Current weakest links in Marvel offerings

[SquidSquod]

Except for the pricing, the majority of Marvel books are written relatively well these days. But among these many gems can you spot the uglies?

If possible don't say Hulk. That'd be too easy.

[MathC]

The Age of the Sentry
Avengers/Invaders










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Hulk

sorry about that :(

[Beast]

The Age of the Sentry
A pox on you for listing this as one of the weakest.

[MathC]

A pox on you for listing this as one of the weakest.


You are serious ??

This title was even worst than Skaar Son of Hulk. :|

[The Sword Is Drawn]

Not sure I can really name too many specfic weak links.

New eXiles and Young X-Men, sure, but those two are both getting axed and redone.

Eternals, maybe? It shouldn't be, but possibly.

And Hulk. There's no point denying it.

[Beast]

You are serious ??

This title was even worst than Skaar Son of Hulk. :|
The book is awesome. Old School Silver Age Fun.

[ComiXFanBoy]

whats the point of having such a negative thread? marvel has a lot of good books out there. theres no such thing as a weak title because what you like i may not like

[MathC]

whats the point of having such a negative thread? marvel has a lot of good books out there. theres no such thing as a weak title because what you like i may not like

As long as people don't get offended by other people's point of view I don't see why not discuss it. It's for the sake of discussion.

Also, I'd rather have opinions on what titles sucks and it may giv me pointers on what to avoid spending my money on.

[RolandJP]

The one weak book Marvel produces is Batman, but I would also add Superman and Green Lantern.

My God those books SUCK!

DC is Marvels worst imprint, they should cut it loose. :tongue:

[SquidSquod]

whats the point of having such a negative thread? marvel has a lot of good books out there. theres no such thing as a weak title because what you like i may not like

Negative? Hardly.

As I said before the majority of Marvel titles are written & thankfully doing well (as a counterpoint in DC side: check out this (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=257554) and this (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=257510) ). This looking the glass half full instead of half empty.

Now for the very few that may not escape our individual selective eyes, we just voice our opinion.

[Beast]

Negative? Hardly.

As I said before the majority of Marvel titles are written & thankfully doing well (as a counterpoint in DC side: check out this (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=257554) and this (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=257510) ). This looking the glass half full instead of half empty.

Now for the very few that may not escape our individual selective eyes, we just voice our opinion.
Yeah. But negative threads like this always take a turn for the worst.

It would be better to ask what Marvel's best books are. Won't lead to as many arguments.

[Libaax]

Hulk
Max Punisher- atleast Hurtwitz was real weak.

[celticguy]

age of Sentry
Son of Hulk (or whatever it is called)
All the first class books

[Brother Justin Crowe]

Hulk
Cable
Skaar: Son of Hulk
Guardians of the Galaxy

[Beast]

age of Sentry
Son of Hulk (or whatever it is called)
All the first class books
You have no soul.

[celticguy]

You have no soul.

it has been said.

Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud.

[AllisterH]

Hulk
Cable
Skaar: Son of Hulk
Guardians of the Galaxy

Hulk - no question...but as bad as it appears to be, it is kicking ass in sales...so what the hell does that say about us comic fans?

Cable - just boring...Not bad per se, but just not interesting for the pricepoint IMO.

Skaar: Can't believe how badly this reads. Agreed that this is one of marvel's weak links.

GotG - NO WAY. One of the best marvel books IMO every time it comes out...Just love it personally....

[RolandJP]

it has been said.

Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud.

Right on, Brutha.


Im down for the ride.

:smile:

[Don't pee in the (Dead)pool]

Amazing Spider-Man is very hit-and-miss for me and Hulk is just poor on so many levels...

[Assemble]

I agree with the First Class titles... but seriously, how the hell is Squadron Supreme 2 still around??

[Omega Alpha]

Guardians of the Galaxy

NO. Just NO.

Really weak links:

Young X-men
Avengers/Invaders
Ultimatum
Wolverine Origins

[midnightman2001]

Are you kidding me? Hulk ( Rulk) is one of the best damn reads each & every month!

[Diablito]

X-Men Legacy
Black Panther
War Machine
New Warriors
New Exiles
Hulk
Skaar, Son of Hulk
Avengers/Invaders
All the Ultimate books
Young X-Men

[Assemble]

X-Men Legacy
Black Panther
War Machine
New Warriors
New Exiles
Hulk
Skaar, Son of Hulk
Avengers/Invaders
All the Ultimate books
Young X-Men

Whaaaa??? War Machine is just starting... and other than the fact he is in the same pose every panel, the books has been crazy good. Did you even read it?!?:confused:

[ComiXFanBoy]

Whaaaa??? War Machine is just starting... and other than the fact he is in the same pose every panel, the books has been crazy good. Did you even read it?!?:confused:
lol. like i said, theres no such thing as a weak title. just different tastes

[ElDuderino456]

Besides Hulk, at the moment most of Marvel's weakest books are in it's Ultimate line. Which is weird for me to say considering that 5 or 6 years ago I was saying the exact opposite.

[sHayden]

Anything tying into Dark Reign.

[MathC]

Anything tying into Dark Reign.

Invicible Iron Man proves you wrong !

