0:00 Intro 0:39 Honorable Mentions 2:19 10. The Ultimates 3:20 9. Wolverine: Revenge 4:28 8. Gotham City Sirens 5:46 7. Predator vs. Black Panther 7:22 6. Iron Man 9:04 5. Batman 11:12 4. Alan Scott: The Green Lantern 12:45 3. The Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells 14:08 2. Wonder Woman 16:35 1. X-Men From the Ashes 19:32 Outro
Yeah, I disagree with ultimates and xmen, but i know that he doesn't like Deniz and tom choices for this reboot, predator vs BP could have been more consistent, a shame
I rarely go to the LCS anymore.....I was flipping through one of the recent ones that had a decent cover, and I read about 4 or 5 pages and couldn't decide if I wanted to evil laugh or throw up...
After avidly collecting from the late 70s until 2010, I stepped away from comics (due to career & family demands) until just a few years ago (retirement providing a gateway back). Needless to say I’ve been shocked by what has happened to the mighty X-Men titles, which were bullet-proof for about 25-30 years, and I have not heard great things about Spider-Man either. I feel a bit like a hibernating bear who has emerged into a comic book world I never made. Primarily a Marvel-limited DC guy, I’m wondering what is good these days. Any rec’s out there?
I'm in a similar situation to you, started in the mid 1970s, except I took a long break in the 1990s and came back around 2000. I recently gave up on Marvel. So, I dunno. The only comic I look forward to each month is Green Lantern.
Yeah, I am sort of the same. I didn’t start till the 80’s and stopped early 2000’s. Then when I decided to dip my toe back in I was shocked to see what modern comics have become. The price also didn’t help.
@@jayspeijer614 There are a couple titles from DC and Marvel that are good but it seems as though most of the good books are independent. Pretty much anything from Ghost Machine, especially Rook: Exodus. I would recommend GI Joe: ARAH, Dick Tracy, Conan, Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest. I hear good things about the Transformers/GI Joe. Crossover stuff but I’m only reading the regular ARAH book.
It's such a shame that hacks are domininating IPs nowadays instead of true creatives. You've really nailed how I feel about that exactly for this video.
The sad preset is Tom King can actually write but he keeps destroying legacy characters for the sake of his story. Let him write his own property. He can ruin his own ips.
It sucks. I was hopeful, and I like the art. It feels like when I was reading X-Men back in 2011-2012. They have to start over essentially, and set out looking for new X-Men, but it's just not as good. It's like they do that every few years.
By the way, who was the Alejandro that Wes mentioned hating at the end? Every time I hear about the Mutants now I hear about A) character assassination and B) some newcomer they expect fans to think is the next big thing when we all know they're never going to be seen again after the writer leaves. They need another Decimation.
I think that Detective Comics deserved also a spot. Ram V dosen‘t now how to write a conclusion and Scarlett is basically a Talia Al Ghul and Hush copy. Ram V‘s run is also more expensive than a regular Nintendo Switch.
You know so sad about the Tom King Wonder Woman run is It's probably one of the most looked at Wonder Woman runs in recent years because of Tom King but all it does is make people look at Wonder Woman like what the hell is this and I've been reviewing every issue and it's horrible I'm not even going to lie it is horrible and I've been trying to tell people Wonder Woman is a good character but Tom King ain't doing me no favors with this run.
The entire Fall Of House Of X/Rise Of Powers of X and your tie-ins was the worst comics of this year for me. Seeing all the X-Men gonna rogue and becoming gleeful killers maked me sick. The entire Fall of X was one of worst things that I've read in my life and I swore never touch a new X book again after this. Wells ASM run come in second place for me. So uninspired run that ruined Peter and MJ relationship and made Peter feel like a complete douchebag in many moments. And Spencer Ackerman Iron Man run it's in third place for me. I dropped that shitty books just after 3 issues. A complete disaster for me. Honorable mention: Saladin Ahmed Daredevil run,turning Matt in some kind exorcist was so dumb for me and the storyline is so lazy and boring that make this a very forgettable run in my opinion.
I would put Scarlett way up there simply because the Energon line had hit after hit, and this mini was just awful. Destro wasn't great either, but at least it fit.
It was between ASM and Wonder Woman for me. Wells has been so laughably bad at his setups and dialogue and talking mailboxes and Rek Rap whatever that it’s impossible to take any of it seriously anymore. I have a deal with a friend of mine that I buy Batman and he buys ASM and I gotta say, he always looks angrier than I do. But, sorry Wells, your 3 year reign of incompetence has come to an end. I can’t even finish Tom King’s books. I usually thumb through them, nod my head at the dialogue and put it back on the shelf. Unreadable even in a so bad it’s good way, unpleasant, meandering and slow. Just an awful book. I’ve been able to read some of King’s books, but this is a really bad for a King book.
It's a good list Wes, but for me personally the worst book of the year was Outsiders by Lanzing & Kelly. 9 of the 11 issues came out in 2024. While it was not the worst written book and the art was decent to good, because of the subject matter I felt personally offended by every issue. These low talent hacks were allowed by DC to crap on the legacies of Warren Ellis and some of the seminal Wildstorm works that you learn by the end of issue 1 its about. This was not some love letter to Planetary unless you hate the ones you love. Lanzing & Kelly attempted some high concept ideas and thought provoking commentary but they are neither talented enough or clever enough to pull it off. The individual stories are contemptable enough but when I discovered who the new Drummer was I wanted to storm the DC offices. I saw some comic shop employee on Facebook post how he read Planetary and was a big fan and that Outsiders was his favorite book of the year. It took everything in me not to respond, "then I guess you really aren't a fan of Planetary". Some of the "highlights" include the Challengers of the Unknown portrayed as arrogant, reckless a-holes who clash with the Outsiders in a story we find out that Aquaman is responsible for a leviathan graveyard left behind in the DC version of the Bermuda Triangle and that we should feel empathy for the young monster left behind. Another issue was a hamfisted exploration of the Batman psyche. Then we get to their introduction of a new Jenny, girl of the century. Their version is Jenny Crisis, an angry, angsty, black lesbian who's emotions affect the world. When she's happy people reunite, when she's angry there are catastrophes, when she is sad she threatens to drown the world. By the end of the book she has learned nothing except to be the typical insufferable know it all progressive type that we all despise. It just gets worse from there. Some of the unintentionally hilarious things in the book include having the characters swear, but it's blacked out. Which I think was the writers' attempt at some clever meta narrative that is pointless. Best of all, you get the impression that the high ideal concept that becomes the main story in the latter half of the book was supposed to have some effect on the DC Universe but near as I can tell it is being ignored by everyone. Lanzing & Kelly so desperately want to be Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and of course Warren Ellis. But they have neither the talent, the ideas, or the knowledge to even be their assistant. It's a pointless book that will be forgotten by this time next year, thank goodness. But it is still the worst book of 2024 for taking a giant dump on Ellis, The Authority, and Planetary. Go away Lanzing & Kelly, comics doesn't need you.
