and shares a lot of the "Woody" character's famous neuroses. The Inferior Five #4. Cover by Mike Sekowsky & Mike Esposito. This was a lot more funny to me when I was 10 and didn't know much about ethnic and sexual stereotypes and making fun of people's physical limitations. What made the series really enduring is that they all knew that they had shortcomings as heroes, but they worked hard (as a team) to overcome them and help each other to beat their foes, frequently accidentally. Most of their foes were broad parodies of other companies' superhero teams, including the Avengers, X-Men, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, U.N.C.L.E. (really!), and Thor and Asgard (which gave scholarly writer E. Nelson Bridwell a chance to show off his knowledge of real mythology). The Kookie Four (FF), Cobweb Kid (do I have to tell ya?), Sub-Moron (snicker), and other "Marvel" characters also appeared. Joe Orlando was the first artist and co-creator, and subsequent issues were drawn by Mike Sekowsky and Win Mortimer. Issue #6 features the team visiting the DC Comics offices and offers up a series of fun song parodies. Then-letterhack Mark Evanier has a poem printed in that issue's letter column. In a subsequent Angel and the Ape miniseries, it was revealed that Dumb Bunny is actually the half-sister of detective Angel O'Day from that series. The two characters already seemed to be physically related, especially when drawn by artist Bob Oksner. Which makes me think that Stanley and His Monster 's baby-sitter Marcia