With the rise of superheroes like the Blue Beetle, El Paso has slowly become more and more involved in the world of comic books. We’ve always had people who appreciated comic books in the city & you can support local comic book stores like Asylum Comics & All Star Comics (which Grizz had the pleasure on checking out).
But what if I were to tell you that not only does their exist crossover between DC comics and Kentucky fried chicken, but El Paso in particular got a very special mention within one of these comics?
A little backstory on the KFC Comic Book Series
This truly unique crossover started off as a promotional campaign for KFC to team up with DC Comics to help draw business for selling more chicken (sounds about right). They originally were given away as free giveaways at Comic Con fand the comics sound exactly as you would expect: Colonel Sanders teaming up with various superheroes in the DC universe like the Flash & Green Lantern to stop evil.
In total, 3 comic books were released between 2015 to 2017 Screen Rant did a very in-depth dive into the law of the books and a deeper look into the background Just in case you’re interested in learning more about the books themselves.
So which KFC comic book had a shout out to El Paso?
At the end of issue two, “KFC: The Colonel Corps“, there is a page that gives a shout out to people in El Paso, Texas at the very end of the comic book. More specifically it says “Congrats to our El Paso, TX crew for making the Colonel proud!“…