My 10 Worst Comics of the Year...

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Since CBR and posters are doing the best comics of the year...I decided my list would pick the absolute worst ones I read. Ones I actually bought and read . Anyhow here was the 10 worst.




10. Batman & the Outsiders #40: Dan Didio wrote perhaps the worst final issue of a series where he basically left more plot threads dangling ...we may never see answered. Also its a history lesson on how bad the Outsiders have been and the membership changes. As I posted , Friends shouldn't let DC EIC write comics.


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9.Teen Titans 100 - Take the absolute worst of the Titans and make it a double sized issue where the characters constantly contradict themselves about killing and not. Then add a shitty over exposed character you absolutely wish was dead ...and you have Teen Titans 100. An exercise in utter shit.


8. House of Night #1 : Made by Dark Horse , House of Night is basically the writers of the book ripping off Harry Potter and Twilight to a level I have never seen before. Such a shitty read , it should be titled "How not to write a Vampire series".


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7. Brightest Day #18 : In DC's ever changing editoral direction , no characters have suffered more than Hawkman and Hawkgirl the past decade. DC did itself no favors after starting story-arcs with general missions for said characters in Brightest Day..a mini-series that ran from 2010-2011. Then suddenly changing their fucking minds at the end.


6. Heroes for Hire #1 : How could Marvel publish what essentially is Birds of Prey ? No clue really , but the company obviously has to have egg on its face for a series where Misty Knight basically is Oracle in this and hires select heroes to help her.

The series has one original concept and its the line "Hello hero...are you for hire." Such a shitty rip off .

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5. Green Lantern since War of the GL's to current - Take everything bad about Geoff Johns "Green Lantern" and multiply it by 100x. That is the problem since War of the GL's and why his run has never been that good. The constant concentrating on events , no work on the Hal Jordan character outside showed the problem in the current GL series relaunch. In a comical sad scene , Carol Ferris believes Hal Jordan is gonna propose to her. Which makes you head smack yourself on the silliness of shit Johns put into this character.


end of part 1..... part 2 coming....

[SUPERECWFAN1]

4. Black Panther #513 : One of the saddest things this past year is how Marvel can't seem to understand the Black Panther character. Take one of the funniest , worst lines of dialogue in a comic between a husband and wife and you get a book where people asked...just what the fuck is Black Panther doing in Hells Kitchen now ? Marvel never could give a logical answer in the debut issue.

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3. Avengers #13
: I have had my complaints about Brian Bendis and his writing for team books before this. But when picking up Avengers 13 for 50 cents I never wanted to put such a boring book down so quick. In fact it boggles my mind a writer would decide to spend the opening chapter of a tie-in to a big event running (Fear Itself) and have the characters discuss Red Hulk eating eggs for pages.


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2. Batgirl by Gail Simone : This book had a lot of press and had me really interested. Until the series actually began and nosedived due to some questionable moves. For one Barbara Gordon's recovery seemingly was an overnight thing with no real explanation . Also one character is written so bad ...you wonder if she actually knows what being a cop is. Get me an arrest warrant for Batgirl ...dumb.

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#1. Captain Atom #1 : Perhaps the worst written book of 2011 , where a writer tries to make the character a stand in for the character in Watchmen. And fails so massive at it , you shake your head. JT Krul should be honored he made the 2011 list for WORST OF THE YEAR.

[snarkbunny]

Heh, the only one of those I read was Captain Atom.

Are you going to do your 10 best, SuperE? Did you read the Christmas Fables issue yet?

[4PointOh]

Static Shock: My honest opinion is that I don't believe there's a more terribly illustrated book on the market. I simply couldn't keep collecting this book and pay for my visits to the optometrist at the same time.

Mister Terrific: I really wanted to like this book despite the mind-numbing nonsense that is "The World's THIRD Smartest Man." (Really, DC? The bronze medal is his claim to fame? Really?) But the writing sealed its fate. Lots of mumbo jumbo that's supposed to sound super-intelligent, but just comes off as someone trying to sound super-intelligent and failing miserably.

Batgirl: It's probably not Gail Simone's fault because it seems like she was loaded with a bunch of editorial mandates, but this book was just uninteresting and unreadable. Batgirl's costume is one of the ugliest things the new 52 has to offer and Syaf's art is just not my cup of tea.

Red Hood and the Outlaws: I don't care what Lobdell's excuses are, his rendition of Starfire is completely and utterly offensive to me. I never imagined that a book so well-drawn could make me walk away from it. But it did.