Although Chip Zdarsky's Batman has been lackluster and just plain bad at times, there's one issue this year that could possibly be the best single issue of 2024! I'm talking about Batman 149, the post-Failsafe Saga issue. In Batman 149, Bruce runs up against a young version of himself who turns out to be his clone. But that's not the worst part as the clone was designed to rapidly age and die. Unfortunately, there's no cure for this. So, after Bruce convinces his clone that he (Bruce prime) is not the enemy, they start to form a bond and a friendship. And, it's kind of tough on Bruce, given that he's sees the good parts of himself in his clone- nobility, loyalty and selflessness. For instance, Bruce's clone gives Bruce his own right hand given that Bruce' has sustained an injury, losing it a few issues earlier. There's a beautiful scene near the end of this issue, where Bruce and, we'll just say, the older/elderly version of himself from now on- go to the family cemetary behind Wayne Manor where they visit Alfred's and Thomas and Martha's graves, and reminisce about the past, talk about the people they've lost, their regrets and how times have changed- only the older, now wheelchair bound, Bruce really never had these memories as they were implanted by the Batman of Zur-En-Arr. Yet still there's a touch of looming sadness as Bruce has to watch his older self face death that is both quite strange as it is existential. In the end, Bruce has to let a part of himself go, which can be quite difficult for any person. I sure can relate as this is one of the more profoundly philosophical and thought -provoking issues that I have read in a very long time.
@@EvandroACruz Only a full ret-con and a return to their heroic past could redeem them for me. Neither are likely to happen with the current writers/editors.
Wonder woman by Tom King Detective comics by ram v Thundercats Alan Scott GL Batman by Chip Z XMen Ultimate Xmen Gotham Sirens Everything Bloodhunt Catwoman
Yea I definitely agree with your top spots, but I think King needs to be joint first, every review I seen just highlighted how bad that run is. And I just hope Wonder Woman makes it out of the series in one piece. But that can’t be said for the X-Men, they’re already in tatters, as a franchise only Star Wars is in a worse state. Absolutely nothing can be done to save either one, they both need a full reboot and wipe clean everything from the last decade.
@@VaughnEsper No I’ve seen multiple reviews, even Perch says it’s terrible, and I trust him more than anyone. And I’ve read King before, I know how terrible his writing is, he’s a writer for midwits.
I don't go anywhere near the Ultimate Universe or Spiderman books, so I'll take your word on those. And I gave up on all of the X-Men books. As far as what would be on my list, from Marvel- three titles that I used to enjoy- Daredevil, Hulk and Thor. Every few months I'll check out an issue of each to see if they've improved and I remain disappointed. Just like DC has destroyed Batman, Marvel has made a mess of the Daredevil character. I admit, I have no idea what's going on with him becoming a priest or whatever. And Hulk as a horror comic is just plain stupid. As stupid as making almost every member of the supporting cast some sort of Hulk. And can there be some consistency on how large the Hulk actually is? I didn't mind the Thor comic as much, but it got too convoluted and I realized I just didn't care. From DC, I keep checking out World's Finest and keep thinking that it sucks. Cliche, predictable storylines and lousy art. Yeah, I'm probably the only person who doesn't like Dan Mora's art. As far as art that I do like- the art on Birds Of Prey and Flash, both are books that I enjoyed reading this past year, although I will admit that I skipped the last few issues of BOP as the storyline was dragging too much. Superman and Action would be high on my'worst of 2024' list. Lame storylines and not much substance, I read the last few issues in five minutes and thought to myself- that's it? I keep trying the Ghost Machine titles and not enjoying any of them, but I wouldn't say that they're the worst of 2024, just not for me.
Marvel continually keeps trying to fit the circle into the square with the 20th Century (Fox) IP's and Marvel 616. The Avengers/Aliens and Black Panther/Predator being perfect examples.
Wes, In the last video, you said Rook was the best drawn comic of 2024. I wonder, who do you think is the best artist between... Jason Fabok, Jim lee and Dan Mora ?
I think it's still worth a read, mainly for Greg Cupullo's art. I mean I'd read a comic book written by my dog if Cupullo is on the sticks. But the story is just kinda meh.
I had hope Defenders of the Earth would be fun considering what Mad Cave is doing with Flash Gordon but issue one was bad. Issue two was the first single issue I couldn’t even finish.
I get that Wolverine: Revenge is disappointing (I find it fun), but Greg Capullo’s art alone is enough to keep it off the “worst of” list. Also, I’d have put the new Iron Man title on this list twice. 😂. But seriously, West Coast Avengers needs to be on this list.
Yes, Venom War was terrible. Comparing it to King in Black and Absolute Carnage (the 2 previous Venom events); Venom War is just a mess and didn't need any of the useless tie-in's and could have been shorter. I will never read another Al Ewing book after reading the most recent Venom run. I'm glad I stopped reading X-Men after only 5 issues. Just comparing Stegman's art from Venom and Vanish, it's just not the same, idk how to explain it.
I actually liked Predator vs Black Panther. I thought the art was sloppy but BP and the Predators looked cool and the little bit of added depth to the Predator's backstory was sympathetic and interesting enough
I'd add anything written by Simon Spurrier. Imagine Warren Ellis minus any original ideas and the ideas he does have appear to have been written whilst suffering from heatstroke or malaria. That is the career of Simon Spurrier. The fact he is no longer the worst writer in the entire industry tells you all you need to know about modern comics. It's still irritating that he gets hired whilst other talented individuals have fallen by the way side. Like Warren Ellis, for the crime of... taking advantage of Groupies.
Scarlett was so bad I almost dropped the entire Energon line. Nobody has done anything worth talking about with Iron Man since Kurt Busiek and Sean Chen. John Romita Jr. Has lost a step, but he's still one of my favorite artists. A Jonathan Hickman book disappointing is not a surprise. Wolverine Revenge looked ridiculous from the first solicit. Agreed that XForce is the best of the current crop. Still a B list title at best.
Iron Man book is dreadful just 3 issues in. Apparently Hammer’s wife is the new Iron Monger but who’s behind her is Belasco, a New Mutants villain who is the middle man behind the scenes… Basically, I’m the dude behind the dude plot. I’ll be shocked if this book lasts 12 issues.
Its been a remarkable year when I realized I don't read anymore Batman neither Detective Comics. Thanks for the heads up on Predaror vs Black Panther. I absolutely loved Predator vs Wolverine, I even bought the overpriced trade paperack; but was still doubtful about PvsBP, as Black Panther character has been written either badly or politically for a decade now. Wolverine Revenge isn't that bad, but it is below even average. The issue here is that we had high hopes, and it's been utterly disappointing (like Ultimate Spider-Man for me). On the X-Men, Im 5 issues into Uncanny X-Men and so far I find it entertaining and interesting enough. But I do agree having Rogue talking like that gets annoying real fast.
Disney Comics putting Comic Shops out of business is their top priority and making comics for people that don't buy, read or care for heroism their motto.
