The "Character Hall of Shame" pic thread

[The Lizard]

Greetings, fans of comic geekdom---

Those of us who have favorite comic book characters that we've been following for a long time have often had to bear witness to those characters being misused and abused in the very pages of the comics we love so much. This thread is a place to catalog and commemorate the times when one of your favorite heroes or villains suffered needlessly at the hands of bad writing or poor artistry.

Scans of pages from the offending comics are suggested, since the humilitation depicted in a single panel can be worth a thousand words of fanboy complaints.

So I will start off with a predictable character choice on my part and begin the mighty, explosive, senses-shattering...

COMIC CHARACTER HALL OF SHAME

[SSJ4_Mikael]

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/89/thanosgalactusvg2.jpg
Shame on you Galactus...

[The Lizard]

The Lizard's top 10 most embarrasing moments

10. Amazing Spider-Man #77 - The Lizard is defeated by dehydration.
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/1825/asm77fu5.jpg
Good old Stan Lee apparently got confused about the differences between reptiles and amphibians in this story, and the Lizard gets taken out by a faceful of dehydrating powder. Too bad Lizzy didn't have a squirt bottle of Gatorade handy.


9. Spidey Super Stories # 36 - The Lizard drinks the wrong cure and turns into a tortoise.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/5744/sss36pe3.jpg
Yes, I realize that Spidey Super Stories was meant for little kids, but there's a difference between simplifying a character for children and having them turn into Tippy Turtle.


8. Gus Beezer with Spider-Man # 1 - Gus's annoying sister plays the role of the Lizard.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/3083/gbsm1mh6.jpg
Another kid-oriented Marvel comic, this one featuring the poor-man's Calvin minus Hobbes, Gus Beezer. The Lizard's ponytail is what pushed me over the edge.


7. Spider-Man: The Manga # 6 - The Japanese version of the Lizard is killed by crocodiles.
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9905/smmanga6rv8.jpg
If you're going to adapt a character, at least do a little research. Someone should have told the writer of this 1970s manga that the Lizard controls reptiles and doesn't get eaten by them.


6. Prime # 2 - The Lizard II (AKA: Lizard-clone) has a bonding moment with a naked 13 year-old boy.
http://img424.imageshack.us/img424/7905/prime2xo7.jpg
Long, stupid story short: In this Marvel/Malibu comics crossover from 1995, the bestial Lizard is sent to the Malibu universe, where the 13 year-old alter-ego of the superhero Prime tries to stop his rampage in the jungle. Here we see teenaged Kevin, butt-naked due to his Prime-powers dripping away, trying to get the Lizard-clone to grab hold of a magical Spider-totem. Yes, that's right - a magical Spider-totem. Maybe that's where JMS got the idea in the first place.

[The Lizard]

Shame on you Galactus...

Exactly. You've got it. :up:

[Darthphere]

I dont see how any of those Lizard scans are bad writing. :o

[KevanG]

Just cheesey :D

[The Lizard]

Lizard's top 10 embarrasing moments, continued---

5. Marvel Knights Spider-Man #11 - The Lizard joins the "Sinister Twelve".
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/8241/mksm11cr6.jpg
Never mind that the very concept of taking the 12 most famous Spidey villains and putting them on a big team together reeks of fanboy silliness -- but what exactly is supposed to be the Lizard's motivation here? Lizzy hates all humans, not just Spider-Man, so he's not going to team up with a bunch of them just because Norman Osborn says so. Note the kick in the chops that Black Cat is somehow able to give the Lizard on this page...a sad omen of things to come later. :cmad:

4. Spectacular Spider-Man vol 2, # 13 - Curt Connors is apparently a big lying bastard.
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/7978/ssm13ud2.jpg
Here writer Paul Jenkins decides that 40 years of continuity needs to go out the window because it would be dramatic to reveal that Curt Connors has consciously been in control of the Lizard's villainous personality from day one. Fortunately, it looks like this story will be retconned by virtue of being ignored by all future writers.


