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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1235301" data-attributes="member: 8530">In defense of "Peter Parker, son of James Bond", that story was first written by Stan Lee as a one-shot flashback in 1968's Amazing Spiderman Annual #5.  The story actually wasn't that bad, and had no real impact on continuity as his folks were clearly dead.  The mistake was when they decided to follow this up 25 years later with a multi-issue storyline with them now alive.Now my vote for single worst storyline ever was:The Invincible Iron BoyStarting in Avengers, the Crossing and issue of Ironman, we have the brilliant idea that founding Avenger Ironman has now turned evil for no apparent reason and is killing other Avengers.   The only way to stop him is to time travel into the past and bring forward a younger Tony Stark.   The older IronMan then dies (and not even in his own book, but in the Avengers) and is then replaced by this kid.   Apparently the powers that be at Marvel thought that having a teenage IronMan would appeal more to younger readers.   The first run of the book ended after six issues of this garbage, and Kurt Busiek then used the "Heroes Reborn" to do a restart on the whole thing with the real Tony instead.   Honorable Mention:You call these guys Avengers?"I'm referring to the Avengers #291 to 300 run.   this run featured the lamest Avengers team ever assembled.   Doctor Druid, She Hulk, Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau version), Sub-Mariner, Subby's wife Marrina (from Alpha Flight), and the Black Knight.    And the run ends with bringing in Gilgamesh (a new-to-Marvel Hercules knockoff from Olympus) as well as Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman as members (and we knew they would not be staying long, as they continued to wear their FF costumes). Thor hung around for a few issues, primarily just to be picked on by Dr. Druiid, and Captain America eventually showed up as "The Captain", the costume eventually worn by U.S. Agent.   The storylines were awful, most having to do with the muti-racial Cross-time Council of Kangs (a Green Lantern Corps knock-off) and the evolution of Marrina into a sea monster.  A dying Jarvis was the highlight.  A few dialogue examples:"Oh my darling. Can it be that somewhere within this vast armored form... there yet beats the heart of the woman I loved...and still love?"-Namor"The Avengers have a new leader. And the future is going to be much different than anyone expects!"-Doctor DruidMister Fantastic: "Anybody up for a nightcap of milk and cookies?"Captain: "Only if you've got Tollhouse cookies.""Thor is scarcely my equal!"-Doctor DruidAt one point Thor utters the following dialogue, which all of us unfortunate readers certainly agreed with:"More and more do I sorely miss the steadfast company of my former teammates--Captain America, Iron Man and Hercules. -ThorSurprisingly, this run was written by the great Walt Simonson (whose work on Thor was legendary), and drawn by greats John Buscema & Tom Palmer.   How could such a great creative team give us this garbage?</blockquote>

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