Superman: It's like reading the dictionary with pictures drawn by someone who desperately wants to draw like George Perez but doesn't have a sixth of the talent necessary to do so.

Justice League Dark: Pretty pictures have never been accompanied by a more boring plot.

Justice League International: You mean this wasn't a gag book? This wasn't supposed to be an Onion parody of a JLI book? My bad.

Voodoo: I don't read comics to get my rocks off.

Catwoman: See Voodoo.

The Legion Books: Convoluted doesn't even begin to describe the tangled mess. I guess it was too much to ask that they actually reboot this series again. Too bad. They lost a reader.

Runners-up: The Fury of Firestorm (bland and uninteresting), The Flash (beautiful art, boring story).

Books I never collected to begin with (and wouldn't collect if they paid me): Hawk and Dove, Captain Atom, Green Arrow, The Savage Hawkman, Red Lanterns, Green Lantern: New Guardians.

[PsychoGoatee]

Voodoo: I don't read comics to get my rocks off.

Catwoman: See Voodoo.


Just wanna point out that these complaints don't really make sense.

For one thing, let's imagine that those two books were indeed just softcore erotica like you're suggesting. As a guy who does read comics for story but also likes it when good comics can be sexy, Voodoo does not apply. Voodoo shows some skin yes, but the comic is not done in a sexual way. Especially after the first issue, it's actually less sexy than your average comic. Though Voodoo is a disappointment for me too, but for me its the characterization and writing that's the problem.

As for Catwoman, yes it is sexy, but it's also very well written and a great take on a layered character, one of my favorite books.

Anyways, the PG-13 stuff you're seeing in those books isn't quite 'rocks off' territory I'd say, but hey I guess if you see some cleavage you feel your criticism is all set.

Try to review a book for more than what's on the cover.

[4PointOh]

Just wanna point out that these complaints don't really make sense.

For one thing, let's imagine that those two books were indeed just softcore erotica like you're suggesting. As a guy who does read comics for story but also likes it when good comics can be sexy, Voodoo does not apply. Voodoo shows some skin yes, but the comic is not done in a sexual way. Especially after the first issue, it's actually less sexy than your average comic. Though Voodoo is a disappointment for me too, but for me its the characterization and writing that's the problem.

As for Catwoman, yes it is sexy, but it's also very well written and a great take on a layered character, one of my favorite books.

Anyways, the PG-13 stuff you're seeing in those books isn't quite 'rocks off' territory I'd say, but hey I guess if you see some cleavage you feel your criticism is all set.

Try to review a book for more than what's on the cover.

I really don't see the reason for being both defensive and insulting because you like books that I don't.

I read VOODOO #1 and stopped after that. I don't buy the book thesis that the reason Voodoo was in the strip club is because that's where men are at their most vulnerable. So your last sentence is erroneous: I gave the book a chance an didn't like what I encountered. And, by the way, there was nothing sexually suggestive on the cover for me to judge the contents by it:

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I read CATWOMAN #1 and didn't find it well-written or well-drawn, but I did find it WAY sexually suggestive to the point where I PERSONALLY (key word) felt it was trying to appeal more to my nads than my brain. In this case, the cover clued me into what I was going to get inside the book.

I am allowed to have that opinion even if it doesn't make sense to you, yes? I mean, after all, you can continue to collect those two titles despite my opinion, yes? Thanks!

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Heh, the only one of those I read was Captain Atom.

Are you going to do your 10 best, SuperE? Did you read the Christmas Fables issue yet?

I plan to do my 10 Best in a few days . I know there is quite a lot of comics in the 20+ reviews I did this year. So should be interesting to see what I rundown.


edit : I haven't gotten the X-Mas issue of Fables yet. I need to get my latest comics soon.

[PsychoGoatee]

I mean, after all, you can continue to collect those two titles despite my opinion, yes? Thanks!

My post mentioned that I'm actually not a fan of the book Voodoo, I found it disappointing. You're entitled to your opinion, but your initial one of just saying those books don't interest you since you don't read comics for getting "rocks off", well there's not much substance to that. And I'm just pointing out that criticism seems out of place here anyway.

But on another point, a well written comic that is really sexy? Hey, how about stimulating both our minds and our loins, nothing wrong with that. Things don't need to be sexless to be intellectually fulfilling.

[Michael P]

But on another point, a well written comic that is really sexy? Hey, how about stimulating both our minds and our loins, nothing wrong with that.

I agree with this, but the notion that Catwoman is in any way that comic is ridiculous.