Happy new year But I still feel sorry for you Even mainstream artist are leaving the sinking ship called American comics. I just bought via Amazon a book called "a short history of the apocalypse" With art by Frank quitely That's right The same way Doug Wheatley drew art for George RR Martin's fire and blood novel, now we have Frank quitely doing the same thing. This is where we are
I got to say .I love they way greg Capullo draws Wolverine, but that's where the highlight of that book ends. It is a massive disappointment . The story is so bad and that's ashame considering it is Hickman.
Greg Capullo is in retirement mode. The man hasn’t shown up to work. Don’t believe me, take a look at that shameful cover of issue #2 of Wolverine’s Revenge
Chip Zdarksy went from a writer I respected to one I avoid. from the second half of his DD run to now, he’s just been awful in every way. He pushes these bad political ideas that he can’t even make sense on his own stories. It’s like this guy just sits at home all day and gets all his news from twitter and msnbc.
I know this is a hot take, but minus Gotham War and up to absolute power, I enjoyed the Zdarsky run. But of what I read on the rest of the list is trash.
Yeah!! Zdarsky's Batman, ASM by Wells and the X-Men relaunch were very meh. Especially X-Men as there are just too many series and mini series. Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, X-Force, and Wolverine is all you need. Who was even asking for a Psylocke series?
@@joechlystun7979 you know what I'm not an ideological hack, Omega Men was decent. Miracle Man, I don't think so, but I can see the argument. Everything else has been unadulterated shit
I've got my pulls curated down to a select few titles so Scarlett is my #1 worst of the year. Most of the time when I give a new book a shot I'll drop it if the first 2 issues don't grab me but I stuck with Scarlett because I'm so invested in the EU. I was hoping it would at least end up contributing something to the wider universe but no, it was dogshit from beginning to end with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
@kellyphillips2239 honestly, I wasn't expecting much at all. I assumed there would be something, even if it was fairly insignificant, that added to the overall EU storyline but Thompson couldn't even manage to pull that off.
I would disagree about Predator vs. Black Panther having potential. It sounds bad from the start. Don't mix predator with the regular superheroes. It's going to be a mess every time.
Huge disagree, Wes. ASM by Wells should've been #1. That run is arguably worse and far more horrendous than King's Wonder Woman and the X-Men relaunch.
I agree that Fantastic Four is the only main-universe title worth paying for from Marvel at the moment. For me, I'm only getting Fantastic Four and Ultimate Spider-Man. I still get to read most titles, but everything outside of those two range from bad to average.
"This channel is becoming the consumate (and may be my favorite) comic book youtuber. Thinking Critical. Wes." - Ethan Van Sciver I told you he respects you.
😂🤣😂🤣😂 you need to have more variety in your reading repertoire. So much great reading material from different sources. Start opening them horizons in 2025 😉
@@T-M-N-T Nah, all I like are old comics, Timely/Atlas/Marvel up to 1991, old Warren Publishing (Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella) and Pre Code EC comics. That's the good stuff worth reading.
I just read the new Challengers of the Unknown and it’s a dumpster fire 🔥! Tried to be objective but the big 2 have for years always churned out some crap along with some great stories and that was expected! Over the last 15 years I’ve dropped alot of their books because they are uninspired and boring which on a good note has saved me a significant amount of time and money! Currently I read the Hulk from Marvel and a handful of DC titles The quantity of bad books is staggering and especially very disappointing but I’ve learned to walk away and move on! I support my LCS by picking up indie titles (no regrets) and plethora of back issues of comics and various trades and HC’s! 2025 will be the year where I decide once and for all whether I’m going to support corporate comics anymore? Been there done that! It’s not just the cash 💰 grab but the time wasted on these soul sucking bumpercrop of moronic untalented hacks and really blame the spellcheck editorial clowns for the big shitshow! They need to hit the fn road sooner than later! 🤡🚽💀 c
@WeirdScienceComics that's an interesting insight. I'm new to comics and might not know what I'm talking about, but the negativity is astonishing. Maybe the algorithm is only promoting negative content?
@@vanman266 i think the negative sticks out more unfortunately, but i think it shows that a lot of people are frustrated with current comics (though sometimes I think it is more of a hivemind kind of hate)
@@vanman266 Comic book fans are just frustrated. There was an obvious shift in quality around 2015. With Disney in charge, it seemed like comics weren't used to tell great stories anymore, but instead to promote or to provide ideas for the movies. We now have a lot of writers who don't know about the characters or Marvel history. There's a ton of cheap gimmicks with no substance (bland new characters, constant reboots, event after event, mantle swaps). There are still some good writers. Each year has at least 2 good series from each publisher, but there is a lot more bad than good at the moment.
Probably the two I hated the most were the House of Braniac Special and Nightwatcher #1 (the only issue I read). The former was a preachy, propagandist failure on an otherwise fun story event. The latter was a pure mistake on my part for thinking IDW was going to actually successfully salvage the TMNT and put that Mutant Town nonsense behind them.
Comic publishers should remind themselves that parents buying comics for there kids is still a large part of what keeps this industry afloat. Alienating the parents is not a recipe for success in an industry aimed at young people.
Maybe because it’s from a publisher that is hitting on all cylinders right now, but I thought that Devour one-shot was trash. Gotham Coty Sirens by Dini is one of my favorite books and as soon as I saw the premise for the new one and the writer, I didn’t even bother. Batman and Detective Comics was terrible as well.
Well deserved top of the sh*theap, x-meh franchise, some of the worst drivel I've read. Tom King's continues to ruin everything he touches. ASM another comic I stopped buying.
I gave up from X-Men after Fall Of X. I don't know what's happening in From The Ashes comics and I don't care. X-Men don't are heroes anymore so it's pointless read your books.
Reminder that Fall of House of X, Rise of the Powers of X, X-Men Forever and the Mystique and Destiny Wedding Special issue were all published in 2024.
Yes,the entire Fall Of X was one of the worst stuff that I've read in my life,this deserves be in the first place of 2024 worst comics. Murder-revenge porn fantasy trash written by Gerry Duggan and another hacks.
@EvandroACruz That whole chapter was so badly put together, it deserves to be a case study on what not to do when writing X-Men. The filler didn't help, the retcons didn't help and the pacing killed it for most.
@@EvandroACruz That's because they're not the same characters anymore, without much of an explanation given as to why they turned into those people, but Marvel pretends like they still are the same as they were before Krakoa (like they were in the 90s in particular) because Marvel know that the way they were portrayed and changed by Krakoa drove most of the fans off from how unlikable they became.
@@spinningtornado4543 Even Krakoa fans understand that the X-Men were behaving off your usual characterizations in that Era. It's easy retcon everything in my opinion.
Hard to disagree with this. I can see Tom Taylor’s detective comics being on next years list. Trying to mess with Batman’s origins by making Batman’s parents death somehow their fault. Because Tom hates rich people and has to make them all bad. He can’t have Batman’s rich parents be good people who were victims. It somehow was his fault.
