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Ambush Bug: Year None is a six-issue comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
 limited series
Limited series

A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production, and it differs from a One-shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
 written Keith Giffen
Keith Giffen

Keith Ian Giffen is an United States comic book illustrator and writer....
 and Robert Loren Fleming
Robert Loren Fleming

Robert Loren Fleming is an American comic book writer....
 and illustrated by Keith Giffen and Al Milgrom
Al Milgrom

Allen "Al" Milgrom is an United States comic book writer, penciller, inker and editing, primarily for Marvel Comics. He is known for his ten-year run as editor of Marvel Fanfare; his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; his four-year tenure as West Coast Avengers penciller; a...
. The first issue, "Hey, You Sank My Battle-Ax!" was published in July 23, 2008.

first issue, "Hey, You Sank My Battle-Ax!", revolves around Ambush Bug
Ambush Bug

Ambush Bug is a fictional comic book character who has appeared in several DC Comics.His name is supposedly Irwin Schwab, but he suffers from mental problems that prevent him from truly understanding reality around him, so even his true identity might be no more than a delusion on his part....
 trying to solve the murder of Jonni DC, a female-version of Johnny DC
Johnny DC

Johnny DC is a character that DC Comics has used at various times as a mascot for its lines of comic books, and occasionally as metafictional character who comments on the comics in which it appears....
. Through the course of the story, Ambush Bug encounters such DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 characters as Yankee Poodle
Yankee Poodle

Yankee Poodle is a fictional character in the DC Comics DC Universe, an anthropomorphism poodle. Yankee Poodle is a superhero who lived on the otherdimensional world of Multiverse , an alternate Earth populated by Sentience animals....
, Egg Fu, Ace the Bat-Hound
Ace the Bat-Hound

The comic book character Ace the Bat-Hound was the canine crime-fighting partner of Batman and Robin in DC Comics of the 1950s and 1960s. Ace debuted in Batman #92 ....
, and 'Mazing Man
'Mazing Man

'Mazing Man is the title character of a comic book series created by Bob Rozakis and Stephen DeStefano and published by DC Comics. The series ran for twelve issues in 1986, with additional special issues in 1987, 1988, and 1990....
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Ambush Bug: Year None is a six-issue comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
 limited series
Limited series

A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production, and it differs from a One-shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
 written Keith Giffen
Keith Giffen

Keith Ian Giffen is an United States comic book illustrator and writer....
 and Robert Loren Fleming
Robert Loren Fleming

Robert Loren Fleming is an American comic book writer....
 and illustrated by Keith Giffen and Al Milgrom
Al Milgrom

Allen "Al" Milgrom is an United States comic book writer, penciller, inker and editing, primarily for Marvel Comics. He is known for his ten-year run as editor of Marvel Fanfare; his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; his four-year tenure as West Coast Avengers penciller; a...
. The first issue, "Hey, You Sank My Battle-Ax!" was published in July 23, 2008.

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The first issue, "Hey, You Sank My Battle-Ax!", revolves around Ambush Bug
Ambush Bug

Ambush Bug is a fictional comic book character who has appeared in several DC Comics.His name is supposedly Irwin Schwab, but he suffers from mental problems that prevent him from truly understanding reality around him, so even his true identity might be no more than a delusion on his part....
 trying to solve the murder of Jonni DC, a female-version of Johnny DC
Johnny DC

Johnny DC is a character that DC Comics has used at various times as a mascot for its lines of comic books, and occasionally as metafictional character who comments on the comics in which it appears....
. Through the course of the story, Ambush Bug encounters such DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
 characters as Yankee Poodle
Yankee Poodle

Yankee Poodle is a fictional character in the DC Comics DC Universe, an anthropomorphism poodle. Yankee Poodle is a superhero who lived on the otherdimensional world of Multiverse , an alternate Earth populated by Sentience animals....
, Egg Fu, Ace the Bat-Hound
Ace the Bat-Hound

The comic book character Ace the Bat-Hound was the canine crime-fighting partner of Batman and Robin in DC Comics of the 1950s and 1960s. Ace debuted in Batman #92 ....
, and 'Mazing Man
'Mazing Man

'Mazing Man is the title character of a comic book series created by Bob Rozakis and Stephen DeStefano and published by DC Comics. The series ran for twelve issues in 1986, with additional special issues in 1987, 1988, and 1990....
. Through the course of his investigation, he is pursued by his evil sock, Argh!yle!, and his minions bent on Ambush Bug's destruction. Also pursuing him is Go-Go Chex, a mysterious being whose face is completely covered with the checkerboard
Checkerboard

A checkerboard is a board on which English draughts is played. It is an 8×8 board and the 64 squares are of alternating dark and light color, often red and black....
 pattern that appeared at the top of DC comic covers during the 1960s; he constantly speaks in 1960s phrases and slang, and refers to everyone around him as "Wonder Chick".

