INTERSTEL CHURCH OF PERPETUAL ANNOYANCE

Membership: Bozo Samedi, Church High Council, General Incompetence, Reverent Circus Pants XVII
Defensive Forces: "Bajazzo" Army, Harlequin Battle-Suits, "Hobo" Armor Division, Kops Squad, Kops Special Forces Squad, Three-Ring Heli-Strike Force, "White Face" Bombing Squad

Purpose: Perpetual Annoyance

Affiliations: Lady Fynn-Geres, Lunatik, Skreet

Enemies: Ictus the She-Wolf
formerly: Lunatik

Base of Operations: Santa Marceau Cathedral, on Panto-9

First Appearance: Lunatik#1 (December, 1995)

History:
(Lunatik#1 (fb) ) - Members of the ICPA led by Reverent Circus Pants XVII were on their annual recruitment tour. They landed on the planet Wy'nkar-7 because they had detected an unanointed life form. The lifeform now known as Lunatik was approached without caution by the ICPA members and they paid with their lives. The remaining members tried to run away, but Lunatik followed them into their ship and after every ICPA member was dead the Lunatik left his lifeless homeworld with their ship.

(Lunatik#3 (fb) - BTS) - Panto-9 the ICPA's homeworld was attacked by Ictus the She-Wolf and Bozo Samedi hired help from the outside to deal with the threat.

(Lunatik#3) - Bozo Samedi was informed that Lunatik was on his way to help the ICPA. Meanwhile on Panto-9 the Kops were overrun by Ictus.

Lunatik himself landed a short time later and had to deal with the ICPA craziness in the "Customs and Immigration Landing Area". An interrogator thought that Skreet was a pet and when he finally sent Lunatik to the next interrogation he was taken down by the Drogs. The second interrogator continued to call Skreet a pet and had a problem with Lunatik not having a working permission for his business visit. The female interrogator then let a guard bring Lunatik to strip search after she saw that he was on the planet to meet the High Council in an urgent matter.

Meanwhile in the capital's outskirts the Kops Special Forces Squad was destroyed by Ictus as well.

After the strip search was done, Lunatik was sent to a doctor and he had to give fluid samples.

Meanwhile near the capital's heart and the Santa Marceau Cathedral the regular army retreated. The Harlequin Battle-Suits took over and followed them a short time later. Then the armor division tried to stop Ictus with their tanks, but when she destroyed their cannons they retreated as well.

Lunatik waited in a long row at the "Customs and Immigration Building" to get his green card. After he got it he was told that the green card was useless without a photo ID. The bureaucrat told him the way to the Photo ID row and Lunatik once again had to wait, but this time he didn't want to wait and knocked out the people in front of him to get his Photo ID faster.

Meanwhile a near nuclear air strike took place to finally stop Ictus.

Lunatik now met with the High Church Council in the Cathedral of Santa Marceau. They geared him up to be sanctified because he couldn't represent them before this happened. He got to eat the aromatic cheese flavored Holy Ritz and drink the Holy 1809 Proof Gin. Then he got a cake smashed into his face and the Holy Honker, more commonly known as a red clown nose, was placed on his nose to mark him in the image of the Great Marceau.

Meanwhile General Incompetence inspected the situation with his Three-Ring Heli-Strike Force at the place where Ictus had been seemingly defeated from air. They soon learned that Ictus wasn't dead when one helicopter was destroyed by her. Incompetence now realized that nothing on Panto-9 could stop her. He then left with the remaining helicopters.

Lunatik's sanctification was now to be finished by severing his last ties with the flesh (with a guillotine! ouch!). He ran away from the High Church Council and met Ictus on his way out. Lunatik knocked her out and continued to run from the Council, but when Skreet told him to turn back he saw that thousands of ICPA members were on their knees praying to him.

A short time later Lunatik was officially declared Pope of the ICPA and he enjoyed it.

Comments: Created by Lovern Kindzierski, Duncan Rouleau and the inking team of Danny Bulanadi, Harry Candelario, Jeff Albrecht, Don Hudson & Jim Royal

Do I really have to describe the thought behind the last ritual of sanctification with the small guillotine. Circumcision anybody? Ouch!

Some of the names for the Defensive Forces were given additional clown associated names by me because the other troops got such names.

The fate of the ICPA after Lunatik became their Pope is unknown, but it seemed as he stayed with them because the next time his partner Skreet was seen, she was alone.

I hate clowns! I really hate clowns! There's nothing spookier out there than a clown and they nearly scared me to death when I was a child.
That reminds me of one of Jack Handy's Deep Thoughts:

I've always been scared of clowns;
I think it might date back to my childhood, when a clown killed my parents

Profile by Markus Raymond

Clarifications:

Interstel Church of Perpetual Annoyance has no known connection to

• Church of Asgard, aka. Church of Thor @ Thor II#54
• Church of the Damned, aka. Church of Satan @ Tomb of Dracula I#45
• Church of the Dark Father, Satana characters @ Vampire Tales#3
• Church of Humanity, X-Men foes @ Uncanny X-Men#395
• Church of Lucifer, network of occult groups @ Hellstorm#13
• Church of the Sacred Heart, place where Domino and Lazarus were raised @ Domino II#4
• Church of the Saved, Punisher enemies @ Punisher II#4
• Church of Yinsen, aka. Sons of Yinsen @ Iron Man III#46
• Church, Lynn, Secret Empire member @ Moon Knight III#21
• Universal Church of Truth, @ Strange Tales I#178
• Universal Church of Truth, of Earth-Guardians @ Guardians of the Galaxy#
• or to any other church or anyone else with a similar name

Bozo Samedi has no known connection to

• Baron Samedi, Brother Voodoo foe @ Strange Tales I#171
• Baron Samedi, aka. Sagbata a Haitian/African God @ Dr. Strange III#17
• or to anyone else with a similar name

The Church High Council has no known connection to

• High Council of the Wakandas, Black Panther allies @ Black Panther III#60
• Human High Council, of Earth-AoA @ X-Men: Alpha
• or to any other high council or groups with a similar name

General Incomepetence has no known connection to

• General Kosrouschah, Lunatik foe @ Marvel Comics Presents#172/3
• any other Generals or characters with a similar name

The different Defensive Forces have no known connection to

• any other characters with a similar name

Following characters have no known connection to ICPA although they are clowns: