10 Most WTF Moments In Comics History
2. Blow Up And Kill This Man
Way back in the sucking maw of the creative bankruptcy that was 1990s Marvel, the company tried their hand at mainstream crossovers by publishing comics about musical artists under the Marvel Music banner. One such… *dramatic descending piano riff* was Billy Ray Cyrus.
Possibly most famous these days for having fathered a Miley, perma-mulleted Billy Ray Cyrus and his hit single ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ were to the 1992 popular music charts what Rob Liefeld was to proportionate anatomy. But nothing could have prepared even his most ardent of detractors for the nearly fifty pages of bizarre fantasy that comprised the Billy Ray Cyrus comic book.
Black knights, time travel, swooning princesses, dragons, sinister wizards, the ghosts of long dead Cherokee warriors… the human mullet fearlessly faced them all. Often while singing. And possibly line dancing, although it’s tricky to tell for certain in a static comics panel. He may have just had stomach cramps.
Written by legendary comics professional Paul S. Newman (no relation), a man who’d worked with the Beatles, it’s fair to say this represented a career low for everyone concerned - although, as mentioned, Cyrus did go on to father Miley.