Comments on: The 50 Worst Comic Book Characters

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:34:07 +0000

I agree with Number one being Superman but Riddler is not in the top 50? No way he’s kinda cool if you read his backstory.

You should have included more X-men villains that the writers refuse to let die since they’re in love with them all too much. Apocolips and others ruined that series.. then again that series always sucked.

Glad to see Batman and Spiderman didn’t feature too many times on this list

By: VonSpyder

VonSpyder — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:18:15 +0000

again a few thoughts:
when it came to the green lantern, travis, you should have been way more specific about which one. yes being weak against yellow is lame. but not as lame as GNORT the dog green lantern whose arch nemesis the scarlet skiier is a blatant rip off of silver surfer. or how about Pip from the infinity watch? or kingpin? a big fat guy who is only mediocre in strength and even with the entire underworld at his disposal fails miserably at killing a blind cane weilding lawyer and a college kid with moderate powers?

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:47:22 +0000

You nuts?? Superman Rules.

By: Joke

Joke — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:50:18 +0000

Are you mental? Superman was like the most popular hero after Spiderman…ever! how can you diss? How much money do you make buddy?

By: Mr. I hateyou

Mr. I hateyou — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:22:12 +0000

DISGRACE.

By: David

David — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:54:03 +0000

I don’t necessarily agree with everything you said - the Flash is one of my favorite characters and I love Daredevil - but it is your opinion and I wish that some of the idiots who posted online got that. You can think that the Flash sucks monkey balls all you want, it is your opinion and you aren’t implying that it is fact. Really, I applaud you for the list that you created. It is one, big hilarious read. The stuff about Rob Liefeld was awesome. I remember picking up a few of his comics back when I was way younger. I think I did it because I thought it was Cable! I never saw the blatant rip-off to Captain America, that’s just sad.

By the by, I agree with you about Superman. He is a flat character that cannot be related to. The whole limitless power thing is just annoying and the fact that he is an uptight boyscout makes him all the less likable, whereas Batman is the greatest because he’s a freakin’ badass with no powers. He’s human! That’s why he rocks. Superman is an alien! No one on this planet is an alien (not counting the illegal kind).

Oh, and Ian… shut up. I can list off a bunch of shit I dug up on the internet in order to prove a point. I can list a bunch of redundant, useless knowledge that I know because I’m a nerd, too. But I don’t because I’m not a class A douche. I only read your first point, by the by, and that was enough to make me roll my eyes. Superman isn’t identifiable to us because he wasn’t created in this era? He was created in the 30’s (thanks Wikipedia!), you say? Well guess what, the people who read comics during the heydays of Superman are, at the very least, 70. In other words, they don’t read comics anymore! The fact is, comics are targeted towards the youth. So I don’t care if he was created in the 30’s, he better be identifiable to us now or he won’t sell. Batman was created around the same time but he’s not exactly fighting Nazis or any of that. You see, as the time passed, so did the characters. I don’t give a shit when he was created, he’s around know and they’re trying to make money off of him… so he’s targeted towards US. If he isn’t identifiable to us than he isn’t going to sell. The whole statement was practically an oxymoron. If you knew anything about comic books (or life) you would have realized that.

That comment was very dumb and made you sound like a total idiot. Between you and the guy who threatened to “beat the author up”… I just don’t know who is more of an idiot!

By: WalknKane

WalknKane — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:25:19 +0000

Ian ol’ boy, you are the most long winded prick I ever even heard of. Does it say the douchebags on your mailbox? You act like the encyclopedia comic bookia but your facts aren’t all correct. Jean Grey was never the Phoenix. The only time she really died was now. The Phoenix was a separate entity altogether. And then the clone bitch. Fact is I don’t agree with a bunch of the characters he chose but he’s got a right to be a dick. Just like you only you take it to a whole new level. Travis, you make me laugh bro. The only one that didn’t make me laugh was the comment on the FF. Your way more creative than fag,fag, fag, whore. Make more lists like these if for no other reason but to piss the people off some more. Oh, and to keep me in stitch’s.

