By far the worst was revealed in the deadly genesis story arc, where we learn he covered up the deaths of a whole team of xmen. Sins past is one of the worst comics of the 2000s, caleb goellner of comics alliance writes, the series reads almost like a mashup of every bad idea in comics storied. In destroyer, lavalle tells the story of frankensteins last descendant, and the lengths shell go to in order to reconnect with the son she lost. He got his first professional work at the age of 16, drawing the title story. Frank miller is a respected comic book creator, who has written some of the best.
We take a look at all the big comic book films of the. That all being said, while its objectively not the worst comic book story ive ever read its the one i hate the most and got me to quit all cape books for a year out of spite. World war ii was a boon to american comic writers, because suddenly there was a universal thing that everyone already hated that could be easily incorporated into comics. Movies based on comic books are always big box office business, but its possible no year had better overall quality for the genre than 2017. Here are supermans 10 worst comic book adventures, ranked. So, without further ado heres my list of 27 of the lamest characters created in comic book history. The worst individual comic book story youve ever read. I have read both stories before and after hearing stories about other bad comic book story arcs from the 90s, yeah.
The 40 worst rob liefeld drawings progressive boink. Inappropriate, controversial, or just plain bad duration. Dc has the worst reputation for creating superheros worthy of a headdesk, but marvel have a fair share of facepalms too. Green arrow, luthor, bucky, reed richards, captain marvel and captain america when. What are some of the worst comic series ever created. The rise of arsenal, a 4issue miniseries written by j. In the case of liefeld, as this page from youngblood shows, he really was pretty awful in his time. Here are some of the very best and worst of all time. Jamm is the single worst character to come out of dcs 1993 bloodlines event, and thats saying something. It turns out that when the original team went mia on krakoa the living island, ol charles assembled a previously unseen squad to rescue them all of whom subsequently died. The story is so vile that a comic shop owner in oklahoma city was actually arrested for selling it and had to enlist the help of the comic book legal defense fund to help him avoid jail time.
With plans to publish a limited amount of new titles starting april 28, the promise of new dc comic books on the horizon got us looking backwards at the greatest dc stories of all time. The series was created by a british collaboration consisting of writer alan moore. For some more well known origin stories that just dont make any damn sense, check out marvel comics vs. The 10 worst episodes of courage the cowardly dog according to imdb. The 7 crappiest super heroes in comic book history. One of the worst surprises i had was the haunted story arc in hellblazer. As a whole this is actually a perfectly fine story i think. Comic book history is filled with brilliant and notsobrilliant. A couple of the comments last week inspired me to go the other way this week. Frank millers got a great ending to the story and a really cool final scene that was. It keeps stores accountable for promises to hold and customers accountable for pulls so lcss dont have to keep lots of cash tied up in inventory that sometimes just isnt picked up. It is the best selling graphic novel in comic book history and spun off a major motion picture.
Genuinely, its the worst comic book in the entire 15 years of the ultimate universe. The plot of the story revolves around batman and robin trying to take down an insane, terroristic rock star, with batman especially determined to. Sometimes theyre amazing, but other times, they really suck. The comic book tie in for the video game injustice. An apocryphal story claims that thackeray once confessed to douglas william jerrold that the virginians was the worst novel he ever wrote, while jerrold replied, no. If sinead oconners lyrics are actually discreet prophecies about terrible comics in the ultimate universe and i have to assume they are, nothing compares 2 u would definitely be about ultimatum. Too long, but has a lot of memorable moments and its cool to see all. My least favorite the worst comic books issues stories. Spawning out of the already monumentally terrible cry for justice event, the rise of arsenal follows roy harper, the green arrows former side kick, as he recovers from the events that destroyed his life. In fact, 20 years after the war ended, stan lee was still milking this idea for all it was worth when he created the villain hatemonger, the purplehooded racist. Best and worst comic book plot twists, ranked screenrant. Like i mentioned previously, the 90s were an interesting and dark time to.
