The story was continued in a more serious form in: Evil Ernie: The RessurectionEvil Ernie spends his New Year in New York.A wacky semi-parody piece in which Evil Ernie battles Ramsey in an advanced armored suit and manages to send Ernie into a coma where he experiences yet another mixed up nightmare origin story where his parents (who are in black and white) berate Ernie for being too weak to work...
First appearances: Crush
Creators: Greg Capullo, Mark McKenna, Patrick Owsley, Mark Morales, Jason Jensen, Brian Pulido, Allyn Conley, Joel Thomas
Characters: Leonard Price, Evil Ernie, Smiley, Lady Death, Mary Young, Crush, Ramsey