The second issue makes fun of Zatanna
Zatanna

Zatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics fictional universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman vol....
's mindwipe of the Justice League of America, Rama Kushna, OMAC
OMAC

OMAC can refer to the following topics:*One-key MAC, a construction in cryptography*One-Man Army Corps, a DC Comics superhero comic book....
, Babe the Blue Ox from Jack of Fables
Jack of Fables

Jack of Fables is a spin-off of the comic book Fables , both of which are published by DC Comics as part of that company's Vertigo imprint....
, the Space Ranger
Space Ranger

For other uses, please see Space RangersSpace Ranger is a science fiction hero who was published by DC Comics in several of their 1950s and 1960s anthology titles....
, the Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern Corps

The fictional Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the superhero Green Lantern, Earth?s member of the group....
, Zook
Zook

Zook can refer to the following:* Ron Zook, current head football coach at the University of Illinois.* John Zook, football player who played for the St....
, Mr. Nebula
Mr. Nebula

Mr. Nebula is a DC Comics supervillain. Created by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis during their comedy Justice League period, he first appeared in Justice League America #36 , and was the star villain of Justice League Quarterly #2 ....
 and Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle is the name of three fictional character, United States comic book superheroes published by a variety of companies since 1939....
's death. Go-Go Chex continues to pursue Ambush Bug.

In the third issue, Ambush Bug discovers that he and Dumb Bunny (of the Inferior Five
Inferior Five

The Inferior Five are a parody superhero team that premiered in the DC Comics title Showcase #62 . Created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Joe Orlando and Mike Esposito , the group was intended as a parody not only of the Fantastic Four, but of all the superhero teams whose members had such great powers that they could have solved any of th...
) got married in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 while he was drunk. He spends most of the issue running from one reality to another trying to find a way out of his marriage; along the way he encounters Neron
Neron

Neron is a fictional character in the DC Comics' DC Universe. Neron was a demon prince of great power, though he has been reduced to a lower station due to his actions....
 (whom he asks to nullify his marriage in a spoof of Spider-Man: One More Day
Spider-Man: One More Day

"One More Day" is a four-part, 2007 in comics comic book Fictional crossover storyline, connecting the three main Spider-Man series concurrently published by Marvel Comics at the time....
), Darkseid
Darkseid

Darkseid is a Character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appears in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 , and was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby....
 (whom he goes to a Karaoke bar with), Super-Turtle (who wreaks massive destruction, a la Superboy-Prime
Superboy-Prime

Superboy-Prime, also known as Superman-Prime, is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero turned supervillain, and one of several Alternate versions of Superman....
), Jerro the Merboy
Merman

Mermen are mythical male legendary creatures who are human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down. They are less commonly known than their female counterparts, mermaids....
, The Odd Man, and Go-Go Chex and his assistant Saki Toomi ("Sock it to me").

The fourth issue starts by referencing a mistake made in #2, where one page was printed without its dialogue balloons. DC Editor Dan DiDio
Dan DiDio

Dan DiDio is an American comic book editor and executive. He is currently the Senior Vice President ? Executive Editor, DC Universe, for DC Comics, having been promoted to that position in October 2004 after having joined the company in January 2002 as DC Universe Vice President ? Editorial....
 takes responsibility for the mistake despite having nothing to do with it, a jab at the angry reaction from fans when certain characters
Super Buddies

The Super Buddies are a team of comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe who appeared in the six-issue Formerly Known as the Justice League miniseries in 2003, and its 2005 sequel, I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League ....
 were changed or killed off without him having anything to do with it. Dan DiDio is crushed and killed by a falling Ambush Bug, and Argh!yle starts to believe that he and Ambush Bug are actually one and the same. The issue continues mostly without Ambush Bug for the first half, focusing on lesser characters Argh!yle and Mitsu Bishi as a parody of the series 52
52 (comic book)

52 was a weekly American comic book limited series published by DC Comics that debuted on May 10, 2006, one week after the conclusion of the seven-issue Infinite Crisis....
. In trying to find Ambush Bug they feature Golden Age Robin
Dick Grayson

Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional character superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson, he first appears as Robin in Detective Comics #38 ....
, Renee Montoya
Renee Montoya

Renee Montoya is a fictional comic book character published by DC Comics. The character was initially created for Batman: The Animated Series, and was preemptively introduced into mainstream comics before the airing of her animated debut in 1992....
, and most of the main characters from 52. Near the end Ambush Bug chats with Argh!yle on Wonder Woman's invisible speaker phone
Invisible Plane

The Invisible Plane is the fictional DC Comics superheroine Wonder Woman's venerable, though now seldom-used, mode of transport. It first appeared in Sensation Comics #1 ....
 and confirms that he is alive and is not Dan DiDio. He then gets kidnapped by the Ambush Bug Revenge Squad, who argue over obscure comic quotations while Ambush Bug gets bored and escapes.