[4PointOh]

My post mentioned that I'm actually not a fan of the book Voodoo, I found it disappointing. You're entitled to your opinion, but your initial one of just saying those books don't interest you since you don't read comics for getting "rocks off", well there's not much substance to that. And I'm just pointing out that criticism seems out of place here anyway.

But on another point, a well written comic that is really sexy? Hey, how about stimulating both our minds and our loins, nothing wrong with that. Things don't need to be sexless to be intellectually fulfilling.

I don't think I ever said anything was wrong with getting off on comic books, just that it's not one of the reasons I read comic books. Personally, I read comic books for other reasons, none of which have to do with appealing to my sexual interests. For that, I purchase actual pornography. Maybe some folks like to kill two birds with one stone. Not I.

[Greg Anderson]

I loved Voodoo #1. I thought it was intriguing and while it was rather "sexy," it wasn't the overall basis and end all of what the book was about.

And the Black Panther/Storm arc in David Liss' run was great.

[Alex]

I did not read any of your worst comics, go me!
I finaly got around to reading some of johns Green Lantern after avoiding it forever, and god did i hate everything about it. Didn't read the particular one you cited though.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I did not read any of your worst comics, go me!
I finaly got around to reading some of johns Green Lantern after avoiding it forever, and god did i hate everything about it. Didn't read the particular one you cited though.

You should for the hell of it see how shitty Hal Jordan is without a ring. How his life is absolute shit in a sense. The funniest spot is where Carol Ferris thinks Hal is gonna ask her to marry him at dinner and instead Hal wants her to co-sign for him a car. :tongue:

[Alex]

You should for the hell of it see how shitty Hal Jordan is without a ring. How his life is absolute shit in a sense. The funniest spot is where Carol Ferris thinks Hal is gonna ask her to marry him at dinner and instead Hal wants her to co-sign for him a car. :tongue:

I actually come from a different school in hating it then a lot of people.
First off, my first GL was Kyle Rayner, and i never, ever took too Hal Jordan, he was before my time so him coming back never did anything for me.
But when i totaly lost my shit was when there was 9 million different kinds of lanterns with different emotions fueling their rings....god i hated that.


I didn't understand why they had to move so far beyond "Theres these space cops, they have magic rings"

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I actually come from a different school in hating it then a lot of people.
First off, my first GL was Kyle Rayner, and i never, ever took too Hal Jordan, he was before my time so him coming back never did anything for me.
But when i totaly lost my shit was when there was 9 million different kinds of lanterns with different emotions fueling their rings....god i hated that.


I didn't understand why they had to move so far beyond "Theres these space cops, they have magic rings"

Dude I am so with you. I became a Kyle Rayner fan and Marz put more effort in the issues of detailing on why Rayner is a good character. You honestly clicked with Rayner and how Marz modeled him after Peter Parker. Where as with Hal , he's a cliched action star with no real character beyond it.

Its now became a sad joke of a series once the millions of colored ring garbage began.

[Alex]

Dude I am so with you. I became a Kyle Rayner fan and Marz put more effort in the issues of detailing on why Rayner is a good character. You honestly clicked with Rayner and how Marz modeled him after Peter Parker. Where as with Hal , he's a cliched action star with no real character beyond it.

Its now became a sad joke of a series once the millions of colored ring garbage began.

But popular enough that after they decided to redo everything it remained untouched and got two books.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

But popular enough that after they decided to redo everything it remained untouched and got two books.

I thought they were up to 3 books right now.

Green Lantern
Green Lantern New Guardians
Red Lanterns

[Alex]

I thought they were up to 3 books right now.

Green Lantern
Green Lantern New Guardians
Red Lanterns

My mistake, i read one issue of Red Lanterns to see how bad it was, and skipped the other two entirely.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

My mistake, i read one issue of Red Lanterns to see how bad it was, and skipped the other two entirely.

But yeah you are right...its popular. I once gave a bad review to Blackest Night and pretty much claimed , "Hey all you busy angry at James Robinson for killing Tazmanian Devil in his Justice League...your busy cheering on massive deaths of Tempest , Damage and others for Johns" and one poster didn't like that from what I remember. That hey , who cares what you think ...its popular. :tongue:

[Alex]

But yeah you are right...its popular. I once gave a bad review to Blackest Night and pretty much claimed , "Hey all you busy angry at James Robinson for killing Tazmanian Devil in his Justice League...your busy cheering on massive deaths of Tempest , Damage and others for Johns" and one poster didn't like that from what I remember. That hey , who cares what you think ...its popular. :tongue:

It's really a shame it's as popular as it is, when something like that happens it harms every other super hero comic the company puts out.

