10 Bizarre Cameos In X-Men Comics

KISS is a world famous rock band. KISS, according to Marvel Comics' Kissnation #1, is also an alternate reality superhero team.

This one-shot comic switches between the expected comic book action and artifacts of KISS memorabilia. The story is as generic as you'd expect, a bunch of monsters are attacking New York so KISS and the X-Men have to stop them. There's a weird bit where it's revealed that the heroes are actually just action figures being controlled by a child imagining a battle, but your writer thinks that still qualifies under 'generic comic book stuff'. The artefacts are actually quite interesting, though, and are a fun way to view KISS-mania for those of us never in that scene.

This comic book may seem like an out there concept for KISS to do, but when you remember that you can actually be buried in a KISS Kasket, this feels a lot less outlandish. Honestly, this comic was just meant to tell us how cool KISS are, and hey, it kind of works. It's an odd publicity move to get your endorsements from Wolverine, but if you can manage to do it, more power to you.

On a side note, one interesting tidbit from this comic is that Gene Simmons was apparently a card carrying original member of The Merry Marvel Marching Society. So, uh, that's pretty cool?