Tales From The Quarter Bin--LL Kool-Aid!!

I have read many a comic book with this banner on it:

But never one quite like this one:

Yes, Kool-Aid Man is in the Marvel universe!! You can keep your Crossgen and your Marvelman, Joe Quesada--just give us more Kool-Aid Man!!

Trouble has broken out at the local little league field:

But don't worry, help is on the way!!

SPOILER ALERT: Kool-Aid Man says "Oh, yeah!" an awful lot in this comic.

How cool is Kool-Aid Man? He has a bitchin' ride:

And an HQ that puts the Baxter Building to shame!!


Eat that, Reed Richards!!

Apparently, Kool-Aid Man is even busier than Superman (pre-broody walkabout version):

And if you dare to desire his companionship, you should feel the burn of dirty shame and guilt:

But don't worry, should the Thirsties strike, well...

In the second story in this issue (yes, two stories!! We are truly blessed!!), Kool-Aid Man takes on a menace from...OUTER SPACE!!


And yes, you gotta love the sound effect hat tip to Frank Zappa, which is so cool I choose to believe it is intentional.

Anyway, after the obligatory tie-in with another Marvel title:

We learn that Marvel's Kool-Aid Man has his own set of physical laws, including the behavior of liquids in a vacuum:

And the ability to burst through heavy spaceship bulkheads.

And here's the valuable lesson we want all kids to learn:

Losing is no fun, so just give up!! Thank you, Kool-Aid Man!!

But the most important lesson?

Ladies Love Kool-Aid!! OH, YEAH!!

But this was nothing compared to the next issue (which I do not own, sad to say):

Yes, Kool-Aid Man goes back in time to help win the Revolutionary War against the (obviously British) Thirsties. Eat that, Rip Hunter!!

Kool-Aid Man #1 was from 1983, and while GCD has no credits for it, #2 is credited to Jim Salicrup, Dan DeCarlo & Jim DeCarlo, and #1 sure looks DeCarlo-ish, so let's run with that, because I'm tickled by the thought that Dan DeCarlo made a Zappa reference....