[Cavemold]

Your not going let the cancer thing go are you superE.? The worst comic I read was the deadpool tie in for fear itself. Iron man 2.0 should
Be up there aswell . Demon knights was a hug let down. Green arrow by JT Krul was so terrible, i refunded it.

[the4thpip]

Demon knights was a hug let down.

Well, comics are for reading.
Friends are for hugging.

Seems to me you've been going about this all wrong.

[Ben D]

But yeah you are right...its popular. I once gave a bad review to Blackest Night and pretty much claimed , "Hey all you busy angry at James Robinson for killing Tazmanian Devil in his Justice League...your busy cheering on massive deaths of Tempest , Damage and others for Johns" and one poster didn't like that from what I remember. That hey , who cares what you think ...its popular. :tongue:

While I disagree with you on Green Lantern post WotGL (it's pretty much a Sinestro and Hal book at this point. This is the first arc to just tell the reader point blank about it) I will say that Tempest and Damage annoyed me. I'm as mad as I am about Wally West as I am Garth.

And just in case anyone's wondering - Green Lantern Corps isn't focusing on the Emotional Spectrum.

It's funny though, there was a Titans issue focusing on Garth right before Blackest Night that was actually pretty well done, written by JT Krul I believe. Then it was all undone in about three months.

[Michael P]

I thought they were up to 3 books right now.

Green Lantern
Green Lantern New Guardians
Red Lanterns

Four. Green Lantern Corps.

[Alex]

Four. Green Lantern Corps.

An entire universe full of character, and there are 4 books about Green Lanterns.Screw that.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Your not going let the cancer thing go are you superE.?

Its a shitty book honestly. Issue #1 was bad , then 2-3 upped the shit sundae . Its a badly written attempt at doing Doctor Manhattan in the DCU and failing in every way ...because the writer isn't Alan Moore. And it leaps from moments where the character discusses his humanity to suddenly doing a huge feat where he stops a nuclear bomb.

The cancer thing was a complete disgusting thing to do anyhow and added to the most horrible grade this comic received.

[Cavemold]

Well, comics are for reading.
Friends are for hugging.

Seems to me you've been going about this all wrong.
.......evil scowl.

[Adset]

i don't think i read any bad comics this year. go me.

however, its become a new tradition for me to mention the legion of superheroes (3-boot version) #50 every time one of these year-end lists arise. while it was published in 2009, it was so bad it was also the worst comic of 2010 and 2011. i have never, nor will i ever (god willing), read something as bad as this. it was the worst comic of 2011. it will be the worst comic of 2012.

it just is.

[Ottmeister X]

While Heroes For Hire could be considered a rip-off of Birds, I enjoy the writing collaboration of Abnett & Lanning. Consider that Heroes For Hire has been around since 1978 and it's not too far of a stretch from the original concept.

[Cavemold]

I'm shocked no one else has said iron man 2.0

[Libaax]

Very weak reasoning for mentioning Black Panther in this list. What is he doing in Hell's Kitchen ? You could say the same about every hero Marvel,DC put in new place. Its how its written and not the editorial choice. There was reasons in the story. Liss had pretty good run.

Its like saying Batwing sucks because why is there Batman Inc that is global.....

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Very weak reasoning for mentioning Black Panther in this list. What is he doing in Hell's Kitchen ? You could say the same about every hero Marvel,DC put in new place. Its how its written and not the editorial choice. There was reasons in the story. Liss had pretty good run.

Its like saying Batwing sucks because why is there Batman Inc that is global.....

Which Liss never gave in 513. If your trying to hit the ground running and get people to keep pulling a book from Daredevil , you need to give reasons that 1st issue why he's there. With horrible dialogue between him and Storm , it made 513 a Worst issue on my list.

Liss may have waited issues later to give a reason , but at that point ....I wasn't reading. So my weak reasoning made sense with 513.

[the4thpip]

Which Liss never gave in 513. If your trying to hit the ground running and get people to keep pulling a book from Daredevil , you need to give reasons that 1st issue why he's there. With horrible dialogue between him and Storm , it made 513 a Worst issue on my list.

Liss may have waited issues later to give a reason , but at that point ....I wasn't reading. So my weak reasoning made sense with 513.

That seems to be your personal preference, to get things explained in the first story. It's also been stated that Batgirl's cure will be explained later on, yet you just want the instant gratification.

[Darrell D.]