3. Secret Wars # 8 - The Lizard takes part in a game of patty-cake with Ben Grimm, Hawkeye, and Klaw.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7941/sw8tj5.jpg
It's bad enough that poor Lizzy never really got to take part in any of the cool battles in the Secret Wars mini-series, but this is just adding grievous insult to injury. Apparently the effects of being transported to Battleworld rendered the Lizard temporarily retarded.

2. Spider-Man: Quality of Life 4-issue mini-series - The Lizard gets shot in the arm, bleeds green blood, gets almost strangled to death by a newbie villain....oh, and did I mention he's naked and looks like a puppetoon character?
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/220/smql3jn6.jpg
This is what happens when mini-series writers and artists are unsupervised by any editors that give a crap about the material. The sad thing is that since the character of Martha Connors was actually killed off in this mini, it will have to continue to be acknowledged in future stories.

[The Lizard]

And, the predictable finale...

1. Sensational Spider-Man # 24 and #27 - The Lizard gets his ass handed to him by the Black Cat.
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7638/sensm24kk3.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/7169/sensm25kd3.jpg

Sure, there was a weird meteorite that made all the animal-villains go crazy in this story, but is that any excuse to have a Catwoman-wannabe with no super-strength tear up a monster villain who's stronger than Spider-Man? Well, story writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacsa said that Black Cat was his favorite Spidey character, so I guess that's all the excuse that's needed. I'm eagerly awaiting an upcoming story to be written by a big fan of the Grizzly, so we can see the Grizzly put the smackdown on Venom.


Oh, for shame. :(

[The Hero]

http://img170.echo.cx/img170/9721/copthanos9yk.jpg

:(

[The Hero]

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/628/img0242fj.jpg

[The Lizard]

^ Ah, good old Spidey Super Stories. :up:

[Spike_x1]

Cheese and crackers!

[The Question]

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/628/img0242fj.jpg



Hey, every immortal, nihilistic, mass murdering alien serial killer who worships Death and possesses god like powers has their off days.

[rigel7soldiers]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b125/Red66/08-05-2006075826PM.jpg

Finally, I get the chance to use my photobucket account.
That's one of my favorite pictures of Invincible. No, it never actually happened, but it'd still make Mark a suck character.

[Phoney Bone]

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/628/img0242fj.jpg
Oops indeed, Thanos. What a butterfingers. Oh gosh I laughed at that. He's just so nonchalant about dropping it.

And what did they call Hellcat if it was a kids book?

[Nopozyzy]

LOL... Thanos is badass.

[Spike_x1]

Oops indeed, Thanos. What a butterfingers. Oh gosh I laughed at that. He's just so nonchalant about dropping it.I don't know why, but just the way your response is phrased has me laughing my ass off. :confused::D

[Mee]

Oops indeed, Thanos. What a butterfingers. Oh gosh I laughed at that. He's just so nonchalant about dropping it.

Would you have prefered something like this? :woot:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/Jake-/vader.jpg

[Phoney Bone]

That picture sucks.

[yenaled]

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/628/img0242fj.jpg

Hahaha. I think that's my favourite thing ever. It's just hillarious.

Cheese and crackers!

Now someone find the Thanos Copter. :(

[MyPokerShirt]

I think the Lizard complaints aren't very valid. If anything they show that from the very beginning - Stan's run -- that the lizard has sucked. Being Curt would have made him an evil genius. That would have been brilliant for him, but nooooo

[The Lizard]

I think the Lizard complaints aren't very valid. If anything they show that from the very beginning - Stan's run -- that the lizard has sucked. Being Curt would have made him an evil genius. That would have been brilliant for him, but nooooo

Now you're just trying to start something. :(

[The Question]

10. Amazing Spider-Man #77 - The Lizard is defeated by dehydration.
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/1825/asm77fu5.jpg
Good old Stan Lee apparently got confused about the differences between reptiles and amphibians in this story, and the Lizard gets taken out by a faceful of dehydrating powder. Too bad Lizzy didn't have a squirt bottle of Gatorade handy.