Hey man you should give the MEGA saga a try. It an argentinian comic about lovecraftian kaijus made by salvador sanz with a pretty eerie and atmospheric art
Tom King's writing is quite divisive as it is visceral. For example, a recurring motif in King's narrative is the staggering of panels or pages where the protagonist or a central character engages in some form of monologue or a soliliquy, (the former of which breaks the fourth wall) offset by out-of-context violence on the other side of the panel or page. And, it's up to the reader to figure out what is going on. Inevitably, King gives you enough to solve the puzzle by the end of the issue or story arc. But ulitmately there is way too much confusion during the journey to the end. Some readers love this while others just get pissed off.
Tom King is one of my favourite writers currently. I've been reading and collecting comics for over 30 years now, and it's hard to get excited about current day comics because everything has been done before and nothing seems to matter. King is one of the few writers that can keep me engaged and draw out emotions. I get why people dislike him, but for me he stands out and I generally enjoy his work. If he's writing a book, most of the time I'll pay for it.
@@VaughnEsper i wish i could say the same - he usually gets emotions from cheap deaths IMO and writes the worst version of every character he touches - his books are almost always just Tom King books instead of being Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash... books and even then, they are often just versions of True Grit, Double Indemnity, Columbo...
Venom run by al ewing is certainly on mine list of worst. Venom is 1 of the 2 most fav characters in general. Birds of awful fits the name better than Birds of Prey. Power Girl being such besties with tempest was so weird, there was not chemistry between them. DC is ruining Harley Quinn so much. The OG Harley Quinn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Modern Harley Quinn. I prefer The New Ultimate Universe Ultimates is better than the New Ultimate Universe Black Panther, as that 1 is so boring. I kinde enjoyed Wolverine: revenger. Gotham City Sirens was uber awful, both story and art. Predator vs Black Panther did start out interesting though. Current DC hates Batman, you can see that with that awful cartoon: Batman: Caped Crusaders. What is the dumbest thing with the company as DC stands for Detective Comics, Batman is their brand. Alan Scott is 1 of the other character DC really want 2 be ruined. Some have theory that it is actually Alan Scott from the NEW52 Earth 2. With Amazing Spider-Man the worst part is paul. Wonder Woman is so awful, the Amazons were the bad guys in the story in reality, but "writer" pretends otherwise. In mine opinion: Not so Exceptional X-Men is the worst of X-Men From the Ashes. There r some Indie comics that were awful, but those were more forgettable awful, well mostly i forgot the names or were just 1 issue or just 5 issues long run.
The Iron Man book is too wordy. Those word balloons are intimidating to read and it's boring, not to mention a story that's been done before a 100 times over.
0:00 Intro
0:39 Honorable Mentions
2:19 10. The Ultimates
3:20 9. Wolverine: Revenge
4:28 8. Gotham City Sirens
5:46 7. Predator vs. Black Panther
7:22 6. Iron Man
9:04 5. Batman
11:12 4. Alan Scott: The Green Lantern
12:45 3. The Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells
14:08 2. Wonder Woman
16:35 1. X-Men From the Ashes
19:32 Outro
Thank you ! God bless you !
You're doing outstanding work. Everyone is talking about you.
Yeah, I disagree with ultimates and xmen, but i know that he doesn't like Deniz and tom choices for this reboot, predator vs BP could have been more consistent, a shame
@@owenharrison761 ULTIMATES IS A JOKE.
Leah Williams should be banished from comics forever. I can't believe the travesty she was allowed to make of Power Girl.
I rarely go to the LCS anymore.....I was flipping through one of the recent ones that had a decent cover, and I read about 4 or 5 pages and couldn't decide if I wanted to evil laugh or throw up...
LOL. Had that very same thought today.
@@temmere Power Girl is a comic so dull I can’t imagine who could possibly be reading it at this point. And I’ve read Vita Ayala comics
anything with Harley Quinn in modern day is likely to be garbage. It would be like walking over to a dumpster to see if it stinks.
She's been a total waste of a character since they broke her off from Joker.
After avidly collecting from the late 70s until 2010, I stepped away from comics (due to career & family demands) until just a few years ago (retirement providing a gateway back). Needless to say I’ve been shocked by what has happened to the mighty X-Men titles, which were bullet-proof for about 25-30 years, and I have not heard great things about Spider-Man either. I feel a bit like a hibernating bear who has emerged into a comic book world I never made.
Primarily a Marvel-limited DC guy, I’m wondering what is good these days. Any rec’s out there?
I'm in a similar situation to you, started in the mid 1970s, except I took a long break in the 1990s and came back around 2000. I recently gave up on Marvel. So, I dunno. The only comic I look forward to each month is Green Lantern.
Yeah, I am sort of the same. I didn’t start till the 80’s and stopped early 2000’s. Then when I decided to dip my toe back in I was shocked to see what modern comics have become. The price also didn’t help.
Green Arrow and Green Lantern are the only good ones at the moment.
@@jayspeijer614 There are a couple titles from DC and Marvel that are good but it seems as though most of the good books are independent. Pretty much anything from Ghost Machine, especially Rook: Exodus. I would recommend GI Joe: ARAH, Dick Tracy, Conan, Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest. I hear good things about the Transformers/GI Joe. Crossover stuff but I’m only reading the regular ARAH book.
The quality stuff seems to come from the indie pubs.
It's such a shame that hacks are domininating IPs nowadays instead of true creatives. You've really nailed how I feel about that exactly for this video.
Happy new year everyone !!!
I pray this year is a blessed one for all of us !
The sad preset is Tom King can actually write but he keeps destroying legacy characters for the sake of his story. Let him write his own property. He can ruin his own ips.
People keep saying this, but I fail to see how he's destroyed anyone except Wally West.
DC ruined Alan Scott.
and Marvel did the same to Iceman
Never thought I'd see the day where I stop buying X-Men books.
You are not alone.
It sucks. I was hopeful, and I like the art. It feels like when I was reading X-Men back in 2011-2012. They have to start over essentially, and set out looking for new X-Men, but it's just not as good. It's like they do that every few years.
Really? Its been pretty much shit for almost 30 years.
By the way, who was the Alejandro that Wes mentioned hating at the end? Every time I hear about the Mutants now I hear about A) character assassination and B) some newcomer they expect fans to think is the next big thing when we all know they're never going to be seen again after the writer leaves. They need another Decimation.
Spider-Man Reign 2.
I put my issues into the recycling bin.
Paul from ASM is a representation of most of the male comic pros left in the industry
Iron man by Akerman is so unbelievably unreadable to me that was the worst thing I spent money on this year
I think that Detective Comics deserved also a spot. Ram V dosen‘t now how to write a conclusion and Scarlett is basically a Talia Al Ghul and Hush copy. Ram V‘s run is also more expensive than a regular Nintendo Switch.
Did I miss Fire and Ice being mentioned ?
I think it finished last year.
2023
Happy new year Wes.
