Crazy Gang (comics)
| The Crazy Gang | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
Marvel Superheroes #377 (September, 1981) (Earth-238) The Mighty World of Marvel #10 (March, 1984) (Earth-616) |
| Created by |
David Thorpe, Paul Neary and Alan Davis (Earth-238) Alan Moore and Alan Davis (Earth-616) |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | The Jester the Knave Red Queen Tweedledope Mad Jim Jaspers (creator) Slaymaster (employer) Executioner (destroyed) Arcade (employer) Feron (impersonating the Executioner) |
Crazy Gang is a fictional group of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are mostly petty thieves, but will work as mercenaries. The Crazy Gang has fought Captain Britain and Excalibur. The Crazy Gang's members are based on characters in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
The Crazy Gang first appeared as a parallel universe version in the pages of Marvel UK's Marvel Superheroes #377 (September 1981). This version was created by David Thorpe, Paul Neary and Alan Davis. This group subsequently appears in Marvel Superheroes #387-388 (June–July 1982), and Daredevils #1 (January 1983).
The Crazy Gang of mainstream Marvel Earth (Earth-616) first appeared in Marvel UK's The Mighty World of Marvel #10 (March 1984), by Alan Moore and Alan Davis. They subsequently appear in Captain Britain Comics #1-3 (January–March 1985).
The Crazy Gang first appeared in American comics in Excalibur #4 (January 1989), by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis. They subsequently appear in #52 (July 1992), #54 (September 1992), #57-58 (November–December 1992), and #124-125 (September–October 1998).
The Crazy Gang received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #2.
Captain Britain was sent to an alternate Earth, known as Earth-238, by Merlyn. Together with Saturnyne, he hoped to save this world from the corruption that threatened it; instead they encountered Earth-238's Mad Jim Jaspers, a lunatic with the ability to warp reality. Serving Jaspers were the Crazy Gang, a group of superhumans based on characters in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass. Captain Britain and Saturnyne individually managed to escape this Earth and Jaspers and the Crazy Gang were killed when Earth-238 was destroyed by Saturnyne's successor, Mandragon.
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