That doesn't seem very bad. I mean, some Lizards do dehyrate easily.

8. Gus Beezer with Spider-Man # 1 - Gus's annoying sister plays the role of the Lizard.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/3083/gbsm1mh6.jpg
Another kid-oriented Marvel comic, this one featuring the poor-man's Calvin minus Hobbes, Gus Beezer. The Lizard's ponytail is what pushed me over the edge.

It's not even the Lizard. It's just a kid's fantasy sequence.

7. Spider-Man: The Manga # 6 - The Japanese version of the Lizard is killed by crocodiles.
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9905/smmanga6rv8.jpg
If you're going to adapt a character, at least do a little research. Someone should have told the writer of this 1970s manga that the Lizard controls reptiles and doesn't get eaten by them.

Again, I don't see the problem here. They were going for an irony thing. It wasn't a direct adaptaion.


6. Prime # 2 - The Lizard II (AKA: Lizard-clone) has a bonding moment with a naked 13 year-old boy.
http://img424.imageshack.us/img424/7905/prime2xo7.jpg
Long, stupid story short: In this Marvel/Malibu comics crossover from 1995, the bestial Lizard is sent to the Malibu universe, where the 13 year-old alter-ego of the superhero Prime tries to stop his rampage in the jungle. Here we see teenaged Kevin, butt-naked due to his Prime-powers dripping away, trying to get the Lizard-clone to grab hold of a magical Spider-totem. Yes, that's right - a magical Spider-totem. Maybe that's where JMS got the idea in the first place.

Again, I really don't see the problem.

[rigel7soldiers]

I actually liked the Lizard eten by crocs thing- that's a very atypical manga death.

[Phoney Bone]

The manga Spidey is just hilarious. The close up on his face, and then the body shake, I'm sorry, makes me crack up every time.

[Mee]

That picture sucks.
And the sky is blue.:huh:

[hippy fascist]

Softcore gay wolverine porn for everyone!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/MasterSplinter/LoganCreed.jpg

I still can't get over quite how wrong this one is :eek:

And yet I love it cause it really pisses some wolverine fans off :up:

[XwolverineX]

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/628/img0242fj.jpg


Hahaaha, lmaooo. :woot::whatever:

[The Lizard]

That doesn't seem very bad. I mean, some Lizards do dehyrate easily.



It's not even the Lizard. It's just a kid's fantasy sequence.



Again, I don't see the problem here. They were going for an irony thing. It wasn't a direct adaptaion.




Again, I really don't see the problem.

Well, thanks for your opinion. Maybe I should have just done the Lizard's top 5 most embarrassing moments. :o

[The Hero]

I admit,it is pretty embarrassing to have your ass kicked by Black Cat.Hell,even for Vulture it was a demotion.

[juggster-rules]

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6333/avengersbabies1zj9.jpg

i cant find this book anywhere. i dont know how many stores ive been to already.

[The Question]

It's a series opf comic strips Marvel had in the letters section a while back. The same guy did a mini comic about Spider-Man and Venom fighting over a paper rout.

[Spike_x1]

I loved the Bullpen Bits. Those things kicked ass.

[juggster-rules]

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/9470/minimarvelsgf0.jpg

i found the book on ebay but its a little expensive

[Spike_x1]

They even had animated ones online, once upon a time.

[juggster-rules]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8223/fantastic4babiessj9.jpg

this one in mini marvels also ? or is this another series ?

[FEAR THE BAT]

^ That Doom one is funny. Damn, imagine that. An origin completely thrown out the window.

And damn, Thanos was one clumsy sumb**** with that cosmic cube. You'd think it really was a wet melting ice cube the way it squirted outta his hand.