Happy New Year, Wes! Good list!
You know so sad about the Tom King Wonder Woman run is It's probably one of the most looked at Wonder Woman runs in recent years because of Tom King but all it does is make people look at Wonder Woman like what the hell is this and I've been reviewing every issue and it's horrible I'm not even going to lie it is horrible and I've been trying to tell people Wonder Woman is a good character but Tom King ain't doing me no favors with this run.
I agree that if it's supposed to be good/has potential, that makes it worse than the stuff we know will be utter crap.
You should make a top 10 worst ideas and a top 10 best ideas of 2024.
The entire Fall Of House Of X/Rise Of Powers of X and your tie-ins was the worst comics of this year for me. Seeing all the X-Men gonna rogue and becoming gleeful killers maked me sick. The entire Fall of X was one of worst things that I've read in my life and I swore never touch a new X book again after this. Wells ASM run come in second place for me. So uninspired run that ruined Peter and MJ relationship and made Peter feel like a complete douchebag in many moments. And Spencer Ackerman Iron Man run it's in third place for me. I dropped that shitty books just after 3 issues. A complete disaster for me. Honorable mention: Saladin Ahmed Daredevil run,turning Matt in some kind exorcist was so dumb for me and the storyline is so lazy and boring that make this a very forgettable run in my opinion.
I would put Scarlett way up there simply because the Energon line had hit after hit, and this mini was just awful. Destro wasn't great either, but at least it fit.
Happy New Year, Wes!
Jon Malin's godlike and Shane Davis's Inglorious Rex 2 should be on this list. Both overpriced garbage.
EVS should grace the list any year he actually manages to put out something that isn't cheap plastic toys
@@FearMonarch Did he even put out anything this year?
It was between ASM and Wonder Woman for me. Wells has been so laughably bad at his setups and dialogue and talking mailboxes and Rek Rap whatever that it’s impossible to take any of it seriously anymore. I have a deal with a friend of mine that I buy Batman and he buys ASM and I gotta say, he always looks angrier than I do.
But, sorry Wells, your 3 year reign of incompetence has come to an end. I can’t even finish Tom King’s books. I usually thumb through them, nod my head at the dialogue and put it back on the shelf. Unreadable even in a so bad it’s good way, unpleasant, meandering and slow. Just an awful book. I’ve been able to read some of King’s books, but this is a really bad for a King book.
It's a good list Wes, but for me personally the worst book of the year was Outsiders by Lanzing & Kelly. 9 of the 11 issues came out in 2024. While it was not the worst written book and the art was decent to good, because of the subject matter I felt personally offended by every issue. These low talent hacks were allowed by DC to crap on the legacies of Warren Ellis and some of the seminal Wildstorm works that you learn by the end of issue 1 its about. This was not some love letter to Planetary unless you hate the ones you love. Lanzing & Kelly attempted some high concept ideas and thought provoking commentary but they are neither talented enough or clever enough to pull it off. The individual stories are contemptable enough but when I discovered who the new Drummer was I wanted to storm the DC offices. I saw some comic shop employee on Facebook post how he read Planetary and was a big fan and that Outsiders was his favorite book of the year. It took everything in me not to respond, "then I guess you really aren't a fan of Planetary". Some of the "highlights" include the Challengers of the Unknown portrayed as arrogant, reckless a-holes who clash with the Outsiders in a story we find out that Aquaman is responsible for a leviathan graveyard left behind in the DC version of the Bermuda Triangle and that we should feel empathy for the young monster left behind. Another issue was a hamfisted exploration of the Batman psyche. Then we get to their introduction of a new Jenny, girl of the century. Their version is Jenny Crisis, an angry, angsty, black lesbian who's emotions affect the world. When she's happy people reunite, when she's angry there are catastrophes, when she is sad she threatens to drown the world. By the end of the book she has learned nothing except to be the typical insufferable know it all progressive type that we all despise. It just gets worse from there. Some of the unintentionally hilarious things in the book include having the characters swear, but it's blacked out. Which I think was the writers' attempt at some clever meta narrative that is pointless. Best of all, you get the impression that the high ideal concept that becomes the main story in the latter half of the book was supposed to have some effect on the DC Universe but near as I can tell it is being ignored by everyone. Lanzing & Kelly so desperately want to be Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and of course Warren Ellis. But they have neither the talent, the ideas, or the knowledge to even be their assistant. It's a pointless book that will be forgotten by this time next year, thank goodness. But it is still the worst book of 2024 for taking a giant dump on Ellis, The Authority, and Planetary. Go away Lanzing & Kelly, comics doesn't need you.
Your venting is great!!
ok i put this on pause real quick. LOL - ive been waiting for a episode like this..., let's dig in LOL
damn wes ! you hurt my feelings ! two books on here i read faithfully.... and batman got me shock!
MY Worst Comics Of 2024:
Every comic that came out in 2024.
Although Chip Zdarsky's Batman has been lackluster and just plain bad at times, there's one issue this year that could possibly be the best single issue of 2024! I'm talking about Batman 149, the post-Failsafe Saga issue. In Batman 149, Bruce runs up against a young version of himself who turns out to be his clone. But that's not the worst part as the clone was designed to rapidly age and die. Unfortunately, there's no cure for this. So, after Bruce convinces his clone that he (Bruce prime) is not the enemy, they start to form a bond and a friendship. And, it's kind of tough on Bruce, given that he's sees the good parts of himself in his clone- nobility, loyalty and selflessness. For instance, Bruce's clone gives Bruce his own right hand given that Bruce' has sustained an injury, losing it a few issues earlier.
There's a beautiful scene near the end of this issue, where Bruce and, we'll just say, the older/elderly version of himself from now on- go to the family cemetary behind Wayne Manor where they visit Alfred's and Thomas and Martha's graves, and reminisce about the past, talk about the people they've lost, their regrets and how times have changed- only the older, now wheelchair bound, Bruce really never had these memories as they were implanted by the Batman of Zur-En-Arr. Yet still there's a touch of looming sadness as Bruce has to watch his older self face death that is both quite strange as it is existential. In the end, Bruce has to let a part of himself go, which can be quite difficult for any person. I sure can relate as this is one of the more profoundly philosophical and thought -provoking issues that I have read in a very long time.
X-men is still in the ashes. It's been reduced to ashes. There's nothing left to see there.
Krakoa Era ruined them for me. I don't think that they can fix all the damage that Era did to the characters and to the brand.
@@EvandroACruz Only a full ret-con and a return to their heroic past could redeem them for me. Neither are likely to happen with the current writers/editors.
Please add chapters.
Wonder woman by Tom King
Detective comics by ram v
Thundercats
Alan Scott GL
Batman by Chip Z
XMen
Ultimate Xmen
Gotham Sirens
Everything Bloodhunt
Catwoman
I don’t love the hit against Canadians . There are plenty of us Canadians who aren’t like Chip !
Galaxy of Madness by Mags Visaggio….ugh
@@timothyvojta9237 Enh, Zack was lying, it was fine.
