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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten comic book events that fans
immediately hate it before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
to subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’ll be looking at
comic book events from both Marvel and
DC which fans quickly came to dislike
some were quickly forgotten
others live on in infamy all the matters
here is that they received a less than
warm welcome when they hit the shelves
number 10 identity crisis 2004 s
identity crisis saw its first issue
claimed the number one spot in sales by
the second issue it had dropped to third
place as far as DC is concerned crisis
is a big buzzword having appeared in a
number of their most successful
game-changing crossover events here
however the crisis was much more
personal involving rape murder and a
mind wiping of villains and Batman alike
elongated man in soo did knee were
b-list relics of a bygone era in comics
a simpler more colorful time with this
event that legacy was forever tarnished
sure identity crisis had the Justice
League acting uncharacteristically but
worse
it used the rape and murder of a woman
as nothing more than a plot device
number nine civil war – say what you
will about the original Civil War yes
iconic heroes were behaving out of
character but the event has by and large
aged well especially when compared to
its wildly unnecessary sequel why do
people hate Civil War – right out of the
starting gates because it was basically
just a retread of Minority Report
featuring superheroes it also felt like
a blatant cash grab in the sense that it
was timed with the release of Captain
America Civil War had the story
impressed
it could have overcome first impressions
but poor pacing bad characterization and
an anti climactic ending cemented it as
a dud number 8 the Clone Saga ah the
infamous Clone Saga a comic book events
so reviled that new generations of
readers are still hearing about it and
learning to hate it the Clone Saga began
in the 1970s with a throwaway story that
saw Peter fight his clone it wasn’t
great but it was inoffensive flash
forward to the 90s for the real drama
now to be fair the Clone Saga was a big
seller when a
kicked off in 1994 but those sales
numbers resulted in him being extended
to the point where readers hated it long
before it ended twists abounded only to
be reversed by more twists culminating
in a conclusion that made the entire
misadventure feel utterly pointless
number seven Amazon’s attack yeah
everything about this event feels
misguided the idea of having the Amazons
of themm Asura attack US soil has the
makings of a fun story but the execution
is simply piss-poor the 2007 event spans
six issues and four tie-ins and was
predominantly defined by absolutely
terrible writing seriously fans actually
mailed their issues back to DC every
single character behaves like they’ve
been body-snatched
the continuity is non-existent and the
Amazons are depicted as bloodthirsty
mindless man hunters who take pleasure
in killing children morbid curiosity is
the only thing that can get you to the
conclusion of this event spoiler it’s a
really bad ending number six ultimatum
the ultimate universe was not without
its mistakes but as a concept it was
awesome and we as readers took real
pleasure in following the adventures of
our favorite characters unencumbered by
the decades of continuity ultimate
spider-man in particular was phenomenal
unfortunately the freedom afforded by
this alternate reality clearly went to
Geoff lobes head and he proceeded to rip
apart everything that fans had loved
magneto sets out to destroy the planet
in the wake of the apparent deaths of
his children and Loeb obliges with his
pen the first issue was met with mixed
reviews but by issue number two it
became clear that this was a disaster
shock value had supplanted quality
number five countdown to Final Crisis
another DC crisis another crisis and
quality running from 2007 to 2008 and
described by DC editor-in-chief Dan
DiDio as 52 done right before its
release countdown to Final Crisis took
everything that was successful about the
weekly 52 series and ran it straight
into the ground from its very first
issue confusingly numbered in Reverse
starting with number 51 countdown proved
itself to be fundamentally different
from its critically acclaimed
predecessor and every change was for the
worse hilariously think also derailed
that it didn’t even tie into Final
Crisis despite the title we’re not going
to summarize the plot for you because
honestly we can’t and it’s not worth the
effort number 4 on
one look at a page from this event and
you know what decade you ran this was
the mid-90s and so the fashion was
terrible Wolverine always looked feral
in the titular villain onslaught was
just a collage of weirdly jagged bits
and oddly bulging muscles but that’s a