[Spike_x1]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8223/fantastic4babiessj9.jpg

this one in mini marvels also ? or is this another series ?That's not from Bullpen Bits, if that's what you mean. It's something else.

Still funny though. :D:up:

[juggster-rules]

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/552/unlimaccess66tmqe2.jpg

i hate to even look at that. thats part of hall of shame

[hippy fascist]

http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/CivilWar/04Pre/CW04_Picture13.jpg

I felt this should be added :o

[Spike_x1]

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/552/unlimaccess66tmqe2.jpg

i hate to even look at that. thats part of hall of shameWow. :(:down

And why does the sound effect say "DOOM"? :confused:

[Eddie Brock]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8223/fantastic4babiessj9.jpg

this one in mini marvels also ? or is this another series ?
PWNED!!!!

[juggster-rules]

PWNED!!!! PWNED ?

[Roughneck]

It's a silly internet way to say Owned

[Roughneck]

http://www.chrisgcomics.com/marvels.html


If you go to this site you can read all of the mini Marvels strips.

[juggster-rules]

http://www.chrisgcomics.com/marvels.html


If you go to this site you can read all of the mini Marvels strips. lol that site is funny

[Wolfwood]

From Seanbaby.com:

http://seanbaby.com/hostess/images/v2batman01.jpg

Seanbaby: Robin, if you carry a Special Mummy Ray Gun around with you, it had better ****ing work on mummies.

The ads for the Hostess' were pretty bad and if you've never seen them, you have to check them out.

[juggster-rules]

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9656/juggernautvswolverinevb9.jpg

[droogiedroogie2]

Hey, every immortal, nihilistic, mass murdering alien serial killer who worships Death and possesses god like powers has their off days.And tells the heroes about it, even though they'd probably never have noticed if he hadn't said something, being in severe pain and all.

[droogiedroogie2]

I think the Lizard complaints aren't very valid. If anything they show that from the very beginning - Stan's run -- that the lizard has sucked. Being Curt would have made him an evil genius. That would have been brilliant for him, but noooooEVERYBODY has sucked since Stan's run. Don't pick and choose.

[droogiedroogie2]

I actually liked the Lizard eten by crocs thing- that's a very atypical manga death.From the 1970s. From back when manga and anime were original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srhCvc8zi5o

[droogiedroogie2]

The manga Spidey is just hilarious. The close up on his face, and then the body shake, I'm sorry, makes me crack up every time.GRIP!

[droogiedroogie2]

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6333/avengersbabies1zj9.jpg

i cant find this book anywhere. i dont know how many stores ive been to already.****'s about as funny as a funeral.

[droogiedroogie2]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8223/fantastic4babiessj9.jpg

this one in mini marvels also ? or is this another series ?No, this is from the sad reality we call home. You take one of the few Marvel characters that is cool...and make him so retarded he'd embarrass the Transformers!

[droogiedroogie2]

^ That Doom one is funny. Damn, imagine that. An origin completely thrown out the window.

And damn, Thanos was one clumsy sumb**** with that cosmic cube. You'd think it really was a wet melting ice cube the way it squirted outta his hand.No, a cosmic cube will do that to you. One time, when I was helping Dave move, we had a whole box of them ****s, and it fell open and they all spilled out on the driveway. It was so damn hard pickin' em all up. I don't even know why he had 'em. Said he got 'em in the mail one time, as like a free gift from JC Penney for being a faithful customer or something.

[droogiedroogie2]

Wow. :(:down

And why does the sound effect say "DOOM"? :confused:Really obvious foreshadowing? Did those guys end up getting DOOMed later in the story or something?

[droogiedroogie2]

http://static.flickr.com/10/14279520_7ec28267f4_m.jpg

Nothing more shameful in Batman's history. Except this:

http://photos.pe.facebook.com/v49/42/83/74100422/n74100422_30040044_9480.jpg (http://bethelks.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30017119&id=74100422)

[The Question]

http://static.flickr.com/10/14279520_7ec28267f4_m.jpg

Nothing more shameful in Batman's history. Except this:

There are many things infiniately more shameful. Really, that isn't very shameful at all. He got punched. So what? He gets punched all the time. It's not like he lost a fight. He was talking to Hal, was not expecting a fight at all, and Hal punched him. That's not a big deal.

