Worst of 2006: New Series/Relaunch
Despite everyone apparently agreeing that the worst comics of 2006 had Nightwing on the cover, that doesn’t necessarily mean it was the worst relaunch or new series of the year. A whole lot of suck at the tale end of the year made quite a big impact.
Onslaught Reborn
“For Marvel, 2006 seemed to be a year when the company fell back on the idea of having anniversary events. Sadly, they all sucked. While newuniversal was pretty bad, taking home the cake is Onslaught Reborn. Flipping through the pages was like one big kick to the groin. I hate to criticize Jeph Loeb, but this was a terrible project to get involved with. My wild theory is that perhaps the Powers That Be wanted to publish something reminiscent of the mid-1990s craptacular to remind everyone of how great things are now.”
-Jean-Claude Van Doom
newuniversal
“The ‘New Universe’ relaunch has not. The one shots were poorly done, and it all reeks of ‘Why?'”
-Doominator
Batman Confidential
“Batman Confidential. Man, that first issue was awful. I hope it never comes back. I used to love Whilce Portacio too, but his art stunk.”
-Jim Doom
The Flash
“‘Flash: The Fastest Man Alive,’ hands down. I keep buying it, and I keep kicking myself for it, as the series is just bowling-shoe ugly, both in plot and art. Turning the Flash into a sad-sack namby-pamby is enough to make me want to kill somebody. The Flash is supposed to be confident, cocky, sure of himself–not some wimpy little emo-kid who doesn’t know how to use his powers (or who’s too afraid to do so). Come on!”
-Doom DeLuise
Nightwing
“During Infinite Crisis, Nightwing was friggin’ sweet. DC had finally elevated him to the status he deserved as one of the premier superheroes in their universe. Then they made the mistake of not killing him. The Bruce Jones-written arc on Nightwing was just bad. Bad, bad, bad. The villains were bad, the supporting characters were bad, the characterization of Dick Grayson was bad, the dialogue was bad, and the art was bad. You should never wish one of your favorite characters had died, but death would have been preferable to seeing Nightwing go through this relaunch.”
-Fin Fang Doom
I am just blown away by how awful and ridiculous that Captain America artwork is.
I like to imagine it set to some Celtic music, and Cap is just dancing out a jig. Then it sort of makes sense.
ahahahhahaaa that is fantastic! someone needs to animate that and send it to ytmnd
I’ll admit it, I’m still buying the Onslaught Reborn mini… horrible art, mediocre writing (I still don’t get why Loeb is treated like a superstar) but I do love the concept of Onslaught. The writing never meets me expectations, but it is a great idea.