I read the first issue of Batgirl, laughed at just how badly written it was.
For some, it's not a case of instant gratification.

[PsychoGoatee]

I liked it. That Mirror guy certainly being pretty classy I'd say.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

That seems to be your personal preference, to get things explained in the first story. It's also been stated that Batgirl's cure will be explained later on, yet you just want the instant gratification.


I read the first issue of Batgirl, laughed at just how badly written it was.
For some, it's not a case of instant gratification.

I actually had 2 issues of it and it was pretty terrible. I think I had it on 3 issues before they can finally drop it. But as ya posted Darrell... it wasn't instant gratification here.

Batgirl had a terrible issue for me #1 , didn't get better at #2 and I dread to see If I have 3 on my pull next time.:tongue:

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I wasn't the only one to claim Batgirl was terrible. In fact this blog claims Batgirl was #1 at being the most repulsive comic of 2011.


http://nitzthebloody.blogspot.com/2012/01/batgirl-most-repulsive-comic-of-2011.html



Batgirl, The Most Repulsive Comic of 2011
At the end of 2011, the new Batgirl has completed its first arc, and while it's not too bad from a craft standpoint, the implications are so disgusting that it was easily the worst comic I read all year. That includes plenty of comics that WERE bad from a craft standpoint, and even more comics that had a decent level of craft but were based on profoundly stupid concepts. But none of these comics had as revolting a message behind them, and even if they did, their negative implications were immediately seized upon by the audience. The new Batgirl is vile, but a positive commercial and critical reception enable its vileness.

Again, the issue here isn't with the art or writing, at least no more so than any other comic. Adrian Syaf's art is exceptional, and he at least makes the book nice to look at. And Gail Simone's script is decently constructed, if not nearly as good as her work on Birds of Prey or Secret Six. But she's based the book around one of the worst representations of disability I've seen in recent years. This is a comic that deals explicitly with the fact that the character of Barbara Gordon was the rare character who was both a semiotic victory and a memorable, complex entity on her own-- then pisses all over it.

I've already mentioned the bullshit conceit behind this book, that Barbara Gordon can walk again and is using that opportunity to be Batgirl. Now that we're a full four-issue story arc into this comic, we learn how Barbara was cured; she went to a special clinic in South Africa, to receive an experimental surgery. There's the chance that her condition could deteriorate, especially with intense physical strain (the kind that comes part and parcel with crime-fighting), but she's doing it anyway. In Barbara's mind, she's received a miracle, and she has to use her second chance to help people.

It's a strong religious metaphor without the courage to attach itself to a specific religion. But worse, it's a miracle cure that reinforces the notion that Barbara was broken because she couldn't walk. It doesn't matter that it's from the fringes of real-world science instead of DC Universe Phlebotnium, it's still an awful plot device. Barbara can walk again, so she's using this chance to become the exact same person she was before being put in the wheelchair. Her time as Oracle is completely glossed over, with the only bit of past continuity explicitly referenced being when she was shot by the Joker.

Worse yet, the book has the gall to try to treat disability with respect. Barbara scoffs at how Alysia* talks about the loss of mobility as a pitiful fate, and talks about what the chair "lets you do". It's referenced that the word "cure" was a dirty word in the Gordon household, with her father having brought up the clinic with veiled language (so as not to offend Barbara's proud identity). But this means absolutely nothing because Barbara still took the cure, and still enjoys not only her life as an able-bodied person, but as a pinnacle of athletic skill.

Some might argue that it's Barbara's choice to take this cure, and to live the kind of life she wants without accepting limitations. Except Barbara doesn't have much respect for her own life, for the following reasons;

1.) Subjecting herself to an experimental and possible life-threatening surgery in order to walk again, as though the risk of being dead was worth the reward of being able to walk.

2.) Becoming a crimefighter despite being badly out of practice and physically/psychologically unfit for the task. Throwing herself onto the battlefield in situations that could (and, in fact, did) cost civilians their lives due to her incompetence.

3.) Refusing help from her ex-boyfriend and fellow Bat-sidekick Dick Grayson, brushing him off as an over-protective man and going off to fight the villain herself. (This isn't a feminist issue, it's an issue of someone close Barbara not wanting her to get herself killed out of stupid pride).

4.) Being yet another member of the Bat-Family, now in a role that hundreds of crimefighters do better (thanks to Batman, Incorporated). Grant Morrison's notion of Oracle as a cyber-crimefighting digital Batgirl was silly and rooted in very dated conceptions of the internet, but it at least gave Barbara a unique role suited to her skill-set. Here she's just one of the Bat-Grunts, albeit without the ability to handle her emotional baggage.