[droogiedroogie2]

There are many things infiniately more shameful. Really, that isn't very shameful at all. He got punched. So what? He gets punched all the time. It's not like he lost a fight. He was talking to Hal, was not expecting a fight at all, and Hal punched him. That's not a big deal.I shouldn't have opened that can of worms. I don't want to rehash this conversation anymore than anyone else. Suffice it to say, I felt it was bad fanservice writing. Batman is always alert, especially around people he considers enemies, which it's fair to say he considered Hal.

[The Question]

I shouldn't have opened that can of worms. I don't want to rehash this conversation anymore than anyone else. Suffice it to say, I felt it was bad fanservice writing. Batman is always alert, especially around people he considers enemies, which it's fair to say he considered Hal.

Okay, here's the thing: Batman is a human being. He can't always be alert. He's allowed to be caught of gaurd at least once, especially in a situation where he wasn't expecting a fight.

[droogiedroogie2]

Okay, here's the thing: Batman is a human being. He can't always be alert. He's allowed to be caught of gaurd at least once, especially in a situation where he wasn't expecting a fight.Dude was practically itching to START one!

[The Question]

Dude was practically itching to START one!

He was being an ******* to Hal, but I don't think he was actually expecting him to punch him. Besides, Hal was in the military. Meaning, he was taught how to fight. It's not that crazy for Hal to punch him like that.

[droogiedroogie2]

He was being an ******* to Hal, but I don't think he was actually expecting him to punch him. Besides, Hal was in the military. Meaning, he was taught how to fight. It's not that crazy for Hal to punch him like that.Not crazy for Hal to impetuously lash out like that, no. It's pretty f'n weird that a master of martial arts can't read Hal's tells.

[The Question]

Not crazy for Hal to impetuously lash out like that, no. It's pretty f'n weird that a master of martial arts can't read Hal's tells.

No, it's not. Batman is a great fighter, but he's not a god. It's okay for him to get caught off gaurd like that. Especially since it wasn't an actual fight. It was one punch. Bruce gets punched all the time. He just usually recovers quickly enough to continue fighting. Since it wasn't a fight, it was what it was: A single punch.

[The Hero]

http://racistdoom.ytmnd.com/


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/jml2762/doomy.gif

[juggster-rules]

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/5408/showletterph8.gif

[JackBauer]

http://static.flickr.com/10/14279520_7ec28267f4_m.jpg

Nothing more shameful in Batman's history. Except this:

http://photos.pe.facebook.com/v49/42/83/74100422/n74100422_30040044_9480.jpg (http://bethelks.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30017119&id=74100422)

oh, I got that beat by a mile.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/jml2762/whybatmanwhy.jpg

[Max J Power]

2. Spider-Man: Quality of Life 4-issue mini-series - The Lizard gets shot in the arm, bleeds green blood, gets almost strangled to death by a newbie villain....oh, and did I mention he's naked and looks like a puppetoon character?
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/220/smql3jn6.jpg
That may be the worst art I've ever seen.

[LadyMoira]

http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/image/article/717/717678/amazing-spider-man-20060710105851572-000.jpg

This cover to Amazing Spiderman #534 did not reflect well on the web-slinger and represented what was for a while everything we hated about his storyline, (at that point at least,) in Civil War. Here we have Spiderman fighting Captain America on behalf of a fascist law, wearing that friggin' suit Tony gave him on whose behalf he has sworn a blood oath of loyalty to. Not a great day for Spidey fans I must say..thank god for Amazing Spiderman #535.

[Kevin]

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/89/thanosgalactusvg2.jpg
Shame on you Galactus...when did this happen?