By: Arnie

Arnie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:32:01 +0000

Let’s just go with Wonderwoman and Superman….a terrific duo!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:32:54 +0000

I agree with Casey fully. This list has no thought but into it at all and shows a terrible lack of Comic knowledge. I’ll work back from your number one.
Number One: Superman is not identifiable to you because he was not made for you, he was not even made for this era. Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster created Super-man in 1933 as a villain appearing only in one issue, he as then rewritten as a hero and published as Superman in Action Comics #1 in 1939. The creators were two Jewish Americans that felt they wanted a character that was super human on every level but did not have to hide behind a mask. Superman is a Jew created in a time when being Jew was not really a walk in the park. But he has evolved over time and has become the heroes hero. He is selfless with power rivaling gods, he even wrestled an Angel for Gods sake. But the point of this is that he is not supposed to be identified with. Do you ever say, “God created the Earth in seven days… I could do that”. Moving on.
Number Two: Your number two was entertaining, but I see no real fault with them being on the list other than that there are so many worse characters out there.
Number Three: Yes Namor is royalty… but so is Aquaman. He was taken from birth from his mother the Queen of … also Atlantis and left to die on a reef because we was cursed with blond hair. But regardless of this he is a very complex character that gets slot of shit because people think his costume sucks and swimming isn’t really a power, but he puts on a suit every day and fights crime, so you diserves some props.
Number Four: Hawkman is both a reincarnated Egyptian Pharaoh and an Alien… thats awesome to say the least. He is considered the unofficial chairman of the JSA (Justice Society of America) and is considered the moral core of the team. He is a bit hot under the color but if that his only fault than he still has one over you.
Number Five: Jean Grey is called THE PHOENIX… so yes she comes back from the dead from time to time, but thats what she is supposed to do. They have been building her importance for twenty years, after she almost destroys the Universe she dies for the first time. But she will continue to come back until they do a huge story arc that covers the entire Marvel Universe just like DC’s Crisis line… awesome.
Number Six: The Hulk is both a modern day Jekyll and Hyde as well as a statement on the rising fear in nuclear power… back in the sixties. He has been an avenger, has saved the world in both the Marvel Onslaught Saga and in the Marvel Ultimate line when he beats up Alien Nazis. He has been smart, stupid, angry, and everywhere in between. Oh and about the wife thing… his wife dies form exposer to radiation that is generated from Bruce Banners/Hulk body. Talk about tragedy.
Number Seven: The Fantastic Four are Marvels first family, and that is something like the royal or presidential first as well as the original. Saying they suck is akin to saying that Spiderman or the X-Men suck you can say that but you would both be wrong and you would get beaten up by a ninety pound dude that just came back from the comic shop fueled ideas of grandeur.
And Sue is not a whore she as two children and lost one in birth, she was also possibly raped by Doctor Doom. She is very much in love with Reed, Johnny is awesome but sometimes a dick.
Number 8: You are again missing the point, Luthor is not just a smart billionaire he is quite possibly you smartest human being on the DC planet and the reason that he is Superman number one enemy is for just the reason you said. He has no powers. It’s brains vs brawn and brawn is not out for blood. Luthor is cool not because he wants to kill Superman, he really really does, but because he wants to first make the Man of Steel hated for everything he stands for, Luthor wants to destroy love and hope. And that is just awesome.
Number Nine: The Green Lantern is possibly the most interesting character of all time. He was not born with super powers, he did not design a suit, or worship the right gods or drink a magic elixir. He was given the most powerful weapon in the Universe and is told to protect life. The ring can literally create anything that the wearer can imagine as long as the wearer has the willpower to use it. And that brings up why this character is so damn cool. In an issue of The Return of the Green Lantern Corps the Green Arrow puts on the ring and shoots a single arrow at Sinestro and almost passes out from exhaustion. The ring takes so much willpower to use that it could kill the average man. The Green Lantern also has the ability to walk away from being a hero but he doesn’t in each incarnation of the character he/she has lost more than most because they want to help, the Green Lantern is, In my opinion the greatest hero of all time.
I will stop there, I do not agree with about seventy percent of this list but I’m getting tired and I can only stoke my ego so much. I have to admit as much as I want to prove this author wrong and belittle him I also wanted the readers to see what these heroes mean. Granted they are not real, at least not in the physical sense, but they impact a huge area of media, they are a multi billion dollar a year industry and this blogger just tried to look down upon them because he is either jealous of them or just so ignorant that he thought he would seem like a bad ass. Have fun living in a world where complaining on the internet is the most important thing you have to offer. Good luck and farewell.

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:52:57 +0000

Wow.

You know, I’m not even a super comic fan. But, your arguments lack any logic at all. Calling a character a fag and another a whore doesn’t actually tell your “readers” why you are placing them on this list. It just makes you a bigot. I don’t care who you put on this list, but you should try formulating an actual argument. If you can, that is, since you seem to have some crazed jealousy toward writerly persuasion. You might want to get some background the next time you set out to argue with very popular ideas.