[leebrown1990]

X-Men Legacy
Black Panther
War Machine
New Warriors
New Exiles
Hulk
Skaar, Son of Hulk
Avengers/Invaders
All the Ultimate books
Young X-Men

X-men legacy was probably one the best X-books before Orginal Sin (tied with X-factor, then X-force close 2nd). Jason Aaron's BP was sweet, but the new #1 is pretty bad from what I've heard though.

So with the exception of X-men Legacy I'd say this pretty much spot on .There all book's I've read and dropped, again with the exception of Legacy.

[celticguy]

Whaaaa??? War Machine is just starting... and other than the fact he is in the same pose every panel, the books has been crazy good. Did you even read it?!?:confused:


I gotta admit I am 2 and done with War Machine. I wanted to like it but the book is going nowhere. See War Machine fly in and destroy stuff and repeat. I can't justify to keep reading the book.

that said there are worse books than it on the shelf.

[Beadle]

Honestly Hulk hasn't been the weakest link for me. It's been close of course, but New Warriors has plumbed new levels of suckiness IMHO. One of the signs of a good book is if it takes ignored, bland or even disliked characters and makes them interesting and even likeable (see Miller, Layla).

New Warriors on the other hand took established and pretty well-liked characters (see Montega, Sofia or however you spell it) and made them bland, ignorable and even unpopular. I don't even know the superhero names of most of the New Warriors, and I've read every single issue.

Ultimates 3.0 has also been an unmitigated disaster as far as I'm concerned. It's like Loeb swallowed all Millar's work and then took a great big packet of laxatives to process it in the quickest way possible onto the page.

Oh, and of course New Ex-Lax, sorry New Exiles. But that almost goes without saying.

On the whole though, the Marvel Universe is pretty strong right now.

[ElDuderino456]

Honestly Hulk hasn't been the weakest link for me. It's been close of course, but New Warriors has plumbed new levels of suckiness IMHO. One of the signs of a good book is if it takes ignored, bland or even disliked characters and makes them interesting and even likeable (see Miller, Layla).

New Warriors on the other hand took established and pretty well-liked characters (see Montega, Sofia or however you spell it) and made them bland, ignorable and even unpopular. I don't even know the superhero names of most of the New Warriors, and I've read every single issue.

Ultimates 3.0 has also been an unmitigated disaster as far as I'm concerned. It's like Loeb swallowed all Millar's work and then took a great big packet of laxatives to process it in the quickest way possible onto the page.

Oh, and of course New Ex-Lax, sorry New Exiles. But that almost goes without saying.

On the whole though, the Marvel Universe is pretty strong right now.

I'm thrilled that Millar is coming back to the UU in some capacity . I was really worried that they were gonna hand the whole thing over to Loeb. I'm still not sure why they need and Ultimate Avengers and an Ultimates book though.

[doublewhiskeycokenoice]

Cable. Not that it's bad in it's story or concept, but the pacing was KILLING me. i dropped it after feeling it was taking forever to get to where it wanted to go.

[Babylon23]

OBviously I'm in the minority here, but I'm actually hard pressed to find much that I actually enjoy in the Marvel U right now. It's easier for me to name the few books I like: Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, Avengers: The Initiative, Iron Fist, Captain Britain, Mighty Avengers and X-Factor.

I'd say for the most part the x-titles are the biggest letdown for me these days. Other than X-Factor, there's not a lot there that holds my interest anymore.

[gunnerfan69]

Except for the pricing, the majority of Marvel books are written relatively well these days. But among these many gems can you spot the uglies?

If possible don't say Hulk. That'd be too easy.

Pretty much anything Bendis writes (I use the term lightly). :wink:

[the what]

Titles I gave up on after the first few issues because I thought they sucked.

Hulk
Eternals
Skaar
New Warriors

[mightyness]

Hmm I think someone else summed it up best for me. It is the X-titles.
Uncanny has been horrible I don't feel like the art fits I love Brubaker but ever since the Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar I've felt this book was flat.Astonishing has been terrible sine Whedon and Cassady left. I hate it now. Legacy is the best of the bunch but is kinda of going slow. I haven't picked up X-factor or X-force so I'll reserve my judgment.

As far as the Avenger titles go Mighty looks interesting with the new line up but I'm not a fan of the artwork and New Avengers still has Bendis's horrible pacing. Ehh I guess sometimes I miss the good ole days.

[B. Kuwanger]

Titles I gave up on after the first few issues because I thought they sucked.

Hulk
Eternals
Skaar
New Warriors

These, Ms Marvel, Guardians, and the X-books besides First Class and Cable (some of my favorite Marvel titles). Well GotG I can see having a decent amount of fans, but these others can only get canceled.

[americocaine]

Realtively well written? Who's you're dope dealer? I'd like to get some of that hash-ish.

[Sugarbombz]

Uncanny X-Men
Cable

[The Train]

Hulk - no question...but as bad as it appears to be, it is kicking ass in sales...so what the hell does that say about us comic fans?

Cable - just boring...Not bad per se, but just not interesting for the pricepoint IMO.

Skaar: Can't believe how badly this reads. Agreed that this is one of marvel's weak links.

GotG - NO WAY. One of the best marvel books IMO every time it comes out...Just love it personally....

I gotta disagree with Cable. It's one of my favorite titles out right now.
As for the weakest writing, I can't really choose, though I wasn't overly impressed with the Immortal Iron Fist.