Worst Comics Or Comics-related Stuff In 2007?

[Gail Simone]

You guys know I prefer to keep things positive here, but this one time (please avoid excessive creator bashing. We're really not that kind of board), let's hear your votes for the worst books, and the worst things about comics, to happen in 2007.

Beware all ye who enter here. Someone will doubtlessly hate the stuff you love most, so please try to respect the opinions of others and not be douchenozzles.

Thank you!

Gail

[Agent Helix]

World War Hulk.

This could've been a return to just big, fun crossovers, but no. It's a miserable, incoherent collection of action scenes and horrible characterization, fairly indicative of the direction main-title superhero comics are taking as a whole right now, unfortunately.

Also, I'd like to hear the rationalization for Tony having some anti-Hulk satellite laser, but waiting until issue 5 to use it.

"Listen pal, do you have any idea how many fuckin' satellites I've got up there? You're lucky I don't nuke Omaha by accident every time I turn on my TV."

[Alan Lynch]

One More Day. Billed as groundbreaking, but all it appears to be is Joe Quesada's attempt to piss off anyone who ever enjoyed Spider-Man. So bad JMS wanted his name taken off the books; take the fucking hint Joe. Please.

The difficulty us Brits have in getting hold of The Black Dossier is a real tragedy though. I've been given one link, but it came the week before payday so I missed out. Bastards.

[Pink Bat Max]

Did Civil War conclude this year? 'Cause then, that.

Also, 'He was a skrull all along!'

[Agent Helix]

No way, Skrulls are awesome. I think everyone in the Marvel Universe should turn out to be a Skrull, and then Bob Newhart wakes up.

[Pink Bat Max]

The continued degredation of the Marvel Family, specifically Trials of Shazam, and also the Black Mary Marvel.

[KevinTBrown]

1) It's pretty much everything Marvel did and is doing. They may be making money hand over fist, but that doesn't make it good, IMO.

2) DC's tendency for using death as "shock value". WAY too much of it. Not only in killing off characters "just 'cause", but in how they're doing it. It's no longer shocking or even a useful "tool" to move the story in a different direction. It's old and tired. The reaction they get from me now is not "OMG!", instead it's "sheesh, again?!?". Time for it to stop. Period.

[Cam63]

Yup. Stupid " deaths " get my goat too.

Marvel's fucked up pretty bad this year.

[Agent Helix]

I'd say both the Big Two's main superhero lines are more or less equally shit this past year.

[TCJohnson]

The first six months of DC. They are trying to tie everything together and doing a really miserable job with it.

Top of the list is Countdown and Amazon's Attack, with Meltzer's Justice League. With Booster Gold, Gail's Wonder Woman and McDuffie's JLA, things are finally beginning to shape up...but man, took them long enough.

[the4thpip]

Yeah, I would go with many issues of Countdown (one of the writers, who I shall not name here, seems to be worse than the others). And Amashlocks Ashlock, obviously.

[JeffreyWKramer]

I've tried to avoid the most obviously awful stuff whenever possible, and since I've not seen some of the things already listed - "One More Day", for example - I seem to have succeeded to some degree. That being said, a lot of what I have seen has been pretty horrid.

Meltzer's JLA - It was sort of like a train wreck - you knew it was going to be awful, but you couldn't help looking anyhow, and then immediately wished you'd been able to resist.

As others have noted, the constant death/apparent death ploy, especially as used by DC, and particularly by Winnick. And really, everything I've seen from Winnick of late has been ludicrously bad.

What little I saw of COUNTDOWN was mostly either stupid or incomprehensible.

WW HULK wasn't so much awful as just disappointing. A big slugfest could have been sort of fun, if the pacing wasn't tedious and much of what happened didn't make the least bit of sense. Plus once again a bunch of tedious tie-ins, including yet another dreadful FRONTLINE book.

AMAZONS ATTACK has perhaps set a new low as far as dreadfully bad "event" comics. That one can best be filed as "What were they using?"

[DavidAllred]

Biggest screw-ups in order of travesty:

1. Amazon Attacks
2. Green Arrow #75 and the rape of Dinah's mouth
3. The schizophrenia that was everything Flash & Flash FMA related in 2007

[jerrymcl89]

Amazons Attack really was awful (Bees... my god).

Winick's Titans East snuff-fest was also pretty dreadful.

[AllisterH]

Amazon Attacks

Why oh why did this get greenlighted? From start to finish, this was just plain BAD and the effects are STILL happening.

Civil War and World War Hulk
I lumped these two together as they suffered from the same problem. Great ideas, shows scenes of brilliance but the actual conclusion? So disappointing (Hulk being lasered while Cap being pulled off by the citizens. Talk about "Why the hell didn't this happen earlier?" scene)

One More Day
Just say NO.

The relaunce clusterfucks with Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Flash
What a way to screw the pooch. The perfect time to get new readers interested in these characters and DC just blew it.