Lol @@DeadpoolNegative
I thought it was hilarious that ign named the ultimates the best comic of last year.
Great artists being wasted is so frustrating.
Hickman wrote so many classics wtf happened?
Yea I definitely agree with your top spots, but I think King needs to be joint first, every review I seen just highlighted how bad that run is. And I just hope Wonder Woman makes it out of the series in one piece.
But that can’t be said for the X-Men, they’re already in tatters, as a franchise only Star Wars is in a worse state. Absolutely nothing can be done to save either one, they both need a full reboot and wipe clean everything from the last decade.
X-Men is a dead franchise at this point.
The reviews you've seen are probably from the same echo chamber. This WW run is generally well received and is selling well.
@@VaughnEsper No I’ve seen multiple reviews, even Perch says it’s terrible, and I trust him more than anyone. And I’ve read King before, I know how terrible his writing is, he’s a writer for midwits.
Tom King is CIA. He writes pure propaganda. @@VaughnEsper
When Tom King touch a hero it becomes sh..t at once , this is his superpower I think.
Tom King is Reverse Midas.
@EvandroACruz precisely
I don't go anywhere near the Ultimate Universe or Spiderman books, so I'll take your word on those. And I gave up on all of the X-Men books. As far as what would be on my list, from Marvel- three titles that I used to enjoy- Daredevil, Hulk and Thor. Every few months I'll check out an issue of each to see if they've improved and I remain disappointed. Just like DC has destroyed Batman, Marvel has made a mess of the Daredevil character. I admit, I have no idea what's going on with him becoming a priest or whatever. And Hulk as a horror comic is just plain stupid. As stupid as making almost every member of the supporting cast some sort of Hulk. And can there be some consistency on how large the Hulk actually is? I didn't mind the Thor comic as much, but it got too convoluted and I realized I just didn't care. From DC, I keep checking out World's Finest and keep thinking that it sucks. Cliche, predictable storylines and lousy art. Yeah, I'm probably the only person who doesn't like Dan Mora's art. As far as art that I do like- the art on Birds Of Prey and Flash, both are books that I enjoyed reading this past year, although I will admit that I skipped the last few issues of BOP as the storyline was dragging too much. Superman and Action would be high on my'worst of 2024' list. Lame storylines and not much substance, I read the last few issues in five minutes and thought to myself- that's it? I keep trying the Ghost Machine titles and not enjoying any of them, but I wouldn't say that they're the worst of 2024, just not for me.
Marvel continually keeps trying to fit the circle into the square with the 20th Century (Fox) IP's and Marvel 616. The Avengers/Aliens and Black Panther/Predator being perfect examples.
The sad part is that it’s doing good. I don’t like those books myself but unfortunately they’re a hit. 😡🤦🏻♂️
Wes, In the last video, you said Rook was the best drawn comic of 2024.
I wonder, who do you think is the best artist between... Jason Fabok, Jim lee and Dan Mora ?
Maybe an unpopular opinion but I think Fabok is better than Lee, even in Lee's prime.
@tvsavery666 Fabok IS really detailed, so I get it but Lee's work on new 52 Justice League is definitely some of the best comic art ever.
Fabok isn’t inked by Scott Williams, so Fabok.
Fabok and Mora would be an interesting head-to-head to break down but Jim Lee doesn't even make the list.
@@robertgray1365 I totally get it, but we have to admit, Lee's new 52 JL stuff is unmatched.
Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, the biggest and most important characters in comics, and they ALL SUCK.
This is a list for the modern audience.
Marvel Hire Someone To Write Iron Man Who Actually Likes Iron Man 2025 Challenge
A writer that likes of Iron Man in nowadays would be a true miracle.
@ the only writer I can think of that could pull it off is Dan Jurgens. But he’s never said he’s a fan. He’s more into the FF or Spider-Man.
There's a lot to choose from
That's the major problem
Also easier to walk away from the bullshit comics you don’t like.
Jonathan Hickman writing a bad comicbook? I'm glad I passed on that title. What happened to him?
I think it's still worth a read, mainly for Greg Cupullo's art. I mean I'd read a comic book written by my dog if Cupullo is on the sticks. But the story is just kinda meh.
I had hope Defenders of the Earth would be fun considering what Mad Cave is doing with Flash Gordon but issue one was bad. Issue two was the first single issue I couldn’t even finish.
It’s hard to be a worse writer than Marvel office hack Michael Higgins but Dan DiDio loves a challenge.
Wonder Woman is good, and Wolverine Revenge is okay. There's a lot worse comics then those two.
I agree with the rest though for the most part
I get that Wolverine: Revenge is disappointing (I find it fun), but Greg Capullo’s art alone is enough to keep it off the “worst of” list. Also, I’d have put the new Iron Man title on this list twice. 😂. But seriously, West Coast Avengers needs to be on this list.
There are two people who should be permanently banned from writing Marvel superheroes. One is Warren Ellis, the other is Gerry Duggan.
@@DeadpoolNegative Duggan turned the X-Men in killers. I hate this guy.
@@EvandroACruz his Ultron story is just a pale ripoff of Roy Thomas.
@@DeadpoolNegative I'm not reading your West Coast Avengers. I so tired in to see him trashing Firestar character.
@@EvandroACruz “my” WCA? Don’t you put that evil on me!
Yes, Venom War was terrible. Comparing it to King in Black and Absolute Carnage (the 2 previous Venom events); Venom War is just a mess and didn't need any of the useless tie-in's and could have been shorter. I will never read another Al Ewing book after reading the most recent Venom run. I'm glad I stopped reading X-Men after only 5 issues. Just comparing Stegman's art from Venom and Vanish, it's just not the same, idk how to explain it.
4:18 The books been delayed. Doesn't help the book at all.
I actually liked Predator vs Black Panther. I thought the art was sloppy but BP and the Predators looked cool and the little bit of added depth to the Predator's backstory was sympathetic and interesting enough
Me too man I liked it too and I liked the brother rivalry thing going on within the yautja 😂
@@blubbamcfarlane9896 - exactly that's what kept me hooked
With the exception of Hickman (and maybe Zdarsky), none of the writers on this list should even be in the industry.
I'd add anything written by Simon Spurrier. Imagine Warren Ellis minus any original ideas and the ideas he does have appear to have been written whilst suffering from heatstroke or malaria. That is the career of Simon Spurrier. The fact he is no longer the worst writer in the entire industry tells you all you need to know about modern comics. It's still irritating that he gets hired whilst other talented individuals have fallen by the way side. Like Warren Ellis, for the crime of... taking advantage of Groupies.
Simon Spurrier is an arrogant talentless wannabe writer.
Let him only be remembered for his failures and crass writing.
Rooting for the Predator and it’s a damn shame how they ruined the OG Green Lantern.
Scarlett was so bad I almost dropped the entire Energon line.
Nobody has done anything worth talking about with Iron Man since Kurt Busiek and Sean Chen.