retroactive criticism onslaught was
already poorly received in its own time
the villain was overpowered he was a
combination of Charles Xavier and
Magneto and a manifestation of their
darkest aspects apparently his reach was
such that his events spread into
countless comics forcing readers to buy
tons of issues to keep up onslaught
school was unclear and the events over a
lack of direction and purpose showed
from the very outset number three the
new 52 the number 52 it was lightning in
a bottle for DC Comics once but it’s
failed to serve them well ever since
more than an event the new 52 was a
relaunch of DC’s entire comic book line
the idea was sound give readers a new
clean point of entry and simplify the
storytelling to make the wait of
continuity seem less overwhelming and
attract readers it did the thing is the
company couldn’t commit and thus some
titles were indebted to the past while
others started over from square one
making it all feel for not the results
were messy and confusing the quality
notably uneven and certain character
redesigns wildly unnecessary another
relaunch arrived in 2016
number two secret Empire full disclosure
secret Empire was actually a pretty
solid event the conclusion was kind of
disappointing but up until the last two
issues it was a compelling read tense
and emotional unfortunately for Marvel
there are a lot of fans who weren’t
willing to read past the first big
reveal
Captain America being an agent of Hydra
there are certain things that you just
do not do and making Captain America
behave like a Nazi is one of them for
many the editorial willingness to do
this to Steve Rogers was proof that the
industry was out of ideas and desperate
to create buzz number one one more day
civil war brought with it many
ramifications for the Marvel Universe
some of them harder to deal with than
others spider-man’s identity being made
public was definitely a tough one but
rather than really explore this
challenging new status quo for the
webhead the good folks at Marvel decided
to write Kahn as soon as possible
intended as a Spidey specific bandaid in
the wake of civil wars fallout one more
day
chronically hurt civil wars reputation
as a whole what can we say
having Peter Parker make a literal deal
with the devil for fitness marriage and
unborn child and alter reality just
doesn’t feel right to us fans weird
right do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
you can never make the readers forget
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten comic book events that fans
immediately hate it before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
to subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’ll be looking at
comic book events from both Marvel and
DC which fans quickly came to dislike
some were quickly forgotten
others live on in infamy all the matters
here is that they received a less than
warm welcome when they hit the shelves
number 10 identity crisis 2004 s
identity crisis saw its first issue
claimed the number one spot in sales by
the second issue it had dropped to third
place as far as DC is concerned crisis
is a big buzzword having appeared in a
number of their most successful
game-changing crossover events here
however the crisis was much more
personal involving rape murder and a
mind wiping of villains and Batman alike
elongated man in soo did knee were
b-list relics of a bygone era in comics
a simpler more colorful time with this
event that legacy was forever tarnished
sure identity crisis had the Justice
League acting uncharacteristically but
worse
it used the rape and murder of a woman
as nothing more than a plot device
number nine civil war – say what you
will about the original Civil War yes
iconic heroes were behaving out of
character but the event has by and large
aged well especially when compared to
its wildly unnecessary sequel why do
people hate Civil War – right out of the
starting gates because it was basically
just a retread of Minority Report
featuring superheroes it also felt like
a blatant cash grab in the sense that it
was timed with the release of Captain
America Civil War had the story
impressed
it could have overcome first impressions
but poor pacing bad characterization and
an anti climactic ending cemented it as
a dud number 8 the Clone Saga ah the
infamous Clone Saga a comic book events
so reviled that new generations of
readers are still hearing about it and
learning to hate it the Clone Saga began
in the 1970s with a throwaway story that
saw Peter fight his clone it wasn’t
great but it was inoffensive flash
forward to the 90s for the real drama
now to be fair the Clone Saga was a big
seller when a
kicked off in 1994 but those sales
numbers resulted in him being extended
to the point where readers hated it long
before it ended twists abounded only to
be reversed by more twists culminating
in a conclusion that made the entire
