Yes it was the actual cover. Aunt May did become a herald of Galactus. She also found something else that Galactus could feed off of besides world life forces, Twinkies. Yes the little yellow sponge cakes with the cream filling. Yes it was an “assistant editor’s month”, and it came out in April. I for one thought it was a very funny April Fools edition.

mann this shit was a fuckin laugh man aunt mays a bitch galatatis would make her eat a dick XD

I’m pretty sure I had that one many moons ago. You’ll notice that it’s dated June, so it would have been on the stands in April, and also the “assistant editor’s month” on the cover. Mercifully, I have managed to supress the memory of the actual story almost completely.

im actually trying to find one and buy it

I want to read that…NOT

After doing some research I think this was an actual cover. Apparently she temporarily became herald of Galactus and was granted superpowers on a fluke – or something like that. But yeah, it’s no joke – this is a legit Marvel story.

Actually, I think that this is a pretty sweet joke/mea culpa on the part of marvel–at least I hope it is.

As far as I understand, it’s a reference to a bit of internet sub-culture that puts Aunt May out there as someone able to defeat people like Firelord, due to her winning the only fight she’s ever been in. In that, due to a bit of plot-induced stupidity, she knocked Peter Parker (Spiderman) out with a pan, thinking he was a burglar. People like Venom, Juggernaut, Hulk, etc, have hit Peter multiple times without knocking him out, so the idea is that clearly, Aunt May is a beast.

It’s an internet joke based off a bit of terrible writing by Marvel, and I think it’s pretty good of them to be able to laugh at themselves like this.

…..Just as long as that’s not an ACTUAL cover. Otherwise, this is pathetic.