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[Deset Gled]

Does anyone remember the classic "Spider-Man, Storm, and Power Man battle Smokescreen" comics? That's a special kind of bad.

It's probably worth mentioning that there's a strong history of political and religious propaganda comics that exist on their own level of terrible. I assume "worst" for the purposes of this thread is in terms of stuff from the standard publishers, but there's definitely some gray areas.

 

[Ryujin]

Does anyone remember the classic "Spider-Man, Storm, and Power Man battle Smokescreen" comics? That's a special kind of bad.

It's probably worth mentioning that there's a strong history of political and religious propaganda comics that exist on their own level of terrible. I assume "worst" for the purposes of this thread is in terms of stuff from the standard publishers, but there's definitely some gray areas.

Oh yes, it gets into a whole different strain of "bad" with people like Jack Chick

 

[Reynard]

Oh yes, it gets into a whole different strain of "bad" with people like Jack Chick

Dark Dungeons is a work of absute genius. Accidentally, probably.

 

[Reynard]

The worst of all DC Big Summer Crossovers That Change Everything! is definitely Genesis. Holy crap.

 

[Ryujin]

Dark Dungeons is a work of absute genius. Accidentally, probably.

I hope that you mean the film and not the original comic

 

[R_J_K75]

The worst of all DC Big Summer Crossovers That Change Everything! is definitely Genesis. Holy crap.

My feelings are that any extended cross-over event where if you want the whole story you have to read outside of the titles you normally read is terrible. Marvels Civil War comes to mind. I was looking at the full checklist yesterday and was going to reply to this thread but got sidetracked. There were well over 80 issues, and cost a ton of money to keep up. Stupidly, I did. A good example to me of what a good cross-over is "Kravens Last Hunt" 6 issues total, 2 ea of Amazing Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man and Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man. NUFF SAID DENNY!!

 

[Parmandur]

Does anyone remember the classic "Spider-Man, Storm, and Power Man battle Smokescreen" comics? That's a special kind of bad.

It's probably worth mentioning that there's a strong history of political and religious propaganda comics that exist on their own level of terrible. I assume "worst" for the purposes of this thread is in terms of stuff from the standard publishers, but there's definitely some gray areas.

Oh, I think Jack Chick's history if the world megaissue is worthy of consideration here. Wherein he expounds, with utmost sincerity, how Islam was a Jesuit plot to suppress Baptists. Not a joke.

 

[Parmandur]

Dark Dungeons is a work of absute genius. Accidentally, probably.

Other Chick Tracts ate actually much worse, believe it or not. He is singlehandedly responsible for creating and spreading the idea that people are poisoning Halloween candy (that is not happening), and it gets worse and darker...

 

[James Gasik]

It's a toss up between One More Day and the Clone Saga for me. Every time they try mucking with the Spider-Man status quo I sigh deep inside. For a runner up, The Trial of Gambit was particularly disappointing to me.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

The Green Lantern story where they introduce the "emotional rainbow" nonsense. Don't know the name of it. But it's terrible.

I actually liked this, and it sort of made sense after yellow for fear and green for courage (is courage an emotion?). And iirc, it was introduced in a Free Comic Book Day freebie... at least that's where me and my sons encountered it first