In short, the message of the new Batgirl is that being disabled limits what you can do, being "normal" is an ideal for which you should readily throw away your life, and disability is just a pit-stop on the able-bodied hero's journey. To this, I use the words of a still-active disabled character, played by an extremely talented actor with a disability (Peter Dinklage);

" [as a cripple] I beg to differ. Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. "-- Tyrion Lannister, George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones

*the Ethnic Best Friend, because DC's books still have to belong to the white characters; so long, Cassandra Cain!

[SilverZeal]

Static Shock: My honest opinion is that I don't believe there's a more terribly illustrated book on the market. I simply couldn't keep collecting this book and pay for my visits to the optometrist at the same time.

Mister Terrific: I really wanted to like this book despite the mind-numbing nonsense that is "The World's THIRD Smartest Man." (Really, DC? The bronze medal is his claim to fame? Really?) But the writing sealed its fate. Lots of mumbo jumbo that's supposed to sound super-intelligent, but just comes off as someone trying to sound super-intelligent and failing miserably.

Batgirl: It's probably not Gail Simone's fault because it seems like she was loaded with a bunch of editorial mandates, but this book was just uninteresting and unreadable. Batgirl's costume is one of the ugliest things the new 52 has to offer and Syaf's art is just not my cup of tea.

Red Hood and the Outlaws: I don't care what Lobdell's excuses are, his rendition of Starfire is completely and utterly offensive to me. I never imagined that a book so well-drawn could make me walk away from it. But it did.

Superman: It's like reading the dictionary with pictures drawn by someone who desperately wants to draw like George Perez but doesn't have a sixth of the talent necessary to do so.

Justice League Dark: Pretty pictures have never been accompanied by a more boring plot.

Justice League International: You mean this wasn't a gag book? This wasn't supposed to be an Onion parody of a JLI book? My bad.

Voodoo: I don't read comics to get my rocks off.

Catwoman: See Voodoo.

The Legion Books: Convoluted doesn't even begin to describe the tangled mess. I guess it was too much to ask that they actually reboot this series again. Too bad. They lost a reader.

Runners-up: The Fury of Firestorm (bland and uninteresting), The Flash (beautiful art, boring story).

Books I never collected to begin with (and wouldn't collect if they paid me): Hawk and Dove, Captain Atom, Green Arrow, The Savage Hawkman, Red Lanterns, Green Lantern: New Guardians.


Static Shock: Terrible nu costume & fairly acceptable art but its a gr8 story with several sub-plots & really REALLY nails Virgil's xcter which mks-up 4 d art.

Mister Terrific: We agree with u...Wallace is simply just butchering a really gr8 xcter.

Voodoo: 1st issue was meh...but u really shoul hv given it 2-3 issues @ least bcuz issues 3 & 4 we gr8 with issue 4 being d best yet. All d stripping & sexiness u were talking about ended in issue 1...speaking of which did u even read issue 1 or just read d preview?

Fury of Firestorm: We agree it started very very bland & boring but d latest issue has given us sum hope.

[SilverZeal]

I'm shocked no one else has said iron man 2.0

Very true...dat buk had a gr8 premise dat shouyld hv finishd as a 6 issue mini but was instead completely ruined by stretching it unnecessarily & mid-run Rhodey/WM bcam a supporting xcter in his own buk during d whole unneceassary Fear-itself tie-in which was just utterly dreadful.

[SilverZeal]

Very weak reasoning for mentioning Black Panther in this list. What is he doing in Hell's Kitchen ? You could say the same about every hero Marvel,DC put in new place. Its how its written and not the editorial choice. There was reasons in the story. Liss had pretty good run.

Its like saying Batwing sucks because why is there Batman Inc that is global.....

Speaking of Batwing, we intend of dropping d buk...though not all of us will do so but most. Dis is due 2 our divine h8red of Batman & hw Batwing is so overly dependent of Batman which is made worse saying dat d 1st African superhero team/ Kingdom would never hv existed without Batman being their sole benefactor.

As Africans our selves we felt so offended by dat...so bye-bye Batwing.

[Aubergine~!]

Wait wait wait.


I don't think I ever said anything was wrong with getting off on comic books, just that it's not one of the reasons I read comic books. Personally, I read comic books for other reasons, none of which have to do with appealing to my sexual interests. For that, I purchase actual pornography. Maybe some folks like to kill two birds with one stone. Not I.

People still BUY porn?