLelland

Megaton Man Meets The Uncategorizable X+Thems #1
Kitchen Sink Comix
April 1989

Written, Penciled, and Inked by: Don Simpson

There’s no real easy way to talk about this week’s quarter bin comic, the comic being Megaton Man Meets The Uncategorizable X+Thems #1. A spoof on how inane mutant teams can be, huge battle rosters, and golden age superheroes versus their modern counterparts, MMMTUX+T is truly in a league of its own and so is creator Don Simpson.

It seems the Golden Age Megaton Man has teamed up with the X+Thems to help stop crime. Well one would assume they might fight crime but these ‘heroes’ are too worried about who is the best, who is the strongest, and who has the skimpiest outfits. GA Megaton Man, newly resurrected by Professor Rex the leader of the X+Thems, has joined the team and seems to be having the time of his life with the ‘new hip crowd’.

GA Megaton Man trains in the Gymnasium of Death, watches earnestly in the co-ed locker room, and is a hit with all the X+Thems ladies. However it seems that GA Megaton Man’s energy has been running out pretty quickly and Professor Rex has to plug a big plug into GA Megaton Man so he can get back his energy. The flab turns to muscle and GA Megaton Man bounds out of the room to do more training.

Meanwhile in Ann Arbor, Michigan the new Megaton Man has left superheroing for a life of normalcy, except for the fact that he lives with a guy named Yarn Man. Trent, the newly retired new Megaton Man, is talking to his buddy Percy who is trying to convince Trent to get back in the uniform.

The comic moves quickly as GA Megaton Man beds a cute underage X+Them chickie, Mars God of War returns to destroy the world, GA Megaton Man throws himself into the cosmic fabric to save the day, Trent’s wife becomes Ms. Megaton Man after the serum that causes Trent to become Megaton Man is passed through sexual transmission and…

And trying to write about this comic is tiring. That’s probably because Simpson put so much time and energy drawing an incredible comic while trying to put as much dialogue as he can into the comic that it left me brain damaged at the end. No worries though, I’m not brain damaged in a ‘glad I picked up this comic sort of way’. Megaton Man is a satire, a comic in its own league, and truly a comic that is very fun to read for one shiny quarter.

[JLAJRC]

I picked up the Doom Force one-shot a while back when I read your review. For 75 cents it's pretty good.

I also picked up the Ambush Bug Nothing Special from 1992 and it's funny. It has him whining about not being included in Zero Hour and tries to take over Julie Schwartz's job at DC. He bounces around meeting various characters. You NEED to review something with Ambush Bug in it.

[comixcollctr]

I always thought Frank Quitely's earlier work(Flex Mentallo)reminds me of Don Simpson's work.

[Babytoxie]

Megaton Man is one of my all-time favorites. Hilarious, and quite risque at times. Give it a try!

[Switch]

I always thought he was constantly pushing something through.

[Hannibal King]

I think I have the Megaton Man/Savage Dragon one-shot that came out in the early nineties. Fun read.

[tyopot]

we all need to get don simpson`s stuff.dandy don.he is super cool !

i`d rather read his stuff than get chap yaep or dan fraga and cedric nocon.