Best Bad Moments in Comic
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I've been reading a lot of Bronze Age stuff and I came across Iron Man #72 recently. In this issue Tony abandons the girl he loves, who he has completely lost track of (which in itself is hilarious because 2 issues later you find out he gave her a tracker) in the jungles of Vietnam to go to... San Diego Comic Con!
I laughed out loud at the premise of this story alone, but the issue is so hilariously bad (Tony is in San Diego on a business emergency that is never explained, once it's dealt with he doesn't fly straight back to Vietnam, but decides that nightlife bores him now and he's looking for something different. And of course there are supervillians trying to steal an expensive issue of Purple Pig, and I could go on) that it got me thinking, what are everyone's favorite no good very bad terrible moments from comics.
I laughed out loud at the premise of this story alone, but the issue is so hilariously bad (Tony is in San Diego on a business emergency that is never explained, once it's dealt with he doesn't fly straight back to Vietnam, but decides that nightlife bores him now and he's looking for something different. And of course there are supervillians trying to steal an expensive issue of Purple Pig, and I could go on) that it got me thinking, what are everyone's favorite no good very bad terrible moments from comics.
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I will give this issue some credit, though. At least it's a stupid Watcher story that's somewhat amusing unlike Original Sin which is a stupid Watcher story that's just depressing.
2) Superman had a pet T-Rex in the Fortress of Solitude.
3) Jericho's outfit from The New Teen Titans.
4) When The Punisher became an Avenging Zombie Angel or something
5) Johnny Storm referred to Zsasji (or whatever her name was) as a "Chippee" in Secret Wars. 23-Skiddoo there, Johnny boy!
Just as silly as the plane.
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Daredevil returns to San Francisco, and pilots a plane to get there. Because, of course a blind man could do that with no flight training. That radar sense must really be something. After taking out a few goons he discovers that their intended robbery victim is Jann Wenner (EIC of Rolling Stone magazine). DD gives the magazine an exclusive interview but then discovers that the citizens of San Francisco are collectively suffering from a sort of mass-amnesia.
All in all a bizarre issue. Uri Geller was in a DD comic too and that one probably also qualifies.
From an “imaginary story” in World’s Finest Comics #153 where Batman thinks that Superman killed his father and Bruce Wayne has devoted his life toward avenging his father. This murder is the reason for him becoming a detective and becoming the Batman. When Robin discovers this, he accuses Batman of being obsessed. Bruce's response?
He slaps Robin in the face... and a million memes were born.
"AND IF THE KRYPTONITE SHOULD DESTROY HIM--WELL THAT'S HIS TOUGH LUCK!"
I love that the thugs can identify Kryptonite by sight from a moving vehicle.
How long did they have to stand in one location with a 'cattlepult' until Superman came by and lingered in just the right spot for them?
*rimshot*
Good night, everybody.
I'm more impressed they were able to get a catapult on such short notice. Do you think it's rented?