misadventure feel utterly pointless
number seven Amazon’s attack yeah
everything about this event feels
misguided the idea of having the Amazons
of themm Asura attack US soil has the
makings of a fun story but the execution
is simply piss-poor the 2007 event spans
six issues and four tie-ins and was
predominantly defined by absolutely
terrible writing seriously fans actually
mailed their issues back to DC every
single character behaves like they’ve
been body-snatched
the continuity is non-existent and the
Amazons are depicted as bloodthirsty
mindless man hunters who take pleasure
in killing children morbid curiosity is
the only thing that can get you to the
conclusion of this event spoiler it’s a
really bad ending number six ultimatum
the ultimate universe was not without
its mistakes but as a concept it was
awesome and we as readers took real
pleasure in following the adventures of
our favorite characters unencumbered by
the decades of continuity ultimate
spider-man in particular was phenomenal
unfortunately the freedom afforded by
this alternate reality clearly went to
Geoff lobes head and he proceeded to rip
apart everything that fans had loved
magneto sets out to destroy the planet
in the wake of the apparent deaths of
his children and Loeb obliges with his
pen the first issue was met with mixed
reviews but by issue number two it
became clear that this was a disaster
shock value had supplanted quality
number five countdown to Final Crisis
another DC crisis another crisis and
quality running from 2007 to 2008 and
described by DC editor-in-chief Dan
DiDio as 52 done right before its
release countdown to Final Crisis took
everything that was successful about the
weekly 52 series and ran it straight
into the ground from its very first
issue confusingly numbered in Reverse
starting with number 51 countdown proved
itself to be fundamentally different
from its critically acclaimed
predecessor and every change was for the
worse hilariously think also derailed
that it didn’t even tie into Final
Crisis despite the title we’re not going
to summarize the plot for you because
honestly we can’t and it’s not worth the
effort number 4 on
one look at a page from this event and
you know what decade you ran this was
the mid-90s and so the fashion was
terrible Wolverine always looked feral
in the titular villain onslaught was
just a collage of weirdly jagged bits
and oddly bulging muscles but that’s a
retroactive criticism onslaught was
already poorly received in its own time
the villain was overpowered he was a
combination of Charles Xavier and
Magneto and a manifestation of their
darkest aspects apparently his reach was
such that his events spread into
countless comics forcing readers to buy
tons of issues to keep up onslaught
school was unclear and the events over a
lack of direction and purpose showed
from the very outset number three the
new 52 the number 52 it was lightning in
a bottle for DC Comics once but it’s
failed to serve them well ever since
more than an event the new 52 was a
relaunch of DC’s entire comic book line
the idea was sound give readers a new
clean point of entry and simplify the
storytelling to make the wait of
continuity seem less overwhelming and
attract readers it did the thing is the
company couldn’t commit and thus some
titles were indebted to the past while
others started over from square one
making it all feel for not the results
were messy and confusing the quality
notably uneven and certain character
redesigns wildly unnecessary another
relaunch arrived in 2016
number two secret Empire full disclosure
secret Empire was actually a pretty
solid event the conclusion was kind of
disappointing but up until the last two
issues it was a compelling read tense
and emotional unfortunately for Marvel
there are a lot of fans who weren’t
willing to read past the first big
reveal
Captain America being an agent of Hydra
there are certain things that you just
do not do and making Captain America
behave like a Nazi is one of them for
many the editorial willingness to do
this to Steve Rogers was proof that the
industry was out of ideas and desperate
to create buzz number one one more day
civil war brought with it many
ramifications for the Marvel Universe
some of them harder to deal with than
others spider-man’s identity being made
public was definitely a tough one but
rather than really explore this
challenging new status quo for the
webhead the good folks at Marvel decided
to write Kahn as soon as possible
intended as a Spidey specific bandaid in
the wake of civil wars fallout one more
day
chronically hurt civil wars reputation
as a whole what can we say
having Peter Parker make a literal deal
with the devil for fitness marriage and
unborn child and alter reality just
doesn’t feel right to us fans weird
right do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
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