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The 5 Most Insane Celebrity Comic Book Cameos

By Cyriaque Lamar March 19, 2008 847,360 views
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Princess Diana joins the X-Statix (2003)

In 2003, writer Peter Milligan announced that the deceased Diana, Princess of Wales would be joining the X-Statix, a media-whoring X-Men spin-off team. In an interview with The Guardian UK, Milligan noted that "Diana exerted a strange, mysterious power from beyond the grave," so why not turn that into a mutant power?

Diana was set to appear in a storyline cheekily titled "Di Another Day." Her zombified body would join the X-Statix, thwart assassination attempts from the British Royal Family, and thwart further assassination attempts from her jealous teammates, who would grow increasingly annoyed that she was hogging the limelight.

Milligan's run on X-Statix received critical acclaim for satirizing both comic book and tabloid cliches, so as idiotic as this all sounds, it could have been good satire. Maybe.

Where it goes wrong ...
Unfortunately, Di's cameo was a little too crazy for some people. And when we say "some people," we mean "most people." And when we say "most people," we mean "also the British Royal Family."

Marvel never published Diana's appearances. After an outcry from Buckingham Palace and the press, particularly UK tabloid The Daily Mail, Marvel redacted the story. Milligan replaced Di with "Henrietta Hunter," a European popstar who was a replica of Di with the exception of a bouffant haircut.

The Diana debacle may have helped kill X-Statix. After Marvel delayed the comic (presumably to draw all the bouffants), sales dwindled and, eight issues later, the series was extinguished like a candle in the wind.

And to make things worse ...
This was not the last time Marvel ran afoul of European royalty. In 2005, Marvel was on the receiving end of a lawsuit from King Juan Carlos I of Spain after an artist turned him into Magneto.

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84 Comments

I expected Charles Barkley Vs Godzilla to be on the list and I was severely disappointed.

7/27/2009 9:14:05 PM
pikmintaro

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11/26/2008 12:24:17 PM
bux-to

I own a Superman from the mid-1950's in which Perry Como is the guest star and steals Lois' heart from the Man of Steel. Uh-huh, up against a big tough, well muscled hunk like Perry Como, Superman didn't stand a chance. After all, Como could sing and had gold records and all. What could Superman do?

8/13/2008 5:51:46 AM
soup-on-a-stick

YO read this s**t when your high

8/10/2008 1:22:23 AM
Bilbo

Is it weird that I'd love to see John Walsh have his own comic-book series? At least he'd be kind of understandable--him being like Batman, sans all the cool batgadgets. At the moment.

8/2/2008 11:42:32 AM
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7/14/2008 6:48:28 AM
trishna77

Kid: "You shoot baskets as good as you punch, champ"

LOL

7/7/2008 10:09:57 PM
Jose_Marti

princess diana sorta looks like hillary clinton. coincidence, or CONSPIRACY!?!

6/17/2008 5:37:16 AM
mtrix534

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6/10/2008 7:24:37 AM
bux-to

It's funny also how a comic company will also cameo their heroes in other series they produce.

Remember Spidey in Ren & Stimpy, where he fought against Powdered Toast Man?

Or better yet, when Superman and the JLA met Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes thanks to a mischievous imp and a Dodo from Wackyland?

Even more hilarious is when comic companies used to put their readers into stories as a grand prize for a contest.

Especially since nobody knew who the hell they were, except their friends and family.

Yes, Jay probably wanted a spin-off into his own comic. Though one comic I still miss is Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

5/26/2008 7:04:57 PM
Fangarius

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5/26/2008 12:45:36 AM
intimate

Princess Di? IN THE X-MEN? (Proceeds to piss self laughing)

5/12/2008 5:04:36 PM
Enigma666

i told you guys (2001) to team up with snl! also i liked batman meets jerry (jerry lewis november 1966)

3/26/2008 9:57:41 AM
drake

Jay Leno was probably hoping for a spinoff series that would move funny books into a new realm similar to Silver Age comic books that featured comedians like Phil silvers, Bobo Hope, and Jerry Lewis in monthly adventures.

3/26/2008 5:24:14 AM
unknown

I surprised you guys didn't mention Charles Barkley Vs Godzilla.

3/25/2008 7:12:12 PM
Anon

Actually the net was kind of a world wide invention, while it's first public use was in Europe, it did have some roots in the U.S. military system ARPANET.

3/25/2008 7:37:03 AM
j

Hillary's depiction was totally unrealistic in the 1993 comic. 1. She appears modestly doable---if you were a bit hammered, that is
2. Ankles are too thin.
On the other hand, she is a comic book character with no actual personality, so that's kinda accurate...

3/22/2008 10:44:58 AM
orangemtl

Hey HumDrum, how about this:
«In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee, a graduate of Oxford University, England, invented the World Wide Web, an internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing while at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory. He wrote the first web client and server in 1990. His specifications of URIs, HTTP and HTML were refined as Web technology spread.»

Web was invented in Europe, by a European.
Oh well, score one for watermelon head foreigners.
And I don't see what is PC in wanting things to be «multicultural» on the web.
I could also insult you in French if you want less PCness.

3/21/2008 8:00:57 AM
no

President Reagan appeared in a lot of DC comics during the mid-1980's, especially in the Legends mini-series, where he and his cabinet played a major role.

3/20/2008 8:27:39 PM
Aaron

That cover picture of Diana is quite lifelike. She's got her legs spread wide.

3/20/2008 4:56:14 PM
Prince Charles

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