Watchmen is either at or near the top of every single best of comics list. Comics alliance named it one of the worst comics of the decade. Loeb was a producerwriter on the tv series smallville and lost. I recently posted about why batmans the best superhero ever check it out here. What comic book artists are generally seen as having bad. As i cant add just authors, ive selected their worst crimes to represent them. I didnt buy a marvel book for 5 years, trades included. Gods among us is a spectacular example of superman being duped into doing the worst imaginable misdeeds superman is. Im pretty sure ive raved about this comic multiple times here on book riot. Comic book movies of 2017, ranked from worst to best. Great outdoor fight is the strips best story in a walk. New writer warren ellis came with great credentials, but that story was utterly lacking in subtlety it was straight, in your face gore and nastiness, almost amateurish in its execution and with disappointing art, which. If ive missed any of your favourites for the title, let me know.
Worst comic book writers ever a list of the worst superhero comic book writers ever. Watchmen was a graphic novel published by dc comics in 1986 and 1987. The 10 greatest comic book artists of all time creative bloq. The lamest comic book characters, red bee, mr mxyzptlk. They are the home of such flagship characters as superman, batman. Below are the 25 worst superhero movies of all time, ranked by how awful they are. Comic book movies havent always been synonymous with big box offices and critical acclaim. This list is in response to my top ten worst moments in marvel comics that i published a few months ago. Victor lavalles destroyer by victor lavalle, dietrich smith, joana lafuente, jim campbell, and micaela dawn. What was the worst comic book story for any dc character. For every classic story he gets, superman has a major stinker to balance the scales.
Again, waay too long, even moreso than age, it also loses. Watch dark knight comic book artist john romita jr. Marvels 1986 film howard the duck was an infamous flop across the board. Originally founded in 1934 as national allied publications, dc comics has grown into one of the two biggest comic book companies in america. Jessica jones is quite a depressing comic book with undertones of sexual violence and abuse. In due fairness, here is a list of the top ten worst moments in dc comics. The story is tight and well paced, and the tieins inform aspects of the central plot that.
Every modern marvel event ranked from worst to best. Stories like this are why i support prepaying for orders pulls becoming standard in the comic industry. Saga has spent six years being one of the best scifi stories around, and no matter how delectably fanciful it got, it was forever grounded by the real heart it found. A few years ago, the worldfamous brandon stroud and i wrote an article running down the 40 worst rob liefeld drawings of all time. Every modern marvel event ranked from worst to best paste. He had the basics down, but knees, elbows, feet basically any place where joints articulate looked. We take a look at 40 of his worst offenses to the medium. In fact, jerrold died before the first volume of the virginians was published. Rob liefeld has long been derided as one of the worst comic book artists of all time. Fortunate son is a 1999 graphic novel which ranks as one of the worst, most baffling batman stories ever committed to print. The 6 most bizarrely offensive comic book supervillains. The story ran through 27 different annuals, with the idea being that every book would introduce a new superhero to the dc universe, using an alien invasion as the convenient plot device to make it happen. As a matter of fact, sexual abuse is an important part of jessica jones origin story. It is basically a cashin after the success of year one and has batman doing things that are ridiculously out of character like almost killing gordon because.
In this video we take a look at the all time worst comic books of all time. Barbara gordon, aka batgirl, is shot in the spine by the joker in a home invasion. None of her characters were right, she didnt give a f about stuff that was already established, stories were generally. What was the worst comic book story for any dc character that youve read, why. The story was poorly executed and kind of unimpressive.
Suffice to say, two new marvel comics series came out of the stunt. The worst events in comic book history 15 one more day. Counting down the top 10 worst comic book stories from the best comic book writers. He is of course, one of many awesome comic characters, from the most wellknown, to whats referred to in comic geek circles as second tier characters daredevil or green arrow come to mind, or third tier dr strange, or swamp thing. Marvel comics is responsible for a complete revitalization of the comic book industry in the 60s, some of the greatest and most beloved characters and superhero stories in history, and helping to convince the mainstream that comic books are a legitimate art form. Year two is one of the worst batman stories ever written. With this in mind, weve taken a look back at 20 of comic s biggest narrative surprises, in order to round up this list of the 10 best and 10 worst comic book plot twists of all time.