John Romita Jr. Has lost a step, but he's still one of my favorite artists.
A Jonathan Hickman book disappointing is not a surprise. Wolverine Revenge looked ridiculous from the first solicit.
Agreed that XForce is the best of the current crop. Still a B list title at best.
Iron Man book is dreadful just 3 issues in. Apparently Hammer’s wife is the new Iron Monger but who’s behind her is Belasco, a New Mutants villain who is the middle man behind the scenes… Basically, I’m the dude behind the dude plot. I’ll be shocked if this book lasts 12 issues.
And she's was defeated already and given up of Iron Monger armor just after 3 issues. So awful.
Its been a remarkable year when I realized I don't read anymore Batman neither Detective Comics.
Thanks for the heads up on Predaror vs Black Panther. I absolutely loved Predator vs Wolverine, I even bought the overpriced trade paperack; but was still doubtful about PvsBP, as Black Panther character has been written either badly or politically for a decade now.
Wolverine Revenge isn't that bad, but it is below even average. The issue here is that we had high hopes, and it's been utterly disappointing (like Ultimate Spider-Man for me).
On the X-Men, Im 5 issues into Uncanny X-Men and so far I find it entertaining and interesting enough. But I do agree having Rogue talking like that gets annoying real fast.
Can we rename this the top 10 Cancers of Comics in 2024? Can we also add WhatNot and CGC as 1 & 2??
Disney Comics putting Comic Shops out of business is their top priority and making comics for people that don't buy, read or care for heroism their motto.
Happy new year
But I still feel sorry for you
Even mainstream artist are leaving the sinking ship called American comics.
I just bought via Amazon a book called "a short history of the apocalypse"
With art by Frank quitely
That's right
The same way Doug Wheatley drew art for George RR Martin's fire and blood novel, now we have Frank quitely doing the same thing.
This is where we are
I got to say .I love they way greg Capullo draws Wolverine, but that's where the highlight of that book ends. It is a massive disappointment . The story is so bad and that's ashame considering it is Hickman.
Greg Capullo is in retirement mode. The man hasn’t shown up to work. Don’t believe me, take a look at that shameful cover of issue #2 of Wolverine’s Revenge
Wolverine Revenge was a major letdown
Chip Zdarksy went from a writer I respected to one I avoid. from the second half of his DD run to now, he’s just been awful in every way. He pushes these bad political ideas that he can’t even make sense on his own stories. It’s like this guy just sits at home all day and gets all his news from twitter and msnbc.
I know this is a hot take, but minus Gotham War and up to absolute power, I enjoyed the Zdarsky run. But of what I read on the rest of the list is trash.
So much trash.
Yeah!! Zdarsky's Batman, ASM by Wells and the X-Men relaunch were very meh. Especially X-Men as there are just too many series and mini series. Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, X-Force, and Wolverine is all you need. Who was even asking for a Psylocke series?
Tom King is an atrocious writer and needs to be excommunicated from DC.
Amen
Hes a decent writer, I love that he lives in your master wes head rent free
He should be banned from write superheroes books.
omega men and mister miracle are good
@@joechlystun7979 you know what I'm not an ideological hack, Omega Men was decent. Miracle Man, I don't think so, but I can see the argument. Everything else has been unadulterated shit
I've got my pulls curated down to a select few titles so Scarlett is my #1 worst of the year. Most of the time when I give a new book a shot I'll drop it if the first 2 issues don't grab me but I stuck with Scarlett because I'm so invested in the EU. I was hoping it would at least end up contributing something to the wider universe but no, it was dogshit from beginning to end with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
What did you really expect with Kelly Thompson as the writer ? Lmao I passed on this book and I'm a hardcore GI Joe fan 😊
@kellyphillips2239 honestly, I wasn't expecting much at all. I assumed there would be something, even if it was fairly insignificant, that added to the overall EU storyline but Thompson couldn't even manage to pull that off.
I would disagree about Predator vs. Black Panther having potential. It sounds bad from the start. Don't mix predator with the regular superheroes. It's going to be a mess every time.
Huge disagree, Wes. ASM by Wells should've been #1. That run is arguably worse and far more horrendous than King's Wonder Woman and the X-Men relaunch.
ASM was definitely the worst book of the year
Fall of X was worse.
@EvandroACruz Nope. Wells' run is far more worse than Fall Of X and that's saying something.
@@devanbarrios9216 Wells don't turned Spider-man in a gleeful killer like the X-Men in Fall Of X. That shit ruined these characters for me. Forever.
@EvandroACruz Wells made Spider-Man into a spineless pushover who never wins his fights. That is objectively worse than the X-Men.
Havent read a lot of new comicbooks. Most of the time I read silverage-OMNIBUS-books.
Unc
2024: the year Marvel made me drop everything apart from Fantastic Four
I agree that Fantastic Four is the only main-universe title worth paying for from Marvel at the moment. For me, I'm only getting Fantastic Four and Ultimate Spider-Man. I still get to read most titles, but everything outside of those two range from bad to average.
"This channel is becoming the consumate (and may be my favorite) comic book youtuber. Thinking Critical. Wes." - Ethan Van Sciver
I told you he respects you.
Can we please get a traditional inking job on JRJR in 2025?
@@DavidSmith-dp6vb what’s wrong with Scott Hanna?
Been waiting for this one for a while.
DC should fill all ten spots every single year.
😂🤣😂🤣😂 you need to have more variety in your reading repertoire. So much great reading material from different sources. Start opening them horizons in 2025 😉
@@T-M-N-T Nah, all I like are old comics, Timely/Atlas/Marvel up to 1991, old Warren Publishing (Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella) and Pre Code EC comics. That's the good stuff worth reading.
I just read the new Challengers of the Unknown and it’s a dumpster fire 🔥! Tried to be objective but the big 2 have for years always churned out some crap along with some great stories and that was expected! Over the last 15 years I’ve dropped alot of their books because they are uninspired and boring which on a good note has saved me a significant amount of time and money! Currently I read the Hulk from Marvel and a handful of DC titles The quantity of bad books is staggering and especially very disappointing but I’ve learned to walk away and move on! I support my LCS by picking up indie titles (no regrets) and plethora of back issues of comics and various trades and HC’s! 2025 will be the year where I decide once and for all whether I’m going to support corporate comics anymore? Been there done that! It’s not just the cash 💰 grab but the time wasted on these soul sucking bumpercrop of moronic untalented hacks and really blame the spellcheck editorial clowns for the big shitshow! They need to hit the fn road sooner than later! 🤡🚽💀
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The simple fact of the matter about Leah Williams is that her talents will always precede her.
Wes, what are your thoughts on the Psylocke series?
He probably hates it but I actually really like it!
These are just DC and Marvel. About another video the ten worst indie books of 2024.
not many people continue reading an indie book that they don't like for more than an issue or two
Wow, comic fans are so miserable 😂
funny thing is - Wes did a best of video on the channel a day earlier and yet the worst of video has way more views
@WeirdScienceComics that's an interesting insight. I'm new to comics and might not know what I'm talking about, but the negativity is astonishing. Maybe the algorithm is only promoting negative content?
