‘MAD About DC’ Looks Like the Ultimate Superhero Parody Comic

April Fools’ Day is always an occasion to be very, very careful about what you read, see, or hear about, especially online—but this is confirmed to be real: MAD About DC, a team-up between the legendary humor magazine and legendary comics imprint that releases April 1. It’s a 64-page one-shot guest-edited by yet another legend: Chip Zdarsky.

Your imagination has already put this together, but an official press release promises the issue “brings together an all-star lineup of writers and artists to lovingly roast, parody, and generally make a mess of the characters fans hold dear.â€

Among those stepping up for the roast include Sergio Aragonés (“A MAD Look at Comic Book Storesâ€), Jim Zub and Ramon Perez doing “Guy vs. Spy,†and a DC take on the classic MAD fold-in by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne.

Other luminaries laying into DC’s heroes, villains, and beloved tropes, filtered through MAD’s trademark humor, include Kyle Starks, Dave Johnson, Tini Howard, Mattie Lubchansky, Mark Waid, Ty Templeton, Rainbow Rowell, Vita Ayala, M.L. Sanapo, Mark Russell, Steve Lieber, Jeff Parker, Lukas Ketner, Gerry Duggan, Scott Aukerman, Mitch Gerads, Joanne Starer, Joe Quinones, Scott Snyder, Josh Williamson, Deniz Camp, Gail Simone, Colleen Doran, Joe Kelly, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Mariko Tamaki, Riley Rossmo, Al Ewing, PJ Holden, Shannon Wheeler, Leah Williams, Isaac Goodhart, Cody Ziglar, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Daniel Kibblesmith, Brandt&Stein, Casey Gilly, J. Bone, Skottie Young, Andrew Wheeler, Stephen Byrne, Colleen Coover, Benjamin Errett, Matt Fraction, Kagan McLeod, Lee Gatlin, Joseph Starkey, Graham Roumieu, and more. Clearly, this was a popular pitch!

You can pick up a copy of MAD About DC wherever comics are sold April 1. The main cover is by Dan Panosian ($8); there will also be cardstock variants by Simon Bisley and Chip Zdarsky ($9), and a foil variant also by Panosian ($11).

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