@@vanman266 i think the negative sticks out more unfortunately, but i think it shows that a lot of people are frustrated with current comics (though sometimes I think it is more of a hivemind kind of hate)
@@vanman266 Comic book fans are just frustrated. There was an obvious shift in quality around 2015. With Disney in charge, it seemed like comics weren't used to tell great stories anymore, but instead to promote or to provide ideas for the movies. We now have a lot of writers who don't know about the characters or Marvel history. There's a ton of cheap gimmicks with no substance (bland new characters, constant reboots, event after event, mantle swaps).
There are still some good writers. Each year has at least 2 good series from each publisher, but there is a lot more bad than good at the moment.
Probably the two I hated the most were the House of Braniac Special and Nightwatcher #1 (the only issue I read). The former was a preachy, propagandist failure on an otherwise fun story event. The latter was a pure mistake on my part for thinking IDW was going to actually successfully salvage the TMNT and put that Mutant Town nonsense behind them.
What happened in Nightwatcher?
Yup I despised TMNT The Nightwatcher. What a shame they didn’t it executed it properly for us TMNT fans ❤️🐢
@@lobaoguara2332Jennika is an armored superhero protecting Jokertown- I mean mutant town. It was dull
@@DeadpoolNegative Wait, is she imitating Rafael in that movie?
Comic publishers should remind themselves that parents buying comics for there kids is still a large part of what keeps this industry afloat. Alienating the parents is not a recipe for success in an industry aimed at young people.
Maybe because it’s from a publisher that is hitting on all cylinders right now, but I thought that Devour one-shot was trash. Gotham Coty Sirens by Dini is one of my favorite books and as soon as I saw the premise for the new one and the writer, I didn’t even bother. Batman and Detective Comics was terrible as well.
Well deserved top of the sh*theap, x-meh franchise, some of the worst drivel I've read. Tom King's continues to ruin everything he touches. ASM another comic I stopped buying.
I gave up from X-Men after Fall Of X. I don't know what's happening in From The Ashes comics and I don't care. X-Men don't are heroes anymore so it's pointless read your books.
@@EvandroACruz I agree with you.
Reminder that Fall of House of X, Rise of the Powers of X, X-Men Forever and the Mystique and Destiny Wedding Special issue were all published in 2024.
Yes,the entire Fall Of X was one of the worst stuff that I've read in my life,this deserves be in the first place of 2024 worst comics. Murder-revenge porn fantasy trash written by Gerry Duggan and another hacks.
@EvandroACruz That whole chapter was so badly put together, it deserves to be a case study on what not to do when writing X-Men.
The filler didn't help, the retcons didn't help and the pacing killed it for most.
@@spinningtornado4543 Was a complete disaster. I just can't recognize these characters anymore after that.
@@EvandroACruz That's because they're not the same characters anymore, without much of an explanation given as to why they turned into those people, but Marvel pretends like they still are the same as they were before Krakoa (like they were in the 90s in particular) because Marvel know that the way they were portrayed and changed by Krakoa drove most of the fans off from how unlikable they became.
@@spinningtornado4543 Even Krakoa fans understand that the X-Men were behaving off your usual characterizations in that Era. It's easy retcon everything in my opinion.
I stayed away from those Archie horror comics as of late.
Howard Mackie and Al Milgrom are superstars compared to the current generation of klutzes screwing up mainstream comics.
Whoa, let’s not go nuts!
Jim Zub is Canadian!
He's not trying to be a comedian.
Hard to disagree with this. I can see Tom Taylor’s detective comics being on next years list. Trying to mess with Batman’s origins by making Batman’s parents death somehow their fault. Because Tom hates rich people and has to make them all bad. He can’t have Batman’s rich parents be good people who were victims. It somehow was his fault.
Tom Taylor should only write Laura Kinney.
Yeah definitely add time slots
people need time slots for a 19 minute video???
All garbage that can't even be recycled!
The Ultimates made the women terrible!
My honorable mention is FML.
FML was actually kinda good, I thought
TOTALLY agree!!! FML was pure shite!!!!
FML hurt my sides from laughter just reading the synopsis
Hey man you should give the MEGA saga a try. It an argentinian comic about lovecraftian kaijus made by salvador sanz with a pretty eerie and atmospheric art
Tom King's writing is quite divisive as it is visceral. For example, a recurring motif in King's narrative is the staggering of panels or pages where the protagonist or a central character engages in some form of monologue or a soliliquy, (the former of which breaks the fourth wall) offset by out-of-context violence on the other side of the panel or page. And, it's up to the reader to figure out what is going on. Inevitably, King gives you enough to solve the puzzle by the end of the issue or story arc. But ulitmately there is way too much confusion during the journey to the end. Some readers love this while others just get pissed off.
i would say that most of the times he changes things right before the end so that you can't play along
Tom King is one of my favourite writers currently. I've been reading and collecting comics for over 30 years now, and it's hard to get excited about current day comics because everything has been done before and nothing seems to matter. King is one of the few writers that can keep me engaged and draw out emotions. I get why people dislike him, but for me he stands out and I generally enjoy his work. If he's writing a book, most of the time I'll pay for it.
@@VaughnEsper i wish i could say the same - he usually gets emotions from cheap deaths IMO and writes the worst version of every character he touches - his books are almost always just Tom King books instead of being Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash... books and even then, they are often just versions of True Grit, Double Indemnity, Columbo...
Venom run by al ewing is certainly on mine list of worst. Venom is 1 of the 2 most fav characters in general.
Birds of awful fits the name better than Birds of Prey.
Power Girl being such besties with tempest was so weird, there was not chemistry between them.
DC is ruining Harley Quinn so much. The OG Harley Quinn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Modern Harley Quinn.
I prefer The New Ultimate Universe Ultimates is better than the New Ultimate Universe Black Panther, as that 1 is so boring.
I kinde enjoyed Wolverine: revenger.
Gotham City Sirens was uber awful, both story and art.
Predator vs Black Panther did start out interesting though.
Current DC hates Batman, you can see that with that awful cartoon: Batman: Caped Crusaders. What is the dumbest thing with the company as DC stands for Detective Comics, Batman is their brand.
Alan Scott is 1 of the other character DC really want 2 be ruined. Some have theory that it is actually Alan Scott from the NEW52 Earth 2.
With Amazing Spider-Man the worst part is paul.
Wonder Woman is so awful, the Amazons were the bad guys in the story in reality, but "writer" pretends otherwise.
In mine opinion: Not so Exceptional X-Men is the worst of X-Men From the Ashes.
There r some Indie comics that were awful, but those were more forgettable awful, well mostly i forgot the names or were just 1 issue or just 5 issues long run.
Zeb Wells has ruined Amazing Spiderman
The Iron Man book is too wordy. Those word balloons are intimidating to read and it's boring, not to mention a story that's been done before a 100 times over.